USF Continues Homestand Wednesday Against Stetson
Matchup: USF (4-2) vs. Stetson (1-6)
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 28
Time: 7 p.m. EST
Location: Tampa | Yuengling Center (10,411)
TV: ESPN3 (Drew Fellious, Mike O'Donnell)
Radio: AM 820 | USF Bulls Unlimited (Jim Lighthall, Joey Johnston)
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TAMPA, NOV. 11, 2018 – The USF men's basketball team continues a four-game homestand Wednesday at 7 p.m. when the Bulls welcome in-state foe Stetson to the Yuengling Center for a matchup that will be broadcast live on ESPN3.
USF (4-2) is coming off an 84-81 setback against The Citadel last Saturday.
David Collins (Youngstown, Ohio) and
Laquincy Rideau (West Palm Beach, Fla.) each scored 21 points and redshirt freshman
Alexis Yetna (Paris) tied a career-high with 15 points to go along with seven rebounds.
Collins has now scored at least 20 points in three consecutive games and ranks seventh in The American in scoring with 17.3 points per game. Yetna is averaging 10.5 rebounds per game over the last four games and leads the league with 9.2 rebounds per game.
Rideau tallied six assists Saturday against the Bulldogs and stands 17th in the NCAA and second in The American with 6.5 assists per game. Rideau has dished out at least five assists in all six games thus far this season.
THE OPPONENT
Stetson (1-6) suffered its sixth straight loss on Monday when the Hatters dropped an 84-74 decision at Bethune-Cookman. Stetson has not won since posting a 116-66 victory over Johnson University on Nov. 7.
Sophomore guard Christiaan Jones paces the Stetson offense with 11.7 points per game to go along with 5.6 rebounds per game. Sophomore forward Abayomi Iyiola stands second on the team with 10.3 points and a team-high 8.7 rebounds per game.
QUOTABLE
"We're playing a team this week that we played very close last year and they put you in tough situations because they do a good job with their length. They have a lot of interchangeable parts both offensively and defensively, so our communication is going to be important. Recognizing and attacking their defense appropriately is going to be a big challenge for us." – USF head coach
Brian Gregory
NOTABLES
- USF is 19-7 against Stetson and has won 13 straight in the all-time series that dates back to the 1970-71 season. USF has not lost to Stetson since Jan. 16, 1989.
- Alexis Yetna is averaging 13.0 points and 10.5 rebounds while shooting 55.0 percent from the field over the last four games.
- USF needs one more victory to record the most wins in the month of November since the 2014-15 team won five.
- USF has recorded fewer than or equal to the number of turnovers than its opponent in all six games.
- USF's two losses (Georgetown & The Citadel) are by a combined six points.
- USF ranks third in The American and 34th in the NCAA with 8.7 steals per game.
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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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