Saint Mary’s, USF Have To Run Table At West Coast Conference Tournament For NCAA Bid

ByPhil Watson|Mar 5, 2014, 6:48 PM EST

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Saint Mary’s Gaels (21-10)Nov 16, 2013; Moraga, CA, USA; St. Mary’s Gaels forward Brad Waldow (00) fights for position under the basket during the first half of the game against the Drake Bulldogs at McKeon Pavilion. The St. Mary’s Gaels defeated the Drake Bulldogs 67-63. Mandatory Credit: Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports

WCC:11-7, fourth

The Gaels have been very up-and-down since their 9-0 start imploded into an eighth-place finish at the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii at Christmas time. Since then, the Gaels are only 12-7 and aren’t even considered to be on the NCAA tournament bubble. Rather, they will have to win the tournament to get into the Big Dance.

Most of Saint Mary’s offense revolves through the inside-outside tandem ofBrad Waldow(15.7 points per game) andStephen Holt(15.0 points per game). But they are not a fast-paced team—their 69.1 points per game in conference play was eighth in the WCC while they ranked second defensively at 66.9 points allowed.

Kerry Carteris the team’s most prolific 3-point shooter at 62-for-151 (41.1 percent), but that’s a bit of an Achilles heel for the Gaels, who were eighth in the conference in 3-point shooting at 34.8 percent.

Against their quarterfinal opponent, the Gaels beat the Waves at home 80-74 on Jan. 23 and won at Pepperdine in overtime 69-67 on Feb. 8.

Overall Stats

Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Brad Waldow	31	913	178	310	.574	0	1	.000	131	217	.604	240	50	17	43	50	72	487
Stephen Holt	30	1124	128	283	.452	50	118	.424	143	171	.836	114	126	21	0	59	65	449
Beau Levesque	31	815	102	229	.445	27	79	.342	65	81	.802	168	74	22	8	55	80	296
James Walker	31	926	90	250	.360	45	129	.349	71	93	.763	100	39	45	5	43	68	296
Kerry Carter	31	804	89	214	.416	62	151	.411	51	69	.739	97	25	22	5	39	83	291
Jordan Giusti	31	600	30	81	.370	16	47	.340	23	36	.639	55	41	24	4	24	70	99
Matt Hodgson	30	293	37	71	.521	0	0	16	36	.444	70	4	5	23	29	55	90
Garrett Jackson	20	239	33	85	.388	4	15	.267	19	25	.760	78	8	7	7	14	45	89
Dane Pineau	25	215	18	39	.462	7	17	.412	8	10	.800	38	9	3	10	6	25	51
Paul McCoy	26	200	13	28	.464	1	5	.200	14	17	.824	24	11	7	0	14	21	41
Eividas Petrulis	15	69	11	21	.524	9	17	.529	3	5	.600	5	2	0	0	10	7	34
Treaven Duffy	8	30	4	6	.667	1	1	1.000	11	16	.688	7	2	2	0	4	1	20

Provided bySports-Reference.com/CBB:View Original Table
Generated 3/5/2014.

WCC Stats

Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Stephen Holt	18	681	83	169	.491	28	66	.424	98	116	.845	63	62	16	0	37	42	292
Brad Waldow	18	559	92	179	.514	0	0	87	143	.608	149	22	9	20	39	42	271
Kerry Carter	18	481	50	133	.376	32	87	.368	32	44	.727	60	15	13	3	20	54	164
Beau Levesque	18	479	55	131	.420	13	45	.289	29	42	.690	99	43	16	6	23	46	152
James Walker	18	529	42	142	.296	18	68	.265	40	51	.784	52	21	28	3	22	38	142
Jordan Giusti	18	313	17	44	.386	11	25	.440	13	21	.619	26	14	11	1	6	45	58
Matt Hodgson	18	158	17	30	.567	0	0	6	13	.462	33	2	3	11	15	25	40
Garrett Jackson	8	101	15	36	.417	3	10	.300	4	6	.667	22	2	1	1	9	15	37
Paul McCoy	17	132	12	24	.500	1	5	.200	11	14	.786	18	6	4	0	7	17	36
Dane Pineau	15	148	9	23	.391	3	12	.250	7	8	.875	26	5	3	9	5	16	28
Eividas Petrulis	10	45	7	15	.467	6	12	.500	3	5	.600	2	0	0	0	3	2	23
Treaven Duffy	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Provided bySports-Reference.com/CBB:View Original Table
Generated 3/5/2014.

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