QUICKLY The Lions earned a 86-77 win in an exhibition game over Team Concept in their first game under the guidance of head coach Steve Aggers. The Lions will conclude their exhibition portion of their 2000-2001 schedule with a home match against Son's Blue Angels on Nov. 11 at 2 p.m.

SERIES This will be the second meeting between the Lions and Son's Blue Angels. In LMU's 1999 exhibition contest, the Lions defeated the Blue Angels 83-73. Center Pablo Machado had 18 points and 20 rebounds and forward Elton Mashack had 15 points and eight rebounds. The two seniors are the only two players on the Lions' squad that had playing experience with LMU in 1999-2000.

LAST WEEK The Lions opened up the Steve Aggers' era of Loyola Marymount men's basketball with a 86-77 win over Team Concept out of Vancouver, Washington. The Lions were led by senior Elton Mashack with 24 points and eight rebounds and junior Philipp Czernin with 21 points and seven rebounds. Czernin, who was a redshirt last year after transferring from Hawaii, and Mashack both finished the game shooting seven-of-seven from the free throw line. As a team, the Lions, who finished 1999-2000 shooting 67 percent from the free throw line, finished the game hitting 28 of 35 from the charity stripe (80%), including 13 of 14 (93%) in the second half. On the boards, the Lions were led by senior Pablo Machado with 10 and junior Greg Lakey with nine. The Lions were out rebounded by one at half time but finished with a +11 edge on the boards to finish the game (46-35). Team Concept was led by Todd Lautenbach with 18 and LMU graduate Greg Walker with 17.

COMPARISONS Looking to compare the Lions exhibition openers from the past two seasons? There are some differences to take note...In 1999 against High Five America the Lions shot 59 percent from the free throw line, including a mere 50 percent in the second half. Saturday against Team Concept the Lions finished the game shooting 80 percent (28-35) and 93 percent in the second half (13-14). Also against Team Concept, the Lions held them to 40 percent from the field and 38 percent in the second half, compared to High Five's 43 percent in 1999. A year ago the Lions committed 32 turnovers compared to 20 for High Five. Against Team Concept, the Lions had 24 turnovers and forced 21 for their opponent.

COACHES' COMMENTS On the win... "We broke the losing streak, and that is very important for this young team. A win is a win. We played a team with good NCAA Division I players. We played very hard, and it is important for us to get our confidence back."

On the Exhibition... "We went through some early season inconsistencies that are to be expected in exhibition play. We played in spurts, but I think we learned a lot tonight. It is important that every time we step on to the floor it is a learning environment for our team. Every week we will continue to grow and improve."

Rebounding... "We rebounded poorly in the first half. We were out rebounded by one in the first half. They responded very well in the second half and we finished with an advantage of 11 in rebounds."

On Shooting... "We did not shoot the ball very well at all. The free throw shooting was much improved the second half."

Hard Court Notes

ON THE COURT AGAIN Juniors Philipp Czernin and Greg Lakey were glad to be back on the hardwood in the Lions' exhibition opener against Team Concept. Czernin and Lakey both redshirted the 1999-2000 season following their transfers from the University of Hawaii and USC, respectively. Czernin responded to playing in his first game since March of 1999 with 21 points and seven rebounds. The forward finished the game shooting 7-of-14 from the field and a perfect 7-of-7 from the free throw line. Lakey did his damage on the boards, finishing the game with nine rebounds to go with nine points. Czernin, a hometown product of Pacific Palisades High School, averaged 5.9 points in his freshman campaign at Hawaii. Lakey, in two seasons with the Trojans, finished with an average of 5.1 points per game and 3.4 rebounds.

WELCOME BACK Loyola Marymount welcomed back the services of junior Robert Davis. The 6-2 guard from Tempe, Arizona, began his collegiate career at LMU in 1998-99 where he averaged 7.1 points and 2.3 rebounds a game as a true freshman. Last year Davis transferred to Chandler Gilbert Junior College where he led the conference with 26.2 points per game. In his first game back, Davis managed two points and three assists, while playing improved defense that earned him a team high 28 minutes in the Lions' opener against Team Concept.

SENIOR LEADER As one of only two seniors, forward Elton Mashack will be asked to finish a four-year career at LMU this season as its leader. In the team's opener, he scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds, including a 7-of-7 effort from the free throw line. He could also become one of LMU's all-time leaders in the process. With 811 points and 375 rebounds in three years at Loyola Marymount, Mashack could join an elite list of only 10 players that have accomplished the feat of scoring 1,000 points and grabbing 500 rebounds in a career. In 1999-2000, Mashack finished with a roller coaster year, but managed 307 points (11.4 ppg) and 191 rebounds (7.1 rpg).

The List Rk-Name Points Avg. Reb. Avg. 1. Hank Gathers (1987-90) 2490 28.0 985 11.1 2. Forrest McKenzie (1981-86) 2060 18.7 723 6.6 3. Jim Haderlein (1968-71) 1706 22.4 1143 15.3 4. Mike Yoest (1984-88) 1601 13.7 707 6.0 5. Ed Bento (1959-62) 1432 18.6 774 10.1 6. Greg Hunter (1975-79) 1289 12.6 681 6.7 7. Dick Schiendler (1962-65) 1147 14.9 565 7.3 8. Steve Smith (1971-73) 1109 21.7 714 14.0 9. Brad Dean (1972-75) 1069 13.5 722 9.2 10. Dave Benaderet (1954-57) 1067 14.4 512 6.9

MORE THAN EXHIBITION Senior center Pablo Machado enters his fourth and final season of collegiate basketball. Prior to transferring from Georgia Tech two years ago to LMU, Machado was one of the top-rated high school players in the nation coming out of Tift County High School in 1996. At 6-10, Machado was named Mr. Basketball in Georgia by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Hoping to return to his high school stats, where he averaged 22 points and 12 rebounds, Machado went through a transition year in the WCC finishing 23rd in the league with 9.7 points per game. However, Machado has gotten off to fast starts in the Lions' three exhibition games of his career. In the win against Team Concept, Machado scored six points and grabbed 10 rebounds in 19 minutes. In 1999-2000, Machado scored 26 and 18 against Son's Blue Angels and High Five America, respectively. He also commanded attention under the boards, grabbing 20 and 10. Aggers and his coaching staff hope that Machado will return to his exhibition ways throughout the regular season.

A GOOD WALK Juniors Tyler McClenahan and Sean Mollins, two non-scholarship players for the Lions, played valuable minutes for the Lions in their opener. Playing the point position and providing needed depth at the position, McClenahan finished the game playing 12 minutes, scoring four points and adding two assists. Mollins, playing at the forward position, played eight minutes scoring as many points as fouls, five. He finished the game three-of-four from the charity stripe. McClenahan is from San Jose, Calif., and transferred from Foothill College and Mollins, from Redondo Beach, Calif., transferred from De Anza College.

JUCO TRANSFER Point guard Eurskine Robinson transfered to Loyola Marymount from College of the Canyons. The junior set College of the Canyon's all-time assists mark with 421 in his two-year career. He had the third highest total in his second season with 8. 2 per game (230 total). In his first game as a Lion, Robinson finished with five assists and only one turnover against Team Concept. He added 13 points and three rebounds in the win.

PREPARATION The Lions finish their exhibition play against Son's Blue Angels before beginning the 2000-2001 regular season against Vanguard University on Friday, November 17 at 7:05 p.m. The Lions are 43-30 in season openers.

ON THE RADIO All LMU men's basketball games will be broadcast live on KXLU Radio FM 88.9. Check-out all the action as Jeff Janssens and Pat Graham will call the action. Coverage will begin five minutes prior to tip-off and following the game will include the Steve Aggers' Postgame Show. The Nov. 17 game against Vanguard will be the first game of the KXLU schedule this basketball season. The station, which is a part of the LMU campus, is a learning opportunity of Loyola Marymount University and is operated by the students.

PLAYER BIOS Mashack's Double-Double List: Game Pts Rebs 11-17-98 vs Long Beach State 14 10 12-2-98 vs Cal State Fullerton 18 10 12-9-98 at USC 10 15 1-2-99 vs California Baptist 22 11 1-15-99 vs San Francisco 17 11 1-21-99 at Saint Mary's 14 10 2-3-99 vs Pepperdine 12 10 12-18-99 at Long Beach State 19 11 12-21-99 vs Dartmouth 12 11 1-29-00 vs San Francisco 17 11 2-24-00 at Saint Mary's 12 14

Where LMU Ranks In The WCC (All Games)... Category Rank Avg. Scoring 7th 60.8 Defense 8th 79.7 Scoring Margin 8th -17.4 FT % 4th .670 FG % 8th .360 FG Defense 8th .467 3-PT FG % t7th .304 3-PT FG Defense 8th .390 3-PT FG Per Game 7th 5.36 Rebounding Offense 7th 35.1 Rebounding Defense 8th 41.0 Rebounding Margin 8th -5.9 Blocked Shots 6th 2.82 Assists 8th 11.32 Steals 8th 5.00 Turnover Margin 7th (17.2) -2.46 Assist/Turnover Ratio 8th 0.66 Offensive Rebounds 4th 12.57 Defensive Rebounds 7th 22.57

How The Lions Fare In The WCC (Individual - All Games)... Name Rank Category Avg. Mashack 12th Scoring 11.4 Slaughter 15th Scoring 10.2 Machado 23rd Scoring 9.7 Machado 3rd Rebounds 7.3 Mashack T-5th Rebounds 7.1 Slaughter 8th Assists 2.93 Thorne 9th Assists 2.56 Thorne 9th FT % .747 Slaughter T-7th 3-FGM 1.70 Machado 5th Blocks 1.35 Mashack 2nd Off. Rebs 3.00 Machado 3rd Off. Rebs 2.81 Machado 5th Def. Rebs 4.50

Player Capsules #3 F Elton Mashack (6-5, 220, Sr)... Team Concept...Led the Lions with 23 points on 8-for-11 shooting...finished the game 7-for-7 from the free throw line...had eight rebounds in the win...

Mashack's Career Highs Minutes 39 at Pepperdine (2-16-00) FGM 10 at Pepperdine (2-16-00) FGA 19 at Pepperdine (2-16-00) FG % .857 (6-7) vs Saint Mary's (1-29-99) 3-FGM 5 at Pepperdine (2-16-00) 3-FGA 10 at Pepperdine (2-16-00) 3-FG % .800 (4-5) at San Diego (1-21-99) FTM 7 Three Times - Last: at Gonzaga (2-5-00) FTA 10 vs UC Irvine (12-1-99) FT % .887 (7-8) at Gonzaga (2-5-00) Reb 15 at USC (12-9-98) Assists 5 vs Pepperdine (1-24-98) TO 10 at Boise State (11-27-99) Blocks 5 vs Pepperdine (2-3-99) Steals 4 Twice - Last: vs Long Beach St. (11-17-98) Points 26 at Pepperdine (2-16-00) Double-Doubles 11 Last: at Saint Mary's (2-24-00)

#5 F Greg Lakey (6-8, 220, Jr)... Team Concept...In his first game since March 1999 with USC, the transfer had nine points and nine boards...was 5-of-6 from the free throw line...

Lakey's Career Highs Minutes 37 at Kansas FGM 7 vs California (1-16-99) FGA 10 vs California (1-16-99) FG % .700 (7-10) vs California (1-16-99) 3-FGM 1 Twice 3-FGA 1 Seven Times 3-FG % 1.000 Twice FTM 6 vs San Diego State (11-17-98) FTA 8 vs San Diego State (11-17-98) FT % 1.000 (5-5) vs Long Beach State (11-24-98) Reb 9 Twice Assists 3 Twice TO 3 Seven Times Blocks 3 vs Washington State (2-27-99) Steals 3 Twice Points 17 vs California (1-16-98)

#10 G Marcus Smith (6-0, 180, Jr)... Team Concept...First game since transferring from Butte College...scored two points and had three assists...

#11 G Euskine Robinson (6-0, 180, Jr)... Team Concept...Finished first game as a Lion with 13 points and five assists... transferred from College of the Canyons...finished 5-for-6 from free throw line... committed only one turnover...

#12 G Guy Vernikovsky (5-9, 160, Sr)... Team Concept...Did not play...

#14 G Tyler McClenahan (6-0, 170, Jr)... Team Concept...The walk-on played 12 minutes for the Lions...had two assists and four points, including a three-pointer...

#21 F Philipp Czernin (6-6, 200, Jr)... Team Concept...Also his first game since March of 1999...a transfer from the University of Hawaii...scored 21 points on 7-of-14 shooting...was a perfect 7-of-7 from the charity stripe...also had seven rebounds and three assists...

Czernin's Career Highs Minutes 38 vs Fresno State (2-27-99) FGM 7 Twice FGA 11 at San Diego State (2-20-99) FG % .800 (4-5) vs Eastern Illinois (12-18-98) 3-FGM 1 Twice 3-FGA 2 vs San Diego State (1-23-99) 3-FG % 1.000 (1-1) Twice FTM 5 vs Wichita State (11-27-98) FTA 6 vs Wichita State (11-27-98) FT % 1.000 (4-4) at Brigham Young (2-11-99) Reb 7 Twice Assists 7 vs St. Bonaventure (12-19-98) TO 6 vs UNC-Charlotte (12-29-98) Blocks 2 at San Diego State (2-20-99) Steals 4 at Fresno State (1-30-99) Points 15 vs Texas-El Paso (2-4-99)

#24 G Robert Davis (6-2, 195, Jr)... Team Concept...First game back as a Lion after a season at Chandler Gilbert Junior College...scored two points and had three assists...added two rebounds...

Minutes 26 at UCLA (12-29-98) FGM 5 vs San Diego State (12-5-98) FGA 10 Twice FG % .800 (4-5) vs Boise State (11-21-98) 3-FGM 4 at Xavier (12-21-98) 4 vs Pepperdine (2-3-99) 3-FGA 7 at Utah (12-19-98) 3-FG % .800 (4-5) at Xavier (12-21-98) .800 (4-5) vs Pepperdine (2-3-99) FTM 6 at UCLA (12-29-98) FTA 7 at UCLA (12-29-98) FT % 1.000 (2-2) at Xavier (12-21-98) Reb 8 at San Francisco (2-13-99) Assists 3 vs Santa Clara (1-16-99) TO 4 vs San Diego State (12-5-98) Blocks None Steals 4 at UCLA (12-29-98) Points 17 at UCLA (12-29-98)

#31 C Pablo Machado (6-10, 235, Sr)... Team Concept...Led the Lions with 10 rebounds...added six points and two assists in 19 minutes...

Machado's Career Highs Minutes 35 Three Times - Last: vs Portland (2-12-00) FGM 10 vs Dartmouth (12-21-99) FGA 17 vs Dartmouth (12-21-99) FG % 1.000 (3-3) vs NC State (2-25-97) 3FGM 0 3FGA 1 at San Francisco (1-21-00) 3FG % .000 FTM 7 vs. Pepperdine (3-5-00) FTA 12 vs UC Irvine (12-1-99) FT % 1.000 (3-3) at UTEP (12-15-99) Reb 17 vs California Baptist (11-20-99) Assists 4 vs Santa Clara (1-28-00) TO 6 Twice - Last: vs UC Santa Barbara (1-5-00) Blocks 5 vs Portland (2-12-00) Steals 2 Twice - Last: at San Francisco (1-22-00) Points 21 Twice - Last: vs Pepperdine (3-4-00) Double-Doubles 5 Last: vs Pepperdine (2-19-00)

#33 F Sherman Gay (6-7, 190, Fr)... Team Concept...First collegiate game...played seven minutes and had a rebound....

#34 F Sean Mollins (6-7, 215, Jr)... Team Concept...A transfer walk-on from DeAnza College, Mollins played eight minutes and finished five points and a rebound...