University of San Francisco Athletics

At 6' 8", Scott MacDonald played basketball for the Dons from 1989 to 1990.

The University of San Francisco basketball team will have at least four new faces on it next year because the Dons have signed four players to letters of intent the 1989-1990 season. The new Dons are 6-10 center Ben Klash, 6-8 power-forward Scott MacDonald, 6-5 guard-forward Roy Modkins, and 5-11 guard Leon Clinton. MacDonald will be a junior at USF next year. He is transferring in form Cañada College where he was named Coast Conference Player of the Year.

Men's Basketball Team opened their 1989-90 campaign in winning fashion Saturday night with a come-from-behind thriller over the UC Irvine Anteaters, 79-71. It was the home opener for the Dons, and although the holiday scheduling ensured a good number of empty seats, those in attendance had plenty to cheer about. Scott MacDonald, a 6'8", 235 pound transfer from Cañada Junior College, brought in to alleviate the pain wrought by Mark McCathrion's graduation, led the charge with 25 points and nine rebounds, both game highs. He was the driving force in the Dons poised comeback from an 11 point deficit with 8:48 remaining in the game. The play-by-play sheet during the comeback clearly illustrates MacDonald's dominance: MacDonlad lay-in off fast break, MacDonald sinks two free throws, MacDonald misses two free throws, follows second miss with lay-in, MacDonald eight foot turnaround jumper, MacDonald sinks two free throws. 

You get the picture. MacDonald was on fire from the onset, picking up ten first half points on five for nine shooting. He matched that with five for nine shooting in the second half as well, but it was his clutch free throws down the stretch that sealed the victory. MacDonald and his teammates, Kevin Bell, James Bell, and Joel DeBortoli, connected on 14 of 17 charity tosses in the final six minutes, sending the Anteaters home frustrated. "Brovelli made some great adjustments in the second half," said Irvine Coach Bill Mulligan, "and they just kept hitting their free throws. It was text-book basketball (TheFoghorn)."