GAME NOTES Athletics Strategic Communications • Sports Center • 5998 Alcala Park • San Diego, CA • 92110 • USDToreros.com Men’s Basketball Contact • Chris Kutz • c. 559.871.2091 • [email protected] 2019-20 SCHEDULE TOREROS HOST #1 GONZAGA NOVEMBER 5 UC Irvine L, 73-76 USD faces the nation’s top-ranked team for the third time in program history 9 at Long Beach State L, 64-72 San Diego Toreros (7-10, 0-2 WCC) • #1 Gonzaga Bulldogs (16-1, 2-0 WCC) 12 Fresno State W, 72-66 Thursday, January 9 • 7 p.m. 14 at Weber State W, 71-56 Jenny Craig Pavilion (5,100) • San Diego, Calif. 16 at #25/rv Colorado L, 53-71 20 SDSU (rv) L, 49-66 TV • WCC Network | Live Stats • USDToreros.com 24 at #25 Washington L, 69-88 27 Hofstra& W, 79-69 SAN DIEGO – After two road games to start its conference schedule, San Diego returns to the Jenny Craig Pavilion for DECEMBER its first WCC home game of the season when its hosts No. 1 Gonzaga on Thursday at 7 p.m. 1 vs. St. Bonaventure^ L, 61-70 2 vs. UIC^ L, 83-89 The Toreros, who are 0-2 to start the conference season, hosts the nation’s top-ranked team for the third time in 7 Holy Cross& W, 68-51 program history and second time against a No. 1 Gonzaga team. 11 at Cal State Fullerton W, 66-54 14 UC Davis W, 58-54 Thursday’s game can be watched on the WCC Network, with the Voice of the Toreros Jack Cronin on the call. 21 Stanford% L, 59-62 29 Whittier College W, 93-67 JANUARY 2 at LMU* L, 58-64 2019-20 SAN DIEGO ROSTER 4 at Santa Clara* L, 63-80 No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. Major Hometown/Previous School 9 #1 Gonzaga* 7 pm 0 Marion Humphrey G 6-2 R-Fr. Undeclared Hoover, AL/Hoover HS/TaylorMade Academy 11 Pepperdine* 7 pm 1 Braun Hartfield G 6-6 R-Jr. Communication Studies Cleveland, OH/Garfield Heights/Youngstown St. 16 at BYU* 6 pm (PT) 2 Joey Calcaterra G 6-3 R-So. Undeclared Novato, CA / Marin Catholic 18 at Portland* 7 pm 3 Noel Coleman G 6-1 Fr. Undeclared Leopoldsburg, Belgium/Sunrise Christian Academy 25 Santa Clara* 3 pm 4 Sabry Philip G 6-4 Fr. Undeclared Edmonton, Canada/TRC Academy 30 San Francisco* 7 pm 5 Finn Sullivan G 6-4 So. Undeclared San Diego, CA/Torrey Pines FEBRUARY 10 Mikal Gjerde F 6-7 Fr. Undeclared Haugesund, Norway/Woodstock Academy 1 at Pacific* 7 pm 14 Felipe Doria G 6-5 Fr. Undeclared Sao Paulo, Brazil/IMG Academy 6 Saint Mary’s* 8 pm 15 Alex Floresca F 6-8 R-Sr. Architecture St. Louis, MO / Webster Groves 8 Portland* 7 pm 20 Jared Rodriguez F 6-7 R-So. Anthropology Glendale, AZ/Mountain Ridge/Idaho 13 at Pepperdine* 8 pm 23 James Jean-Marie F 6-7 Jr. Sociology Montreal, Canada/Navarro College 15 BYU* 7 pm 25 Yauhen Massalski F 6-10 Jr. Marketing Minsk, Belarus / Gymnasium No. 15 22 at Saint Mary’s* 5 pm 31 Reggie Parris G 6-3 R-Fr. Undeclared Lakewood, CO/J.K. Mullen 27 at Gonzaga* 6 pm 40 Vladimir Pinchuk C 6-11 Jr. Computer Science Schwelm Germany/New Mexico 29 Pacific* 7 pm MARCH Head Coach: Sam Scholl (2nd Season as head coach, 11th Season at USD, 20th Overall; San Diego, 2001) 5-10 WCC Tournament TBD Assistant Coach: David Carter (2nd Season at USD, 29th Overall; Saint Mary’s, 1989) Assistant Coach: Jerry Brown (1st Season at USD; 2nd Overall; Fresno State, 2013) All times are Pacific Assistant Coach: Martin Bahar (1st Season at USD; 14th Overall; Vanderbilt, 2006) Home games in bold Director of Operations: Lance LeVetter (5th Season at USD, 25th Overall; Northern Arizona, 1992) ^ Boca Raton Beach Classic (Boca Raton, Fla.) & Boca Raton Beach Classic (San Diego) Graduate Assistant: Ken Rancifer % Al Attles Classic (Chase Center - San Francisco) Student Manager: Jose Martinez * WCC opponent Athletic Trainer: Eli Bisnett-Cobb PRONUNCIATION GUIDE SAN DIEGO PROBABLE STARTERS No. Player No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG APG 2 Cal-kuh-terra 0 Marion Humphrey G 6-2 R-Fr. 8.8 3.7 2.4 4 Say-bree Phillip 1 Braun Hartfield G 6-6 R-Jr. 13.1 6.1 2.2 10 Mi-call JER-dee 2 Joey Calcaterra G 6-3 R-So. 13.2 2.9 2.5 15 Floor-es-ka 15 Alex Floresca F 6-8 R-Sr. 6.6 4.4 1.9 23 Jawn Marie 25 Yauhen Massalski F 6-10 Jr. 8.3 6.3 1.6 (blocks) 25 Yow-in MUH-saul-ski HC SHOLE (rhymes with soul) SAN DIEGO’S RECORD WHEN LAST TIME OUT: BIG FIRST HALF PUTS TOREROS IN INSURMOUNTABLE HOLE Category H R N O - San Diego surrendered a season-high 45 points in the first half and lost its second straight game to start the conference Scoring First 2-1 2-3 0-2 4-6 schedule as the Toreros fell to Santa Clara, 80-63, on Saturday at the Leavey Center. USD trailed by 18 points at halftime Opponent Scores First 3-1 0-2 0-1 3-4 – its biggest halftime deficit of the season – and surrendered a 58.6% shooting percentage to the Broncos (14-2, 1-0 Lead at Half 3-1 2-1 0-1 5-3 WCC) in the opening 20 minutes. The Toreros bounced back in the second half, outscoring Santa Clara 36-35 and hitting Trail at Half 2-1 0-4 0-2 2-7 half of its field goal attempts (11-of-22). The Toreros finished the game allowing the Broncos to shoot 53.7% (29-of-54) Tied at Half 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 from the field, their second-worst shooting percentage allowed this season. Santa Clara, which won its 16th consecutive Overtime 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 home game, had 11 three-pointers and was 18-of-27 (66.7%) from inside the arc. Offensively, four of the Toreros’ five vs. Top 25 (AP) 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 starters reached double-digits in points, led by Braun Hartfield’s 16. The redshirt junior was 4-of-7 from three-point Decided by 1-4 Points 1-1 0-0 0-1 1-2 range (5-of-9 from the field) to give himself 10 straight games of 10+ points. Decided by 5-9 Points 1-0 0-1 0-2 1-3 Decided by 10+ Points 3-1 2-4 0-0 5-5 ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST GONZAGA Scoring 100+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Thursday will be the 95th all-time meeting between USD and Gonzaga, with the Toreros trailing in the series, 21-73. Scoring 90-99 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 Scoring 80-89 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 - The Toreros have lost 10 straight to Gonzaga. Their last win against the Bulldogs was on February 22, 2014 (W, 69-66 at Scoring 70-79 2-1 1-0 0-0 3-1 home). Scoring 60-69 1-0 1-3 0-1 2-4 Scoring 50-59 1-0 0-2 0-1 1-3 Scoring 40-49 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 - USD is 2-26 all-time against Gonzaga when the Bulldogs are ranked in the AP Top 25. Thursday is the second time Gonzaga is ranked No. 1 in the country against the Toreros (Last: Feb. 23, 2017 at home). Opp. Scoring 100+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Opp. Scoring 90-99 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Of the Toreros’ 21 all-time wins against Gonzaga, 11 are at home (11-29). Opp. Scoring 80-89 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-3 Opp. Scoring 70-79 0-1 0-2 0-1 0-4 Opp. Scoring 60-69 3-1 0-1 0-1 3-3 LOOKING AHEAD Opp. Scoring 50-59 2-0 2-0 0-0 4-0 - The Toreros continue their two-game homestand with a matchup against Pepperdine on Saturday at 7 p.m. USD lost Opp. 49 or Fewer 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 the season series a year ago (0-2) but swept the season series in 2017-18. 50%-plus FG Pct. 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 40-49.9% FG Pct. 3-0 1-3 0-2 4-5 AGAINST NO. 1 39.9%-minus FG Pct. 1-2 0-2 0-1 1-5 - The Toreros are 0-2 all-time against a team ranked No. 1 in the AP poll. The last time USD faced a No. 1 team was three years ago during the 2016-17 season when USD lost 96-38 to Gonzaga on February 23, 2017 at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. Opp. 50%-plus FG Pct. 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-3 Opp. 40-49.9% FG Pct. 1-2 0-3 0-2 1-7 Opp. 39.9%-minus 4-0 2-0 0-0 6-0 - Both times USD has faced a No. 1 team has been in San Diego. The Toreros played Kansas in 1995 at the San Diego Sports Arena. Better FG% than Opp. 5-0 2-1 0-0 7-1 FG% is Equal 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Opp.