Newcomers shine in Bulls’ 92-42 exhibition win
TAMPA (November 1, 2021) – The University of South Florida Bulls unofficially opened the 2021-22 men's basketball season with a 92-42 victory over Voorhees College (N.C.) at the Yuengling Center on Monday night. Four newcomers to the roster scored in double digits, led by South Carolina transfer Jalyn McCreary (Marietta, Ga.) with 17 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the field.
Javon Greene (McDonough, Ga.), a transfer from George Mason, stuffed the stat sheet with 10 points, nine rebounds and five assists. New Mexico transfer, Bayron Matos (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic), also came up just shy of a double-double with a team-high 13 rebounds and nine points.
South Florida dominated the glass, 51-26, including 16 offensive rebounds, seven of which came from Matos.
The Bulls outscored the Tigers in the second half of the contest, 49-13. USF forced 22 total turnovers and turned those into 23 points offensively.
A second-chance layup by Sam Hines Jr. (Marietta, Ga.) sparked a 17-0 run by the Bulls at the 8:38 mark of the second half as USF outscored Voorhees, 33-2, over the next seven minutes of play. Hines finished the game with nine points and five boards.
Jake Boggs (Charlotte, N.C.) scored 13 points in 19 minutes of action and DJ Patrick (Powder Springs, Ga.) added 15 points while going 3-of-6 from three-point range.
The Bulls will officially open the 2021-22 campaign on Tuesday, November 9 against Bethune-Cookman at 5 p.m. at the Yuengling Center in Tampa. The Bulls' next five contests will all be played in Tampa to begin the season.
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About USF Men's Basketball
The USF men's basketball team is led by head coach Brian Gregory, who enters his fifth season in 2021-22. Gregory was introduced as the 10th head coach in program history in March of 2017 after previously leading 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 over 300 career head coaching wins and six postseason appearances, including the 2010 NIT Championship with Dayton. 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 48-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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