He just may have found a few pieces that fit.

True freshman Jason McDougald and Daren Tielsch may have improved their chances at landing some minutes in the Lions' frontcourt. McDougald started and scored 13 points for the victorious White team, while grabbing eight rebounds and blocking four shots in 24 minutes of action.

Tielsch, a McKees Rock native, led the Blue team in scoring with eight points and pulled in five rebounds in a losing effort.

"I don't think you can secure a starting job based based on the Blue-White game," Dunn said. "Some guys put themselves in contention to get in the rotation and it's now time for me to evaluate who plays best in certain situations."

The game in itself was nothing close to being orthodox. In the first half, the players stayed on the same teams. The White team led by senior co-captains Tyler Smith and Ken Krimmel raced out to a 41-16 lead at the half.

Smith led the White team with 17 points and finished with a game-high 20.

Krimmel and sophomore Sharif Chambliss pushed the tempo for the White team as they each had four assists while on the White team.

"Like Coach Dunn said about mixing rotations, we felt that lineup could get up and down the floor," Chambliss said.

Junior Brandon Watkins and sophomore Jamaal Tate led the Blue team to start the game. Watkins scored five points and dished out five assists in the first half for the Blue team, before going to the White team in the second half. Watkins finished the game with a total of 12 points and seven assists.

Tate, who had a breakout game last year against Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament, finished with just four points and suffered through a 2-for-13 night from the field.

"He (Tate) is still dealing with the stress fracture trying to heal," Dunn said. "He can't go all out, he has to go at half speed just to stay on the floor."

The second half saw Coach Dunn move some players around to get a chance to see some different match-ups. The White outscored the Blue again in the second half 22-19 to give the White a 63-35 victory.

The second half was played at a slower pace as players were frequently bounced back and forth between teams.

The White team's lineup for the second half looked like a possible preview for the season opener as Watkins, Chambliss, and Smith were on the same team for the first time.

The trio combined for 42 of the team's 98 points scoring 34 of them for the White team.

"Before the first exhibition I'll decide the first eight or nine guys in the rotation," Dunn said. "In the next week and a half guys will play together more in different situations and become more familiar with me and themselves."