SAN DIEGO – Riding a three-game winning streak and week off due to finals, San Diego will now face Stanford in the first game of the Al Attles Classic at the Chase Center on Saturday at noon.

The Toreros, who have held three straight opponents to 54 points or less, take on their third Pac-12 opponent of the season in the 10-win Cardinal. Not only looking for its longest winning streak since the 2017-18 season, USD is also aiming for its 600th Division I win in program history.

Saturday's game can be watched on the Pac-12 Networks, with Ted Robinson (play-by-play), Bill Walton (analyst) and Ashley Adamson (reporter) on the call. The Voice of the Toreros Jack Cronin will broadcast the game with live audio available here.

LAST TIME OUT: USD GETS THIRD WIN A ROW
- San Diego held UC Davis to one field goal in the final seven minutes and went on a 12-2 run late in the second half to pull ahead to a 58-54 win over the Aggies last Saturday at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. The Toreros (6-7) earned their third win in a row, their best streak of the season, by holding the Aggies (4-8) to 31% from the field and 21% from three-point range. With UC Davis limited offensively, USD made five of its last eight shots to help capture its fourth victory at home. Joey Calcaterra kept the Aggies away in the final minute by making 5-of-6 free throws. The redshirt sophomore finished with the team lead with 11 points, helped by going 7-of-8 at the charity stripe for the entire game. For the fourth consecutive contest, the Toreros outrebounded the opposition, 36-29, and outscored them in the paint, 32-18. Guard Marion Humphrey led the team in rebounds with a career-high 12 while every Torero that played had at least one board.

ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST STANFORD
- Saturday will be the eighth all-time meeting between San Diego and Stanford, with the Toreros trailing in the all-time series, 2-5.

- The two schools last faced each other in 2011-12 when the Cardinal beat the Toreros, 75-55, in Palo Alto on December 17, 2011. Johnny Dee led the Toreros that game in scoring with 12, but Stanford shot 56.5% from the field in the second half to pull away for the win.

- San Diego has lost two straight to Stanford. Its last win was on November 13, 2009 when the Toreros, behind 18 points apiece from De'Jon Jackson and Brandon Johnson, pulled off a 77-64 win in the Jenny Craig Pavilion.

- The Toreros won the first ever meeting in 1980-81, a 79-70 overtime win in Palo Alto.

LOOKING AHEAD
- The Toreros will go into their seven-day holiday break before taking on Whitter College at the Jenny Craig Pavilion on Sunday, December 29 at 2 p.m.

54 OR LESS
- The Toreros come into Saturday's game having held each of their last three opponents to 54 points or less. It is the first time since January 2009 that the Toreros have turned in that feat. 

- In the 2008-09 season, USD held San Francisco, Santa Clara and Pepperdine to 50, 50 and 47 points, respectively. 

- USD's average margin of victory in the last three games is 11 points.

GETTING STOPS
- USD has held opponents to less than 60 points four times this season, going 4-0 in such contests (other: Nov. 14 at Weber State).

- Last year, the Toreros held 10 opponents to 59 points or less and posted a 10-0 record in those games. They have won 15 consecutive games, dating back to 2017-18, when holding teams to less than 60 points.

- The Toreros are 14-0 under head coach Sam Scholl when they hold teams to 59 points or less (29-24 overall in his two-plus seasons as the head coach).

- The Toreros have four games of holding opponents to less than 60 points in their first 13 games of the season. In 2018-19, they had three such games in the first 13 contests.

LAST 3: INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- The Toreros are holding their opponents to 34.7% from the field in the last three games (61-of-176), including 25.9% from beyond the arc (14-of-54).

- Opponents are averaging 53.0 points in the last three games. In USD's first 10 games of the season, opponents were averaging 72.5 points.

Last 3 Games vs. First 10 Games
USD Defense
 

Last 3 Games		First 10 Games
53.0	Points Allowed	72.5
34.7%	FG % Allowed	44.6%
25.9%	3FG % Allowed	30.2%
38.5%	2FG % Allowed	51.5%
+8.6	Rebounding Margin	-3.2
20.3	Average FG Made/Game	26.2
3-0	USD's Record	3-7

CLEANING THE GLASS
- Complementing the Toreros' defensive effort on shots, they are also cleaning up the boards in the last three games to hold off second-chance possessions. During the stretch, USD is outrebounding its opponents, on average, 40.3-31.7. Overall, it is outrebounding opponents 121-95.

- USD has outrebounded the other side in each of the last four games, something it only did twice in the first nine games of the season. The Toreros are 3-1 in the last four contests (3-6 in the first nine), and 4-2 in all games in which they win the rebounding battle.

- In the last two games, USD has a combined rebounding margin of +25. USD's +18 rebounding margin at Cal State Fullerton on Dec. 11 was its best in a game since November 15, 2018 when it outrebounded San Diego Christian, 49-26.

- In the first nine games of the season, the Toreros were being outrebounded by an average margin of -4.0 boards. In the last four, they have the advantage (+8.7).

BRAUN BRAUN
- Braun Hartfield has become the go-to offensive threat for the Toreros as the Cleveland, Ohio native is averaging 16.2 points on 50% shooting (39-of-78) in the last six games. He has scored in double-digits in each of the last six contests.

- He is the team's leading scorer in the last six games and leading shooter among guards.

- In addition to averaging 16.2 points, Hartfield is averaging 7.3 rebounds (44 total) in the last six - which is also tops on the team.

- In the first seven games, Hartfield averaged 9.4 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 37.3%, meaning he has improved his scoring nearly seven points per game while improved his shooting 13 percentage points.

- Hartfield is the first Torero this season to have 10+ points in six straight games.

YAUHEN IS BACK
- Junior Yauhen Massalski, who missed nine games due to injury, has returned in a big way for the Toreros. The native of Belarus is averaging 6.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in the last three games (all off the bench).

- The difference of Massalski on the floor has been stark as he has a +40 plus/minus in the last three games. USD is outscoring its opponents 104-64 when Massalski is in the game, compared to being outscored 88-95 when he is on the bench.

- In the last three games, the Toreros are outscoring their opponents in the paint 98-72 and holding them to 37.9% (36-of-95) on shots inside the key.

STREAKING
- USD enters the matchup against Stanford on a three-game winning streak, its longest streak this season.

- It is the first three-game winning streak for the Toreros since March 2019 during the WCC Tournament and longest regular season winning streak since December 1-9, 2018.

- The Toreros have not won four games in a row since the 2017-18 season (December 22, 2017-January 4, 2018).

USD AGAINST THE PAC-12
- Saturday is the third Pac-12 opponent for the Toreros this season and seventh in the last two years. USD lost at then-#25 Colorado and then-#25 Washington in November.

- Last year, USD went 2-2 against the Pac-12, picking up wins against Colorado at home and Washington State in a neutral site game in Las Vegas.

- In the last three seasons, the Toreros are 3-4 against the Pac-12.

CLOSING IN ON NO. 600
- San Diego is one win away from registering its 600th win in Division I basketball. They enter Saturday's game against Stanford with an all-time Division I record of 599-594. 

- The Toreros joined Division I with the 1979-80 season, making this season the 41st year of Division I basketball for USD.

- Last season, the Toreros recorded their 900th overall win in program history (Division I and II). The overall program win-loss record currently stands at 917-904.