FRESNO STATE A T H L E T I C S M E D I A R E L A T I O N S www.gobulldogs.com 5305 N. Campus Dr. • Rm 153 • Fresno, CA 93740-8020 • 559-278-2509 • Fax: 559-278-4689 Exhibition 2 EXH Final 2003-04 WAC Standings Fresno State Closes Out – WAC –– Overall – W L Pct. W L Pct. Exhibition Schedule With ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2 Nevada 13 5 .722 25 9 .735 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– CSU Monterey Bay UTEP 13 5 .722 24 8 .750 Fresno State ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Fresh off an easy win in its first exhibition Boise State 12 6 .667 23 10 .697 vs. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– on Monday, Fresno State takes the court Rice 12 6 .667 22 11 .667 this afternoon against CSU Monterey Bay ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– CSU Monterey Bay Hawaii 11 7 .611 21 12 .636 for its second of two preseason games. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Fresno State 10 8 .556 14 15 .483 Game Facts The Bulldogs opened up the exhibition ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Sunday, Nov. 14 • 3 p.m. Louisiana Tech 8 10 .444 15 15 .500 season with an 81-63 victory over Fresno ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– SMU 5 13 .278 12 19 .400 Fresno, Calif. • Save Mart Center (16,116) Pacific, with Donovan Morris getting his ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Fresno State career off to a good start by Tulsa 5 13 .278 9 20 .310 TV: None ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– posting a double-double. Tonight will be San Jose State 1 17 .056 6 23 .207 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Radio: KMJ AM 580 CSUMB’s first exhibition game of the year. (Bill Woodward, Dave Severns) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2004-05 Schedule Bulldogs Getting Healthier Spanish Radio: None Date Opponent Time –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Mustafa Al-Sayyad’s appearance in ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Live Stats/Audio: www.gobulldogs.com Nov. 8 Fresno Pacific (exh) W, 81-63 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Monday’s exhibition game was his first ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Nov. 14 CSU Monterey Bay (exh) 3 p.m. extended action since injuring his knee ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– the first week of preseason practice. He Nov. 19 ^ Maryland-Eastern Shore 8 p.m. Series History ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– played just 17 minutes in that contest and Nov. 27 at East Tennessee State 1 p.m. Fresno State and CSU Monterey Bay have never played be- ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– fore in either an exhibition or a regular season game. could play more tonight. Another Bulldog Dec. 3 # Grand Canyon 8 p.m. who has been hobbled is Hector ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Dec. 4 # Cons/Champ Game 5:30/8 p.m. The Coaches Hernandez, who sat out Monday’s exhibi- ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Dec. 8 at USC 7 p.m. Fresno State: The Bulldogs are coached by Ray Lopes, who tion with an injured hamstring. He is prob- ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– is entering his third year at the helm. The 2003 WAC Coach Dec. 11 ^ Sacramento State 7 p.m. able for today’s game. Chris Berry went ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– of the Year and CBS Sportsline.com Rookie Coach of the down with an injured ankle against Fresno Dec. 18 Oregon 7 p.m. Year has compiled a 34-23 record. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Pacific but has been practicing and should Dec. 21 Pacific 7 p.m. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Fresno Pacific: Bill Trumbo is in his second season with play against the Otters. Dec. 23 at San Francisco 7 p.m. CSU Monterey Bay. In his first year, he led the Otters to a ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 15-20 mark, including an 11-8 record in conference. Trumbo Dec. 29 • Hawaii 7 p.m. Next Up ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– also doubles as the school’s athletics director. Jan. 2 • San Jose State 3 p.m. Fresno State begins the 2004-05 season ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Jan. 6 • at SMU 5 p.m. Tonight’s Referees for good Friday with the opener against ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Maryland-Eastern Shore. The Bulldogs Jan. 8 • at Louisiana Tech 4:30 p.m. Charles Range, Brian Sorenson, Bob Sitov ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– and Hawks square off Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. at Jan. 13 • Boise State 7 p.m. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– the Save Mart Center. A women’s game Jan. 15 • UTEP 7 p.m. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– against Pepperdine precedes the contest. Jan. 20 • at Rice 5 p.m. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– CSU Monterey Bay’s Probable Starters – 2003-04 Totals – Jan. 22 • at Tulsa 11 a.m. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Pos No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG APG Jan. 29 • ^ at Nevada 7:30 p.m. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– G 12 Jon Lapachet 5-11 170 Sr. Lodi, Calif. 1.7 1.2 2.5 Feb. 3 • Louisiana Tech 7 p.m. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– G 10 Ryan Bisio 5-9 170 Sr. Arcata, Calif. 3.2 1.0 1.4 Feb. 5 • SMU 7 p.m. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Feb. 10 • at UTEP 6 p.m. F 11 Will Brown 6-3 185 Sr. Menlo Park, Calif. 9.5 4.4 2.5 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Feb. 12 • at Boise State 1 p.m. F 33 Azzan Walker 6-6 210 Sr. Berkeley, Calif. 6.9 3.5 0.6 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Feb. 16 • Tulsa 7 p.m. C 43 Jared Jungwirth 6-7 215 Sr. Camarillo, Calif. 7.8 4.4 0.8 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Feb. 19 Bracket Buster TBA ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– – 2003-04 Totals – Feb. 21 • Rice 7 p.m. Fresno State’s Probable Starters ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Pos No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG APG Feb. 28 • ^ Nevada 7 p.m. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– G 22 Dominique White 5-11 185 Fr. Urbana, Ill. – Newcomer – March 3 • at San Jose State 7 p.m. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– March 5 • at Hawaii 9 p.m. G 4 Donovan Morris 6-4 205 Fr. San Bernardino, Calif. – Newcomer – ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– March 8-12 & WAC Tournament TBD G 00 Carl Ross 6-3 190 Fr. Fresno, Calif. – Newcomer – ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– # McCaffrey Classic; ^ Indicates doubleheader with women’s G 34 Ja’Vance Coleman 6-3 215 So. Fresno, Calif. – Newcomer – –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– team; • Indicates WAC game; & Tournament played in Reno, C 55 Mustafa Al-Sayyad 6-9 240 Fr. Khartoum, Sudan 8.4 7.3 0.8 Nev. Bulldogs Picked Eighth, Ninth in WAC Preseason Coaches Poll Head Coach Ray Lopes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WAC Preseason Polls 1. UTEP (5) 77 Despite having spent just two years at the helm of –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Fresno State, Ray Lopes has already guided his team to With one of most freshmen-laden teams 2. Rice (5) 75 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– a WAC title, won league coach of the year honors and in the nation, WAC coaches and media 3. Louisiana Tech 59 received national recognition as one of the country’s –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– picked Fresno State to finish near the 4. Nevada 53 young coaches. Now as he enters year three, he –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– bottom in the league’s preseason polls. 5. Hawaii 51 embarks on a new challenge: Rebuilding the Bulldogs The conference media selected the Bull- –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– into a tough, disciplined outfit capable of challenging 6. SMU 45 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– for a WAC title and postseason berths every year. dogs to finish eighth while the coaches 7. Boise State 32 voted them ninth. UTEP was the unani- –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Lopes was named the school’s men’s 8. Tulsa 27 coach on April 3, 2002, and immediately stoked fans’ mous pick to win the WAC while Rice was –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 9. Fresno State 21 interest by displaying a piece of the net snipped from second. Fresno State has just three –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– San Jose Arena after the Oklahoma team for which he 10. San Jose State 10 letterwinners returning from last year –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– was an assistant defeated Missouri to advance to the squad, but perhaps a bigger reason of Final Four. WAC Preseason Media Poll Just 333 days later, Lopes’ promise became reality why the Bulldogs were placed in the lower –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1. UTEP (13) 186 when his Fresno State team, predicted to finish fifth by half was due to the 10 newcomers (nine –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– both the Western Athletic Conference coaches and 2. Rice (5) 178 freshman) the team has on the roster. No –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– media, defeated Nevada 107-99 in double overtime in 3. Nevada (1) 136 Fresno State players were named to the –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– the final home game of the season. It was just the preseason All-WAC teams. 4. Hawaii (1) 130 program’s second outright league title since entering –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5. Louisiana Tech 127 the conference in 1992. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 6. Boise State 111 For his efforts, he was named WAC Coach of the Year Bulldogs Ink One to Play in 2005-06 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– and Rookie Coach of the Year by CBSSportsline.com. 7. SMU 75 Fresno State head coach Ray Lopes an- –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Last year, Lopes held Fresno State together through 8. Fresno State 71 nounced the signing of one player to a –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– a tumultuous season in which the team lost nearly 60 9. Tulsa 65 percent of its offense by February through injuries and letter of intent this week. High school –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 10. San Jose State 21 player suspensions. The Bulldogs finished 14-15 (10-8 senior Eric Van Vliet will begin playing for –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WAC), the eighth time in nine years the program the Bulldogs in the 2005-06 season. Van experienced a winning league record. Vliet is a 6-10, 250-pound center from Santa Cruz, Calif., who averaged 10 points and Prior to Fresno State, Lopes served as a top assistant 10 rebounds per game last year at Santa Cruz High School. He was especially strong coach at the University of Oklahoma for eight years under Kelvin Sampson. While with the Sooners, he this summer when, by all accounts, he greatly improved he increased his offensive became no stranger to postseason play. OU made eight prowess to the where it nearly matches his defensive ability. Post players were consecutive NCAA appearances with Lopes on staff, to be an area of need for Fresno State, which is losing senior centers Mustafa Al- including a trip to the Sweet 16 in 1999 and the 2002 Sayyad and Jack Marlow following the 2004-05 campaign. Final Four. The Sooners won at least 20 games five seasons in a row, averaging 26 wins per year, including a 31-5 record in 2001-02. The Sooners had a 187-74 McCaffrey Classic Coming Up record while Lopes was an assistant coach and won the The annual tradition known as the McCaffrey Classic takes place on Dec. 3-4 at the Save 2001 and ’02 Big 12 Tournament title. Mart Center. This year’s participating teams are South Florida, Grand Canyon, Missis- Lopes also served as an assistant coach under Sampson sippi Valley State and Fresno State. It is the 26th season the Bulldogs have hosted a for one season at Washington State, where he helped the Cougars to a 20-11 record and a berth in the NCAA non-conference tournament, and Fresno State has won the championship 12 times. In Tournament. He joined the Washington State staff after 2003, UC Irvine took the title by virtue of its 2-0 record, the first time the Bulldogs did not a four-year stint as an assistant at UC Santa Barbara from win their own tournament since 1995. This year marks the fourth time the McCaffrey 1989-93 under head coach Jerry Pimm, helping the Group has served as the title sponsor of the classic. The group was also the title sponsor Gauchos to three postseason tournament appearances. of last year’s McCaffrey WAC Tournament, played at the Save Mart Center. Lopes gained his first Division I coaching position in 1988 at Weber State under Denny Huston, where he tutored the Wildcat guards for one season. He began his Bulldogs Beat Fresno Pacific in First Exhibition coaching career at West Valley (Saratoga, Calif.) Commu- Donovan Morris scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as new-look Fresno State nity College as an assistant during the 1987-88 season. cruised past Fresno Pacific 81-63 on Monday at the Save Mart Center in the preseason’s There he helped guide West Valley to a 23-7 record and a first exhibition game. Ja’Vance Coleman added 17 points while Mustafa Al-Sayyad – spot in the state tournament’s Elite Eight. A native of New Haven, Conn., Lopes moved to seeing his first extended court action since injuring his knee during the first week of Hayward, Calif., as a junior in high school. He played preseason practice – had seven points and seven rebounds. two seasons at West Valley before transferring to Albertson College of Idaho. He earned a bachelor of arts Fresno State Starts 2004-05 Strong in Classroom degree in business administration from Albertson Col- lege in 1987. Although the Bulldogs have not officially taken the court yet this year, in the classroom Lopes and his wife, Pierrette, have two daughters, they are already receiving successful marks. With the majority of the team enrolled in Alaina and Teylor, and a son, Trey. summer school, the outcome was a combined 3.07 GPA. The academic performance has coincided with the adoption of the Academic Gameplan, an innovative study-skills THE LOPES FILE program developed by the Bulldogs’ associate head football coach John Baxter. 2002- Head Coach, Fresno State ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1994-02 Assistant Coach, Oklahoma Hernandez Hopeful For Return Tonight ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1993-94 Assistant Coach, Washington State One Bulldog looking forward to today’s exhibition is Hector Hernandez. The freshman ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1989-93 Assistant Coach, UC Santa Barbara forward missed Monday’s game against Fresno Pacific and has been only practicing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lightly since injuring a hamstring two weeks ago. But tonight, Hernandez is hopeful for 1988-89 Assistant Coach, Weber State ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– a return to the lineup against CSU Monterey Bay. The Chihuahua, Mexico, native 1987-88 Assistant Coach, West Valley JC ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– showed off some of his ability during the Red/White Scrimmage last week when he easily won the three-point contest. Preseason National Rankings Meet the 2004-05 Fresno State Bulldogs No Name Pos Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown Last School ESPN/USA TODAY POLL 00 Carl Ross G 6-3 190 Fr. Fresno, Calif. Washington Union HS Preseason Rankings 2 Dreike Bouldin F 6-7 215 Sr. Shreveport, La. Carl Albert State JC No Team Record Points Last 4 Donovan Morris G 6-4 205 Fr. San Bernardino, Calif. Winchendon Prep 1. Kansas (8) ...... 0-0 ...... 741 ...... 9 5 Dwight O’Neil G 6-3 180 Fr. Fresno, Calif. Washington Union HS 2. Wake Forest (12) ...... 0-0 ...... 724 ...... 15 12 Jack Marlow C 6-9 330 Sr. Broken Arrow, Okla. Salt Lake CC 3. North Carolina (6) ...... 0-0 ...... 697 ...... 22 15 Chris Berry F 6-6 190 Fr. Compton, Calif. Centennial HS 4. Georgia Tech ...... 0-0 ...... 604 ...... 3 20 David Brower G 6-2 195 Fr. Oakland, Calif. Bishop O’Dowd HS 5. Illinois (1) ...... 0-0 ...... 598 ...... 11 21 Hector Hernandez F 6-8 225 Fr. Chihuahua, Mexico Lincoln HS (Denver, Colo.) 6. Syracuse ...... 0-0 ...... 557 ...... 19 22 Dominique White G 5-11 185 Fr. Urbana, Ill. Winchendon Prep 7. Connecticut ...... 0-0 ...... 541 ...... 1 31 Jose Sanchez G 6-3 195 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. South Gate HS 8. Oklahoma State (1) ..... 0-0 ...... 511 ...... 4 32 Chris Brazelton G 6-5 200 R-Jr. Highland, Calif. UC Santa Cruz 9. Kentucky ...... 0-0 ...... 480 ...... 8 34 Ja’Vance Coleman G 6-3 215 So. Fresno, Calif. College of the Sequoias 10. Michigan State ...... 0-0 ...... 476 ...... NR 43 Joe Tucker F 6-8 230 Fr. Fairfield, Calif. Vacaville Christian HS 11. Arizona (1) ...... 0-0 ...... 475 ...... NR 55 Mustafa Al-Sayyad C 6-9 240 Sr. Khartoum, Sudan Washington Academy 12. Duke ...... 0-0 ...... 403 ...... 2 Head Coach: Ray Lopes (Albertson College, ’87), third year 13. Louisville (1) ...... 0-0 ...... 374 ...... NR Assistant Coaches: Guy Beach (Weber State, ’88), second year; Arturo Ormond (Texas-Pan American, ’91), third year; 14. Mississippi State ...... 0-0 ...... 365 ...... 13 Vonn Webb (Western New Mexico, ’89), second year 15. Texas ...... 0-0 ...... 334 ...... 10 Basketball Operations Coordinator: Robert Uphoff (Fresno Pacific, ’01), second year 16. Maryland ...... 0-0 ...... 316 ...... 24 Video Coordinator: Hovig Torigian (Fresno State, ’04), first year 17. Pittsburgh ...... 0-0 ...... 247 ...... 7 Athletics Trainer: Ed Ferreira (San Jose State, ’70), 26th year 18. Alabama ...... 0-0 ...... 224 ...... 17 Team Manager: Scott Wilbur 19. North Carolina State ... 0-0 ...... 218 ...... 20 20. Wisconsin ...... 0-0 ...... 216 ...... 16 Up Tempo Offense on Display 21. Notre Dame ...... 0-0 ...... 214 ...... NR 22. Florida ...... 0-0 ...... 160 ...... NR With a plentitude of athletic guards, head coach Ray Lopes has said he plans on 23. Memphis ...... 0-0 ...... 131 ...... NR picking up the tempo on offense this year. And after one exhibition game, it is evident 24. Washington ...... 0-0 ...... 108 ...... NR he wasn’t lying. In scoring 81 points in Monday’s win over Fresno Pacific, the Bulldogs 25. Stanford ...... 0-0 ...... 64 ...... 6 accomplished something they did only once all of 2003-04 – surpass the 80-point OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Gonzaga 58, Cincinnati 44, barrier. In fact, in the Ray Lopes Era, which began two years ago, the Bulldogs have Michigan 38, Providence 37, Oklahoma 34, UNC-Char- lotte 31, UAB 11, UNLV 9, Utah 6, Pacific 5, Southern only surpassed 80 points in regulation four times. Illinois 4, Texas Tech 3, Purdue 3, DePaul 3, St. Joseph’s 2, Pepperdine 2, Toledo 2, UTEP 2, Vanderbilt 1, Washington Union Connection Princeton 1, Florida State 1 Fresno State has quite a tie-in with local high school Washington Union. ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL Current assistant coach Vonn Webb was the school’s highly successful head coach Preseason Rankings for seven years, winning five Central Section titles and two Division III state champi- No Team Record Points Last onships. While at Washington, Webb coached three players currently on the Bulldog 1. Kansas (25) ...... 0-0 ...... 1,697 ..... 16 roster: Dwight O’Neil, Ja’Vance Coleman and Carl Ross. O’Neil departed school as 2. Wake Forest (22) ...... 0-0 ...... 1,680 ..... 17 Washington’s fourth-leading scorer all-time while Coleman initially came to Fresno 3. Georgia Tech (10) ...... 0-0 ...... 1,567 ..... 14 4. North Carolina (10) ..... 0-0 ...... 1,558 ..... 18 State in 2002-03 before transferring to College of the Sequoias, where he starred last 5. Illinois (2) ...... 0-0 ...... 1,457 ..... 13 year. Ross, who was teammates with O’Neil, has been a pleasant surprise during 6. Syracuse ...... 0-0 ...... 1,452 ..... 20 preseason practice. He even won the dunk contest at the Red/White Scrimmage. 7. Oklahoma State (2) ..... 0-0 ...... 1,342 ...... 4 8. Connecticut ...... 0-0 ...... 1,281 ...... 7 9. Kentucky (1) ...... 0-0 ...... 1,177 ...... 2 Bouldin to Miss First Six Games of 2004-05 10. Arizona ...... 0-0 ...... 1,061 ..... 22 Fresno State will be forced to operate without one of its returnees for the first part of 11. Duke ...... 0-0 ...... 981 ...... 6 the season. Senior forward Dreike Bouldin will miss the opening six regular season 12. Mississippi State ...... 0-0 ...... 913 ...... 8 games to focus on his academics. The first game Bouldin will be eligible for is the Dec. 13. Michigan State ...... 0-0 ...... 910 ...... NR 18 contest against Oregon. He finished last year by averaging 4.5 points and 4.7 14. Louisville ...... 0-0 ...... 876 ...... NR 15. Maryland ...... 0-0 ...... 765 ...... 19 rebounds per game but was very strong down the stretch, posting an 11.2 scoring and 16. Texas ...... 0-0 ...... 671 ...... 12 8.3 rebounding average in the final six games. 17. Pittsburgh ...... 0-0 ...... 596 ...... 9 18. Alabama ...... 0-0 ...... 510 ...... NR Large Roster Expands Bulldogs’ Options 19. North Carolina State ... 0-0 ...... 490 ...... 15 20. Notre Dame ...... 0-0 ...... 429 ...... NR During Fresno State’s WAC championship run in 2002-03, head coach Ray Lopes 21. Wisconsin ...... 0-0 ...... 378 ...... 10 primarily used an eight-man rotation. Last year, suspensions and injuries often limited 22. Washington ...... 0-0 ...... 355 ...... NR the Bulldogs to only seven available players. But this year, a larger roster means 23. Florida ...... 0-0 ...... 337 ...... NR Fresno State may sometimes go as deep as 10 players, depending on the situation. 24. Memphis ...... 0-0 ...... 283 ...... 24 In addition, Lopes also plans on using better team athleticism to increase the pace on 25. Gonzaga ...... 0-0 ...... 215 ...... 3 OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Stanford 90, Michigan 74, offense. Because of this, the Bulldogs may feature a three-guard lineup at times. Charlotte 37, Providence 32, Utah 31, Southern Illinois 31, Cincinnati 30, Oklahoma 28, Boston College 7, UTEP Defense to Play Key Role in Success 7, George Washington 6, UAB 6, Xavier 5, UCLA 4, UNLV If there’s one thing fans and opponents have learned about a Ray Lopes coached 4, Tennessee 4, Toledo 4, LSU 4, East Tennessee State team, it’s that they will play very strong defense. In his rookie season, which 4, Iowa State 2, Oregon 2, Rice 2, Indiana 1, DePaul 1, Virginia Commonwealth 1, Vanderbilt 1, Vermont 1 culminated in a WAC title, Fresno State led the league in scoring defense nearly the entire season and wound up allowing only 66.7 points per game. Then last year, the Bold indicates 2003-04 opponent Bulldogs really put the clamps down on opposing offenses, surrendering just 61.8 points, by far the best in the conference and the 25th-best mark in the nation. 2004-05 Individual Player Notes

00 Carl Ross 2 Dreike Bouldin 4 Donovan Morris 5 Dwight O’Neil Fr., G, 6-3, 190, Fresno, Calif. Sr., F, 6-8, 215, Shreveport, La. Fr., G, 6-4, 205, San Bernardino, Calif. Fr., G, 6-3, 180, Fresno, Calif. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– • Local product who played at • Making a switch to forward from • Played at prep school with cur- • One of the top high school re- Washington Union High School guard this year to better take ad- rent Bulldog Dominique White. cruits from the Valley. and was teammates with current vantage of his rebounding abil- Bulldog Dwight O’Neil. ity. • Helped lead Winchendon Prep to • A highly-skilled guard who is one a 31-4 record his senior year. of three Washington Union High • One of three Fresno State play- • Played in 28 games last year, products currently playing for the ers who played at Washington starting 15, including the last 11 • Named all-league each year he Bulldogs. Union. games of the season. was in high school. • Named to the state’s All-Division • Impressed coaches during pre- • Finished 2003-04 very strong, • Was his county’s player of the III team. season practice with his energy averaging 11.2 points and 8.3 year as a senior. and enthusiasm on the court. rebounds per game the last six • Ended his Washington Union ca- contests. • Also attended Cajon (Moreno reer with the fourth-best point to- • Was a first-team all-league pick Valley, Calif.) High, and is the tal in school history. The school three times during his HS career. • Had three double-doubles on the school’s all-time leading scorer. has produced such products as season, all coming during his hot DeShawn Stevenson, Chris • For two of his years at Washing- stretch. • Considered to be one of the Jefferies as well as former Bull- ton Union, he played for current team’s better outside shooters. dog Demetrius Porter. Fresno State assistant coach • Finished up the year averaging He is expected to help make up Vonn Webb. 4.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per for the loss of Marcus West. • Had 556 career assists, the sev- game. enth-most in section history. • Averaged 19.1 points and 6.5 • Had a big game in the exhibition assists per game his senior year. • Possesses a “long” body that against Fresno Pacific, scoring • Averaged about 20 points per helps him around the basket. 19 points and recording 12 re- game as a senior despite facing • Started and played 17 minutes in bounds. He led the Bulldogs in defenses geared to stop him. Monday’s exhibition against • Will miss the first six games to scoring. Fresno Pacific. catch up on his academics. The • One of four Bulldogs in double first game for which he is eligible figures Monday, scoring 11 is Dec. 18 against Oregon. points.

12 Jack Marlow 15 Chris Berry 20 David Brower Sr., C, 6-9, 330, Broken Arrow, Okla. Fr., F, 6-6, 190, Compton, Calif. Fr., G, 6-2, 195, Oakland, Calif. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– • Enters this season in the best • Lean, long body who could help • A walk-on player who comes from physical shape since he became the Bulldogs in the rebounding Bishop O’Dowd High, a school a Bulldog. category. that has produced several qual- ity basketball players. • Played in 27 games last year, all • Lettered four years at Centennial off the bench. He posted aver- High School, where as a senior • Gives the Bulldogs very good ages of 2.1 points and 2.4 re- he led his team to a 32-3 record depth at the guard position. bounds per game. and the team’s first-ever state title. • Lettered three years at O’Dowd, • Is a good passer for a player his and his senior year he helped size. • Had 16 points and grabbed nine lead the team to a place in the rebounds in the state champion- state championship game. They • His improved physical condition ship game in helping Centennial fell in the title contest, losing to should allow him to play more defeat Bishop O’Dowd 60-36. Chris Berry’s Centennial squad. minutes than he did last year, when he averaged just 10.3, the • Named first-team All-CIF his se- • Guided Bishop O’Dowd to a con- fewest of any player in the rota- nior year. ference title all three years and tion. to back-to-back section crowns. • Also helped guide Centennial to • Was a huge fan favorite at the the state championship game in • Saw one minute of action against Save Mart Center, bringing the 2002. Fresno Pacific. crowd to their feet by simply grab- bing a . • Called the “Energizer Bunny” by head coach Ray Lopes for his • Played 11 minutes, notching eight boundless enthusiasm on the points for the Bulldogs in the ex- court. hibition opener. • Had 11 points and seven boards in Fresno State’s exhibition win over Fresno Pacific. 2004-05 Individual Player Notes

21 Hector Hernandez 22 Dominique White 31 Jose Sanchez 32 Chris Brazelton Fr., F, 6-8, 225, Chihuahua, Mexico Fr., G, 5-11, 185, Urbana, Ill. Fr., G, 6-3, 195, Los Angeles, Calif. R-Jr., G, 6-5, 200, Highland, Calif. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– • One of the more highly touted • Should see significant minutes as • A walk-on addition to this year’s • A walk-on who redshirted last newcomers. the Bulldogs’ point guard this team. year after making the team year. through a try-out camp. • Is a native of Mexico who moved • Could help the Bulldogs with his to Denver prior to his sophomore • About White, Ray Lopes says he outside shooting ability. • A transfer from UC Santa Cruz. year to play at Abraham Lincoln has all the tools a point guard He played two years for the Ba- High School. needs, including a natural lead- • Lettered in basketball four years nana Slugs. ership ability. at South Gate High. • Averaged 23.3 points and 12.3 • As a sophomore at UCSC, he rebounds as a junior and then • Attended Winchendon Prep • Averaged 22.2 points per game played in 26 games, starting six. 20.5 points and 12 rebounds as School and played on their team as a senior to go along with eight He averaged 6.5 points and 2.8 a senior. with current Bulldog Donovan boards and two assists. rebounds per game that year, re- Morris. cording three double-doubles. • Entered his senior year as an • Was his team’s MVP his senior honorable mention All-American • Was the MVP of the state cham- campaign. • Played high school basketball at by Street and Smith’s. pionship game at Winchendon. Redlands East Valley HS. • Saw one minute of action Mon- • Hails from the same city as cur- • Averaged 15 points and nine re- day. • Is a hard worker who is a very rent NBA player Eduardo Najera, bounds during his prep career. good student. who Hernandez lists as his favor- ite athlete. • Started and played 34 minutes against Fresno Pacific, scoring • Sat out Monday’s exhibition six points and dishing out 10 as- game due to an injured ham- sists. string.

• Is very skilled who works well on the perimeter for a player his size.

34 Ja’Vance Coleman 43 Joe Tucker 55 Mustafa Al-Sayyad So., G, 6-3, 215, Fresno, Calif. Fr., F, 6-8, 230, Fairfield, Calif. Sr., C, 6-9, 240, Khartoum, Sudan ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– • One of the most skilled of Fresno • A walk-on who will chip in to the • Enters 2004-05 as one of the top State’s newcomers. team’s fortunes on the post. returnees in the WAC.

• One of California’s top JC play- • Lettered three years at Vacaville • Finished last year very strong, ers last year at College of the Christian HS. averaging 14.8 points, 8.0 re- Sequoias, where he averaged bounds and 1.4 blocks over the 12.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.3 • Was his high school’s team’s last six games. assists. captain his senior year. • Was a WAC All-Defensive Team • Was named to first-team All-CVC • A first-team all-league selection member last season. as well as to the state’s all-de- in basketball as a junior and se- fensive team. nior. • Finished fifth in the league in re- bounding with a 7.3 average. • Attended Fresno State in 2002- • Member of the California Scho- 03 but redshirted while meeting lastic Federation in high school. • Was one of two Bulldogs to play NCAA academic guidelines. in and start every game.

• Showed he had a good outside • One of the top big men in the shot at COS, making 42 percent WAC. of his attempts from three-point territory. • Entered Fresno State as a project player but has developed as • Is one of three Washington Union much as any player in program graduates playing on this year’s history. team. At Washington, he was coached by Vonn Webb, currently • Will be the Bulldogs’ go-to guy in one of Fresno State’s assistant 2004-05. coaches. • Played 17 minutes in Monday’s • Played well Monday, scoring 17 exhibition, scoring seven points points on 5-of-8 shooting from and grabbing seven rebounds. beyond the arc. 2003-04 Statistics – All Games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (14-15) (8-9) (6-6) (0-0) CONFERENCE...... (10-8) (5-4) (5-4) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (4-7) (3-5) (1-2) (0-0)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------13 Legans, Shantay.... 29-29 1109 38.2 136-343 .397 76-210 .362 87-103 .845 15 67 82 2.8 60 1 162 60 2 41 435 15.0 03 x-Pettis, Terry.... 12-7 316 26.3 49-131 .374 11-30 .367 45-69 .652 11 24 35 2.9 26 0 29 38 1 13 154 12.8 01 x-Major, Renaldo... 13-7 347 26.7 47-114 .412 10-29 .345 35-45 .778 11 34 45 3.5 23 1 14 24 3 9 139 10.7 23 West, Marcus...... 29-26 897 30.9 102-248 .411 59-137 .431 36-49 .735 24 78 102 3.5 35 0 43 37 5 7 299 10.3 24 x-Woods, Jonathan.. 12-6 342 28.5 45-89 .506 8-14 .571 22-35 .629 19 52 71 5.9 27 1 14 20 2 14 120 10.0 55 Al-Sayyad, Mustafa. 29-29 828 28.6 96-159 .604 0-0 .000 52-85 .612 67 146 213 7.3 70 1 22 61 39 13 244 8.4 02 Bouldin, Dreike.... 28-15 627 22.4 41-129 .318 21-78 .269 24-33 .727 28 104 132 4.7 32 1 50 47 7 19 127 4.5 34 Koffi, Francis..... 27-11 448 16.6 47-104 .452 0-2 .000 24-36 .667 31 38 69 2.6 52 1 14 34 6 9 118 4.4 33 Adams, Chris...... 27-14 558 20.7 44-95 .463 1-5 .200 21-28 .750 40 59 99 3.7 71 2 30 25 12 10 110 4.1 12 Marlow, Jack...... 27-0 277 10.3 26-46 .565 0-0 .000 4-12 .333 25 39 64 2.4 42 0 14 25 3 5 56 2.1 20 Butler, Reggie..... 15-1 167 11.1 10-27 .370 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 8 16 24 1.6 19 1 7 13 4 9 20 1.3 05 Aduba, Anthony..... 2-0 3 1.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 15 Greco, Alec...... 1-0 6 6.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 49 42 91 3.1 0 14 ------Total...... 29 5925 643-1485 .433 186-507 .367 350-497 .704 328 699 1027 35.4 458 9 399 398 84 149 1822 62.8 Opponents...... 29 5925 638-1544 .413 192-594 .323 323-470 .687 270 586 856 29.5 489 - 381 289 66 184 1791 61.8

x-Inactive player DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------TEAM STATISTICS FS OPP 11/21/03 at Oregon L 67-80 9087 ------11/29/03 at Santa Clara L 64-69 1748 SCORING...... 1822 1791 #12/5/03 ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO W 68-55 14309 Points per game...... 62.8 61.8 #12/6/03 PRINCETON L 67-72 14420 Scoring margin...... +1.1 - 12/10/03 at Pacific W 66-51 4346 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 643-1485 638-1544 12/13/03 CREIGHTON LOT 62-70 14077 pct...... 433 .413 12/19/03 USC L 62-65 14859 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 186-507 192-594 12/22/03 WASHINGTON STATE W 46-29 13354 3-point FG pct...... 367 .323 12/27/03 SAN FRANCISCO W 52-43 14217 3-pt FG made per game.. 6.4 6.6 *1/3/04 at Hawaii W 69-58 7798 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 350-497 323-470 *1/5/04 at San Jose State W 61-55 1787 pct...... 704 .687 *1/8/04 SMU W 54-53 13653 REBOUNDS...... 1027 856 *1/10/04 LOUISIANA TECH W 61-40 13890 Rebounds per game...... 35.4 29.5 *1/15/04 at Boise State W 78-61 5940 Rebounding margin...... +5.9 - *1/17/04 at UTEP L 58-72 12000 ASSISTS...... 399 381 *1/22/04 RICE L 63-65 14226 Assists per game...... 13.8 13.1 *1/24/04 TULSA W 68-61 14806 TURNOVERS...... 398 289 *1/31/04 at Nevada L 65-84 10238 Turnovers per game..... 13.7 10.0 *2/5/04 at Louisiana Tech LO2 75-80 2783 Turnover margin...... -3.8 - *2/7/04 at SMU W O2 75-74 3872 /turnover ratio.. 1.0 1.3 *2/12/04 UTEP L 55-58 14095 STEALS...... 149 184 *2/14/04 BOISE STATE L 44-55 13889 Steals per game...... 5.1 6.3 *2/18/04 at Tulsa W 61-41 7364 BLOCKS...... 84 66 !2/21/04 EAST TENNESSEE STATE L 62-66 13377 Blocks per game...... 2.9 2.3 *2/23/04 at Rice L 60-63 1997 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - *2/28/04 NEVADA L 55-64 14098 Home win streak...... 0 - *3/4/04 SAN JOSE STATE W 81-76 13535 ATTENDANCE...... 232663 68960 *3/6/04 HAWAII W 69-60 14222 Home games-Avg/Game.... 17-13686 12-5747 3/11/04 BOISE STATE L 54-71 7636 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 0-0 #: McCaffrey Classic (Fresno, Calif.) !: Bracket Buster Game (Fresno, Calif.)

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ------Fresno State...... 877 902 25 18 - 1822 Opponents...... 833 903 33 22 - 1791 2003-04 Statistics – WAC Games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (10-8) (5-4) (5-4) (0-0) CONFERENCE...... (10-8) (5-4) (5-4) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------13 Legans, Shantay.... 18-18 708 39.3 95-226 .420 55-145 .379 56-68 .824 12 42 54 3.0 37 0 96 36 1 24 301 16.7 03 x-Pettis, Terry.... 10-7 268 26.8 42-113 .372 10-29 .345 35-51 .686 10 20 30 3.0 23 0 24 31 1 10 129 12.9 23 West, Marcus...... 18-16 553 30.7 59-138 .428 33-75 .440 26-37 .703 19 51 70 3.9 24 0 30 25 3 4 177 9.8 24 x-Woods, Jonathan.. 7-3 181 25.9 24-45 .533 4-8 .500 7-16 .438 13 24 37 5.3 14 0 5 11 0 8 59 8.4 55 Al-Sayyad, Mustafa. 18-18 491 27.3 58-98 .592 0-0 .000 34-52 .654 40 92 132 7.3 46 1 14 39 23 5 150 8.3 01 x-Major, Renaldo... 6-1 101 16.8 11-35 .314 2-8 .250 11-12 .917 3 9 12 2.0 10 1 3 6 1 3 35 5.8 02 Bouldin, Dreike.... 18-11 429 23.8 33-94 .351 18-57 .316 14-21 .667 20 70 90 5.0 25 1 34 33 4 13 98 5.4 33 Adams, Chris...... 18-10 398 22.1 34-72 .472 1-4 .250 14-20 .700 27 46 73 4.1 51 1 24 17 8 5 83 4.6 34 Koffi, Francis..... 16-5 252 15.8 24-58 .414 0-1 .000 11-17 .647 18 16 34 2.1 30 1 9 16 4 4 59 3.7 12 Marlow, Jack...... 16-0 172 10.8 21-35 .600 0-0 .000 1-4 .250 15 23 38 2.4 26 0 7 17 1 3 43 2.7 20 Butler, Reggie..... 11-1 146 13.3 9-25 .360 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 8 12 20 1.8 17 1 7 11 4 8 18 1.6 05 Aduba, Anthony..... 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 30 29 59 3.3 0 6 ------Total...... 18 3700 410-939 .437 123-329 .374 209-300 .697 215 434 649 36.1 303 6 253 248 50 87 1152 64.0 Opponents...... 18 3700 397-960 .414 104-347 .300 222-319 .696 165 360 525 29.2 300 - 224 164 38 115 1120 62.2

x-Inactive player DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------TEAM STATISTICS FS OPP *1/3/04 at Hawaii W 69-58 7798 ------*1/5/04 at San Jose State W 61-55 1787 SCORING...... 1152 1120 *1/8/04 SMU W 54-53 13653 Points per game...... 64.0 62.2 *1/10/04 LOUISIANA TECH W 61-40 13890 Scoring margin...... +1.8 - *1/15/04 at Boise State W 78-61 5940 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 410-939 397-960 *1/17/04 at UTEP L 58-72 12000 Field goal pct...... 437 .414 *1/22/04 RICE L 63-65 14226 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 123-329 104-347 *1/24/04 TULSA W 68-61 14806 3-point FG pct...... 374 .300 *1/31/04 at Nevada L 65-84 10238 3-pt FG made per game.. 6.8 5.8 *2/5/04 at Louisiana Tech LO2 75-80 2783 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 209-300 222-319 *2/7/04 at SMU W O2 75-74 3872 Free throw pct...... 697 .696 *2/12/04 UTEP L 55-58 14095 REBOUNDS...... 649 525 *2/14/04 BOISE STATE L 44-55 13889 Rebounds per game...... 36.1 29.2 *2/18/04 at Tulsa W 61-41 7364 Rebounding margin...... +6.9 - *2/23/04 at Rice L 60-63 1997 ASSISTS...... 253 224 *2/28/04 NEVADA L 55-64 14098 Assists per game...... 14.1 12.4 *3/4/04 SAN JOSE STATE W 81-76 13535 TURNOVERS...... 248 164 *3/6/04 HAWAII W 69-60 14222 Turnovers per game..... 13.8 9.1 Turnover margin...... -4.7 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.0 1.4 STEALS...... 87 115 Steals per game...... 4.8 6.4 BLOCKS...... 50 38 Blocks per game...... 2.8 2.1 WINNING STREAK...... 2 - Home win streak...... 2 - ATTENDANCE...... 126414 53779 Home games-Avg/Game.... 9-14046 9-5975 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 0-0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ------Fresno State...... 558 559 17 18 - 1152 Opponents...... 530 551 17 22 - 1120