MBB | Dons Make It Rain in Rose City - University of San Francisco Athletics

Saturday, December 30

Portland, Ore.

6 p.m.

University of San Francisco

9-6, 1-1WCC

Portland

6-9, 0-2WCC

Team	1	2	F
San Francisco	46	38	84
Portland	28	33	61

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Photo by: Christina Leung

MBB | Dons Make It Rain in Rose City

12/30/2017 9:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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PORTLAND – It was a night of season highs for the University of San Francisco men's basketball team. USF shot the lights out of the Chiles Center, tallying 15 3-point field goals en route to an 84-61 rout of the Pilots on Saturday evening.

USF (9-6, 1-1 WCC) came out on fire, shooting 53.1 percent in the opening half, including 47.6 percent from 3-point range. The evening finished with the Dons recording 15 made 3-point field goals, a season-high, and had four players finish in double figures.

Souley Boum led USF with a season-best 26 points. He went 8-for-11 from the field and 3-for-6 from beyond the arc. In the opening half, it was Chase Foster and Erik Poulsen who did a lot of the heavy lifting, scoring 10 points each before the intermission. Poulsen tied his career-high with 14 points, while Foster finished with 13. Jordan Ratinho chipped in 12 as well.

The Pilots (6-9, 0-2 WCC) attempted to make it a game when a 3-point field goal that would have cut the deficit to nine rimmed out. From there, the Dons put the game away, closing out Portland on an 18-4 run over the remaining five minutes.

Portland was led by Marcus Shaver Jr.'s 12 points. All eight Pilots who played scored at least five points.

GAME NOTES

The Dons 15 made 3-point field goals is a season-high. The previous best was 11 vs. Central Arkansas. The last time the Dons made 15 or more threes in a game was in the win over Utah on Dec. 22, 2016 when USF recorded 16.
USF was all over the glass. The Dons finished +28 in the rebound department, recording a season-high 51 rebounds. The last time the Dons grabbed at least 50 rebounds was in the overtime win over Santa Clara on Feb. 6, 2016.
Souley Boum finished with a career-high 26 points. It iis the fourth time he's gone over 20 points. He now has 187 points on the year.
The Dons offense scored a season-high 46 points in the opening half, the most points scored by the Dons in any half during the season. The 84 points is also a season-high. USF improves to 6-0 on the year when scoring 73 or more points.

NEXT UP
The Dons will make their WCC home debut on Thursday, Jan. 4 when BYU comes to down. The game is slated for an 8:00 p.m. tip and will be televised on NBCS CA. Tickets can be purchased by visiting the Dons Ticket Central or by calling 415-422-2USF (2873).