USD Men's Basketball 1996-1997

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SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS: The Gonzaga Bulldogs opened up WCC play with a weekend sweep over Santa Clara (75-66) and Saint Mary's (80-57) ... the wins improved Gonzaga's current winstreak to four games and improved their overall record to 9-5 ... center Bakari Hendrix scored a career– high 18 points for the Zags in Thursday's 75-66 win over Santa Clara ... in the Saint Mary's game, freshman guard Richie Frahm came off the bench to make 8-of-9 shots (4-for-5 three-pointers) and finished with a career-best 20 points ... probable starters include forwards Axel Dench (6-11 Fr., 7.5 ppg) and Mike Leasure (6-7 So., 5.9 ppg), center Bakari Hendrix (6-8 Jr., 9.2 ppg), and guards Matt Santangelo (6-1 Fr., 12.1 ppg) and Lorenzo Rollins (6-4 Sr., 17.0 ppg) ... Rollins was the WCC December Player of the Month and currently is second in the WCC in scoring ... 7--0 center Paul Rogers, considered by some media outlets as the preseason WCC Player of the Year, will apply for a medical hardship after suffering a broken right foot in early December ... head coach Dan Fitzgerald (248-162) is in his final season. The Portland Pilots (5-9; 0-2) play at USF prior to Saturday's game in San Diego ... the Pilots have lost seven of nine, including both WCC games this past weekend to Saint Mary's (61-66) and Santa Clara (55-68), and are 1-5 through their first six road games ... center Greg Klosterman scored 18 in the St. Mary's game and forward Jimmie Rainwa– ter scored 21 against the Broncos ... probable starters include forwards Chivo Anderson (6-5 Jr., 12.6 ppg) and Jimmie Rain– water (6-6 So., 11.5 ppg), center Greg Klosterman (6-11 Sr., 14.1 ppg), and guards Dionn Holton (5-10 Jr., 8.6 ppg) and Jason Franklin (6-4 Fr., 12.5 ppg) ... head coach Rob Chavez is in his third season at Portland (45-28) and has a career mark of 73-55. TORERO GAMES TO BE TELEVISED: Fox Sports West, formerly Prime Sports, will be airing selected USD Basketball games this season. Saturday, February 8th, a men's and women's doubleheader versus USF will be carried by Fox's new regional network. The men 's game will tip-off live at 5:00 pm. The women's game vs. USF will tip-off at 7:30 p.m. and will be televised on Sun., Feb. 9th at 8:00 pm. On February 15th, the men's road game vs. Gonzaga will be carried live at 5:30 pm. On Thursday, February 20th, the men's USD vs. Loyola Marymount game at home will also be televised live at 5:00 pm. LMU HOSTS 2ND LOS ANGELES-BASED wee CHAMPIONSHIP: Loyola Marymount hosts the 11th an– nual WCC Basketball Championships, the first time the event has been to the L.A. area since 1990. This is only the third WCC tournament which has taken place outside the Bay Area (LMU 1990, Portland 1991). All eight men's and women's teams take part in the event with the survivors earning an auto– matic bid to the NCAA Championships. Tickets for reserved seats to the event are available now by calling the USO Ath– letic Department at (619) 260-4803. SPORTS INFORMATION HOTLINE: For results and in– formation on upcoming events, please contact the USD Torero Hotline at 619/260-2323 ... the hotline will be updated after both home and away contests throughout the season. CODE OF CONDUCT

THE GAMES: The USD Toreros (8-6; 0-2), coming off WCC road losses at Pepperdine (66-72) and Loyola Marymount (68- 73), will try to rebound this week with home games against Gonzaga University (9-5; 2--0) on Thursday, Jan. 16th and the University of Portland (5-9; 0-2) on Saturday, Jan. 18th. Both games tipoff at 7:00 p.m. in the USD Sports Center. SERIES RECORDS: The Gonzaga Bulldogs lead USD 26- 13 overall and 24-11 in WCC contests ... the Zags have won four straight over the TOl'eros, including both games last year (60-53 in Spokane; 69-59 in San Diego). USD leads Portland 22-16 overall and in WCC play 20-14 ... the Pilots have won four of the last five meetings, including last yecW"'s second round wee Tournament game at Santa Clara, 65-52. COACH HOLLAND: USD head coach Brad Holland (UCLA, 1979) is in his third year at the helm of the USD men's program where he owns a mark of 33-36. He has guided USD to six wins in its last nine games and an overall mark of 8-6. Last season he directed the Toreros to a 14-14 record and semi– final appearance at the WCC Tournament. He enters the Gonzaga game this week with a career mark of 56-67. Prior to USD he was head coach at Cal State Fullerton for two years. Holland, who played four years of basketball at UCLA (1976- 79), was the 14th player taken in the first round of the 1979 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. He was a member of the 1980 NBA championship team. Holland and his wife, Leslie, have three children, Kristin and Lisa, 14-year-old twins, and Kyle, age 4. WCC STANDINGS (as of Jan. 13th): Gonzaga (2--0; 9- 5), San Francisco (2--0; 7-7), Saint Mary's (1-1; 11-4), Santa Clara (1-1; 7-7), Loyola Marymount (1-1; 4-10), Pepperdine (1-1; 3- 11 ), San Diego (0-2; 8-6), Portland (0-2; 5-9). UPCOMING WCC GAMES: (Wed., Jan. 15th) Pepperdine at LMU, Saint Mary's at Santa Clara (Thur., Jan. 16th) Gonzaga at USD, Portland at USF. (Sat., Jan. 18th) Gonzaga at USF, LMU at Pepperdine, Santa Clara at Saint Mary's, Portland at USD. TORERO UPDATE: USD will be looking to bounce back from this past weekend's WCC road losses at Pepperdine (66- 72) and Loyola Marymount (68-73) ... against Pepperdine the Toreros shot just 38.6% from the field and were outrebounded 41-36 ... Alex Davis led four Toreros in double digits with 14 points ... Andre Speech (13 points) and Nosa Obasohan (10 points) each came off the bench to tally season bests in points scOl'ed ... the next night at LMU, USD shot 53.7 percent from the field, however, LMU pulled down 14 offensive rebounds and attempted 17 more shots than USO ... Davis scored a game– high 20 points ... probable starters for USO include forwards Sean Flannery (11.4 ppg) and Brian Miles (13.5 ppg), center Brian Bruso (11.9 ppg), and guards Brock Jacobsen (8.0 ppg) and Alex Davis (9.2 ppg) ... at home this season USO is 5-1 and outscoring its opponents 79.7 to 59.7 ... Alex Davis leads the WCC in steals at 2.4 per game ... Sean Flannery's streak of at least one three-pointer made ended at 50 after he failed to make one over the weekend. USDIWCC SPECTATOR

Ladies and gentlemen, please be advised of the University of San Diego and West Coast Conference policy in regard to appropriate spectator conduct at athletic contests at USO. We appreciate your cooperation in demonstrating positive sportsmanlike conduct toward all student-athletes and coaches, particularly our opponents, the game officials, other spectators and those who administer today's competition. We are very proud of our student-athletes, coaches and officials. Likewise, we value your contributions as spectators to the overall competitive environment. USO, the WCC and Torero Basketball thanks you for your support and cooperation. Enjoy tonight's contest !

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