SAN BRUNO, Calif. - Saint Mary's men's basketball head coach Randy Bennett is the featured guest on this week's edition of the WCC POINTS IN THE PAINT men's basketball podcast with hosts Sean Farnham and Dave Flemming. 

Saint Mary's hosts LMU tonight on ESPN2 at 8 p.m. Since Dec. 28, Saint Mary's has only allowed 53.0 ppg, which ranks tied for 11th in the nation during that span.

"We had to keep improving, defensively, and get our guys to understand that’s how we’re going to win in this league is to try to be the best defensive team in the league. We have definitely improved." – Randy Bennett on the Saint Mary’s defense. 
 
Farnham and Flemming also discuss San Francisco’s Malik Thomas who was named a USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week on Tuesday. 
 
"He’s playing at an All-WCC Player of the Year level, and what’s going to be a necessity for that is San Francisco needs to win some of these [Quad 1 opportunity] games." – Sean Farnham on Malik Thomas. 
 
To watch the complete episode, click here. 
 
Full episodes of both the WCC POINTS IN THE PAINT Men’s Basketball Podcast and Women’s Basketball Podcast will be available on the WCC’s YouTube channel, as well as Apple and Spotify podcasts. Fans can also find clips of each show on the WCC basketball X account, @WCChoops, as well as the Conference’s Facebook, Instagram and TikTok channels and @WCCsports with links to the full episode.