MU rides Novak's 3's to victory over San Francisco

MU shot a horrible 26.5% in the first half and trailed 26-24 at the break to the Dons. In the second half, however, MU rode the 3-point shooting of Steve Novak and defeated USF 61-48 to move to 7-3 on the season. Novak buried six 3-pointers on the way to victory. Novak finished with a team high 22 points while Jerel McNeal added 15. Dominic James only scored 4 points, the first time in his college career he was held below double digits. Ryan Amoroso started in place of Barro today. Barro received one minute of playing time.

The Dons fall to 4-6 on the season, but do own wins over Texas Tech and Cal State Fullerton.

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