SAN FRANCISCO 2011-12 DONS Men’s Basketball Game 29: No. 24 Gonzaga Bulldogs at USF Dons
Home Game 15 p February 18, 2012 p 5:00 PM War Memorial Gym (4,500) p San Francisco, CA PLAY HARD. PLAY SMART. PLAY TOGETHER. p ROCK THE HILLTOP men’s Basketball Contact: Ryan McCrary, Assistant A.D. - Media Relations mccrary@usfca.edu (415) 422-6162 (office) (415) 859-0167 (cell)
men’s Basketball 2011-12 Schedule Record: 17-11 Home: 11-3 Road: 5-6 Neutral: 1-2 WCC: 7-7 Home:4-2 Road: 3-5 DATE DAY OPPONENT TIME November (5-3) HILLTOP CHALLENGE 11 FRI. NORTH DAKOTA STATE L 65-73 12 SAT. NORTHERN ARIZONA W 69-50 13 SUN. LOUISIANA W 71-70 16 WED. SAN JOSE STATE W 83-81 ot 19 Sat. Seattle U. (Root) W 69-63 Great Alaska Shootout 23 Wed. Dartmouth (CSN CA) W 71-69 25 Fri. Murray State (CSN CA) L 70-67 26 Sat. New Mexico State (CSN) L 71-81 December (4-3) 1 Thurs. Montana W 65-62 4 SUN. PACIFIC UNION W 90-38 10 SAT. PACIFIC W 79-69 17 SAT. MENLO COLLEGE W 66-36 22 Thurs. Holy Cross L 83-88 29 Thurs. Pepperdine* L 61-77 31 SAT. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT*^ L 76-77 ot January (6-3) 3 TUES. MORGAN STATE W 87-74 7 Sat. Brigham Young*^ (BYUtv) L 56-81 9 Mon. Saint Mary’s* CSN-CA) L 72-87 12 THURS. PORTLAND* W 104-70 14 SAT. PEPPERDINE*^ (CSN-CA) W 78-63 19 Thurs. Gonzaga*^ (ESPNU) L 63-74 21 Sat. Portland*^ (CSN Plus) W 72-71 26 Thurs. Santa Clara* (CSN-CA) W 90-77 28 SAT. SAN DIEGO*^ (CSN-BA) W 84-70 February (2-2) 4 Sat. Loyola Marymount*^ L 88-90 9 THURS. SANTA CLARA* (ESPNU) W 85-69 11 Sat. San Diego*^ (CSN-CA) W 81-70 16 THURS. BYU*^ (ESPNU) L 85-84 18 SAT. GONZAGA*^ (CSN-CA) 5:00 PM 25 SAT. SAINT MARY’S*^ (CSN-CA) 8:00 PM 29 Wed. WCC Play-In Game TBA March (0-0) 1 Thurs. 2 Fri. 3 Sat. 5 Mon. *WEST COAST CONFERENCE
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GONZAGA GAME INFORMATION Date............. Sat. Feb. 18/5:00 PM USF DONS Television....Comcast SportsNet CA 2011-12 Record.......................17-11 (Glen Kuiper & Dan Belluomini) WCC Record/Finish...............7-7 Radio................95.7 The GAME 2010-11 Record...19-15, 10-4 (3rd) (Pat Olson & Jim Brovelli) Head Coach..............Rex Walters Series..........GON leads 42-22 Alma Mater................ Kansas, 1993 Series Streak....... GON won 2 Career Record................90-96 (6th) Last Meetings ........ at GON 74, USF Record....................59-63 (4th) USF 63 (1/19/12); at GON 70, SID......................... Ryan McCrary USF 53 (2/19/11); at USF 96, E-Mail......... mccrary@usfca.edu GON 91, ot (1/22/11) Web.......................USFDons.com PROJECTED USF STARTERS
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(As of 2/17/12)
Michael Williams G 6-0 170 Jr. Van Nuys, CA Taft High School
PTS REB AST MIN 10.7 2.3 1.4 28.4
Green 13 Rashad 6-4 195 Sr. Babylon, NY
G
Manhattan College
PTS REB AST MIN 11.6 5.3 2.4 29.1
BLACKWELL F 22 PERRIS 6-9 250 Jr. Etiwanda, CA Etiwanda HS
PTS REB AST MIN 12.6 6.0 0.9 25.2
CALOIARO F 32 ANGELO 6-8 225 Sr. Saratoga, CA Archbishop Mitty High School
PTS REB AST MIN 15.0 6.3 2.1 30.2
Doolin 45 Cody 6-2 170 So. Austin, TX
G
Westlake High School
PTS REB AST MIN 8.5 3.0 3.6 29.9
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1OFF THE USF BENCH
GONZAGA BULLDOGS 2011-12 Record..21-4, 11-2 WCC 2010-11 Record.............25-10 WCC/Finish............11-3/T-1st Head Coach................Mark Few Alma Mater.......Oregon (‘87) Career Record......337-87 (13th) School Record.....337-87 (13th) SID...................... Oliver Pierce E-Mail... pierce@athletics.gonzaga.edu Web.......................GoZags.com
NOTES: Scored 23 points & 13 rebounds in OT win vs. Montana (12/12/10)... careerhigh 26 points vs. Hampton (12/30/10) with 6 triples... 6th in career 3-pointers (140)... season-high 23 points vs. Dartmouth (11/23/11)... 20 points vs. USD (1/28/12)... No. 38 in USF career scoring (911/10.8) NOTES: Ranks No. 40 in career scoring (887/10.2)... 23 points vs. Murray State (11/25/11) and at Holy Cross (12/22/11)... All-Great Alaska Shootout Team... scored 18 points vs. Pacific (12/10/11)... at least 4 assists in 7 games with 6 at SMC (1/9/12)... career-high 24 points at LMU (2/4/12) NOTES: Ranks 2nd in West Coast Conference in FG% (.571) as a junior... 11th double-double with 18 points, 11 rebounds vs. BYU (2/16/12)... 18 points & career-high 16 boards at Santa Clara (1/8/11)... careerhigh 26 points vs. USD (1/28/12)... 19 points, 5 boards at Santa Clara (1/26/12) NOTES: Career-high 29 points with 11 rebounds vs. Pacific (12/10/11)... scored 19 points, 13 rebounds vs. SJSU (11/16/11)... ranks 3rd in career 3-pointers (176)... currently No. 19 in career scoring (1,206/9.9)... ranks 5th among WCC scoring (15.0) and 7th in rebounds (6.3) leaders. NOTES: Leads WCC in assist/turnover ratio in 2011-12 league play at 2.7 (62/23)... dished nine assists at San Diego (2/11/12)... career-high 23 points vs. Gonzaga (1/22/11)... game-winning lay-ups vs. Gonzaga (1/22/11), at Hawaii (3/19/11), vs. Louisiana (11/13/11) & at Montana (12/1/11)... 7.5 apg last 4 games
(As of 2/16/12)
G. #0 Dominique O’Connnor, 5-10, So. (6.0 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.2 spg) G. #2 Avery Johnson, 6-3, So. (1.7 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 0.7 apg) G. #31 Jay Wey, 6-2, Sr. (3.0 ppg, 0.7 rpg, 0.6 apg) F. #25 Cole Dickerson, 6-7, So. (6.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 0.8 bpg) C. #11 Justin Raffington, 6-9, So. (2.2 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 0.2 bpg)