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December 14 Sheet

San Francisco (+3.5) at Pacific - 7:35pm Pacific
The Dons have started the season 1-5, but three of the games could have easily been wins. They lost on a 30-foot buzzer beater to Nevada, lost by 5 at Sacramento State (Big Sky, undefeated at home this year), and most recently by just 3 to Fresno State in which they had a chance to take the lead and following free throws a chance to tie in the final seconds but could not convert either opportunity.

USF easily played their best basketball of the season vs Fresno and have had a week break prior to what they are calling the start of a "new season" today. The Dons welcome two key transfers into action for the first time today. Junior James Bayless (formerly at Nevada, career high of 24) and sophomore Alvin Broussard (formerly at New Mexico, 34 games, 3 starts as a freshman) are both slated to start today and instantly make this a better team. Head coach Phil Matthews on the two well regarded transfers, "They can play." Bayless (6-7, 235) gives USF an additional inside presence they badly needed and Broussard (6-6, 195) is said to be the most athletic player on the team.

The two newcomers should free up star senior forward Darrell Tucker (20.0ppg, 8.5rpg) to do even more damage on opponents. Tucker will easily be the best player on the court tonight. Junior guard Jovan Harris, a St. Mary's transfer who averaged 15.1ppg as a sophomore starts at two guard with steady sophomore Jason Gaines (leads conference in assist to turnover ratio 3.33:1) starting at point guard. Wings Shamell Stallworth, a senior, and John Cox (cousin of Kobe Bryant), a junior will come off the bench quickly. They both averaged double figures last season as starters and are 2nd & 3rd in minutes played per game this season. Two JC transfer forwards, Brandon Queen & Mamdou Cissi started all 6 games this season and will provide solid depth on the front-line in the new look lineup. With the added depth, USF will finally get to press more and get into an up and down game that they prefer.

Pacific has not shown much life at all this season. They are 1-4 with their only win coming by 4 points in OT vs Lamar (Southland conference, 211 RPI last year). The Tigers lost 4 starters and a reserve that accounted for 76% of the teams scoring from last years team. 5-10 senior guard Demetrius Jackson (17.6ppg in 5 games) is the only bright spot on this team. As a whole they are shooting just .362 from the field. Sophomore guard Jasko Korajkic who big things were expected of was sidelined with an injury to start the season and has only seen limited minutes in last two games. Pacific started the season with a 6 point home loss to a bad Santa Clara team and following Lamar win has not been competitive in their last three road games. They lost by 29 at Nevada, and by 20 at Fresno State, two teams that USF went down to the buzzer with. Granted, USF had both teams at home but the final score discrepancies are still glaring. Pacific is a very inexperienced team who is coming off three 20+ blowout losses in a row and is sure to be lacking confidence. They are not a team who should be giving points to anyone right now and certainly not to a dangerous USF team hungry for a big win.

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