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USD vs Caltech Stats

(San Diego, Calif.) -- The USD men's basketball team, under the direction of first year head coach Lamont Smith, dealt the visiting Caltech Beavers a 95-42 defeat before 1,014 fans at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. All twelve Toreros that suited up scored at least four points with four players reaching double digits. Freshman guard Olin Carter III led the squad with 13 points and was followed by Marcus Harris (12 points), Duda Sanadze (11 points) and Vasa Pusica (10 points).

USD was also bolstered by the play of senior center Jito Kok who scored 8 points, but chipped in with game highs of 12 rebounds and 6 blocked shots. In addition to his 10 points, Pusica contributed 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals. Junior forward Brett Bailey had a solid performance with 8 points and 7 rebounds, while freshman walk-on Christian Oshita tallied 9 points in sixteen minutes of action. Sophomore guard Khalil Bedart-Ghani added 6 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals.

USD held a 43-23 halftime edge and dominated second half play by outscoring the Beavers 52-19. Caltech was paced Kc Emezie (14 points) and Ricky Galliani (13 points). As a team the Toreros shot 42.7% from the floor (35-82), 28.6% from three-point range (8-28) and 73.9% from the free throw line (17-23). The Toreros also outrebounded the Beavers 59-39 and totaled 16 steals to Caltech's 2.

The Toreros open up their 2015-16 regular season schedule next Friday with a 5:00 p.m. contest at USC. That will be the first of six away games for the Toreros before they return to the JCP to host Bethesda on Dec. 2nd.