SAN FRANCISCO 2009-10 MEN’S BASKETBALL Game 16; WCC Game 1: USF Dons vs. Saint Mary’s Gaels
Home Game 7 January 8, 2010 6:30 PM War Memorial Gym (4,800) San Francisco, CA PLAY HARD. PLAY SMART. PLAY TOGETHER. MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT: Ryan McCrary, Assistant A.D. - Media Relations mccrary@usfca.edu (415) 422-6162 (office)
MEN’S BASKETBALL 2009-10 SCHEDULE Record: 5-10 Home: 5-1 Road: 0-7 Neutral: 0-2 WCC: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 DATE DAY OPPONENT TIME November (2-4) 7 SAT CS MONTEREY BAY (EX) W 91-77 13 FRI. CAL POLY W 73-62 16 MON. DOMINICAN W 92-66 20 Fri. Arizona State L 65-104 23 Mon. UC Santa Barbara L 65-76 25 WED. MONTANA STATE L 66-70 29 Sun. Colorado State L 75-91 2ot December (2-6) 1 Tues. Colorado (FSN-RM) 5 Sat. BYU (BYU TV) 8 TUES. SAN JOSE STATE 12 Sat. Loyola Chicago Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic 19 Sat. South Florida 20 Sun. Southern Illinois 23 WED. CS BAKERSFIELD 27 Sun. No. 19 Washington (FSN)
L 49-69 L 66-67 W 82-73 L 71-86
January (1-0) 2 SAT. 8 FRI. 10 SUN. 14 Thurs. 16 Sat. 23 SAT. 28 THURS. 30 SAT.
HOLY NAMES SAINT MARY’S* (COM) SAN DIEGO* (COM) Loyola Marymount* Pepperdine* SANTA CLARA* (COM) PORTLAND* (ESPNU) GONZAGA*
W 129-64 6:30 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 8:00 PM 6:30 PM
February 4 Thurs. 6 Sat. 11 THURS. 13 SAT. 20 Sat. 25 Thurs. 27 Sat.
San Diego* Saint Mary’s* (Com) PEPPERDINE* LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* Santa Clara* (Com) Portland* (Com) Gonzaga*
7:00 PM 8:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM
March 5 6 7 8
WCC Tournament First TBA WCC Tournament Quarters TBA WCC Tournament Semis TBA WCC Tournament Finals TBA
Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon.
L 54-78 L 43-69 W 76-71 L 63-66
*WEST COAST CONFERENCE ALL TIMES PACIFIC. ALL DATES AND TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE
SAINT MARY’S GAME INFORMATION USF DONS Date/Tip ...... Fri., Jan. 8/6:30 PM Television ...Comcast SportsNet 2009-10 Record ...................5-10 Barry Tompkins & Dan Belluomini 2008-09 Record ................. 11-19 Radio.....................Green 960 WCC Record/Finish ...... 3-11/7th Head Coach .............Rex Walters (Pat Olson & Jim Brovelli) Streaming Audio .............Yes Alma Mater ............... Kansas, 1993 Series ........USF leads 103-63 Career Record .............. 47-62 (3rd) Series Streak ...... SMC won 7 USF Record ..................16-29 (2nd) Last Meetings........ at SMC 79, SID........................ Ryan McCrary E-Mail ........ mccrary@usfca.edu USF 58 (2/5/09); SMC 66 at Web ......................USFDons.com USF 54 (1/11/09) PROJECTED USF STARTERS (As of 1/3/10)
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MICHAEL WILLIAMS G 6-0 170 Fr. Van Nuys, CA Taft High School PTS 6.2
REB 1.5
AST 1.5
MIN 20.3
BRYANT 11 DONTAE 6-3 175 Sr. Portland, OR
G
Eastern Arizona College PTS 4.3
REB 4.2
AST 3.7
MIN 28.3
BRUHA C 12 TOMAS 7-0 225 Fr. Prague, Czech Rep. Canarias Academy PTS 2.5
REB 2.0
BLK 0.2
MIN 13.1
CALOIARO F 32 ANGELO 6-7 225 So. San Jose, CA Archbishop Mitty High School PTS 8.3
REB 3.7
AST 2.0
MIN 25.3
LOWHORN F 33 DIOR 6-7 230 Sr. San Francisco, CA Texas Tech/Berkeley HS PTS 18.9
REB 6.0
BLK 0.7
OFF THE USF BENCH
MIN 27.6
Saint Mary’s Gaels 2009-10 Record...13-2; 0-0 WCC 2008-09 Record ..............28-7 WCC/Finish ...........10-4/2nd Head Coach .......Randy Bennett Alma Mater ....... UCSD (‘86) Career Record .......168-99 (9th) School Record ......168-99 (9th) SID.......................... Rich Davi E-Mail .... rdavi@stmarys-ca.edu Web ................. SMCGaels.com
NOTES: First Team All-State at Taft HS, averaging 18.7 ppg & 4.1 apg... 2009 LA Daily News Player of the Year... started last four games, averaging 7.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg and 4 apg... 8 points at No. 19 UW (12/27/09)... career-highs with 16 points, 8 rebounds & 4 assists vs. Holy Names (1/2/10) NOTES: Led the Dons and ranked sixth among WCC assist leaders (3.14) and was eighth in steals (1.34)... 7 assists and 6 steals vs. #19 Gonzaga (2/14/09)... careerhigh 8 vs. Pepperdine (3/6/09)... scored career-high 12 points at UCSB (11/23/09)... season-high 7 assists vs. CSUB (12/23/09) NOTES: Member of Czech Republic U-20 National Team, averaging 4.5 points, 2.3 rebounds per game in 2008 European Championships... competed for the Canarias Academy... scored career-high 8 points vs. San Jose State (12/8/09) & Holy Names (1/2/10) NOTES: Reached double-digit scoring in 10 contests as a freshman with a season-high 15 vs. UCSB (11/24/08)... scored 15 vs. Cal Poly (11/13/09)... 12 points, 7 rebounds vs. San Jose State (12/8/09)...career-high 16 points with 4 3-pointers vs. Holy Names (1/2/10)... younger brother Vinny plays NOTES: 2010 Preseason Mid-Major All-American... led WCC in overall (20.1) and league only (19.1) scoring... matched Bill Russell as fastest Don to 1,000 career points (49 games) at Portland (1/15/09)... 45 career 20-plus point games... ranks 12th in USF career scoring at 1,504 (20.1 ppg)
(As of 1/3/10)
G. #1 Kwame Vaughn, 6-3, So. (13.1 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.1 assists) G. #13 Rashad Green, 6-4, So. (6.0 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 1.0 assists) F. #22 Perris Blackwell, 6-8, Fr. (6.9 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 0.7 assists) F. #21 Moustapha Diarra, 6-10, Jr. (6.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 0.4 blocks) F. #31 Nikola Stojiljkovic, 6-8, Fr. (1.0 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 0.7 assists)