Long Beach State Sports : Re: LB @ USF Wednesday

He has been in the stands for a couple of the women's games and I have gotten to talk to him a little. Seems like a very grounded kid with a lot of passion to play and play well!!!

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You are probably right. Richardson is great against 6-7 DIII defenders though!

Nagy's on court productivity is a real bonus for us. I don't think anyone else was recruiting him. Great find by the coaching staff.

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Agree if all goes well we have a chance to win this. I don't see Richardson getting a lot of time yet unless there is foul trouble as there was against SDSU. He needs much more D1 playing time to find his way. Johnson will get the bulk of the time. Nagy is further along and he got twice as many minutes as Richardson in South Dakota.

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The USF Dons are 2-0 with wins over SLO and Boise St. at home.

Dons shot poorly (25%) against SLO from deep, improved vs Boise St. 39%. Best at this time to call them an avg team from deep.

FTs they hit at a high clip so far, 85% or so.

Nothing else really stands out from their box scores.

Dons Starters (both games)
Malik Thomas: Sr, 6-5 G
Marcus Williams: Sr, 6-2 G
Ndewedo Newbury: Sr, 6-7 235 F
Carlton Linguard: Sr, 7-0 225 C
Tyrone Riley: Fr, 6-6 G

4 out of 5 are seniors. The guards doing most of the scoring.

Williams 6-10 from deep. Thomas 1-8. Riley 3-11.

Williams 6 assists per game but around 4 TOs as well.

Newbury had 10 rebounds v Boise. Linguard does ok scoring and rebounding.

Bench
Jason Rivera-Torres: So, 6-6 180. Productive scorer also had 8 boards vs SLO.
James O'Donnell: Fr, 6-9 230. Gets some boards 10 mpg.

Rest of bench an unknown, Ryan Beasley had 24 minutes vs Boise and was unproductive, didn't play vs SLO.

Odds
We match up nicely size wise. We have a little more size up front with DMX. Good matchup for Richardson against a guy his size who is decently productive. This will be all about the guards. Askew and Wainwright should equal out their gaurds, Kam Martin v Riley a couple frosh off to good starts, their F Newbury v we can throw Denson and Johnson at him.

I like our chances in this game after what we did up in South Dakota. USF will be home favorites but maybe we can pull this one out.

GO BEACH!!!