LOS ANGELES — San Diego men's basketball makes a short trip north to the City of Angels to face the LMU Lions in the season's first meeting, Saturday evening at 6 p.m. inside Gersten Pavilion.
The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ while Voice of the Toreros Jack Cronin (PxP, X: @JackCroninPXP) will be calling the action over the radio airwaves on USDToreros.com/watch. Inside coverage can also be found on the @USDMBB social channels.
THE LION RUNDOWN
• LMU is 12-13 on the season and 3-9 in West Coast Conference play (11th), having snapped a six-game losing streak with an 84-75 win at San Francisco on Wednesday
• USD trails in the all-time series against the Lions by just one game, 56-57 ... LMU has won four straight, having eliminated San Diego in the second round of last season's WCC Tournament, the last Torero win in the City of Angels being Jan. 29, 2022
LAST TIME OUT
- San Diego men's basketball dropped an 87-60 contest at NET No. 30 Saint Mary's inside University Credit Union Pavilion on Wednesday night.
- USD only had 11 turnovers and out-rebounded one of the nation's best glass-cleaning teams in the conference in the second half, but a contrast in shooting consistency proved the difference.
- The Gaels got out of the gates on a 70% start, making four of their first five 3-pointers and never looked back, shooting a tick over 52% from both the field and three for the game while USD shot 40.4% and 37.5% respectively.
- Grad guard Toneari Lane, who heated up late with five consecutive attempted threes, four of which he made, led the Toreros with 16 points on the night. Grad forward Tim Moore Jr. also finished in double figures, highlighted by a SportsCenter No. 8 posterizer, his second time making SportsCenter's Top-10 plays.
DOUBLED OVERTIME
• In a mirror of games in which the visiting team made a comeback in the final minutes of regulation and won in overtime, San Diego played in OT in back-to-back games for the first time in program history: a Jan. 28, 92-88 win at Pepperdine (then the first OT game since 2022) and a Jan. 31, 78-76 loss to Oregon State
A PROGRAM RECORD FROM DEEP
• San Diego hit 15 3-pointers in a 96-92 win over Washington State on Jan. 21, tied most in a single-game for the team, the fourth time doing so, first since Feb. 8, 2018 vs. Pepperdine ... Seven Toreros combined on the record as the team went 15-28 (53.6%) from beyond the arc, shooting 63.6% from deep in the second half
TRIPLE-DOUBLE AND A 30-BURGER IN THE SAME GAME
• A triple-double by Assane Diop and a 32-point effort from Tim Moore Jr. highlighted the Toreros' 113-67 win over Bethesda on Jan. 17 to round out conference play
• Diop had never had a double-double in his collegiate career but did one better with his 15-rebound, 11-point, 10-assist effort, plus four steals, finishing a whopping plus-51 in the game in 33 minutes played
• Moore posted the career high scoring effort by making each of his first 10 field goal attempts and all 12 at the charity stripe, also logging two blocks and five rebounds in just 25 minutes ... The Houston native's 25 in the first half alone was more than a Torero had scored in a game this season while he became the fifth Torero to attempt 12 or more free throws in a game and make all of them, one shy of the record ... The next game, a win vs. Washington State, Ty-Laur Johnson scored 26 points in the second half (career high 28 total) to make it two straight games that a Torero had scored 25-plus in a half
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