USF and Austin Peay Tangle Monday in Tampa
Matchup: USF (1-0) vs. Austin Peay (1-1)
Date: Monday, Nov. 12
Time: 7 p.m. EST
Location: Tampa, Fla. | Yuengling Center (10,411)
TV: BullsVision (Jim Louk, Darek Sharp)
Radio: AM 820 | USF Bulls Unlimited (Jim Lighthall, Neil Solondz)
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TAMPA, NOV. 11, 2018 – The USF men's basketball team looks for its second straight win when the Bulls welcome Austin Peay to the Yuengling Center Monday at 7 p.m. in the opening round of the Jersey Mike's Jamaica Classic.
USF (1-0) opened the season Nov. 6 with an 80-63 victory behind 17 points and four assists from sophomore
David Collins (Youngstown, Ohio).
Justin Brown (Birmingham, Ala.) tied a career-high with 16 points off the bench and
T.J. Lang (Mobile, Ala.) added 10 points and sunk three 3-pointers.
Junior
Laquincy Rideau (West Palm Beach, Fla.) finished with eight points, 10 assists and four steals to become the first Bull since Roddy Peters in 2015 to have at least 10 assists in a game.
THE OPPONENT
Austin Peay (1-1) opened the season with a 114-53 victory over Oakland City before dropping a 95-67 decision on Friday at Mississippi State. Sophomore guard and preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference selection Terry Taylor paces Austin Peay with 18.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. Taylor had 21 points and nine rebounds against Oakland City and 15 points and nine rebounds against Mississippi State.
Austin Peay head coach Matt Figger is in his second season with the Governors after winning 2018 Ohio Valley Coach of the Year honors following his debut season in Clarksville. Under Figger's tutelage, the Governors made one of the NCAA's largest defensive turnarounds in 2017-18. Austin Peay went from allowing 83.8 points per game (ppg) the previous season to 71.2 ppg in 2017-18, with the -12.6 drop in points per game the second-largest in the nation behind only Central Michigan (-16.1 ppg).
NOTABLES
- USF is 2-0 all-time against Austin Peay and is facing the Governors for the first time since the 1998-99 season.
- USF owns a perfect 9-0 all-time record against schools currently in the Ohio Valley Conference.
- USF and Austin Peay are two of only nine schools in the NCAA with multiple seven-footers on its roster.
- USF is 7-3 at home against non-conference competition under head coach Brian Gregory.
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About USF Men's Basketball
The USF men's basketball team is led by head coach Brian Gregory. On March 22, 2017, Gregory was introduced as the 10th head coach in program history. He previously led programs at Georgia Tech (2011-16) and Dayton (2003-11). Gregory spent nearly a decade as an assistant coach under Michigan State's Hall of Fame head coach Tom Izzo and helped the Spartans win the 2000 NCAA National Championship. Gregory brings nearly 250 career head coaching wins and six postseason appearances, including the 2010 NIT Championship, to Tampa. In his first season at the helm of the Bulls, Gregory led the team to its first 10-plus win season since 2013-14.
USF has retired three numbers in its 47-year history: Chucky Atkins (12), Charlie Bradley (30) and Radenko Dobras (31). The Bulls have earned three NCAA tournament bids and appeared in the NIT eight times.
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