USF Plays Host to Cal State-East Bay Tonight

Tuesday, November 13

Community Partners Appreciation Night

7:00 pm

University of San Francisco

Cal State East Bay

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Avry Holmes scored a team-high 17 points against Stanford in his collegiate debut.

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11/13/2012 8:51:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Dons look for first win of the season in Memorial Gym opener

Complete USF Game Notes

Game #2
USF Dons (0-1, 0-0 WCC) vs.
Cal State-East Bay Pioneers (1-0, 0-0 CCAA)
Memorial Gymasium • San Francisco, Calif.
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 • 7:00 p.m.
Series Record: USF leads, 4-0
Last Meeting: W, 80-40 (2008-09)
Radio: USFDons.com (Pat Olson, Play-by-Play; Jim Brovelli, Analyst)
TV/Web: USFDons.com

Dons Briefs

Dopped their season-opener Friday night to Stanford at Oracle Arena, 74-62.
Were paced in the scoring column by freshman Avry Holmes, who came off te bench to score a team-high 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor, including 3-of-5 from three-point range...junior Cole Dickerson grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds while adding 11 points...junior De'End Parker was also in double-figures with 11.
Open the home schedule Tuesday night against Cal State-East Bay at Memorial Gymnasium...Dons hold a 4-0 advantage in the all-time series with the Pioneers.
USF was 12-5 on its home court last season.
Were +15 in the rebounding column vs. Stanford, holding a 45-29 advantage on the boards...limited the Cardinal to three offensive rebounds while grabbing 13 o-boards.
Played five freshmen and one redshirt freshman in the season-opener against Stanford...Holmes led all USF scorers with 17 points in 25 minutes while Tao Xu and Tim Derksen played 13 and 11 minutes, respectively.
Won both of their exhibition games, defeating San Francisco Sate, 93-77 and UNC-Pembroke, 94-57...junior forward Cole Dickerson posted double-doubles in both games (21-15 vs. SF State; 24-10 vs. UNC Pembroke).
Finished 20-14 overall and 8-8 in the West Coast Conference last year...marked the program's first 20-win season since 1981-82 (24-7)...made its second straight postseason appearance, falling to Washington State in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational.
Fifth-year head coach Rex Walters (Kansas '92) has guided the Dons to a 62-67 record in four previous seasons while his six-year career record stands at 93-100...USF has improved in the win column in each of the previous four seasons with Walters at the helm.
Will travel to Washington D.C. to face American University next Monday night at Bender Arena...wil then play its next three games at home beginning with Columbia on Nov. 24.