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Newcomers dont take long to impact college basketball -- not in this world of one-and-dones and transfers. Over the next two weeks, we will look at the top five newcomers in each of the 10 biggest conferences.Next up is the West Coast Conference.The West Coast Conference is still old school when it comes to newcomers. The leagues freshmen dont often get the same opportunities to step right into a lineup and excel as their counterparts in the Power 5 leagues.Only one freshman, BYUs Nick Emery, ranked among the WCCs top 15 scorers last season. There were none among the top 15 rebounders or leaders in field goal percentage.?The newcomers most likely to have an immediate impact in the league are transfers. There will be exceptions, like San Francisco freshman?Charles Minlend?and Saint Marys?redshirt freshman?Tanner Krebs. But by and large, freshmen have to wait their turn to carry the conference banner.Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga BulldogsGonzaga got most of its scoring from the frontcourt last season; Williams-Goss is a reason why that wont be the case this season. The 6-foot-3 Washington transfer is an explosive scoring point guard. As a sophomore, Williams-Goss scored 20 or more points seven times for the Huskies. Thats one more than Gonzagas guard trio last season of?Josh Perkins, Eric McClellan?and Kyle Dranginis combined. With McClellan and Dranginis gone, Williams-Goss will be a welcome addition.Gonzaga will have several other options on offense, so Williams-Goss might not end up taking as many shots as he did at Washington. With that being the case, hell be looking to improve his 3-point shooting percentage after watching it drop from 35.6 percent as a freshman to just 25.6 percent as a sophomore.Williams-Goss could push Perkins, a rising sophomore, for the starting spot at point guard, or coach Mark Few could trot out a lineup where the two play alongside each other. Perkins started every game last season as a true freshman and averaged 10.1 points and 4.1 assists.Jordan Mathews, Gonzaga BulldogsMathews surprised many in the Bay Area when he announced he was graduating early and transferring from California to play his final season elsewhere. The 6-3 sharpshooter was expected to keep defenses honest for Cal center Ivan Rabb. Mathews shot 42 percent from 3-point range last season while averaging 13.5 points per game for the Golden Bears.Hell have a chance to do the same at Gonzaga. With the return of center Przemek Karnowski and the addition of freshman Zach Collins, a McDonalds All American who was No. 37 in the ESPN 100, the Bulldogs will have an inside-outside combination that will be tough to defend.Mathews gives Few a proven backcourt veteran who has come up big in big games. His season-high 28 points last season came in the Bears 74-73 win over Arizona, which saw him tie a career-high with six 3-pointers. Matthews and Williams-Goss will bring the kind of firepower the backcourt was missing last season.Eric Mika, BYU CougarsThis might be cheating a little because Mika started 29 games for the Cougars in 2013-14. But two years off the floor in college basketball can seem like an eternity.Mika served on a church mission in Italy before returning to Utah in April. Before his hiatus, the 6-10 forward ranked No. 28 in the Class of 2013, the highest-rated player the Cougars signed since the ESPN 100 began in 2007.Mika averaged 11.8 points and 6.4 rebounds as a freshman and was named to the leagues all-freshman team. Hes especially skilled as an offensive rebounder where he set a school record for most offensive boards in a season (93). Having physically matured over the past two years, hes primed to reintroduce himself to the rest of the league. Mika should also serve as a good mentor for forward?Yoeli Childs, who ranked No. 53 in the 2016 ESPN 100 and is one of six freshmen in the 30th-ranked class.Trevor Manuel, Loyola Marymount LionsIf youve followed Manuels career you know he doesnt stay in one place for long. The Lansing, Michigan, native played for three high schools: He was a teammate of Denzel Valentine at Sexton High, spent his junior season at Oak Hill Academy in Virginia and finished back home in Lansing at Everett High, the alma mater of one Earvin Magic Johnson.Manuel shunned Michigan State, USC and Florida State to sign with Oregon. But he played just nine games as a true freshman before deciding to transfer. Manuel will play for his fifth different coach in the past five years.LMU might finally feel like home for the 6-9 forward. Manuel is in many ways the prototype athletic forward who should make for a good fit in coach Mike Dunlaps system. Hes skilled enough to step outside or rumble in the paint.The Lions wont have Manuel in the rotation until the end of the fall semester, but theyre anticipating key contributions from him. Along with 6-11 Hawaii transfer?Stefan Jovanovic,?Manuel will help?the Lions frontcourt become more formidable.Chris Reyes, Pepperdine WavesReyes, like BYUs Mika, will get the welcome back treatment from the WCC as hes not entirely a newcomer. He spent his freshman season in 2012-13 at Saint Marys as a redshirt but never took the court for the Gaels. He spent a year playing junior college ball before joining Utah.Now Reyes is back in the league as a graduate transfer, and the timing is perfect for the Waves. Pepperdine lost both its starting forwards (Stacy Davis and Jett Raines) to graduation. Thats why Reyes numbers at Utah dont mean too much now. His minutes dropped from 15.7 to 8.4 per game for the Utes and he averaged just 2.6 points and 2.3 rebounds last season, both slightly down from his sophomore season. 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Inspired by Taylor, England came back to break straight back and when Taylor nailed 128 they looked well set for victory but Spain were not to be outdone and matched their more illustrious opponents dart-for-dart to take the match to a deciding leg. Antonio Alcinas and Christo Reyes reflect on nearly causing a huge upset And it was to be Lewis who clinched victory but with three darts for double top he missed with the first two before sinking with his final chance.They put us under pressure from the start and they were brilliant, said Taylor. We were hitting doubles with our last darts and it was giving us a heart attack! Taylor and Lewis celebrate their deciding leg victory Theyve beaten us before and I knew they were confident of beating us again. I think it was a cracking game and its livened the tournament up a little bit - if Adrian had missed at the end there I think wed have gone out.Its a different format now with the Singles and Doubles games, and its a leveller. Sometimes Ive done well in the Singles and Adrians had a bad game or Adrians played well and Ive had a bad game, so well see what happens tomorrow.Up next for England will be China who beat Czech Republic 5-3 with an impressive display of finishing clinching a place in the second round for the first time in their history. World Cup of Darts - Friday Results Czech Rep 3-5 China Greece 2-5 Canada Rep Ireland 5-4 Hong Kong South Africa 1-5 Singapore N Ireland 5-2 Japan Wales 5-1 Finland England 5-4 Spain Austria Italy Fourth seeds Northern Ireland are tipped to do well and came through their first round meeting with Japan.dddddddddddd.Brendan Dolan and Daryl Gurney were kept in check by the Japanese early on but with the scores level at 2-2 it was the experience of the Northern Ireland that won out as they won each of the next three legs in 18 legs, wrapping up the match with a bullseye finish from Dolan.They face an intriguing all-Ireland clash after Mick McGowan crashed in a bull finish to pinch the deciding leg for the Republic of Ireland in their 5-4 win over Hong Kong having trailed 4-3. World Cup of Darts questions Who are the favourites? And who are the surprise packages? Wales also chalked up a win and arguably the performance of the night in Frankfurt, Gerwyn Price with a 150 check-out on his debut to wrap up a 5-1 win over Finland.Price is playing in his first World Cup alongside Welsh stalwart Mark Webster, who is playing with his fourth different partner in the event, and the duo were never in trouble.Their second round match promises to be a cracker against Canada who proved far too strong for Greece, veteran John Part was at his best alongside partner Ken McNeil as they rode out a mini-revival from their opponents who rallied to 3-2 having lost the opening three legs. In the end Canada came through for a 5-2 opening round victory. World Cup of Darts - Second Round Saturday Afternoon Belgium v Hungary N Ireland v Rep Ireland Wales v Canada Austria/Italy v Singapore Saturday Evening Scotland v Norway Australia v Denmark England v China Netherlands v Philippines In the nights other two matches, two-time quarter-finalists South Africa, including dancing Devon Petersen, whose trademark moves after his walk-on got the crowd on their feet, crashed out at the first hurdle.However South Africas doubling let them down badly and a ruthless Singapore took full advantage to record a 5-1 win a second round showdown with Austria who recorded the only whitewash of the opening round - eighth seeds Mensur Suljovic and Rowby-John Rodriquez beat Italy 5-0 in the final match of the night.Second-round matches: England v China, Austria v Singapore, Wales v Canada, Northern Ireland v Ireland, Scotland v Norway, Belgium v Hungary, Australia v Denmark, Netherlands v Philippines.You can follow both second round sessions on Saturday live on Sky Sports 1 from 1pm and 7pm.Also See:Scotland survive scareWorld Cup questionsNext Premier League player?Sky Live: World Cup of Darts ' ' '