This Saturday February 26th we will be holding a Communication Studies Game Day at the men’s basketball game! Our Dons will be taking on Loyola Marymount University at 7:00 pm in War Memorial Gym. Students get in free and tickets for everyone else are $10 at the door. Get there early and meet us in section CC, upper-level, general admission, across from our team’s bench. We will be cheering on the entire team, including three of our Communication Studies majors: #13 Rashad Green, #22 Perris Blackwell, and #32 Angelo Caloiaro. Check out the pictures and stats below for the lowdown on our players and team! Photos are courtesy of Alex Crook and USF Athletics.
Check out the teamwork... Angelo, Rashad, and Perris
The Dons have won 11 of their last 14 games and are currently in third place in the WCC! The games this week will determine second place in the conference, a big deal because the top two teams in conference get a double bye in the conference tournament.
Lucky #13 Rashad Green
Junior guard #13 Rashad Green leads the team in scoring for conference games! He was named WCC Player of the Week after the Dons win against rival Santa Clara. He’s pretty much awesome, enough said.
#13 Rashad Green. I think he's smiling because the Dons won another game.
#13 Rashad Green and #22 Perris Blackwell
Sophomore forward #22 Perris Blackwell ranks third in the WCC for field goal percentage and rebounds! He is especially great at offensive rebounds (that is my personal observation… I didn’t even get it from the athletics website!). Also awesome.
Communication Studies major #22 Perris Blackwell
#22 Perris Blackwell shooting (I'm pretty sure it went in)
Sophomore forward #32 Angelo Caloiaro (also a WCC Player of the Week!) holds the record for top 3 point field goal season percentage in USF history at .491 and is fourth in the WCC in rebounds. Yep, say it with me… also awesome.
#32 Angelo Caloiaro
Angelo about to score one of his famous 3 pointers
Angelo and Perris celebrating a big win
Now, I want to be clear: we have a really great team this year, with many other outstanding players (including #5 Michael Williams who is in a Communication Studies class!). Rashad, Perris, and Angelo just happen to be Communication Studies majors who many of you have had classes with, so we are highlighting their achievements in particular. And they give us three great reasons to go and support our Dons! This is the last home game of the season, so seniors, this is your last chance to go to a Dons basketball game. So, meet us in section CC, upper level, general admission, across from our team’s bench this Saturday. Look for my pom poms (seriously, I’ve got four of them). Hope to see you there! GO DONS!
