Bulls Close Road Trip Tuesday at Cincinnati
Matchup: USF (12-4, 2-2) vs. Cincinnati (14-3, 3-1)
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 15
Time: 7 p.m. EST
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | Fifth Third Arena
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DAYTON, OHIO, JAN. 14, 2019 – The USF men's basketball team puts the finishing touches on a two-game road trip Tuesday at 7 p.m. when the Bulls travel to Cincinnati, Ohio, to face Cincinnati from Fifth Third Arena.
USF (12-4, 2-2) dropped a heartbreaking 82-80 decision in overtime at Temple on Saturday, marking the fourth time this season USF has lost by three points or less. Redshirt junior
Laquincy Rideau (West Palm Beach, Fla.) turned in one of the top games in the nation this season by scoring 18 points to go along with 10 assists and 10 steals to register the first triple-double for USF since 2006. In addition, Rideau became only the sixth player in the NCAA over the last 20 years to have a points-assists-steals triple-double. Overall, Rideau ranks second in the NCAA in steals (3.4 spg) and 29th in the NCAA in assists (5.8 apg). Â Â
Redshirt freshman
Alexis Yetna (Paris) posted his league-leading ninth double-double of the season with a career-high 24 points to go along with 10 rebounds against the Owls. Yetna averages 12.8 points and 10.8 rebounds per game, is the only player in The American to average a double-double and ranks ninth in the NCAA in rebounding and in double-doubles. He'll open play Tuesday at Cincinnati looking to become the first Bull since 2008 to have a double-double in four consecutive games.
Sophomore
David Collins (Youngstown, Ohio) added 16 points, five rebounds and three steals Saturday at Temple and is the top scorer for the Bulls. Collins averages 14.6 points per game and ranks seventh in the NCAA with 2.7 steals per game.
THE OPPONENT
Cincinnati (14-3, 3-1) has won five of its last six games after posting a 74-72 overtime win at home on Saturday over UConn to improve to 10-1 this season at Fifth Third Arena. The Bearcats opened the season with a home setback to Ohio State, but since then have won all 10 of their home games. Cincinnati is also one of the top defensive teams in the nation and lead The American in scoring defense by limiting opponents to an average of 60.3 points per game. Â
Junior guard Jarron Cumberland leads the Cincinnati offense and ranks sixth in the league with 16.9 points per game. Cumberland is also tops in the conference in three-point field goal percentage by shooting 44.0 percent from beyond the arc. Sophomore guard Keith Williams is second on the team with 11.2 points per game and junior forward Tre Scott leads Cincinnati with 6.1 rebounds per game. Â
NOTABLE
• USF is 8-32 against Cincinnati in the all-time series that dates back to the 1974-75 season.
• USF is looking for its 13th win of the season, which would be the most since the 2011-12 season.
• USF's four losses are by a combined 11 points. All four losses this season are by three points or less.
• USF is one of only two schools in the NCAA to have its conference leader in rebounds, assists and steals.
• USF redshirt junior
Laquincy Rideau is only 118 points shy of 1,000 for his collegiate career.
• USF redshirt freshman
Alexis Yetna has more double-doubles (9) than Houston, UConn and Wichita State combined.
• USF junior
Laquincy Rideau is only 15 steals shy of setting a new single-season record at USF.
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Alexis Yetna is first in the American Athletic Conference and ninth in the NCAA with nine double-doubles.
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Laquincy Rideau ranks second in the NCAA and first in The American with 3.4 steals per game.Â
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Alexis Yetna leads The American and ranks ninth in the NCAA with 10.8 rebounds per game.
• USF has taken the seventh-most free throw attempts in the NCAA with 460.
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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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