THE RUNDOWN
SAN FRANCISCO – The University of San Francisco women's basketball team departs the Bay Area today headed to Provo, Utah – home of BYU - to compete in their first West Coast Conference road game. The Dons (6-7, 1-1) will face the Cougars (6-7, 1-1) at the Marriot Center on Thursday evening, 6 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT in their third WCC game. 
 
BYU, voted to finish third in the conference, will look to stay undefeated at home for a second-consecutive season. In their last timeout, the Cougars fell to Saint Mary's in the East Bay, 49-57.
 
The Dons are coming off a convincing win in which they saw a season-high in field-goal percentage, shooting 50.0. Anna Seilund highlighted the victory with her 36-point performance, a new career high. She hit six three pointers, bringing her one trey ball away from tying fourth in the USF record books for career three-point field-goals made (159, Rheina Ale).
 
The two teams each have the single-game top scorers in the league, Don Anna Seilund and Cougar Cassie Devashrayee, who have each had 36-point outings this year. The difference between the two guards being that Seilund leads the league in scoring (22.5), while Davasrayee sits in ninth (13.0).
 
SCOUTING BYU

• Devashrayee leads the Cougars with her 19.0 points per contest in overall play. She also leads in assists, with 5.0 per game.
• Brenna Chase is the only other BYU player to register 10-plus points per game with her 11.8.
• Shalae Salmon brings in 8.2 boards a game, leading the team.
• BYU is tops in blocked shots in the WCC (overall games) with 6.2 per game, 80 total.
• The Cougars sit right behind the Dons at No. 2 in the rankings for three-point field-goals made with 75 (Dons have 93).  
• BYU leads the series 16-4, including a 8-1 history against the Dons when playing at home.

 
DONS BY THE NUMBERS

• Anna Seilund leads the WCC and the Dons roster in scoring, averaging 22.5 points per game. She is coming off a career-high 26-point performance.
• Seilund sits on top of the charts in the WCC in three-point field-goal percentage with her 60.0 percent (6-for-10). She is one three pointer away from tying fourth in the USF record books for career three pointers made (159).
• The Dons are tops in the WCC (overall games) in both three-point field-goals made with 7.2 per contest and defensive rebounds averaging 29.2 per game. In conference games only, USF ranks first in three-point field-goal percentage (37.5) and three-point field goals made (7.5).
• USF also ranks in the top five in seven categories in the WCC (conference-only games) including scoring offense (3^rd, 69.0), field-goal percentage (2^nd, 45.2), rebounding offense (T-5^th, 39.0), rebounding defense (3^rd, 38.5), assists (3^rd, 16.0), steals (T-5^th, 6.5), defensive rebounds (2^nd, 28.5).
• The Dons are 4-16 against the Cougars and 1-8 when playing in Provo, Utah. The last win came in 2012.

WHAT YOU MISSED
If you're just tuning into the Dons this year, check out our last contest against Portland. Seilund led with her 36-points as we defeated the Pilots 84-75 on 50.0 percent shooting from the field as a team. 

 
GAME DETAILS
Don't miss Anna Seilund as she moves up the charts to No. 4 in made three-point field goals in the USF history books! You can follow along with the game here: stats | stream | audio with Joe Castellano. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. PT/ 7 p.m. PT.