SAN FRANCISCO – On the receiving end of a chest bump from 252-pound Jimbo Lull, Josh Kunen smiled broadly. With one second left on the shot clock late in the second half against Santa Clara, the spindly freshman had just hit his first 3-pointer in over a year. Said Kunen: "It was sort of a Hail Mary."
The shot gave the University of San Francisco men's basketball team — losers of three straight — a 15-point lead and enough momentum to finish off an 80-61 win over Santa Clara. Kunen — who started the first 12 games of the season before coming off the bench the last four— recorded his second career double-double, and along with a career-high 25 points from Charles Minlend, was a driving force behind San Francisco's return to form.