SAN FRANCISCO - Senior Kruize Pinkins matched his career high with 26 points and also grabbed a career-best 13 rebounds to lead USF to a 86-46 victory over Notre Dame de Namur Wednesday night in Memorial Gymnasium.

The win coupled with Sunday night's 91-52 victory over South Carolina State improves the Dons' record to 2-0 on the young season and gave head coach Rex Walters his 100th coaching victory at USF.

Chris Adams and Tim Derksen added 11 for the Dons while Mark Tollefsen also reached double figures with 10 points.

Jalen Young and Don Washington each had 10 points to pace the Argos (0-2).

Pinkins was 9-of-13 from the floor, canned both of his three-point attempts and was 6-of-8 from the line en route to his 26 point night. He scored 16 points to go along with 11 rebounds in the first half, as the Dons opened a 39-21 lead at intermission.

Leading 42-28 with 17:44 left, USF went on a 17-5 run to open a 59-33 lead with 10:51 left in the game. USF's lead was 24 at 61-37 with 8:38 left when the Dons outscored the Argos 20-2 to build their lead to 42 at 81-39 with 3:28 remaining.

USF shot 52.4 percent from the field and held a 45-26 advantage on the boards.

USF will return to action on Monday night when it faces Hawaii in the first round of the Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero, Fla. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m. PT.

Rex Walters Post-Game Comments

"i thought we were a little better in the second half and got after them a little harder. The challenge for us is to go from good to great and to do that we have to be unrelenting. I'm going to coach it like we are playing Kentucky. We want to put ourselves in a position to be the best team we can be and the only way you do that is by taking advantage of every possession."

"Kruize and Chris Adams as seniors are just so much more comfortable out there. They understand what we want to do and understand the expectations. Kruize has a comfort level knowing we are going to run a lot of things through him. He presents a lot of mismatches whether he's at the five or the four."

"I won't make any decisions (on playing time), the players do. I believe we have 14 guys who are all in the conversation."