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Dons Get Back to Work on Saturday vs. Loyola Marymount

Dons Get Back to Work on Saturday vs. Loyola Marymount
Cody Doolin and the Dons look to continue their recent run of success vs. Loyola Marymount on Saturday
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Game #19
USF Dons (7-11, 0-5 WCC) vs. Loyola Marymount Lions (8-10, 1-4 WCC)
War Memorial Gymnasium • San Francisco, Calif.
Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 • 1:30 p.m.
Series Record: USF leads, 105-38
Last Meeting: USF 67-60 (Mar. 2, 2012)
Radio: 95.7 The Game; USFDons.com (Pat Olson, Play-by-Play; Jim Brovelli, Analyst)
TV/Web: CSNCA (Barry Tompkins and Dan Belluomini)

Dons Briefs
  • Now 7-11 overall and 0-5 in the West Coast Conference after Thursday night's 85-64 loss to Santa Clara...also dropped games to Santa Clara (69-74), BYU (76-80), San Diego (66-70) and Saint Mary's (72-78) to open conference play.
  • Have dropped five straight and 10 of the last 12 games following a five game winning streak...eight of the losses were by 10 points or less, including four by six points or less...marks the team's second five-game losing streak of the season.
  • Trailed by two points with 31 seconds or less remaining in three of the five conference losses.
  • Last time USF was 0-5 to start conference play was in 2000-01...dropped its first seven conference games in 1991-92.
  • Have held the upperhand in the series vs. LMU, winning 10 of the last 15 meetings...last nine games with the Lions have been decided by 10 points or less, including five by four points or less.
  • Shot a season-low 32 percent from the field Thursday night vs. Santa Clara after shooting at a 48.1 percent clip (210-436) in the previous eight games...rank fourth in the WCC in field goal percentage at 45.3.
  • Rank second in the WCC and in three-point field goal percentage at 38.4, despite going 3-for-19 from beyond the arc vs. Santa Clara.
  • Shooting 65.7 percent from the free throw line -- last in the WCC.
  • Have allowed 75.0 points per game (750 total) over last 10 games after allowing 62.8 over its first eight contests...rank eighth in the WCC in scoring defense at 69.6.
  • Junior Cole Dickerson leads the WCC and ranks 12th nationally in rebound average (10.6) while Cody Doolin ranks 23rd nationally in assists per game (5.9)...De'End Parker leads the WCC and ranks t-16th nationally in three-point percentage at 50.0 (21-for-42).
  • Cole Dickerson has posted eight double-doubles in 18 games this season and was one rebound away from double-doubles in four other games.
  • Cody Doolin has 356 career assists which ranks third all-time on USF's career charts.
  • Doolin (35.1) and Dickerson (34.1) rank third and fourth, respectively, in the WCC in minutes played per game.
  • Play four of its next five games on the road beginning with the Pacific Northwest trip that starts next Thursday in Portland.
USF Looks to Snap Five-Game Skid Saturday vs. Loyola Marymount
USF (7-11, 0-5 WCC) will look to snap its five-game losing streak Saturday afternoon when the Dons play host to the Loyola Marymount Lions (8-10, 1-4 WCC) Saturday afternoon on The Hilltop. Tip-off is set for 1:30 p.m. in Memorial Gymnasium.
The game will be televised on Comcast Sports Net California with Barry Tompkins and Dan Belluomini calling the action.
USF is coming off a 85-54 home loss to Santa Clara on Thursday night in a game that saw the Dons shoot an icey 32.0 percent from the field. Loyola Marymount suffered a 78-70 setback Wednesday night in San Diego.

USF-Loyola Marymount Series
  • USF leads the all-time series with Loyola Marymount, 105-38.
  • The Dons are 77-34 all-time vs. the Lions in WCC play...the two teams have also met six times in the WCC Tournament, with the Dons holding a 5-1 edge.
  • USF has won 10 of the last 15 meetings between the two schools and is 36-12 vs. LMU dating back to the last meeting of the 1990-91 season.
  • The last nine games between USF and Loyola Marymount have been decided by 10 points or less, including five by four points or less.
  • Loyola Marymount swept last year's season series, winning 77-76 in San Francisco and 90-88 in Los Angeles...however, the Dons scored a 67-60 victory in the quarterfinals of the WCC Tournament in Las Vegas.

Last Time Out: Takeaways From the Santa Clara Game
  • Dropped a 85-54 decision Thursday night to Santa Clara in Memorial Gymnasium.
  • The loss was the Dons fifth in a row as Santa Clara completed the season series sweep.
  • USF shot 32 percent (16-50) from the floor, including 3-of-19 from three-point range, while the Broncos shot 50.8 percent and nailed 14 three-pointers.
  • USF trailed by just two points at 16-14 with 10:51 left in the first half when Santa Clara went on a 10-0 run to take a 26-14 lead with 6:36 left.
  • Santa Clara outscored the Dons 17-2 to start the second half and opened up a 52-26 lead with 14:29 remaining.
  • Matt Christiansen led all USF scorers with a career-high 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting...Kevin Foster scored a game-high 27 points for the Broncos.

Conference Start
The last time USF lost its first five games to open conference play was in the 2000-01 season. The Dons last 0-6 start in WCC play was during the 1991-92 season when USF dropped its first seven conference games.
USF is amid its second five-game losing streak of the season (Dec. 8-23 vs. Pacific, Nevada, Holy Cross, San Diego State and Ole Miss). The last time the Dons lost six straight games was during the 2009-10 campaign (Arizona State, UC Santa Barbara, Montana State, Colorado State, Colorado, BYU) following a 2-0 start.

That Close
Of USF's 11 losses this season, eight have been by 10 points or fewer, including three of the last four which have been decided by six points or less. In three of USF's five conference losses, the Dons trailed by two points with 31 seconds or less remaining in the game. However, USF has faced deficits of 10-points or more in four of its five conference games.

Home and Road
USF is 5-4 at home this season and is a 39-17 (.696) record in its last 56 home games dating back to the 2009-10 season. The Dons are 46-22 (.676) in Memorial Gymnasium in five seasons under head coach Rex Walters.
The Dons are 1-4 in true road games this season, with the only win coming at American on Nov. 19. Losses followed at Pacific, Nevada, Santa Clara and Saint Mary's.

Lineup Shuffle
Head coach Rex Walters employed his third starting lineup of the season vs. BYU, as sophomore Chris Adams joined Cody Doolin, Cole Dickerson, Tim Derksen and Tao Xu in the starting five. De'End Parker, who started the first 14 games of the year, sat out the BYU game with an aggravated wrist.
Adams made his third straight start Saturday against Saint Mary's and finished with nine points.

Leaders in Their Field
Three USF players -- Cole Dickerson, Cody Doolin and De'End Parker -- rank in the top-25 nationally in various statistical categories.
Dickerson ranks eighth the nation in rebounding, averaging 11.0 boards a game.
Parker ranks 10th nationally in three-point field goal percentage at 51.2 (21-for-41) while Doolin is averaging 6.2 assists per game to rank 21st among the national leaders.

From the Field
USF shot a season-low 32 percent from the field Thursday night against Santa Clara, connecting on just 16-of-50 shots, including 3-of-19 from three-point range.
Matt Christiansen was 5-for-5 from the floor while the rest of the team was 11-for-45 (24.4 percent).
The Dons had shot 48.1 percent (210-for-436) from the field over the previous eight games, including a season-best 55.9 percent (33-for-59) vs. Dominican. The Dons are 5-3 this season when shooting 50 percent or better from the floor, with its only losses in those eight games coming against Ole Miss (50.9), BYU (50.0) and Saint Mary's (51.0).
USF currently ranks fourth in the WCC in field goal percentage at 45.3 percent.
Freshman Tim Derksen ranks fifth in the WCC in field goal percentage at 53.1 percent (60-for-113).

From Long Distance
USF ranks second in the WCC and 26th nationally in three-point field goal percentage at 38.4 (128-for-333).
The Dons have made nine or more three-pointers in six games this season, including three of the last five contests vs. Santa Clara (9-for-22), BYU (11-for-24) and Saint Mary's (9-for-18).
De'End Parker leads the WCC and ranks 16th nationally in three-point field goal percentage at 50 percent while Avry Holmes ranks third in the conference at 45.8 percent.

Board Work
USF has been outrebounded in all five conference games vs. Santa Clara (33-42; 29-42), BYU (34-38), San Diego (27-34) and Saint Mary's (23-31). The Dons have been outboarded in 11 of the last 13 contests dating back to the St. John's game on Dec. 4.
The Dons rank eighth in the WCC in rebound average at 33.7 per game and ninth in rebound margin (-0.2). USF also ranks ninth in the WCC in offensive rebounds at 8.4 per game.
The Dons opened the season by outrebounding its first five opponents by a margin of 11.4 per game but lost the battle of the boards in its next six games vs. St. John's (34-37), Pacific (25-36), Nevada (30-45), Holy Cross (34-41), San Diego State (25-34), Ole Miss (27-33).

Charity Stripe Turnaround
USF is shooting 72.7 (104-for-143) percent from the line over the last eight games after converting on just 61.1 (132-for-216) of its charity tries over the first 10 games of the year. However, the Dons still rank ninth in the WCC in free throw percentage at 65.7.
Cody Doolin ranks fourth in the WCC in free throw percentage at 87.3 percent (69-for-79) while the rest of the team is shooting 59.6 percent (167-for-280) from the line.

Defensive Doings
The 85 points allowed to Santa Clara Thursday night matched a season-high by an opponent this season (Ole Miss; 12-23). USF also yielded a season-high 14 three-pointers to the Broncos.
USF is allowing 69.6 points a game, which ranks eighth among WCC teams. Opponents are shooting 44.4 percent from the floor, which is the highest percentage allowed in the conference. The Dons also rank ninth in the conference in blocks (1.8) and eighth in steals (5.3) per game.

Dickerson's Doubles
Cole Dickerson is averaging a double-double 18 games into the 2012-13 campaign, as the junior forward from Federal Way, Wash. is scoring 14.7 points and grabbing 10.6 rebounds per game.
Dickerson has posted eight double-doubles in 18 games this season against Stanford (11-19), Cal State-East Bay (14-15), Columbia (10-14), Montana (19-20), Holy Cross (17-17), San Diego State (15-12), Dominican (30-10) and Santa Clara (17-12) and was a rebound away from double-doubles in four other games against Pacific (14-9), Nevada (11-9), East Tennessee State (19-9) and BYU (22-9).
The last USF player to average a double-double for an entire season was Darrell Tucker, when he scored 18.9 points and grabbed 10.1 rebounds a game in 2001-02.
Dickerson also posted double-doubles in both exhibition games against San Francisco State (21-15) and UNC-Pemboke (24-10).
Dickerson averaged 7.1 ppg and 4.0 rpg in 34 games last season, including one start.

Doolin Climbing USF's Career Assist Chart
Junior point guard Cody Doolin ranks third in the WCC and 23rd nationally in assists per game (5.9). Doolin's career assist total now stands at 356, which ranks third on USF's all-time list behind Orlando Smart (902) and Gerald Walker (400).

USF's All-Time Assist Leaders
1. Orlando Smart (1990-94) 902
2. Gerald Walker (1992-96) 400
3. Cody Doolin (2010-Present) 356
4. LyRyan Russell (1997-02) 350
5. Jason Grimes (2000-05) 349
6. Ali Thomas (1997-01) 334
7. Chubby Cox (1976-78) 320
8. Ken McAlister (1978-02) 295
9. Rod Williams (1974-78) 292
10. Quintin Daily (1979-82) 273

Dons Ironmen
Cody Doolin is averaging 34.6 minutes per game, which ranks third among all conference players, while Cole Dickerson ranks fourth, averaging 33.4 minutes per game. Doolin has started all 86 games in his USF career.

Debuts
Eight players have made their USF debuts this season, including freshmen Tim Derksen, Coltin Gelb, Matt Christiansen, Avry Holmes, Tao Xu and redshirt freshman Mark Tollefsen.
De'End Parker, who spent last year at UCLA and Frank Rogers, who played at Cabrillo College, have also made their USF debuts this season.

Winning Ways
USF is 41-31 (.569) in their last 72 games following a 5-9 start to the 2010-11 season. USF has also made back-to-back postseason appearances under Rex Walters, competing in the CIT in 2010-11 and the CBI last season.
Last season, the Dons finished with an overall record of 20-14, marking the program's first 20-win season since 1981-82 (25-6).

USF Impressive in Overtime Under Walters
USF boasts an 8-1 record in overtime games under head coach Rex Walters. The Dons only overtime loss came at Colorado State, 91-75 in the 2009-10 season.

Staff Changes
Head coach Rex Walters has announced Brent Crews has been promoted from video coordinator to assistant coach. Michael Lee will assume the title of special assistant to the head coach.



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