Four players score in double figures as University of San Diego cruises past Sonoma State in basketball season opener
Some great defense led to a turnover and an emphatic breakaway dunk by Jordan Delaire in the second half of what would turn out to be an easy win.Toreros to play this season, that was it: excellent defense turning into quick offense.at Jenny Craig Pavilion on Monday night. The journey continues Wednesday night with a home game against Florida Gulf Coast.His teams at UCLA and St.
“That’s how we want to play: play great defense and get out and attack people in transition,” said senior guard Jase Townsend, who scored 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting with three 3-pointers and five assists. “We still have a lot to work on but that was a nice way to start. It was definitely fun to get out and play a real game.”
Senior guard Marcellus Earlington, who averaged a team-high 13.2 points last season, senior forward Nic Lynch, a transfer from Lehigh, and senior forward Yavuz Gultekin, a returnee from last season, were the first players off the bench in what Lavin anticipates to be a nine or 10 man rotation early in the season.
The Port Huron, Mich., native and is one of 12 new players from last season’s team, and the Toreros also have eight new staff members highlighted by former UCLA star and recruiting ace Tyus Edney.
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