Call the BracketBuster game against UC Riverside a 'homecoming' one because that description is going to apply to a number of the people appearing Saturday night.
Riverside's Athletic Director is Stan Morrison who, of course, coached at San Jose State from 1989 to 1998. Morrison was also an assistant on the 1968-1969 San Jose State squad that will be feted prior to the game.
Dennis Cutts, now an assistant coach at UCR, was an assistant coach at San Jose State from 2002 -2005.
Plus, there are a number of 'local' Highlander players
*** Jessie LoBue played prep basketball over the hill at Santa Cruz High and then attended Gavilan in Gilroy.
*** Prince Ray Pope (no, we didn't make that up) is out of both Oakland and Monterey.
*** Larry Gurganious (who actually is redshirting this season) is out of Oakland.
*** Konner Veteto played his high school ball up in Auburn.
This means there should be a decent contingent of Riverside fans at Walt McPherson Court on Saturday.
Season To Date
Nov 15, 2008 @ New Mexico State 52-79 (Loss)
Nov 18, 2008 Sacramento State 61-49 (Win)
Nov 22, 2008 Northern Arizona 59-52 (Win)
Nov 25, 2008 Occidental 62-34 (Win)
Nov 29, 2008 @ Colgate 54-44 (Win)
Dec 01, 2008 @ Northwestern 43-59 (Loss)
Dec 06, 2008 Southern Utah 67-63 (Win)
Dec 15, 2008 @ Loyola Marymount 59-52 (Win)
Dec 18, 2008 Montana 58-53 (Win)
Dec 23, 2008 @ Hawaii 46-56 (Loss)
Dec 28, 2008 @ Denver 46-52 (Loss)
Jan 02, 2009 Cal Poly 91-57 (Win)
Jan 04, 2009 UC Santa Barbara 71-69 (Win)
Jan 08, 2009 @ UC Davis 58-65 (Loss)
Jan 10, 2009 @ Pacific 53-76 (Loss)
Jan 14, 2009 Cal State Northridge 56-64 (Loss)
Jan 17, 2009 @ CSU Bakersfield 64-63 (Win)
Jan 24, 2009 @ Long Beach State 64-55 (Win)
Jan 29, 2009 UC Irvine 66-71 (Loss)
Jan 31, 2009 @ Cal State Fullerton 52-58 (Loss)
The Starting Five (stats are from league play)
6-7 200 Kyle Austin 17.0 ppg., 6.6 rpg., 43% shooting, 31% from 3
6-8 220 Christian Soto 2.3 ppg., 5.3 rpg. .38% shooting overall
6-3 190 Sean Cunningham 5.6 ppg., 3.1 apg., 33% shooting from the floor
6-0 195 Javon Borum 11.3 ppg., 43% shooting overall, 49% from 3, 43 of his 70 shots have been three-point attempts, 19 steals leads the team
6-4 200 Aaron Scott 7.8 ppg., 6.1 rpg., 42% shooting from the floor, zero three-point attempts
Off The Bench
6-4 200 Brandon Dowdy -- 5.0 ppg., 33% shooting overall, 43% from 3
6-4 200 Rudy Meo -- 3.6 ppg.
6-7 205 Jessie LoBue -- 6.5 ppg., 53% shooting from the floor, 62% from 3
6-9 250 Konner Veteto -- 4.9 ppg., 62% shooting, 4.7 rpg.
6-8 215 Bryson Hampton -- appears to be injured, hasn't played any conference games
As A Team
*** UC Riverside is shooting 42% from the floor in league play and 43% from three-point range, the latter a remarkable number and 70 percentage points better than the Highlanders did in earlier non-conference play.
*** The Highlanders are a -32 in free throw attempts in conference action.
*** UCR is a +26 in rebounding totals primarily due to strong offensive rebounding.
The Highlander Roster (alphabetical, by position)
Cleavon Barlow G 6-2 215 junior
Javon Borum G 6-0 195 junior
Sean Cunningham G 6-3 190 junior
Jalonni Diggs G 6-1 180 sophomore
Brandon Dowdy G 6-4 200 junior
Larry Gurganious G 6-5 200 junior
Rudy Meo G 6-4 200 junior
Prince Ray Pope G 6-4 200 sophomore
Aaron Scott G 6-4 200 senior
Kyle Austin F 6-7 200 sophomore
David Chavarria F 6-7 210 freshman
Kyle Clark F 6-11 220 freshman
Bryson Hampton F 6-8 215 junior
Jesse LoBue F 6-7 205 junior
Christian Soto F 6-8 220 senior
Konner Veteto F 6-9 250 freshman
What Else
*** The recent win over Cal State Fullerton can be attributed to holding Fullerton backcourter Josh Akognon -- a possible NBA draftee -- to 5-21 overall shooting, including 3-15 from long range.
*** The Riverside starting lineup seems to change depending upon the size and strong points of the foes so Coach Wooldridge will adjust accordingly on Saturday.
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