Box Score San Francisco Drops 90-88 Heart-breaker at Loyola Marymount
Rashad Green Scores Career-High 24 Points for the Dons
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February 4, 2012
(Los Angeles, CA) – San Francisco led for most of the game, but could not hold off a furious 13-3 rally by Loyola Marymount and dropped a 90-88 West Coast Conference decision Saturday night at Gersten Pavilion. The Dons (15-10, 5-6 WCC) missed a couple critical free throws and made inopportune miscues as the Lions (15-9, 8-3 WCC) complete the season sweep.
Senior guard
Rashad Green scored a game- and career-high 24 points for the Dons, 19 coming in the second half. The New Yorker made half of his 14 field goal attempts and added seven rebounds and four assists in 32 minutes. Senior forward
Angelo Caloiaro had 17 points with six rebounds and junior guard
Michael Williams chipped in 16 points.
San Francisco constructed one of its most complete first halves of the season. The Dons took a 9-7 lead with 14:54 remaining in the half on back-to-back jumpers from Dickerson and rolled from there. LMU pulled to within three at 18-15 with 11:47 left, but USF responded with a 23-5 burst to take a 41-20 lead with 3:03 to go.
USF shot .471 (16-34) from the floor and the Dons defense limited LMU to a .367 (11-30) clip. Williams led the way for San Francisco offensively with 13 points, Dickerson added seven as seven USF players scored at least three points in the opening 20 minutes.
San Francisco looked to be in control for most of the second half as well. LMU cut the lead to single digits, but the Dons found an answer until the final Lions' flurry. Loyola Marymount scored 60 points in the second half.
Statistically, it was remarkable. Both teams connected on 29 field goals and 11 3-pointers. Both teams missed four free throws. Both squads pulled down 32 rebounds and seven offensive boards. Both the Dons and the Lions scored 30 points in the paint.
USF shot a season-best .826 (19-23) from the line. Unfortunately, three of the Dons' misses at the charity stripe came in the final three minutes as the Lions climbed back into the contest.
Drew Viney scored a team-high 20 points with nine rebounds to lead LMU, while Jarred DuBois added 17 points off the bench.
San Francisco returns to action when it welcomes ancient Bay Area rival Santa Clara to the Hilltop Thursday, February 9 in a Jesuit Spotlight contest. Tip-off against the Broncos is set for 8:00 PM at War Memorial Gym in a game televised nationally on ESPNU.
