DSC Open Final Home Stretch with Dominican
UP NEXT: Dixie State College of Utah returns home to begin the final four games of the regular season with the Dominican University Penguins on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 7:30pm in the Burns Arena.
THE RECORDS: DSC enters the game with a 16-5 record after topping conference leader Hawaii Pacific 97-86 on Saturday in Honolulu. The Red Storm spotlights an unblemished 8-0 record at home this season. Dominican University sits tied for fifth in the Pac West at 6-6, 9-14 overall. The Penguins visited St. George in December to participate in the Dixie State Classic.
ALL-TIME SERIES: Dixie State beat Dominican in the only matchup between the two schools on January 18 in San Rafael by the score of 74-72. Nick Howard (Sandy. UT/Jordan)'s tip in with two seconds gave the Red Storm the victory and completed a sweep of the San Francisco road trip.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: RADIO - Dixie State College basketball games, both home and away, can be heard live on the Red Storm Basketball Radio Network - Classical 91.3 FM and Network1Sports.com online with the voice of the Red Storm, John Potter.
RED STORM WATCH: Tom Whitehead (St. George, UT/Dixie) leads the team in scoring average at a 17.0 point per game clip. Donovan Plunkett (Oroville, CA/Las Plumas) (14.0) and Andy Palmer (St. George. UT/Pine View) (10.1) also average double figures. Freshman Zach Robbins (Upland, CA/Upland) paces the club pulling down 6.7 rebounds a game with Palmer (5.3) and Whitehead (5.2) following. DSC averages 75.6 points a game shooting 47.9% FG while allowing 69.4 points to opponents.
STORM FAST BREAK TIDBITS:
· REGION RANKS – Dixie State improved to #5 in the West Region in the poll announced by the NCAA on Wednesday. BYU-Hawaii improved two spots to #6. Seattle Pacific and Western Washington remain atop the region.
· CAREER SCORING RANKS - #3 Tom Whitehead (St. George, UT/Dixie) (572; 191 points behind #2 Ben Hartman (Santa Clara. UT/Snow Canyon)), #5 Andy Palmer (St. George. UT/Pine View) (450; 34 points behind #5 Kasey Winters), #8 Nick Howard (Sandy. UT/Jordan) (95 behind Dan Stock), #9 Donovan Plunkett (Oroville, CA/Las Plumas) 295 (6 points behind Howard), #10 Kevin Lindquist (Gilbert. AZ/Lone Peak) 289 (6 points behind Plunkett)
· MILESTONE – Tom Whitehead (St. George, UT/Dixie) moved into third place on the DSC D-II scoring list against HPU. Whitehead passed Troy Randall who scored 546 points in 46 games for Dixie State from 2006-08.
· MILESTONE – Nick Howard (Sandy. UT/Jordan) eclipsed 100 made field goals in DSC's win over Hawaii Pacific.
· WITHIN REACH – Andy Palmer (St. George. UT/Pine View) needs 25 rebounds to reach 250 career, 50 points for 500 career, 27 field goals for 200 career; Tom Whitehead (St. George, UT/Dixie) needs 28 points for 600 career, 1 rebound for 200 career, 35 assists for 100 career, 23 three-pointers for 100 career, 2 blocked shots for 50 career; Nick Howard (Sandy. UT/Jordan) needs 2 field goals for 100 career, 7 free throws made for 100 career; Jeremiah Barnes (Compton, CA/Los Altos) needs 25 assists for 100 career; Adam Ross (Torrance. CA/North Torrance ) needs 13 steals for 50 career, 20 assists for 150 career; Donovan Plunkett (Oroville, CA/Las Plumas) needs 2 field goals for 100 career, 10 three-pointers for 50 career
SCOUTING DOMINICAN: The Dominican Penguins have given the best teams in the conference some scares during Pac West play. In their first year in the conference, Dominican had defeated UH Hilo and Grand Canyon while giving HPU an overtime test in Honolulu. Tonight, the Penguins will be without leading scorer, freshman Austin Bryan. He suffered a knee injury against NDNU and did join the team on this road trip. Bryan averages 19.3 PPG on the season with a boost to 21.5 PPG in the Pac West. Look to the frontcourt duo of F Alex Ward and C Killian Larson to try and pick up some of the points left behind by Bryan's absence. Dominican University is coached by Bret Tovani, the longtime San Rafael basketball luminary.
