{"id":176356,"date":"2026-02-13T09:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/176356\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:55:13","slug":"beavers-best-dons-at-war-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/176356\/","title":{"rendered":"Beavers Best Dons at War Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/San_Diego.png\" alt=\"San Diego\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at San Diego<\/p>\n<p>2\/15\/2026 | 3:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        ESPN+  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        KNBR 1050&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Feb. 15 (Sun) \/ 3:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/San_Diego.png\" alt=\"San Diego\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0San Diego&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/usfdons.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/opponent-history\/san-diego\/18\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. &#8211; The University of\u00a0San Francisco (USF) men&#8217;s basketball team did not find its groove as a unit on Thursday night as Oregon State (14-13, 7-7 WCC) defeated San Francisco (14-13, 6-8 WCC), 90-63, at War Memorial at the Sobrato Center.<\/p>\n<p>The Dons\u00a0had four players score in double figures, led by <a href=\"https:\/\/usfdons.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/ryan-beasley\/6043\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6043\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Beasley<\/a>, who had 17 points. <a href=\"https:\/\/usfdons.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/legend-smiley\/6048\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6048\" target=\"_blank\">Legend Smiley<\/a> added 14 points, and <a href=\"https:\/\/usfdons.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/vukasin-masic\/6054\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6054\" target=\"_blank\">Vukasin Masic<\/a> helped out with 11 points.<\/p>\n<p>Off the court, USF celebrated its inaugural Bill Russell Impact Classic, which included the unveiling of &#8220;The Bill Russell Way&#8221; on campus and the presentation of a posthumous honorary doctorate to his widow, Mrs. Jeannine Russell.<\/p>\n<p>IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSan Francisco would hit three of its first six shots out of the gates, but struggled for the remainder of the opening period as the Dons trailed heading into the locker room at halftime, 50-28.&#13;<br \/>\n\tMoving into the second half, USF narrowed its deficit to 64-43 before going on a 6-0 run, finished off by Smiley&#8217;s three, to shrink the deficit to 64-49 with 10:51 to go in the contest. Oregon State punched back\u00a0and didn&#8217;t allow the green and gold to keep their momentum rolling down the stretch, outscoring\u00a0the Dons the rest of the way to secure the 90-63 victory.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSan Francisco collected\u00a015 offensive rebounds as a team, its most since the Dons had 16 on\u00a0Jan. 10 at Pepperdine.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/usfdons.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/ryan-beasley\/6043\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6043\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Beasley<\/a> led the Dons with 17 points, finishing in double figures for the 18th time this season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSmiley (14 points), Masic (11 points), and <a href=\"https:\/\/usfdons.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/junjie-wang\/6047\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6047\" target=\"_blank\">Junjie Wang<\/a> (10 points) rounded out the double-figure scorers for USF.&#13;<br \/>\n\tFuchs finished with a game-high 11 rebounds, marking the seventh time this season he has pulled down ten or more rebounds.&#13;<br \/>\n\tAs a team, San Francisco led Oregon State in points in the paint (36-26).&#13;<\/p>\n<p>POSTGAME WITH THE DONS:<\/p>\n<p>UP NEXT:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSan Francisco will make its final plane trip of the regular season this upcoming weekend as the Dons are set to travel to San Diego for a matchup this Sunday, Feb. 15.\u00a0Tipoff from Jenny Craig Pavilion\u00a0is scheduled for 3:00 pm, with the game airing live on ESPN+\u00a0and KNBR 1050. Streaming, radio, live statistics, and ticket links are\u00a0available via the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usfdons.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">team&#8217;s schedule page<\/a>.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFOLLOW US:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFor updates and more information on the San Francisco men&#8217;s basketball program, follow the Dons\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USFDonsMBB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@USFDonsMBB<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/usfdonsmbb\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@USFDonsMBB<\/a>\u00a0on Instagram, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/usfdonsmbb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@USFDonsMBB<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMERCHANDISE:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWant to dress like the Dons? Get your official San Francisco Dons gear from the University of San Francisco bookstore today!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usfca.spirit.bncollege.com\/?utm_campaign=bm-usfca-athletics&amp;utm_source=client_push&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to purchase<\/a>.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSPONSOR US:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge and thank our sponsor &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/providentcu.org\/usf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Provident Credit Union<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; for their continued support of University of San Francisco Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usfdons.com\/staff.aspx?staff=227\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Allocco<\/a>, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at (415) 422-4561.<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at San Diego 2\/15\/2026 | 3:00 PM &#13; ESPN+ &#13; &#13; KNBR 1050&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-176356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-san-francisco","9":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","10":"tag-san-francisco-news","11":"tag-sf","12":"tag-sf-headlines","13":"tag-sf-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}