2020-21 Saint Mary’s College Men’s Basketball SMC Athletic Communications • SID: Trey Hannula C: (949) 460-3105 / [email protected] Tickets: (925) 631-GoTx (4689) • PO Box 5100 • 1928 Saint Mary’s Road • Moraga, CA 94575 www.SMCGaels.com • Twitter, Instagram: @SaintMarysHoops • Facebook: /SMCMensBasketball 2020-21 Record (1-1) WCC (0-0) About Saint Mary’s Home (0-0) Away (0-0) Neutral (1-1) Game 3 N. 25 vs. Memphis%(ESPN2) L, 56-73 vs. South Dakota State » SMC enters the 2020-21 season N. 26 vs. Northern Iowa(ESPN2.) W, 66-64 • 1-1, 0-0 Summit with the highest winning percentage N. 27 vs. South Dakota State(ESPN2.) 3:30 p.m. • Defeated Utah State by 24 (.762) and 3rd-most NCAA Tourna- D. 1 Nicholls State(TBD) TBD yesteday ment appearances (4) of any NCAA Division I men’s basketball program D. 3 Texas Southern(TBD) TBD • First meeting vs. the Gaels in the state of California over the last (TBD) D. 8 UTEP TBD decade. D. 12 at Utah State (TBD) TBD Saint Mary’s has the eightest best (TBD) Game Information: » D. 15 Eastern Washington TBD win percentage of any Div. I team in (TBD) Nov. 27, 2020 • Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, S.D.) • 3:30 PM PT D. 19 Colorado State TBD TV: ESPN2 (Rich Hollenberg, Dan Dakich) the nation over the last 10 seasons. D. 22 vs. San Diego State&(TBD) TBD Radio: TuneIn Radio (Alex Jensen) » SMC has a 128-45 record (.740) (TBD) D. 30 Sacramento State TBD winning percentage against non- J. 2 Pepperdine*(TBD) TBD Quick Bites conference opponents over the last J. 7 at San Diego*(TBD) TBD 10 years heading into the season. • Saint Mary's returns to the Sanford Pentagon for (TBD) J. 9 at Santa Clara* TBD the second time in as many years to participate in the » Over the last decade, SMC owns a J. 14 BYU*(ESPN Net.) TBD Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic. The Gaels faced 132-36 (.786) overall record in West J. 16 Gonzaga*(ESPN Net.) TBD Wisconsin in their season opener last year on Nov. 5 Coast Conference play. (TBD) J. 21 at Loyola Marymount* TBD and won in overtime, 65-63. » Saint Mary’s has participated in J. 23 at San Francisco*(TBD) TBD postseason (6 NCAA, 6 NIT) in each J. 28 Portland*(TBD) TBD of the last 12 seasons, the second J. 30 at Pacific*(TBD) TBD to Memphis before coming from behind to sneak past longest streak among the 10 current WCC programs. F. 4 Santa Clara*(TBD) TBD Northern• The Gaels Iowa. fell Thein their Gaels first trailed game by of 16 the in tournament the second F. 6 Loyola Marymount*(TBD) TBD half against UNI but Tommy Kuhse made a game-win- » F. 11 at BYU*(ESPN Net.) TBD ning shot with 1.8 seconds left to will SMC to victory. higher in the WCC in 12 of the last 13 Saintseasons. Mary’s has finished t-2nd or F. 13 at Pepperdine*(TBD) TBD F. 18 at Gonzaga*(ESPN Net.) TBD - » SMC has won 25 or more games F. 25 San Francisco*(ESPN Net.) TBD peting in the Crossover Classic (as of Nov. 19). Of those 10 times in the last 13 seasons. F. 27 Pacific*(TBD) TBD 18• Saint games, Mary's 11 have is 7-11 come all-time against against Utah State the field (5-6). com Saint » The Gaels went 30-6 in the regu- M. 4-9 WCC Championships Mary's has never played against West Virginia or South lar season of 2017-18, marking the Dakota State before. most single-season wins in program All times listed Pacific; Bold = Home Games history. Key: % = Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.); & = Played at Mott Athletics Center (San Luis • Randy Bennett's team was a lock to make their » Former SMC guards Matthew Obispo, Calif.); *West Coast Conference opponent, † = third NCAA Tournament in the past four years back in Dellavedova and Patrick Mills, the West Coast Conference Tournament (Orleans Arena, Las March before COVID-19 ended the season prematurely. starting backcourt that led Australia Vegas) The Gaels were 26-8 in 2019-20 and were projected as a single-digit seed for the Big Dance. London Olympics, are on active NBA rosters.to the quarterfinals Mills won the at theNBA 2012 title in 2014 with San Antonio and Della- • Saint Mary's will need to replace 72.2% of their vedova won the NBA Finals in 2015 scoring from last season -- primarily from Jordan Ford with Cleveland. who tallied 743 points alone. 2020-21 Saint Mary’s Gaels *=Probable Starters No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. GP-GS PPG RPG APG Notes 0* Logan Johnson G 6-2 Jr. 2-2 6.5 2.5 0.5 Started first four games of last season ... appeared in 25 games ... 3.8 mpg in WCC action 11* Matthias Tass F/C 6-10 Jr. 2-2 11.5 4.5 2.0 Tore ACL late in game vs Nevada, missed remainder of season .... Scored career-high 22 vs. LBSU 12* Tommy Kuhse G 6-1 R-Sr. 2-2 13.5 5.5 4.5 Led team in assists each of last two years ... was a walk-on, given scholarship this summer 42* Dan Fotu F 6-7 Jr. 2-2 9.0 4.0 0.5 Played most of last year at center ... team's leading returning scorer (6.4 ppg) 44* Alex Ducas G/F 6-6 So. 2-2 9.5 8.0 0.5 Started 11 games last season in WCC play ... 41 percent 3-point shooter ... averaged 3.6 pts 2 Quinn Clinton G 6-3 So. 2-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Sat out last season due to ankle injury ... redshirted ... appeared in 22 games as a freshman 5 Jabe Mullins G 6-5 Fr. 2-0 4.0 1.5 1.0 No. 1 recruit out of Washington according to 247Sports.com ... WA 4A Player of the Year 10 Mitchell Saxen C 6-10 Fr. 2-0 3.5 1.0 0.5 No. 5 recruit out of Washington according to 247Sports.com ... played w/ Mullins in AAU 14 Kyle Bowen F 6-8 So. 2-0 2.5 5.0 0.0 Averaged 11 mpg off the bench and 13.3 during conference play ... 7th in minutes played 22 Matt Van Komen C 7-4 So. 1-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Transferred from Utah ... granted waiver to play immediately for SMC ... appeared in 9 games as freshman 23 Leemet Böckler G 6-6 Fr. 2-0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Played in PAF Latvian Estonian League for Tal Tech/Kalev ... played with Matthias Tass growing up 25 Judah Brown F 6-6 Fr. 1-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Averaged team bests 16.6 points and 9.1 rebounds for Pacific Christian as senior ... All-CIF Div. 2 Team 33 Luke Barrett G/F 6-6 Fr. 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Led Piedmont HS to first ever NCS Championship as senior ... averaged 17 ppg as senior 2020-21 Saint Mary’s Men’s Basketball Saint Mary’s Quick Facts 2020-21 Saint Mary’s Men’s Basketball Location .............................Moraga, Calif. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) Founded ...................................1863 0 Logan Johnson G 6-2 170 Jr. 2V Mountain View, Calif. (Cincinnati) Enrollment ...................3,018 (2,189 undergrad) 2 Quinn Clinton G 6-3 185 R-So. 1V Christchurch, New Zealand (Christchurch Boys HS) Conference: ...........................West Coast 5 Jabe Mullins G 6-5 190 Fr. HS Snoqualmie, Wash. (Mount Si) President ..........................James Donahue 10 Mitchell Saxen C 6-10 230 Fr. HS Seattle, Wash. (Ingraham) VP for Intercollegiate Athletics .............Mike Matoso 11 Matthias Tass F/C 6-10 245 Jr. 2V Tallinn, Estonia (Audentese Spordigumnaasium) 12 Tommy Kuhse G 6-2 185 R-Sr. 3V Mesa, Ariz. (Mountain View) Home Arena: .....University Credit Union Pavilion (3,500) 14 Kyle Bowen F 6-8 225 So. 1V Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Centre of Excellence) Head Coach: ........................Randy Bennett 22 Matt Van Komen C 7-4 250 So. 1V Pleasant Grove, Utah (Utah) Record at SMC: ............441-183 (.708) / 20th Year 23 Leemet Böckler G 6-6 215 Fr. HS Tallinn, Estonia (Tal Tech) WCC Record: ........................208-82 (.716) Career Record: ............................Same 33 Luke Barrett G/F 6-6 190 Fr. HS Piedmont, Calif. (Piedmont) 2019-20 Record: .............................26-8 4225 DanJudah Fotu Brown F 6-76-6 225205 Jr.Fr. 2VHS Auckland,Bermuda Dunes, New Zealand Calif. (Pacifica (Rangitoto Christian) College) 2019-20 WCC Record: ........................ 11-5 44 Alex Ducas G/F 6-6 215 So. 1V Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia (Centre of Excellence) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .................... 7/8 Starters Returning/Lost: ........................ 2/3 Head Coach: Randy Bennett (UC San Diego, 1986/20th Year) Associate Head Coach: Marcus Schroeder Pronunciations Assistant Coaches: Justin Joyner, Mickey McConnell LEEMET BÖCKLER ..........Lemit BOCK-lurr Director of Basketball Operations: Dominic Lippi Athletic Trainer: Josh Sims Alex DUCAS .................Rhymes with Lucas Asst. Athletic Director for Men’s Basketball: Rob Jones Dan FOTU ..................FOE-two Graduate Assistants: Trey Touchet, Dan Sheets Tommy KUHSE .............Like Bob Cousy Team Managers: Holden Wright, Parker Douglas JABE Mullins ................Rhymes with Gabe MATTHIAS TASS ............ Muh-THIGH-us Toss Matt VAN KOMEN ...........van COMB-en Notes From Last Game Versus UNI 2020-21 WCC Standings (Nov. 26) Tommy Kuhse had one of the best games second all-time highest scorer (1,929).