Women's Basketball | 2/17/2016 4:01:00 PM
Game 26: USF (15-10, 6-8 WCC) vs. Pepperdine (6-20, 2-13 WCC)Thursday, Feb. 18 | 7 p.m. | War Memorial at the Sobrato Center (4,268)
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USF embarks on a three-game home stand, starting with the visiting Pepperdine Waves. The Dons are looking for the season sweep of their Southland foe, for the second time in the last three years and the 11th in program history.
By the Numbers (NCAA rank in parentheses)
• When the Dons have the ball •USF Scoring Offense - 70.6 (65) | Pepperdine Scoring Defense - 71.6 (306)
USF Field Goal Pct. - .426 (63) |Â Pepperdine FG Pct. Defense - .425 (301)
USF 3FG Pct. - .358 (29) |Â Pepperdine 3FG Pct. Defense - .318 (228)
USF Free Throw Pct. - .752 (18)
• When the Waves have the ball •Pepperdine Scoring Offense - 62.7 (199) | USF Scoring Defense - 65.5 (217)
Pepperdine Field Goal Pct. - .381 (244) |Â USF FG Pct. Defense - .387 (139)
Pepperdine 3FG Pct. - .326 (102) |Â USF 3FG Pct. Defense - .349 (324)
Pepperdine Free Throw Pct - .718 (98)
Comparison (USF/PEP):Scoring Margin:
+5.0/-8.8
Rebounds/Game:
38.4/36.1
Assists/Game:
15.7/10.6
Turnovers/Game:
17.7/17.1
Assist/Turnover Ratio:
0.9/0.6
Steals/Game:
8.8/7.7
Blocks/Game:
2.9/2.7
Between the Baselines
The collaborative nature of the USF offense has been a focus point on the season, and Dons have coupled solid shooting with 15.7 assists per game, good for 37th in the nation. The squad ranks in the top three in the league in shooting percentages, coming in nationally at 18th in free throw percentage (.752), 29th in 3-point field goal percentage (.358) and 63rd in field goal percentage (.426).Â
The Dons are led by reigning WCC Player of the Week
Taylor Proctor's 18.1 points on .480 shooting, 8.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.2 blocks per game.
Zhane Dikes adds 14.0 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.1 steals, and
Rachel Howard contributes 10.9 points on .367 shooting from beyond the arc and 2.6 assists a night.Â
Know the Foe
Pepperdine heads to the Hilltop with a 6-20 overall record, and a mark of 2-13 in league action with victories over Portland and Saint Mary's. The Waves are led by sister-act Erica and Olivia Ogwumike, with Erica's 18.4 points on .418 shooting and 7.5 rebounds per game standing as team-highs on the season. The freshman accounts for 29.4 percent of the squad's scoring, or 479 total points, on the year. Sophomore Olivia has been out with injury of late, but adds 9.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game when healthy.Â
Series Snippits
The Dons have the 37-35 advantage in the all-time series against the Waves, taking wins in six of the last seven contests. In the last meeting between the two
Kalyn Simon had a banner day, going 5-of-7 from 3-point range to finish with a career-high 18 points to lead the Dons to the 81-74 win.
Last Time OutÂ
It was just enough.
After a close call against the WCC leaders in Provo, the San Francisco women's basketball team took down the second-place San Diego Toreros, 59-54, on Saturday at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.
The Dons enjoyed four double-digit scoring efforts on the day, with
Taylor Proctor's 12 points and eight rebounds leading the way. The senior from Colorado Springs, Colo., hit a pair of clutch free throws with 23.9 seconds to play to put the Dons up by three. Fellow senior
Zhane Dikes, who finished with 10 points and six rebounds, iced the game with 0.5 seconds left, connecting on her two at the line to close the day's scoring.
Proctor Picks Up Player of the Week
Taylor Proctor earned WCC Player of the Week honors for the first time of the season, and third occasion in her career. She averaged 19.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.0 steals, and 1.5 blocks as the Dons tussled with the league's top two teams in the conference standings. The squad earned a 1-1 split on the weekend while coming within one possession of upsetting league-leaders BYU.
At BYU, the 6-0 forward finished with 27 points on .438 shooting and a 10-of-11 effort from the line as the Dons were nipped at the buzzer after Lexi Eaton Rydalch's near half-court heave found its mark as time expired. Two days later at San Diego, the Colorado Springs, Colo., native added a team-high 12 points and eight rebounds as USF defeated the Toreros, 59-54. The win at the Jenny Craig Pavilion was USF's first victory at San Diego since the 2004 season.
Along with conference designation, the NCAA recognized her as one of the nation's top performers of the week in their "Starting 5."
Splash City
Shooting 42.6 percent from the floor, the Dons have seven women over the .500-mark in true shooting percentage, which takes into account field goals, 3-pointers and free throws. As a team, the Dons have a true shooting percentage of 52.9, according to John Hollinger's formula. In comparison, fellow Bay Area team and reigning NBA champions, the Golden State Warriors, currently have a true shooting percentage of 59.4.
Individually,
Taylor Proctor (.582 ts%) Â and
Raushan Gultekin (.571 ts%) lead the way, followed by
Claudia Price (.560 ts%),
Zhane Dikes (.537 ts%),
Anna Seilund (.527 ts%) and
Rachel Howard (.516 ts%). Albeit a small sample size, in freshman
Jaylin Jones' eight games of action, her true shooting percentage comes in at 103.6 percent, as she had her first misses of the season in USF's game against Santa Clara (4-5 fg, 3-4 3fg, 3-4 ft).
Triple Threat
USF is shooting .358 from long range on the season, good for 29th in the NCAA, and third in the WCC.
Individually,
Taylor Proctor (.396/3rd),
Anna Seilund (.380/5th) and
Rachel Howard (.367/9th) all rate in the WCC's top 10 in 3-point percentage, and the Dons are one of three squads with multiple women on the list (BYU, Portland).
70 - The Magic Number
The Dons are 12-1 on the season when scoring at least 70 points, with the loss coming at the hands of Utah Valley in a 94-88 overtime game on Nov. 23.
NCAA Active Career Leaders
Taylor Proctor currently stands as one of 13 women in the NCAA with at least 1,500 points and 800 rebounds. She is joined on the senior-laden list by defending NCAA Player of the Year Breanna Stewart (UConn), Shereesha Richards (Albany), Jillian Alleyne (Oregon), Courtney Williams (South Florida), Nathalie Fontaine (Ball State), Joy Adams (Iona), Erika Livermore (Fairleigh Dickinson), Brittney Martin (Oklahoma State), Talia Walton (Washington) and Ruvanna Campbell (Ill.-Chicago). Michigan State's Aerial Powers and Nia Coffey of Northwestern are the two junior to join the baker's dozen.
She ranks 38th among active Division I scoring leaders (1,631 points). She also lands in the top-50 among active players in field goals (599/37th) and double-doubles (23/42nd). Fellow senior
Zhane Dikes rates 17th in NCAA Division I in career free throw attempts (569) and 21st in makes (413).
USF Record-Setters
The senior duo of
Taylor Proctor and
Zhane Dikes both grace USF's 1,000-point scoring list of 21 women as well as the 20-member 500-rebound club. Dikes notched her 500th rebound in USF's final non-conference game of the season against San Francisco State.Â
Along with her distinction on the points and rebounds lists, Dikes became the USF all-time leader in minutes played in USF's game at Santa Clara on Jan. 23. She is averaging more than 33 minutes per game in her career wearing Green and Gold, and passed Rheina Ale ('08-12 - 3,755 minutes) and men's minutes leader Angelo Caloiaro ('08-12 - 3,781 minutes) to earn the new school record.
Proctor leapt to third in all-time scoring after scoring 39 points on the weekend swing to BYU and San Diego, and she stands in third in rebounds, needing 12 more to jump to second. She is one of five women to rate in the top-10 in both categories. In the Dons' game at Pacific, she joined career-leader and Legend of the Hilltop Mary Hile-Nepfel as the second woman to reach the top five in both points and rebounds.
Individually,
Rachel Howard etched her name in the record books after swishing seven 3-pointers at Long Beach State. The seven triple mark in a game ties Andrea Kagie (at San Diego, 02/08/97) and Amy Touli (Northwestern State, 12/19/92).
