SAN DIEGO – Braun Hartfield scored 20 points and Yauhen Massalski had his first double-double of the season as San Diego finished its nonconference schedule with a 93-67 win over Whittier College on Sunday at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.
 
The win for the Toreros (7-8) was their 600th in 41 seasons at the Division I level.
 
Hartfield, who tallied 20 points for the second time in the last eight games, scored 15 of his 20 points in the first half. The redshirt junior was 5-of-6 from the field in the first half and finished shooting 83.3% from three-point range (5-of-6). He also ended the game 7-of-11 (63.6%) from the field.
 
Massalski, starting for the second game in a row, scored a season-high 17 points and hauled in 10 rebounds, including seven on the offensive end.
 
Alex Floresca and Finn Sullivan each scored a season-high in points with 14 and 13, respectively. Floresca scored 10 of his 14 points in the second half. Sullivan, meanwhile, had a trio of three-pointers to help him finish 5-of-8 from the field. He also had four assists and four rebounds.
 
The Toreros ended the game shooting 57.6% from the field, its best shooting performance of the season and second time finishing 50% or higher.
 
USD's 38 field goals made were its most since it had 39 in a double-overtime game against Drake in December 2018.
 
The Toreros also had 25 assists on their 38 makes. Marion Humphrey led the way with a career-high seven helpers.
 
As was the case for much of the game, USD was impressive on the offensive end in the first half as it shot 17-of-30 from the field (56.7%). However, Whittier (6-4) made six three-pointers among its 15 makes to keep the game within seven, 45-38, at halftime.
 
USD was up by 16 on a couple occasions in the first half. The last time was on a Sabry Philip alley-oop delivered by Hartfield to make it 44-28 with 4:25 left. The Poets, though, went on a 10-1 run to end the first as the Toreros missed four straight field goals, all three-point attempts.
 
In the second half, Whittier pulled within four at 45-41, but USD propelled out to a 14-0 run over a two-minute stretch midway through to help take a 20-point lead, 69-49, with 11:28 remaining.
 
The Poets interrupted the run by scoring seven of the game's next 10 points, but Sullivan made his second three-pointer in a two-and-a-half minute stretch to put the Toreros up 75-56 with 7:45 left. USD led by 20+ points for nearly the remainder of the game.
 
With the nonconference portion of their schedule complete, the Toreros open West Coast Conference play on Thursday at LMU. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
 
 
NOTES
The 93 points by USD were its most in a game since November 15, 2018 vs. San Diego Christian (95).
 
The win was head coach Sam Scholl's 30th of his career.
 
The Toreros are 4-1 in their last five games and 5-3 in their last eight entering the conference season.
 
USD won the rebounding battle, 41-23. It started the game 11-1 in rebounds, helping it jump out to a 24-11 lead.
 
The Toreros opened the game 8-of-9 from the field (2-of-2 3FG) in the first seven-plus minutes.
 
Reggie Parris, a walk-on, scored his first points of his USD career with a lay-up at the 1:27 mark in the second half. Felipe Doria, another walk-on making his USD debut, had the assist on the play.
 
Twelve of the 13 Toreros who logged minutes scored.
 
Massalski had three blocks, falling one short of his season-high. He is averaging 2.0 blocks per game this season.
 
The four Toreros who each had double-digit points – Braun Hartfield (20), Yauhen Massalski (17), Alex Floresca (14) and Finn Sullivan (13) – combined to go 26-of-39 (66.7%) from the field.
 
Hartfield's five three-pointers were the most by a Torero in a game this season.