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Game #30
USF Dons (19-10, 12-5 WCC) vs. Loyola Marymount Lions (12-17, 4-13 WCC)
Saturday, March 1, 2014 • 7:00 p.m. PT
Gersten Pavilion • Los Angeles, Calif.
Series Record: USF leads, 108-39
Last Meeting: USF 75-61 (Jan. 2, 2014 in San Francisco)
Audio Stream: USFDons.com (
Pat Olson, Play-by-Play; Jim Brovelli, Analyst)
Television: TheW.tv (Justin Alderson, Play-by-Play; Kris Johnson, Analyst)
Complete USF Game Notes (PDF)
The Dandy Dons
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Bring an overall record of 19-10 and an 12-5 conference mark into Saturday's regular season finale at Loyola Marymount.
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Have won a season-high four straight game following Thursday night's 77-53 win at Pepperdine.
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Enter Saturday's game tied for second in the WCC standings with BYU (20-10, 12-5 WCC) and two games behind first place Gonzaga (24-6, 14-3)...could be seeded anywhere from 2-4 in next week's WCC Championships in Las Vegas.
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USF's 19 wins are the second-highest single-season total under head coach Rex Walters (20-14 in 2011-12)...the Dons' 12 conference wins are the most since the 1978-79 season (12-2).
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The last time a USF team won more than 12 conference games was in 1976-77 (14-0)...have won 13 or more conference games three times since the WCC was formed in 1952-53.
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Are 6-5 on the road this season, including a 5-3 mark against WCC foes...are 9-3 in last 12 WCC road games.
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Posted a 75-61 victory over LMU earlier this season in San Francisco...are 13-6 in last 19 meetings with LMU.
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USF is 22-12 (.647) over the past four seasons in the month of February...went 5-2 in February last season.
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USF is 96-92 in six seasons under head coach Rex Walters...Dons are 73-55 (.570) under Walters since the start of the 2010-11 season.
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Averaging 75.7 points a game to rank as the WCC's fourth-highest scoring team...have scored 80+ points three times in conference action, including two overtime victories.
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Rank second in the WCC and 26th nationally in field goal percentage at 47.9 percent...have shot 50 percent or better from the floor in 14 games this season.
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Shooting 36.9 percent from beyond the arc for the season - fifth best in the WCC.
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Are 85-for-143 (59.4) from the line over its last five games...rank 10th in the WCC in free throw percentage at 65.0.
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Have held its last six opponents to under 70 points (372 total; 62.0)...allowing 71.9 ppg which ranks sixth in the WCC but are yielding just 68.6 ppg in conference games, which is fourth-best in the league.
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Outrebounded Pepperdine 40-29 and are 15-4 on the season when outrebounding the opponent...rank fourth in WCC rebounding at 35.2.
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Balanced scoring column sees the top six scorers averaging between 14.7 and 8.1 points per game...seven different players have taken team high-scoring honors this season.
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Senior Cole Dickerson registered his eighth double-double of the season and 22nd of his career Thursday at Pepperdine (21-10)...has double-doubles in last two games including Pacific (14-13).
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With 1,180 career points and 714 rebounds, Cole Dickerson is is one of 13 players in USF history to score 1,000 points and grab 700 rebounds...he ranks 13th on USF's all-time rebounding list and 20th on the school's all-time scoring list.
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WCC Championships get underway next Thursday at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
TIP-OFF: USF (19-10, 12-5 WCC) closes out the regular season Saturday night at Loyola Marymount (12-17, 4-13 WCC). The Dons have won four straight after Thursday night's 77-53 victory at Pepperdine while the Lions are coming off a 75-71 victory over Santa Clara. The game will be streamed on TheW.tv.
SERIES HISTORY: USF leads the all-time series with Loyola Marymount, 108-39. The Dons swept the season series last year, claiming a 62-53 victory in Memorial Gymnasium on Jan. 19 and prevailing 61-59 in Los Angeles on Feb. 21. However, the Lions scored a 61-60 overtime decision in quarterfinals of the WCC Championship on March 7 in Las Vegas. USF has won 13 of the last 19 meetings with LMU and is 39-13 vs. the Lions dating back to the 1990-91 season. The two schools have met seven times in WCC Tournament action, with the Dons holding a 5-2 edge.
FIRST MEETING WITH LMU: USF bounced back from a 28-point defeat at Gonzaga to down Loyola Marymount, 75-51 on Jan. 2 at Memorial Gymnasium.
Cole Dickerson scored a team-high 20 points while
Avry Holmes added 16 to pace the Dons to a wire-to-wire victory over the Lions. USF scored the first six points of the game and quickly built a 10-point lead at 13-3 with 15:45 remaining in the first half. The Dons lead was never fewer than 11 points the rest of the way. USF shot 48.1 percent from the field and outrebounded the Lions, 38-27.
Matt Glover recorded his first career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.
LAST TIME OUT: USF turned in a dominating second half performance to defeat Pepperdine, 77-53 Thursday night at Firestone Fieldhouse. After trailing 32-30 at halftime, the Dons outscored the Waves, 47-21 after intermission en route to a 24-point victory.
Cole Dickerson recorded his eighth double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 rebounds, while
Avry Holmes finished with 17, including 14 in the second half. The Dons shot 50.9 percent from the field and outrebounded the Waves, 40-29. The 24-point win was the team's third-widest margin of of victory on the season, trailing wins over Notre Dame de Namur (95-57) and Nicholls State (77-48).
THE RECORD: At 19-10 overall, USF has surpassed its win total from a year ago when the team finished 15-16 overall. The 19 wins are the second-highest total by a USF team under head coach
Rex Walters (20-14 in 2011-12). The Dons' 12 conference wins are the most by a USF team since the 1978-79 campaign (12-2). The last time a USF team won more than 12 conference games was in 1976-77, when the Dons went 14-0 in league play while spending the majority of the season ranked No. 1 in the nation. USF's 19 wins are fourth most in the conference behind Gonzaga (24-6), BYU (20-10) and Saint Mary's (21-9). The Dons own season sweeps over Portland, San Diego, Santa Clara, Pacific and Pepperdine
