SAN FRANCISCO — The University of San Francisco women's basketball team returns home from a four-game road trip to kick off the month of December by hosting Cal State Fullerton of the Big West Conference at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The two teams haven't faced each other since 2012, the last contest of what was an annual meeting for eight consecutive years.
 
GAME 8 INFORMATION
Date/Time: Dec. 4, 2019 – 5:30 p.m.
Opponent: Cal State Fullerton (4-4)
Site: War Memorial at the Sobrato Center
Tickets: https://www.usfdons.com/tickets
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SCOUTING REPORT: CAL STATE FULLERTON
The Titans (4-4) dropped both of their games at their own Titan Classic over Thanksgiving Weekend, including a slim, 71-69, defeat to Montana. They had won four of their last five before that, with a 79-74 overtime win over West Coast Conference member Loyola Marymount thrown in. The Titans have been better on the road (3-2) than at home (1-2).
 
Raina Perez leads the Titans, the Big West Conference, and is No. 11 in the country averaging 21.0 points per game. She has made more field goals (69) than anyone in the country and has scored the fifth-most total points (168) in the nation. Joy Krupka is No. 2 in the Big West and No. 40 in the country with 10.1 rebounds per game. The Titans share the ball well, leading the Big West and ranking among the nation's top-40 in both total assists (129) and assists-to-turnovers ratio (1.19).
 
LAST TIME OUT
San Francisco went north and crossed the border over Thanksgiving Weekend, winning the consolation side of the eight-team bracket at the Greater Victoria Invitational, hosted at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia. The Dons were tied with then-No. 10/8 Mississippi State through the first quarter on Thanksgiving Day before dropping their first-round game. They went on to beat Bowling Green (64-56) and Houston (80-57).
 
The weekend was a homecoming of sorts for graduate transfer Mikayla Williams, who calls Meathpark, Saskatchewan, her hometown in homage to her grandfather who lived there. Williams spent six years of her life in Canada and is a dual citizen of both Canada and the U.S. Friday, she had an 18-point, 17-rebound double-double in USF's win.
 
VICTORIOUS ON INTERNATIONAL SOIL
San Francisco's 64-56 win over Bowling Green Friday in Victoria, British Columbia, was its first win outside of the U.S. in more than a decade. The Dons' last win in a foreign country came on Dec. 20, 2008, a 70-59 win over Stephen F. Austin in Cancun, Mexico - just a month short of 11 years on the dot.
 
TAKING WHAT'S FREE
San Francisco is the best free-throw shooting team in the West Coast Conference, making 79.0% of its attempts from the charity stripe. The Dons  are ranked 13th in the nation (through Monday's games) in free-throw shooting. The team's 109 free throws made are ranked 43rd in the country. Five times this season USF has shot better than 80% in a game. Only twice have the Dons been below 75%.
 
DOUBLING DOWN ON DOUBLE-DOUBLES
USF has seen seven double-doubles already in its first eight games. The Dons have had a double-double in each of their past two games and three of their last four. Leilah Vigil leads the team with three double-doubles, her last coming Saturday against Houston. Mikayla Williams has two, with one on Friday versus Bowling Green. Lucie Hoskova and Abby Rathbun have the other two.
 
BOARDING SCHOOL
San Francisco's 328 total rebounds this season are 36th in the country (through Monday) and second in the WCC. Four times this season, USF has pulled down more than 40 rebounds, with two other games of 39. USF's 41.0 rebounds per game rank fourth in the WCC. Four Dons are averaging at least 4.5 rebounds per game, led by Leilah Vigil's 9.9 (2nd in the WCC).
 
COMING UP
San Francisco rests for 10 days during finals and returns to action on Dec. 14 when it hosts Sacramento State. Fans can purchase tickets and find all live coverage links on USFDons.com.