The San Diego Toreros (9-11, 2-4 WCC) visit Portland, Oregon on Thursday for a West Coast Conference showdown with the Portland Pilots (9-11, 2-4 WCC). San Diego was defeated by Loyola Marymount 98-84 on Saturday. San Diego has lost three of the last four and five of the last seven. Portland was routed by Gonzaga 115-75 on Saturday. The Pilots have lost six of the last seven. Jaiden Delaire is out for San Diego, while Chris Austin, Bol Dengdit and Vukasin Masic are out for Portland and Michael Meadows is questionable.
San Diego's defense is allowing an average of 78.1 points per game which is 350th in the nation. San Diego is allowing a field goal shooting percentage of 48.4% and a three-point shooting percentage of 40.9%, which are both 354th or worse. San Diego's offense is scoring an average of 77.8 points per game, while shooting 44.7% overall and 35.3% from behind the three-point line.
Jase Townsend is leading San Diego in scoring with an average of 15.9 points per game. The guard is shooting 49.7% overall and 37.8% from long distance. Marcellus Earlington is the second leading scorer with an average of 15.1 points per game and shoots 45.4% overall while hitting 33.9% of his 3-point attempts. Each of the next four scorers for San Diego shoot between 42.0% and 46.2%. Seikou Sishoh Jawara is the leader in assists with an average of 3.3 dishes per contest. San Diego averages 14.0 assists and 11.3 turnovers per game. The leading rebounder for San Diego is Eric Williams Jr with an average of 9.8 boards per game. Wayne McKinley III is the leader in steals averaging 1.4 per contest and the leader in blocked shots with an average of 0.5 swats per game.