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Nevada-Idaho
Press Notes
won the last two meetings between the two teams, including a 70-44 victory on
Jan. 12, 2006 in Reno.Coming off an 88-61 victory
over Mid-American Conference leader Akron Friday night in the BracketBusters presented by eBay, the Nevada Wolf Pack
(20-5 overall, 9-3 WAC) returns to Western Athletic
Conference play on Monday afternoon, traveling to Moscow, Idaho, to take on the
Idaho Vandals (4-19, 1-10). The Wolf Pack brings a seven-game winning streak
into Monday’s game with the Vandals, the team’s longest winning streak of the
year and the longest active streak in the conference. With six straight league
wins,
possession of first place in the Western Athletic Conference standings with two
weeks to go in the regular season. Monday is the first of two straight road
games for the Wolf Pack, which has turned in an 8-3 road record and has won its
last three WAC contests away from home. Following
Monday’s contest with the Vandals,
heads to
to take on
on Saturday, Feb. 25.
brings a 4-19 overall record into Monday afternoon’s contest, dropping its last
three games and 14 of its last 15, including a 79-69 non-conference loss at
Portland-Loyola Marymount
Press Notes
Senior Day will bring the end of the home schedule for the
Loyola Marymount men’s basketball team when they host
the Univesity of Portland on Monday, Feb. 20 at
home appearance as Lions in a game that has big implications in the West Coast
Conference. The Lions (11-14, 8-3) will look to get back on track after an
emotional, tough setback to No. 5 Gonzaga Saturday.
(9-16, 3-8) comes in after an impressive win over the Waves on Saturday. Both
teams are looking for a big win to make headway in the WCC
standings. The Lions need one more win to secure second place and a bye all the
way to the WCC tournament semifinals while
hopes to make a run and climb into a first round bye. ended the Lions
three-game winning streak overall and six-game winning streak at home on
Saturday with a 79-70 win in which the Zags needed 44
points from Adam Morrison to come from behind for the win. Despite
the steback, the Lions to 8-3 in West Coast
Conference play and 11-14 overall.
Gonzaga-Pepperdine
Press Notes
Gonzaga wrapped up no worse than a share of its sixth
straight West Coast Conference title on Saturday with the 79-70 win at Loyola Marymount. A win over Pepperdine
on Monday would assure the Bulldogs the outright crown. The Bulldogs are 11-0
in the WCC, LMU 8-3, but
the season sweep of the Lions assures Gonzaga the No. 1 seed heading into the WCC Tournament on the Gonzaga campus. Gonzaga is also
assured a spot in the semifinals on Sunday, March 5.
Oklahoma-Texas Tech
Scout.com
The Red Raiders come into Monday night’s showdown on a
two-game winning streak, while the Sooners have won eight of their last 10. In
the first meeting between the two teams this season,
beat the Red Raiders 60-48 on January 21 in
The Red Raiders come into the game ninth in the Big 12 in scoring offense
(68.7) and eighth in scoring defense (67.5). The Sooners are seventh in scoring
offense (69.6) and tied for third with A&M in scoring defense (61.7). One
potential mismatch could come on the boards, where the Sooners rank second in
the league in rebounding margin (+10.9), whereas the Red Raiders check in at 10th
(-3.6).
all-time series 23-15. Kelvin Sampson is 6-3 against Tech in
and 14-8 overall.
St. Mary’s-San Diego
Sign On San Diego
Saint Mary’s has won three in a row and five of six, with
the most recent victory coming Saturday, 89-85, in a nonconference
match with Cal Poly. All-WCC forward Daniel Kickert sat out the Cal Poly game serving a one-game
suspension for fighting in the Gaels’ overtime victory at
Clara
tonight. Forwards Brett Collins and Diamon Simpson
provide good support for Kickert. The Gaels are 4-6
on the road overall and 3-3 in WCC play. USD takes a 9-3 home record into its final appearance of
the season at the JCP. This also is the final home
game for USD fifth-year seniors Nick Lewis, who has
taken over the No. 4 position on the school’s career scoring list with 1,344
points, and Corey Belser.
Santa Clara-San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
It’s hard to tell which team has had a more difficult time
leading to tonight’s game between
and USF. The Broncos are coming off a taxing trip to
where they lost to
on Saturday. Now they must regroup, turn around and be ready for the
Dons, it has been a case of waiting a week to play again because of a quirk in
the schedule, risking losing any momentum created by last Monday’s 87-71 win
over
performances of the season. With only three regular-season games remaining,
tonight’s game has significant consequences for the West Coast Conference
tournament, which begins on the men’s side March 3 at Gonzaga under a format in
which teams finishing in the upper half of the standings receive early-round
byes (first- and second-place teams get byes in the first two rounds, and
third- and fourth-place teams get a first-round bye).
(9-14, 2-9, WCC last place) will have to play in the
first round, but the Dons (10-14, 6-5, tied for third) are very much in the
hunt for a bye.