Bulls Close Home Stand Friday Against Colgate
Matchup: USF (5-2) vs. Colgate (5-2)
Date: Friday, Nov. 30
Time: 8:30 p.m. EST
Location: Tampa | Yuengling Center
TV: ESPN3 (
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Radio: AM 820 | USF Bulls Unlimited (
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TAMPA, NOV. 29, 2018 – The USF men's basketball team closes a four-game homestand Friday at 8:30 p.m. when the Bulls welcome Colgate to the Yuengling Center for a matchup broadcast live on ESPN3. USF seeks to match the 2009-10 team for the most wins in the month of November (6) in school history.
USF (5-2) achieved its best start to a season since 2014-15 with a 75-71 victory over in-state foe Stetson on Wednesday. Redshirt freshman
Alexis Yetna (Paris) scored a career-high 18 points and pulled down 13 rebounds en route to his third double-double of the season. Yetna is averaging nearly a double-double per game with 10.4 points and 9.7 rebounds, and leads the American Athletic Conference and ranks 33rd in the NCAA in rebounding.
Laquincy Rideau (West Palm Beach, Fla.) added 12 points and six assists against the Hatters and stands first in the league and 19th in the NCAA with 6.4 assists per game. Sophomore
David Collins (Youngstown, Ohio) pitched in with 10 points and a career-best five steals and ranks ninth in the nation and first in The American with 2.7 steals per game. Collins also paces the USF offense with 16.3 points per game.
THE OPPONENT
Colgate (5-2) arrives in Tampa having won five of its last six games following an 84-79 road win over Siena last Saturday. The Raiders opened the year with an overtime loss at NJIT before winning four straight. Colgate also suffered a road loss to Syracuse on Nov. 21.
Sophomore guard Jordan Burns leads Colgate with 16.6 points and 4.7 assists per game, while junior forward Rapolas Ivanauskas averages a double-double with 16.4 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. Junior forward Will Rayman adds 13.4 points per game and has made a team-high 22 free throws.
Notable
- USF is 6-3 all-time against schools from the Patriot League and will face Colgate for the first time in school history.
- The Bulls are 10-4 at home against non-conference opponents under head coach Brian Gregory.
- Alexis Yetna is averaging 14.0 points and 11.0 rebounds over his past five games.
- USF ranks 29th in the NCAA and second in The American with 8.7 steals per game.
- Alexis Yetna leads The American in double-doubles with three.
- USF has fewer than or equal to the number of turnovers of its opponents in all seven games this season.
- Junior Antun Maricevic is shooting 80.0 percent from the field this season and has only missed two shots.
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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.Â
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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