Area to Face Santa Clara (Jan. 3)

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1 USD Men s Basketball; Jan. 2, 2014 Ted Gosen, Associate Director of Athletics/Media Relations USD SCHEDULE San Diego Toreros Remain in the Bay Area to Face Santa Clara (Jan. 3) 11/14-15 LMU CLASSIC 11/14 USD vs. Boise State L, /15 USD vs. SE Missouri State W, /19 FLORIDA A&M - FSSD W, / WOODEN LEGACY 11/24 W. MICHIGAN - FSSD W, /27 vs. Xavier # - ESPN2 L, /28 vs. Princeton # - ESPN3 W, /30 vs W. Michigan - ESPNU ## L, #13 San Diego State - ESPNU L, #22 UCLA - Pac12 Networks L, UC Santa Barbara W, /13 NEW ORLEANS - FSSD W, /21 SD CHRISTIAN - TheW.tv W, /27 PORTLAND* - TheW.tv L, /29 GONZAGA* - TWCSN L, San Francisco* - TheW.tv W, Santa Clara* - TheW.tv 7:00 PM 1/8 LMU* - TWCSN 8:00 PM 1/10 PEPPERDINE* - TWCSN 3:00 PM Saint Mary's* - CSN Bay Area 8:00 PM Pacific* - TheW.tv 7:00 PM 1/24 BYU* - WCC Game of Week 1:00 PM 1/29 SANTA CLARA* - TheW.tv 7:00 PM 1/31 SAN FRANCISCO* - TWCSN 5:00 PM Loyola Marymount* - TheW.tv 7:00 PM Pepperdine* - TheW.tv 5:00 PM 2/12 PACIFIC* - TheW.tv 7:00 PM 2/14 ST. MARY'S* - WCC Game of Week 1:00 PM BYU* - ESPNU 7:00 PM Gonzaga* - ESPN and/or 2 8:00 PM Portland* - WCC Game of Week 1:00 PM 2015 WCC Basketball Championship 3/6 First Round $ TBD 3/7 Quarterfinal Round $ TBD 3/9 Semifinals $ - ESPN or 2 6/8 PM 3/10 Championship $ - ESPN or 2 6:00 PM All USD home games in BOLD CAPS played at Jenny Craig Pavilion (5,100). *West Coast Conference # Wooden Legacy at CSUF Titan Gym ## Wooden Legacy at Honda Center $ WCC Basketball Championships to be played at The Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. All games on ESPN 1700AM with Jack Cronin. GAME #16: The USD Toreros (8-7, 1-2 WCC) will remain in the Bay Area as they head over to Santa Clara to take on the Broncos of Santa Clara University on Saturday with a 7 p.m. WCC game inside of the Leavey Center. SERIES RECORD: This is the 68th meeting between the USD Toreros and Santa Clara Broncos with Santa Clara owning a advantage... The two teams split last season's meetings, with each winning on the others floor...usd won the first match up on January 16 in Santa Clara by a final of 69-66, and USF won SCU won the February 8 match up in San Diego, RADIO/VIDEO STREAM: Saturday's game will be broadcast live on ESPN 1700AM with Jack Cronin (1st year) calling the action. The pre-game shows air 15 minutes prior to tip-off. The game will also have a live-video stream on TheW.TV.com with George Devine calling the play-by-play and Richie Schueler providing color commentary. A LOOK AHEAD: Following Saturday's contest the Toreros will return home to host Southern California rival Loyola Marymount University inside the friendly confines of the Jenny Craig Pavilion with a 8 p.m. tip-off. WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS (through Jan. 1): Saint Mary's (3-0, 10-3), #7 Gonzaga (2-0 WCC, 13-1), BYU (2-1, 12-4 ), Portland (1-1, 10-4), Pepperdine (1-1, 8-5), Pacific (1-2, 9-6), SAN DIEGO (1-2, 8-7), San Francisco (1-2, 7-8), Santa Clara (1-2, 6-8), Loyola Marymount (0-1, 4-10). BILL GRIER (8TH YEAR): Coach Bill Grier (Oregon, 1990) is in his eighth season at the helm of the USD program and enters the SCU contest with a 8-7 mark this season... He owns six of the program's eight wins over top-25 teams... Last season he directed the Toreros to an overall mark of and to the quarterfinals of the CIT Postseason Tournament... The regular-season was highlighted by the team's WCC home wins over Saint Mary's (61-43) and #22 Gonzaga (69-66)... Two year's ago his squad finished overall and advanced to the semifinals of the WCC Tournament where they just missed out on advancing to the title game... The Toreros were playing their best basketball down the stretch highlighted by two wins over BYU... The team finished 13-18, winning 4 of its final 6 regular-season WCC games before falling to BYU by just 5 points in WCC quarterfinals... The season was highlighted by a home win over #23 Saint Mary's, along with a win over Utah... The season was highlighted by wins over Stanford, #25 Oklahoma, Houston and Boise State... His campaign (16-16) was highlighted by road wins over Oregon and Mississippi State... In his rookie year ( ), Grier guided the Toreros to an overall mark of and 3rd place finish in the WCC race at He guided the Toreros to three wins and the championship title at the WCC Tournament with wins over Pepperdine, Saint Mary's and No. 20 Gonzaga... The Toreros then upset No. 15 UCONN in the NCAA Tourney opener with a overtime victory, before falling to Western Kentucky in the second round... His 11 WCC wins were the second most for league wins in a single season in program history... Grier is USD's 11th head coach overall and just the 4th head coach since the Torero program moved to the NCAA Division I ranks in His 22 wins in were also the most by a Torero coach in his first season at USD. In addition to knocking off Kentucky on the road, 81-72, the Toreros earned three wins over Top-25 teams: #21 Saint Mary's, #20 Gonzaga and #15 Connecticut... Bill and his wife, Nicole, have two daughters, Giselle & Ashley. FALL SUCCESS FOR TORERO ATHLETICS: For the first time in Torero history all four USD fall teams advanced to the NCAA Division I Tournament - Football (1st rd), Men's Soccer (2nd rd), Women's Soccer (1st rd) and Women's Volleyball (1st rd) Alcala Park, San Diego, California / Fax: 619/ tgosen@sandiego.edu #GoGetIt

2 SAN DIEGO TOREROS POSSIBLE STARTERS vs. Santa Clara Broncos (Jan. 2nd) Statistics Torero Highlights F- #15 Thomas Jacobs R-SR 7.5 ppg/5.6 rpg 12 points/6 rebounds in WCC opener vs. Portland C- #33 Jito Kok JR 7.2 ppg/4.1 rpg Grabbed season-high 10 rebounds vs. SDSU G- #00 Christopher Anderson SR 8.7 ppg/6.9 apg Game-high 14 points in WCC opener vs. Portland G- #1 Johnny Dee SR 17.9 ppg/4.3 rpg Needs 7 points to become USD all-time leading scorer G- #5 Chris Sarbaugh R-JR 4.6 ppg/2.6 rpg Totaled 6 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals vs. Gonzaga Off The Bench: C- #2 Brandon Perry R-SO 5.1 ppg/2.5 rpg USD personal-best 16 points vs. UCLA C- #25 Simi Fajemisin R-SR 2.2 ppg/1.5 rpg Totaled 7 points in first start of season vs. New Orleans F- #10 Duda Sanadze R-JR 6.4 ppg/2.2 rpg Scored 13 points off bench in win over WMU F- #32 Brett Bailey SO 3.0 ppg/3.6 rpg Career-best 9 rebounds in win over Princeton G- #11 Marcus Harris FR 3.0 ppg/0.9 rpg Totaled 9 points & 5 rebounds in win over New Orleans G- #13 Vasa Pusica FR 3.7 ppg/1.9 rpg Totaled 10 pts, 4 reb & 4 assists in road win at UCSB F- #12 Cameron Neubauer FR 1.6 ppg/1.7 rpg Totaled 7 points & 5 rebounds in win over New Orleans G- #3 Khalil Bedart-Ghani FR 3.0 ppg/0.7 rpg Chipped in 4 points in wins over UNO/FAMU G- #22 Nick Kerr R-JR 3.0 ppg/0.5 rpg 12 pts (4-6 in threes) in road win over Pacific ( ) USD RECORD WHEN: At Home 4-2 "True" Away Games 2-2 At Neutral Site 2-3 Scoring First 3-2 Opponent Scores First 5-5 Ahead At Halftime 7-2 Tied At Halftime 0-0 Behind At Halftime 1-5 Overtime Games point or less final margin 1-2 Making five or more 3-pointers 6-6 Making less than five 3-pointers 2-1 Opp. makes five or more treys 4-6 Opp. makes less than five treys 4-1 FG% is 50% or above 3-1 FG% is below 50% 5-6 Opponent FG% is 50% or above 0-1 Opponent FG% is below 50% 8-6 Outshooting or matching Opp: 6-1 Shooting Same as Opponent 1-0 Outshot by Opponent 1-6 FT% is above 70% 3-1 FT% is exactly 70% 1-0 FT% is below 70% 4-6 Outrebounding Opp. 6-1 Rebounds equal Opp. 1-0 Outrebounded by Opp. 1-6 Less Turnovers than Opp. 3-4 Turnovers Equal Opp. 0-0 More Turnovers than Opp. 5-3 USD Scores Less Than USD Scores Points 0-2 USD Scores Points 1-1 USD Scores Points 1-2 USD Scores Points 5-2 USD Scores Points 1-0 USD Scores Points 0-0 USD Scores 100 or More 0-0 Opponent Scores Less Than Opponent Scores Points 2-0 Opponent Scores Points 1-1 Opponent Scores Points 4-3 Opponent Scores Points 1-1 Opponent Scores Points 0-2 Opponent Scores Points 0-0 Opponent Scores 100 or More 0-0 SAN DIEGO TORERO TIDBITS: ** Senior guard Johnny Dee, now with 1,788 career points (#4 NCAA active), needs just three points to become USD's all-time scoring leader with 1,791 points and move ahead of Brandon Johnson (1,790; )... A preseason All-WCC pick and All-WCC performer last season, he moved into the No. 2 spot on December 7th with his 22 point effort in the team's win at UCSB that placed him ahead of Gyno Pomare (1,725 points; )... In his first three seasons Dee has turned in season point totals of 426 ( ), 511 ( ), and 582 ( )... He is USD's all-time leader in three-pointers made (302; 1st in active NCAA players) and 3-point attempts (737), and last year ranked No. 1 in the nation in free throw percentage (.945, ). He owns a career mark of.900 ( ) from the charity stripe... His current 17.9 points per game average ranks 4th in the WCC and 50th in the nation. ** Senior point guard Christopher Anderson set the USD single season record for assists with 216 last year and also became the program's all-time leader in career dishes with Through 14 games this season he has improved his school record to 663 (3rd NCAA career active)... Now with 222 career steals, he needs 19 more this season to move into USD's all-time No. 1 spot with 241 (240, Brandon Johnson, )... In his first three seasons he has tallied the following totals for assists/steals - 156/63 ( ), 188/69 ( ), and 216/64 ( )... Including 15 games this season, Anderson ranks first in the WCC and 8th in the NCAA in assists per game (6.9)... Now with 1,072 career points he is No. 22 overall after passing by Wayman Strickland (1,040 points, )... He became USD's 24th player to join the 1,000 point club... In fact, with 394 career rebounds, Chris needs just 6 more to reach 400 career caroms to go with his other milestones of 1,000 points (1,070), 600 assists (658) and 200 steals (220). ** Last season junior center Jito Kok set the single season record for blocked shots with 63. Now with 160 career blocks 15 games into his junior season, he just moved into a tie with Gyno Pomare ( ) for second all-time with his three blocks at USF (1-1-15). He will now set his sights on the Torero all-time mark of 183 (Scott Thompson, )... Kok totaled a season-high 5 blocks and matched his season-high of 15 points in the team's outing vs. Western Michigan at the Wooden Legacy. ** Senior forward Thomas Jacobs notched his second double-double of the season with his 14 point-11 rebound effort in the team's home win over San Diego Christian on December 21st... He tallied 10 points and 11 rebounds in the team's home win over Western Michigan back on November 24th... Last season Jacobs had his lone double-double against the SDC Hawks (14/13). ** Junior guard Chris Sarbaugh has started the last five games for the Toreros and with his all-out hustle at both ends of the floor has made a difference... He is also showing a knack for putting the ball in the basket with season shooting percentages of 54.1 FG% (20-37), PT% (7-11) and 88.9 FT% (8-9)... In his five starts over the past five games he is averaging 6. 8 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 1.8 steals while converting 53.8% from the field (14-26). ** In Thursday's win over San Francisco, Senior point guard Christopher Anderson stole the ball away from the USF (7-8, 1-2 WCC) as time expired to help seal a win over the Dons, and gave the University of San Diego (8-7, 1-2 WCC) its first West Coast Conference win of the season at War Memorial Gym. Anderson led the Toreros offense with a team-best nine points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field, while also recording five assists and a pair of steals. Sanadze and Vasa Pusica were the next highest scorers with eight each. Johnny Dee was held to four points to pull within three points of breaking the USD all-time scoring record with 1,791 points. As a team, USD shot 41.5% from the field, and were outrebounded ** In Monday's loss to the No. 7 Gonzaga Bulldogs the Toreros did an admirable job on defense in holding the Zags to just 60 points (23.9 points below their average of 83.9)... Unfortunately the Toreros couldn' t get anything going offensively as they struggled in the shooting department making a season-low 26.8% from the field (15-56)... Johnny Dee was the lone Torero to reach double-digits as he scored a game-high 20 points while matching his career-high with 8 rebounds...

3 HIGHLIGHTS: TEAM Scoring 85, vs. New Orleans, , vs. UCSB, Rebounding 44, vs. SDCC, , vs. PORTLAND, Assists 21, vs. WMU, , vs. SEMO, Steals 10, vs. Portland, , vs. New Orleans, Blocks 6, vs. SDCC/WMU 5, vs. GU/PRIN/WMU/FAMU/BSU FG%.558 (24-43), vs. WMU, (27-50), vs. Xavier/FAMU 3-PT%.714 (10-14), vs. UCSB, (11-17), vs. Princeton, FT%.844 (27-32), vs. UCSB, (20-26), vs. UNO, INDIVIDUAL Scoring 29, J. Dee vs. Princeton, , J. Dee, vs. BSU, , J. Dee, vs. UCSB/UCLA/SEMO 21, J. Dee, vs. WMU, Rebounding 11, T. Jacobs, vs. SDCC/WMU 10, J. Kok, vs. SDSU, , T. Jacobs, vs. FAMU, , B. Bailey, vs. Princeton, Assists 12, C. Anderson, vs. WMU, , C. Anderson, vs. Xavier/SEMO Steals 5, C. Anderson, vs. UP, , Anderson/Jacobs/Sarbaugh Blocks 5, J. Kok, vs. WMU, , J. Kok, vs. SDCC/WMU FG% (min. 6 made).857 (6-7), T. Jacobs, vs. FAMU, (7-10), B. Perry, vs. UCLA, PT% (min. 4 made).600 (6-10), J. Dee, vs. Xavier, (6-12), J. Dee vs. SEMO, FT% (min. 7 made) (7-7), J. Kok, vs. WMU, (9-10), J. Dee vs. UCSB, , (7-8), J.Dee, vs. GU/BSU.875 (7-8), D. Sanadze, vs. UNO, SCOUTING THE SANTA CLARA BRONCOS: The Santa Clara Broncos enter the game with an overall record of 6-8, and they hold a 1-2 record in the WCC after dropping a decision at home to Brigham Young University this past Thursday. The Broncos lead the all-time series at 36-31, but both teams split last season's meetings, each winning on the others home floor. The SCU offense is paced by Brandon Clark, who is averaging 15.9 pointsper-game, while shooting 35.5% from the field. The only other Bronco averaging double figures is Jared Brownridge, who is scoring at a 14.8 ppg clip, ans he is shooting 43.7% from the field. Matt Hubbard leads the rebounding effort for the Broncos, as he is averaging 4.9 boards-per-game. As a team, SCU shoots 41.7% from the floor, and shoots the three ball at a.353 clip, and they average 29.7 rebounds per game. The Broncos are under the direction of eighth-year head coach Kerry Keating. MORE TOREROS TIDBITS: USD's win at UC Santa Barbara on Dec. 7th was its tenth game of the season... This marked the first time in USD's Division I history ( campaign was first at DI level) that the Toreros played only two home games in its first ten contests to start the season... Another schedule note is that USD will not play outside of the state of California until Game 28 when they travel to Provo, Utah to face the BYU Cougars on February 19th, Head Coach Bill Grier's six wins over top-25 programs have come against #22 Gonzaga (69-66, Feb. 22, JCP), vs. #23 Saint Mary's (74-66, Feb. 16, JCP), vs. #25 Oklahoma (76-64, Nov. 26, 2009 in Anchorage, Alaska), vs. #15 Connecticut (70-69 ot, Mar. 21, 2008 in Tampa, Florida in 1st round of NCAA Tournament), vs. #20 Gonzaga (69-62, Mar. 10, 2008 at JCP in WCC Championship game), vs. #21 Saint Mary's (63-55, Jan. 29, 2008 at JCP)... USD's two other top-25 wins came against Gonzaga in the Sports Center in the season (75-59) and at #14 UCLA during the campaign (86-81, ot). TOREROS TRAVEL TO ITALY: The USD basketball team combined academics and athletics in a unique basketball trip to Italy this past summer. NCAA teams are allowed to take an international summer trip every four years and the Toreros hadn't been out of the country since 2010 when they went to Vancouver, BC. USD left August 12th for an 11-day day trip to Europe and besides playing three games, the Toreros combined this trip through USD's study abroad program. The team spent the bulk of the summer taking a religion course, Early Christianity, with USD Theology & Religious Studies Professor Florence Gillman. She traveled with the team to Italy and the players continued the learning process via tours, by recording what they saw by way of photos, and by keeping a journal. The players all took a final exam before returning home. The group visited Rome, Naples, Florence and Pompeii. USD also conducted a youth skills clinic on a Navy base in Naples. THE SCHEDULE: The Toreros non-conference slate will be highlighted by two Southern California tournaments (LMU Classic and Wooden Legacy), and a tough three-game road stretch over an 8-day span in December against the likes of San Diego State, UCLA and UC Santa Barbara. The Toreros won t venture out of the state of California until game 28 when they play at BYU on Feb. 19th, followed by trips to Gonzaga, Portland and the WCC Tournament in Las Vegas. Our schedule is difficult and challenging but one I know our team is looking forward to playing, said USD head coach Bill Grier. Whether it s our opener against Boise State in the LMU Classic or the first round of the Wooden Legacy against Xavier, we will have some demanding stretches in the schedule. Playing three straight road games at SDSU, UCLA and UCSB within an 8 day period will be the toughest week in the non-conference schedule that we ve ever had. The Toreros will open up their 12-game non-conference slate with two road games at the LMU Classic that will be played in Los Angeles over November The Toreros will face Boise State on Friday, Nov. 14th at 3:30 p.m., followed by S.E. Missouri State on Saturday, Nov. 15th at 2:30 p.m. USD s first of thirteen home games at the Jenny Craig Pavilion will be played on Wednesday, Nov. 19th, when they host Florida A&M. USD will kickoff play in the 2014 Wooden Legacy with a home game against Western Michigan on Nov. 24th. The Toreros will then continue tourney play with back-to-back games at Titan Gym on the campus of Cal State Fullerton against Xavier (Nov. 27th, 1:30 p.m., ESPN2) and either Princeton or UTEP (Nov. 28th, TBD). USD s final game of the tournament will be held on Sunday, Nov. 30th (TBD) against one of four remaining teams (Long Beach State, San Jose State, Washington, Western Michigan) in Anaheim at the Honda Center. All three games will be televised on one of the ESPN family of networks. December will begin with tough back-to-back road games against 2014 Sweet Sixteen programs San Diego State (Dec. 4, 8 p.m., ESPNU) UCLA (Dec. 7). Following a Dec. 11th trip to face UC Santa Barbara, the Toreros will close out their nonconference schedule with home games against New Orleans (Dec. 13) and San Diego Christian (Dec. 21). Following Christmas the Toreros will host Portland (Dec. 27) and Gonzaga (Dec. 29) to kickoff their West Coast Conference schedule. Other WCC home dates will include LMU (Jan. 8), Pepperdine (Jan. 10), BYU ((Jan. 24), Santa Clara (Jan. 29), San Francisco (Jan. 31), Pacific (Feb. 12) and Saint Mary s (Feb. 14). San Diego s WCC road slate will begin on New Year s Day at San Francisco, followed by road dates against Santa Clara (Jan. 3), Saint Mary s (Jan. 15), Pacific (Jan. 17), LMU (Feb. 5), Pepperdine (Feb. 7), BYU (Feb. 19, ESPNU), Gonzaga (Feb. 26, ESPN2 or ESPNU) and Portland (Feb. 28). The 2015 WCC Basketball Championships will once again be played at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada from March Two opening round games will be played on March 6th (6 & 8 pm); four quarterfinals games will be played on March 7th (12, 2, 6, & 8 pm); two semifinal games will be played on March 9th (6 & 8 pm); with the championship game coming on Tuesday, March 10th (6pm, ESPN or ESPN2).

4 TORERO RECORD WATCH: Career Scoring 1. Brandon Johnson ('05-10) 1, Johnny Dee ('11-present) 1, Gyno Pomare ('05-09) 1,725 Career Assists 1. Chris Anderson ('11-present) Brandon Johnson ('05-10) David Fizdale ('92-96) 465 Career Steals 1. Brandon Johnson ('05-10) Chris Anderson ('11-present) Wayman Strickland ('88-92) 154 Career Blocks 1. Scott Thompson ('83-87) Gyno Pomare ('05-09) 158 Jito Kok ('12-present) 158 Field Goals Attempted 1. Brandon Johnson ('05-10) Stan Washington ('71-74) Johnny Dee ('11-present) 1338 Field Goals Made 1. Gyno Pomare ('05-09) Stan Washington ('71-74) Johnny Dee ('11-present) Point Field Goals Attempted 1. Johnny Dee ('11-present) Ross DeRogatis ('04-07) Brandon Johnson ('05-10) Point Field Goals Made 1. Johnny Dee ('11-present) Ross DeRogatis ('04-07) Brandon Johnson ('05-10) Point% (min. 200 attempts) 1. Brad Lechtenberg ('02-04).475 (95-200) 2. Pat Holbert ('89-91).429 (97-226) 3. Matt Delzell ('99-03).423 (99-234) 6. Johnny Dee ('11-present).410 ( ) Free Throw % (min. 200 attempts) 1. Johnny Dee ('11-present).900 ( ) 2. Sean Flannery ('92-97).854 ( ) 3. Cameron Rigby ('98-01).849 ( ) Johnny Dee named a nominee for 2014 NABC Allstate Good Works Team December 3, 2014 INDIANAPOLIS - The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and Allstate Insurance Company announced Wednesday the 158 nominees for the 2015 Allstate NABC Good Works Teams. USD senior guard Johnny Dee is one of five West Coast Conference nominees from the men's teams. This prestigious community service award recognizes a distinguished group of student-athletes who have demonstrated a commitment to enriching the lives of others and contributing to the greater good in their communities. Besides being a First-Team All-WCC and First Team WCC All-Academic honoree, Dee has been involved in the San Diego Community with a variety of cause - the Poway Youth Basketball League Challenged Division; the St. Balkdrick's Day for Childhood Cancer; the Linda Vista Multicultural Parade; the Walk A Mile in Her Shoes for Fight Against Domestic Violence; the San Diego JDRF Walk; the San Diego Breast Cancer Walk; feeding the homeless on Saturdays with the North Coast Church; involved with YWAM and building houses in Mexico; and basketball clinics for youth. Additionally, he runs his own FCA bible study on campus which meets weekly and is open to all USD students. USD Toreros Men s Basketball sign Alex Floresca to NLI Release Date: Nov. 12, 2014 (San Diego, Calif.) - University of San Diego men s basketball head coach Bill Grier and his staff are excited to announce that Alex Floresca has signed a national letter of intent and scholarship agreement for the upcoming school year. Floresca is a 6 8, 230 lb. forward from Webster Groves, Missouri. He is currently in his senior year at Webster High School where he plays for coach Jay Blossom. He is expected to play power forward for the Toreros. Getting Alex away from all the Midwest schools that were recruiting him, particularly the Missouri Valley schools, is a credit to the job Mike Burns did, said head coach Bill Grier. Alex is as physically tough as any high school player I ve ever recruited. He enjoys contact and plays the game extremely hard, particularly the way he posts up, rebounds and defends. He give us an enforcer on the interior at both ends of the floor. I know our fans will appreciate the way he plays the game. Floresca returns for his senior season at Webster with an already impressive resume. He is a 2-time First Team All-Suburban South Conference selection and was named as the league s preseason conference player of the year. Last season he also earned all-district honors after averaging 12.1 points and 7.5 rebounds while converting 72.0% from the field. His play helped propel Webster to a sectional appearance in last year s state playoffs. Webster finished 24-5, won the Conference Championship and the Class 5 District 4 Championship. In the District Championship final against Kirkwood, Floresca totaled 20 points and 8 rebounds in the victory. Floresca has also competed with the Gateway AAU program out of St. Louis where he was coached by Scott Schroepfer.

5 Jack Cronin You can follow him on twitter JACK CRONIN NAMED USD'S VOICE OF TORERO MEN'S BASKETBALL Jack Cronin will be the play-by-play voice for Toreros men's basketball this season with all games being aired on ESPN 1700AM. Cronin takes over for Andy Masur who after seven years of outstanding work as USD's play-by-play announcer, relocated back to his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Cronin is in his 8th year as the play-by-play announcer for University of San Diego Football, and has been the #2 voice for USD Men's Basketball the last seven years. He spent nine years at The Mighty 1090 Sports Radio as a host, reporter and Executive Producer, and is now at NewsRadio 600 KOGO as an anchor and reporter here in San Diego. This year he began working for TheW.tv calling volleyball and soccer. He is also in his 8th year calling football, basketball, baseball, softball, track & field, water polo and volleyball on television for Time Warner Cable and the TWC SportsNet. Cronin graduated in 2004 from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Integrative Biology. "I am honored to have been offered a larger role with the University of San Diego," said Jack Cronin. "Having worked with the athletic department for the last eight years, I have been impressed by the work ethic, loyalty and atmosphere displayed at Alcala Park. I want to thank Ky Snyder and USD Athletics for the opportunity. I cannot wait for November and the prospects of the season." FINAL WCC STANDINGS GON BYU USF SMC PEP USD POR PACIFIC SCU LMU WCC TOURNAMENT RETURNS TO LAS VEGAS: The 2015 WCC Basketball Championship returns to Las Vegas, Nevada and The Orleans Arena from March 6th through March 10th. Beginning with the quarterfinal matchups on March 6th, games will be televised by the ESPNU family network with the WCC Basketball Championship quarterfinals (Saturday, March 7), semifinals (Monday, March 9, ESPN and or 2) and the championship game on Tuesday, March 10 (ESPN or 2). WCC PRESEASON COACHES POLL: The Toreros were picked to finish 5th in the WCC Preseason Coaches Poll - 1. Gonzaga (81 points), 2. BYU (69), 3. Saint Mary's (62), 4. San Francisco (59), 5. San Diego (47), 6. Portland (45), t-7. Pepperdine & Santa Clara (29), 9. Loyola Marymount (19), 10. Pacific (10) UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER NO. NAME HT. WT. POS. YR/EXP. HOMETOWN/HS (COLLEGE) 00 Christopher Anderson PG SR/3V Anaheim, CA/Canyon 1 Johnny Dee G SR/3V Vista, CA/Rancho Buena Vista 2 Brandon Perry C R-SO/RS Fresno, CA/Taft (CSUN) 3 Khalil Bedart-Ghani G FR/HS Inglewood, CA/Loyola 5 Chris Sarbaugh G R-JR/1V Spokane, WA/Gonzaga Prep (North Idaho College) 10 Duda Sanadze G JR/1V Tbilisi, Georgia 11 Marcus Harris PG FR/HS San Antonio, TX/Douglas MacArthur 12 Cameron Neubauer F FR/HS Berlin, Germany/Choate Rosemary Hall Prep (CT) 13 Vasa Pusica G FR/HS Belgrade, Serbia/Sunrise Christian Academy (KS) 15 Thomas Jacobs F R-SR/1V San Diego, CA/Scripps Ranch (CSUN) 20 Adam Gotelli G FR/HS Stockton, CA/Elliott Christian 21 Forrest Greenwalt G SO/1V San Antonio, TX/Saint Marys' Hall 22 Nick Kerr G R-JR/2V Rancho Santa Fe, CA/Torrey Pines 25 Simi Fajemisin C R-SR/3V Lynnwood, WA/Lynnwood 32 Brett Bailey F SO/1V Spokane, WA/University 33 Jito Kok C JR/2V Wageningen, Netherlands/Canarius Basketball Acad. COACHING STAFF Bill Grier - Head Coach (8th Year; ) Mike Burns - Assistant Coach (7th Year) Rodney Tention - Assistant Coach (4th Year) Kyle Bankhead - Assistant Coach (8th Year) Ryan Harbour - Dir. of Basketball Operations (2nd Year) Jeff Beach - Video Coordinator (2nd Year) CJ Vafiadis - Head Team Manager (3rd Year) PRONUNCIATON GUIDE Head Coach Bill Grier - (Greer) Asst. Rodney Tention - (Ten-chin) Khalil Bedart-Ghani - (Kuh-leel Bay-dart Hahn-ee) Chris Sarbaugh - (Sar-bah) Duda Sanadze - (Doo-duh Suh-nod-zay) Cameron Neubauer - (New-bow-er) Vasa Pusica - (Vah-suh Pooh-sheet-zuh) Simi Fajemisin - (Sim-ee Fuh-gem-uh-sin) Jito Kok - (Gee-toe Coke)

6 San Diego Toreros San Diego Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 01, 2015) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 01 DEE, Johnny ANDERSON, Chris JACOBS, Thomas KOK, Jito SANADZE, Duda PERRY, Brandon SARBAUGH, Chris PUSICA, Vasa HARRIS, Marcus BAILEY, Brett BEDART-GHANI, Khali KERR, Nick FAJEMISIN, Simi NEUBAUER, Cameron GREENWALT, Forrest Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS USD OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Date Opponent Score Att. $ 11/14/14 vs Boise State L $ 11/15/14 vs SE Missouri St. W /19/14 FLORIDA A&M W /24/11 WESTERN MICHIGAN W /27/14 vs Xavier L /28/14 vs Princeton W /30/14 vs Western Michigan L at SAN DIEGO STATE L /07/14 at UCLA L /11/14 at UC Santa Barbara W /13/14 NEW ORLEANS W /21/14 SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN W * 12/27/14 PORTLAND L * 12/29/14 GONZAGA L * 01/01/15 at University of San Francisco W * - Conference game Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals San Diego Opponents

7 San Diego Toreros San Diego Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 01, 2015) Conference games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 01 DEE, Johnny ANDERSON, Chris SANADZE, Duda SARBAUGH, Chris JACOBS, Thomas PERRY, Brandon KOK, Jito PUSICA, Vasa FAJEMISIN, Simi BAILEY, Brett HARRIS, Marcus NEUBAUER, Cameron Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS USD OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Date Opponent Score Att. * 12/27/14 PORTLAND L * 12/29/14 GONZAGA L * 01/01/15 at University of San Francisco W * - Conference game Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals San Diego Opponents

8 San Diego Toreros San Diego Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Jan 01, 2015) All games Opponent Date Score ANDERSON,C DEE,JOHNNY PERRY,BRAN BEDART-GHA SARBAUGH,C SANADZE,DU HARRIS,MAR vs Boise State 11/14/ L DNP vs SE Missouri St. 11/15/ W DNP DNP FLORIDA A&M 11/19/ W DNP DNP WESTERN MICHIGAN 11/24/ W DNP DNP vs Xavier 11/27/ L DNP vs Princeton 11/28/ W DNP vs Western Michigan 11/30/ L DNP DNP at SAN DIEGO STATE L DNP DNP at UCLA 12/07/ L DNP at UC Santa Barbara 12/11/ W DNP NEW ORLEANS 12/13/ W SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN 12/21/ W DNP PORTLAND 12/27/ L DNP GONZAGA 12/29/ L DNP at University of San Fr 01/01/ W DNP Opponent Date Score NEUBAUER,C PUSICA,VAS JACOBS,THO GREENWALT, KERR,NICK FAJEMISIN, BAILEY,BRE vs Boise State 11/14/ L DNP DNP DNP vs SE Missouri St. 11/15/ W DNP DNP DNP FLORIDA A&M 11/19/ W DNP WESTERN MICHIGAN 11/24/ W DNP DNP DNP vs Xavier 11/27/ L DNP DNP vs Princeton 11/28/ W DNP DNP vs Western Michigan 11/30/ L DNP DNP DNP at SAN DIEGO STATE L DNP DNP at UCLA 12/07/ L DNP DNP DNP at UC Santa Barbara 12/11/ W DNP DNP NEW ORLEANS 12/13/ W DNP SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN 12/21/ W DNP DNP PORTLAND 12/27/ L DNP DNP DNP GONZAGA 12/29/ L DNP DNP DNP at University of San Fr 01/01/ W DNP DNP

9 San Diego Toreros San Diego Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Jan 01, 2015) All games Opponent Date Score KOK,JITO vs Boise State 11/14/ L vs SE Missouri St. 11/15/ W FLORIDA A&M 11/19/ W WESTERN MICHIGAN 11/24/ W vs Xavier 11/27/ L vs Princeton 11/28/ W vs Western Michigan 11/30/ L at SAN DIEGO STATE L at UCLA 12/07/ L at UC Santa Barbara 12/11/ W NEW ORLEANS 12/13/ W DNP SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN 12/21/ W PORTLAND 12/27/ L GONZAGA 12/29/ L at University of San Fr 01/01/ W

10 #00 Christopher Anderson 5-7, 150, Senior Guard Anaheim, California Canyon HS Business Administration #1 Johnny Dee 6-0, 185, Senior Guard Vista, California Rancho Buena Vista HS Business Season...Category...Career 17 vs. UCSB ( )...POINTS (2x), last vs. BYU (3-1-14) 7 (2x), last vs. Gonzaga ( ).....REBOUNDS vs. Pacific ( ) 12 vs. WMU ( )... ASSISTS...13 vs. Portland ( ) 1 vs. BSU ( )... BLOCKS (17x) last vs. BSU ( ) 5 vs. Portland ( )...STEALS...7* vs. Tulsa ( ) * ties school record 29 vs. Princeton ( )... POINTS...30 vs. Pepperdine (3-1-12) 8 vs. Gonzaga ( )... REBOUNDS... 8 (2x), last vs. GU ( ) 4 vs. SDCC ( )...ASSISTS... 6 vs. SHSU ( ) 1 vs. WMU ( )... BLOCKS...1 vs. WMU ( ) 2 (2x), last vs. UP ( )...STEALS...4 vs. LMU ( ) #2 Brandon Perry 6-7, 265, RS-Soph. Center Fresno, California CSUN Taft HS Communication Studies #3 Khalil Bedart-Ghani 6-4, 192, Frosh Guard Inglewood, Calif. Loyola High School Undeclared 16 vs. UCLA ( )...POINTS... Same 7 vs. Portland ( )... REBOUNDS... Same 2 vs. USF (1-1-15)... ASSISTS... Same 1 (2x), last vs. SDCC ( )... BLOCKS... Same 1 vs. UCLA ( )...STEALS... Same 4 (2x), last vs. UNO ( )...POINTS... Same 2 vs. New Orleans ( )...REBOUNDS... Same 0... ASSISTS... Same 1 vs. Florida A&M ( )... BLOCKS... Same 1 vs. New Orleans ( )...STEALS... Same #5 Chris Sarbaugh 6-3, 200,RS-Junior Guard Spokane, Wash. North Idaho JC Gonzaga Prep HS Business Administration #10 Duda Sanadze 6-5, 220, Junior Guard Tbilisi, Georgia Communication Studies 12 vs. SD Christian ( )...POINTS (2x), last vs. SDCC ( ) 6 vs. UCSB ( )... REBOUNDS...6 vs. UCSB ( ) 2 (3x), last vs. USF (1-1-15)... ASSISTS... 4 (2x), last vs. BYU (3-1-14) 1 vs. Princeton ( )... BLOCKS...1 (4x), last vs. Pacific ( ) 3 vs. Gonzaga ( )...STEALS... 3 (2x), last vs. GU ( ) 13 vs. WMU ( )...POINTS...25 vs. SCU ( ) 5 vs. USF (1-1-15)......REBOUNDS... 9 vs. LMU ( ) 2 (3x), last vs. Gonzaga ( )... ASSISTS...3 (2x), last vs. SMC ( ) 1 (2x), last vs. Gonzaga ( )... BLOCKS... 2 (2x), last vs. PORT ( ) 1 (4x), last UCLA ( )...STEALS...3 (3x), last vs. UCSB ( ) #11 Marcus Harris 6-0, 168, Frosh Guard San Antonio, Texas Douglas MacArthur HS Undeclared 9 vs. New Orleans ( )...POINTS... Same 5 vs. New Orleans ( )...REBOUNDS....Same 2 vs. SEMO ( )... ASSISTS... Same 0... BLOCKS......Same 1 (3x), last vs. SDC ( )...STEALS... Same

11 #12 Cameron Neubauer 6-7, 220, Frosh Forward Berlin, Germany Choate Rosemary Hall Prep - CT Undeclared 7 vs. New Orleans ( )...POINTS... Same 5 (2x), last vs. UNO ( )... REBOUNDS... Same 0... ASSISTS... Same 1 vs. USF (1-1-15)... BLOCKS... Same 1 vs. New Orleans ( )...STEALS....Same #13 Vasa Pusica 6-5, 210, Frosh Guard Belgrade, Serbia Sunrise Christian Academy - KS Undeclared Season...Category...Career 10 vs. UCSB ( )... POINTS... Same 4 (2x), last vs. UCSB ( )... REBOUNDS... Same 4 (2x), last vs. UNO ( )... ASSISTS... Same 1 (2x), last vs. UNO ( )... BLOCKS... Same 2 vs. San Diego State ( )...STEALS....Same #15 Thomas Jacobs 6-6, 215, RS-Senior Forward San Diego, California CS Northridge Scripps Ranch HS Political Science #22 Nick Kerr 14 (2x), last vs. SDCC ( )...POINTS...14 (2x), last vs. FAMU ( ) 11 (2x), last vs. SDCC ( )...REBOUNDS vs. SD Christian ( ) 1 (2x), last vs. UCLA ( )... ASSISTS...2 (2x), last vs. LMU (1-9-14) 1 (3x), last vs. USF (1-1-15)... BLOCKS...2 (3x), last vs. LMU ( ) 3 vs. WMU ( )...STEALS... 3 (2x),last vs. WMU ( ) 6-3, 180, RS-Junior Guard Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Torrey Pines High School Business Administration #25 Simi Fajemisin 6-10, 265, RS-Senior Center Lynwood, Washington Lynwood High School Business Administration #32 Brett Bailey 6-6, 205, Sophomore Forward Spokane, Washington University HS Business Administration #33 Jito Kok 6-9, 232, Junior Center Wageningen, Netherlands Canarius Basketball Academy Communication Studies Season...Category...Career 3 (2x), last vs. UNO ( )...POINTS...12 vs. Pacific ( ) 1 vs. Florida A&M ( )...REBOUNDS...1 (3x) last vs. FAMU ( ) 0... ASSISTS... 2 vs. USF (3-8-14) 0... BLOCKS... Same 1 vs. So. Utah ( )...STEALS...1 (2x), last vs. SUU ( ) 7 vs. New Orleans ( )...POINTS vs. CSUB ( ) 5 (2x), last vs. SDCC ( )....REBOUNDS...10 vs. Pacifica ( ) ASSISTS... 1 (12x) last vs. USF ( ) 1 (2x), last vs. Gonzaga ( )...BLOCKS...4 vs. Pacifica ( ) 2 vs. Florida A&M ( ).....STEALS...3 vs. Maine ( ) Season...Category...Career 7 vs. Princeton ( )... POINTS...13 vs. Portland State ( ) 9 vs. Princeton ( )... REBOUNDS vs. Princeton ( ) 2 vs. WMU ( )... ASSISTS...2 (4x), last vs. WMU ( ) 1 vs. WMU ( )... BLOCKS...2 vs. Portland State ( ) 1 (6x), last vs. Portland ( )...STEALS... 2 vs. USF (3-8-14) Season...Category...Career 15 (2x), last vs. WMU ( )... POINTS...15 (2x), last vs. WMU ( ) 10 vs. San Diego State ( )... REBOUNDS vs. NKU ( ) 2 vs. UCLA ( )...ASSISTS....3 (2x), last vs. PSU ( ) 5 vs. W. Michigan ( )... BLOCKS...5 (3x), last vs. WMU ( ) 1 (4x), last vs. USF (1-1-15)...STEALS...2 (4x), last vs. Pacific ( )