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Saturday, February 11, 2006
East Carolina-UAB
Press Notes
East Carolina junior guard Japhet McNeil and sophomore forward Jonathan Hart have been suspended indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the team announced head coach Ricky Stokes on Monday. Neither will play in Saturday’s game against UAB in Birmingham. McNeil leads Conference USA in assists with 6.65 per game and ranked fifth in the latest NCAA statistics published on January 31. He has distributed 133 assists this season, which is an ECU single season record. McNeil had started 15 games this season, while averaging 4.9 points in 27 minutes per game. Hart was averaging 4.2 points and 3.3 rebounds in 17 minutes of action per game this season and had started each of the past three games.
San Francisco-San Diego
Press Notes
USF (9-13, 5-4 WCC), will battle travel partner San Diego (15-7, 5-4) twice within three days, visiting the Toreros Saturday and hosting them Monday night. So far USF has split every weekend of WCC play winning once and losing once. (The Dons won their one single week contest.) This will be a very interesting weekend as USF faces the same opponent just two days apart. In WCC play, the Dons have by far the best turnover margin (+3.1) forcing 17.1 turnovers per contest while committing just 14.0. The next highest margin is LMU’s + 1.11. On the opposite side, USF is last in free-throw percentage (66.9%). USF is 2-3 in last five games. The Dons have been outscored 373-346 (74.6-69.2) and have shot just 41.6%.
Pepperdine-Loyola Marymount
Press Notes
The Waves (7-14, 3-6) have lost the first two games on the road trip, falling 84-71 at San Diego on Saturday and 66-63 at San Francisco Monday night. Pepperdine will be attempting to post its first road win since registering 75-61 victory at UNLV on December 22. The Waves are 1-10 on the road this season and have lost four straight away from Firestone Fieldhouse. Loyola Marymount begins play this week with a 10-13 overall mark and is in second place in the WCC with a 7-2 record. The Lions, who are coming off a 94-76 victory at San Diego on Monday, have two in a row, four of five and seven of their last nine games. LMU is currently averaging 73.3 points a game while allowing 74.6 points a contest.
Charlotte-Wake Forest
Press Notes
The Demon Deacons, 12-11 overall and 1-9 in the ACC, have lost six straight. Charlotte, 14-8 overall and 7-3 in the Atlantic 10, has won three straight, including a 66-59 win over visiting Temple Wednesday night. Wake Forest is 11-2 in non-conference games this season.
LaSalle-Xavier
Press Notes
La Salle, 14-7 overall and 6-4 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, has won four straight games, including wins over Temple (62-56) on February 4 and at UMass (65-44) on February 8 in its last two games. Xavier, 14-6 overall and 5-4 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, snapped a two-game losing streak with a 63-51 win at Richmond on Wednesday. Today’s game against La Salle opens a three-game homestand, Xavier’s longest of the season. Xavier’s defensive field goal percentage of 38.8 percent (first in A-10 and 15th in the nation.
Santa Clara-St. Mary’s
Press Notes
Saint Mary’s has an 10-11 overall record and a 3-6 mark in WCC play following a 62-61 loss to No. 5 Gonzaga on Monday night. Santa Clara enters Saturday’s game with a 9-12 overall record and a 2-7 mark in West Coast Conference play. The Broncos snapped a 7-game losing skid by posting a 24-point road-win over Portland on Saturday. Both WCC wins for Santa Clara have come against Portland.