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USF VS. LMU IN QUARTERFINALS: After defeating No. 8 Portland 87-66 on Thursday to open the 2012 Zappos.com West Coast Conference Championship, USF takes on No. 4 Loyola Marymount Friday, March 2 at 6:00 PM from the Orleans Arena. The contest will be televised nationally by ESPNU and carried on USFDons.com via Stretch Internet.
SEMIFINALS SATURDAY: The winner of the No. 4 seed Loyola Marymount vs. No. 5 San Francisco contest will take on regular season champion No. 21 Saint Mary's Saturday, March 3 at 6:00 PM at the Orleans Arena in a game televised on ESPN2.
SCOUTING No. 4 LMU: The Lions enter the 2012 Zappos.com West Coast Conference Championship after going 11-5 during league play. LMU managed 70.0 points per game during WCC action and allowed 66.7 points per night vs. league foes. The Lions dropped a 60-57 home loss to San Diego before bouncing back for a 68-65 triumph against Santa Clara in the 2011-12 regular season finale at Gersten Pavilion.
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT PROBABLE STARTERS (As of 2/28/12)
G. #3 Anthony Ireland, 5-10, 175 So. (15.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 4.8 apg)
G. #24 Ayodeji Egbeyemi, 6-4. 205, So. (4.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 0.8 apg)
F. #12 LaRon Armstead, 6-5, 200, Sr. (8.0 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 0.9 apg)
F. #34 Drew Viney, 6-8, 200, Sr. (15.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.5 apg)
F. #22 Godwin Okonji, 6-8, 220, So. (3.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 0.9 bpg)
LAST MEETINGS: at LMU 90, USF 88 (2/4/12); LMU 77, at USF 76, ot (12/31/11); at USF 77, LMU 75 (2/26/11); USF 61, at LMU 60 (1/27/11); LMU 84, USF 76 (3/6/10)*WCC Tournament Semis; at USF 75, LMU 66 (2/13/10); USF 70, at LMU 67 (1/14/10)
SERIES RECORD/STREAK: USF leads 104-38/LMU won 2
WCC TOURNAMENT SERIES RECORD: USF leads 4-1
WCC TOURNAMENT SERIES RESULTS:
No. 5 LMU 84, No. 4 USF 76 (3/6/10) - Las Vegas
- Kwame Vaughn 20 points; Dior Lowhorn 18 points, 9 rebounds
No. 5 USF 79, No. 8 LMU 60 (3/7/08) - San Diego
- Dior Lowhorn 26 points, 9 rebounds; Manny Quezada 22 points
No. 3 USF 70, No. 7 LMU 56 (3/8/03) - San Diego
- Darrell Tucker - 26 points, 11 rebounds
No. 6 USF 100, No. 3 LMU 85 (3/7/92) - Portland
- Tomas Thompson 29 points, Daryl Johnson 20 rebounds
No. 7 USF 101, No. 2 LMU 93 (3/2/91) - Santa Clara
- Tim Owens - 45 points; Daryl Johnson 11 rebounds
LIONS AND DONS - WCC TOURNAMENT BULLETS:
- LMU posted its first WCC Tournament win vs. San Francisco in the 2010 quarterfinals with a 84-76 win at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas
- Drew Viney scored 18 points with 8 rebounds to pace the Lions in the last tourney meeting vs. the Dons
- USF has posted big upsets vs. LMU in the tournament, beating the No. 2 seed in 1991 and the No. 3 seed in 1992
- Tim Owens led USF to victory vs. LMU in 1991, pouring in a career-high 45 points - the second highest single-game tally in USF history - Keith Jackson, 47 vs. LMU (2/13/88)
- In eight career games against LMU, senior forward Dior Lowhorn averaged 20.5 ppg, and 9.1 rpg with three double-double nights
THREE DONS EARN ALL-WCC HONORS: Senior forward
Angelo Caloiaro was named to the All-West Coast Conference First Team, while junior center
Perris Blackwell and senior guard
Rashad Green were named Honorable Mention.
- Second straight year USF has had three or more all-conference picks
- USF extends its WCC record to 57 players earning All-WCC first or second team selection with a total of 97 honors
- Blackwell earns honorable mention selection for the second straight year
MOVING ON UP: Senior forward
Angelo Caloiaro enters the quarterfinals of the 2012 Zappos.com WCC Championship ranked No. 18 on the USF career scoring list with 1,247 points (10.0 ppg). Next up is USF Hall-of-Famer Dennis Black (1966-68), who scored 1,269 (16.1).
MOVING ON UP II: Senior guard
Rashad Green enters the quarterfinals of the 2012 Zappos.com WCC Championship at No. 37 on the USF career scoring chart with 944 (10.4) Junior guard
Michael Williams is right on Green's heels at No. 38 with 941 points (10.8).
DONS REGULAR SEASON BULLETS
- San Francisco posted 18 wins in the 2011-12 regular season, the most since the 1999-00 squad registered 19
- The Dons are searching for their first 20-win campaign since 1981-82 (25-6)
- At 10-4, USF posted its best non-conference record since 1999-00 (12-1)
- Since opening the 2010-11 season with a 4-9 record, San Francisco owns a 33-18 mark
- Dating to the start of West Coast Conference play last season, the Dons own a 13-5 record in games decided by three points or less or in overtime, including 6-4 mark this season
- USF dropped to 10-2 in overtime games under head coach
Rex Walters with a 77-76 OT home loss to Loyola Marymount (12/31/11)
- San Francisco is 25-8 at War Memorial Gym since the start of the 2010-11 season
- USF owns a 976-691 advantage in paint scoring through 30 games
- The Dons lead the league in steals (8.5) and rank second the league in scoring (75.2) and turnover margin (+2.6)
- USF also ranks in the top-four in the WCC in field goal percentage (.468/3rd), scoring margin (+4.6/4th), 3-point field goals (6.7/4th) & assists (13.7/3rd)
- USF opponents are converting at a remarkable .769 rate from the free throw line.
ON THE WEB: San Francisco Basketball is pleased to partner with Stretch Internet for the 2011-12 season. Stretch will provide live audio and video streaming throughout the season. All USF games in the 2012 Zappos.com West Coast Conference Tournament will feature a live audio broadcast. Fans can access the Dons like never before on your favorite handheld devices via Stretch Internet's Game Central player. Now in his 21st year calling the action,
Pat Olson will team with USF Hall-of-Famer Jim Brovelli for another exciting season.
