Bulls Top UQAM in First Game of Canadian Tour
MONTREAL, AUGUST 4, 2019 –
David Collins scored 11 points and had three rebounds and two steals to lead USF to a 71-66 victory over the University of Quebec Sunday afternoon.
Xavier Castaneda (Chicago) and freshman
B.J. Mack (Charlotte, N.C.) both added 11 points, and
Antun Maricevic (Zagreb, Croatia) and
Michael Durr (Atlanta) each finished with 10 points.
Alix Lochard led all scorers with 23 points to go along with five rebounds for Quebec. Frantson Demosthene grabbed nine rebounds and fell just shy of double figures with nine points.
USF used a 10-3 run midway through the third quarter to open up a 58-47 advantage and would go on to lead by as many as 14 points on a jumper by Mack with 6:01 remaining.
The Citadens answered with a 13-2 run to cut the USF lead to three with 2:05 left, but the Bulls forced two turnovers in the final 32 seconds and Collins (Youngstown, Ohio) made both free throw attempts to seal the victory.
USF continues its Canadian Foreign Tour Monday at 7 p.m. when the Bulls travel to Quebec City, Quebec, to face Laval University.
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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 owns nearly 250 career head coaching wins and six postseason appearances, including the 2010 NIT Championship. In his second season at the helm of the Bulls, Gregory led the team to the best win turnaround in the NCAA, the most single-season wins in school history and the 2019 College Basketball Invitational championship.
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, appeared in the NIT eight times and won the 2019 College Basketball Invitational.
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