University of San Francisco NCAA News

Jackson Emery scored 14 points to lead four BYU players in double figures as the Cougars defeated San Francisco 69-43 Saturday afternoon.

Playing last season, guard Cory Higgins powers through two Kansas State defensemen to score for the Buffs Jan.

Cory Higgins scored 22 points, leading Colorado to a 78-54 victory over struggling San Francisco on Tuesday night.

Jantel Lavender broke out of a shooting lump to score 11 points during a big second-half surge, and No.

Travis Franklin scored 10 of his career-high 24 points in the second overtime to lead Colorado State to an 89-75 victory over San Francisco on Sunday.

Coach Tim Miles said Saturday he's encouraged by what he's seen so far out of his CSU men's basketball team but that he'll have a much better idea where the Rams stand this season next weekend.

Bobby Howard had a season-high 21 points and Erik Rush made a pair of free throws with 13.5 seconds left to seal Montana State's 70-66 win over San Francisco on Wednesday night.

Orlando Johnson scored 25 points and James Nunnally added 20 as UC Santa Barbara defeated San Francisco 76-65 Monday night.

Rihards Kuksiks had career highs with 27 points, seven 3-point baskets and eight assists and Arizona State set a school record with 18 3-pointers in a 104-65 victory over San Francisco on Friday.

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Senior Forward Dior Lowhorn goes up for a reverse layup during the Dons practice this week.

Kwame Vaughn scored a career-high 24 points and San Francisco recovered from a slow start to beat Division II Dominican, Calif., 92-66 Monday night.

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In its inaugural NCAA Division II season, the Dominican University men's basketball team is going with a sink-or-swim approach.

Dior Lowhorn picked up where he left off last season, scoring a game-high 22 points to help San Francisco beat Cal Poly 73-62 Friday in the season opener for both teams.

Last season: 11-19, 3-11 . Coach: Rex Walters, second season at USF, 11-19; fourth overall, 42-52. Key players: Senior forward Dior Lowhorn ; sophomore guard Kwame Vaughn .

"Last year was very difficult because it's hard for kids to really buy in and trust when they've had so much turnover and turnaround and turmoil in their careers," said Walters, whose team went 11-19 in 2008-09. "Whereas this year, they do know what I'm about, they do know that what I say, I mean.

Whatever happens with San Francisco is now is the responsibility of second-year coach Rex Walters, not his predecessors.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Freshman PG Dominique O'Connor played for one of the best high school teams in the country and will give the Dons the kind of quickness they have been lacking in the backcourt.

Rex Walters brought in three foreign players this season, and all three are big men -- Tomas Bruha, a 7-foot freshman from the Czech Republic; Nicola Stojiljkovic, a 6-8 perimeter player from France; and Moustapha Diarra, a 6-10 junior college transfer who is originally from France.