It's tough toiling in
UMPFN's shadow, but these two squads have done yeoman's work indeed - the Lions and the Toreros will battle for second place in the West Coast Conference tonight at the
Slim Gym. LMU has shaken off a rough non-conference start (3-11) to run a 5-2 WCC record; they give up as many points as they have all year (75.1 per game), but are finding ways to score more (78.0 conference PF, 72.3 overall). San Diego's the other way around: they went 10-3 in non-league games but lost three of four to start their WCC campaign. But USD, the 10th-hottest shooting team in the country (49.3% FG) and second-best three-shooters (42.8%), have won four straight. Keep an eye out for
Nick Lewis , the 6'10" Arizona native who's coming off a
30-point performance vs. Pepperdine on Saturday.