Toreros Talk

SAN DIEGO (USD) - The University of San Diego women's basketball team (9-6, 0-1 West Coast) will welcome the West Coast Conference's defending champion and first place Gonzaga University Bulldogs to town on Thursday for the Toreros' WCC home opener. Tip off is scheduled for 7 p.m. inside the friendly confines of the Jenny Craig Pavilion.

Gonzaga enters the game with a 11-6 overall record and sit on top of the WCC standings with a 2-0 mark after picking up wins over the Los Angeles based schools, Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine this past week. The Zags hold a 22-19 edge of the Toreros in the all-time series between the two programs. In fact, GU is currently riding a 10-game winning streak against USD with the Toreros' last win in the series coming on Feb. 7, 2002, a 63-48 win in Spokane.

USD Women to Face #19 Texas Sunday

SAN DIEGO (USD) - The University of San Diego women's basketball team (8-4) will conclude play in the Maggie Dixon Surf 'N Slam Classic on Sunday against the 19th-ranked University of Texas in the championship game at 8 p.m. inside the friendly confines of the Jenny Craig Pavilion.

Texas enters the game with a 10-2 overall record after upsetting No. 12 DePaul in the first round game of the Maggie Dixon Surf 'N Slam Classic on Friday evening. The Longhorns and Toreros have met once in program history, in last season's championship game of the Surf 'N Slam with Texas walking away with a 73-45 win. UT and USD have no common opponents thus far through this season. Texas has four players averaging double figures led by Brittainey Raven's 16.5 points per game average.

Toreros Set to Open Classic

SAN DIEGO (USD) - The University of San Diego women's basketball team (7-4) will open play in the Maggie Dixon Surf 'N Slam Classic on Friday against Appalachian State University in a 6 p.m. game inside the friendly confines of the Jenny Craig Pavilion. USD will then conclude play in the tournament on Sunday against either Texas or DePaul. If USD wins on Friday, they will play on Sunday at 8 p.m. and if they lose on Friday, then will play at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Appalachian State enters the game with an overall record of 2-8 after splitting a pair of games this past week, picking up a 87-81 win over UCF, before dropping a 66-62 decision to La Salle in the championship game of the UCF Tournament. This will be the first meeting between the two programs in program history, and they have had no common opponents thus far in the season. ASU is led by Whitney Tossie, who has a team-best 11.3 points per game average and is the team's second leading rebounder with a 4.0 rebounds per game average.