CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (November 29, 2021) – Playing in their first true road game of the season on Monday night, the University of South Florida Bulls (3-3) suffered a 64-49 setback to Boston College (5-3) as the Eagles remained undefeated at home this season.

Boston College entered the tilt as one of the top rebounding teams in the country (+9.3 rebound margin), but saw South Florida dominate the glass with a 41-32 advantage, including 15 offensive boards. Unfortunately, the Bulls only converted four second-chance points in a sluggish offensive effort.

USF endured a pair of droughts that lasted over six minutes in the contest without a field goal as the Bulls shot just 35.7 percent on the night.

The Eagles carried a 30-24 advantage into halftime and built their lead up to double digits early in the second half. Russel Tchewa (Douala, Cameroon) stuffed home a dunk at the 8:13 mark to cut the Boston College lead to 46-40 before the Bulls went scoreless from the field until DJ Patrick (Powder Springs, Ga.) connected on a three-pointer with 1:54 left to play in the contest.

Notable

• The Eagles are the first team this season in six games to score more than 60 points against the stout USF defense.
• Boston College only committed six turnovers and scored 16 points off 13 USF turnovers.
• The Bulls finished the game with a season-best eight blocks (seven of which came in the first half).
• USF went 0-4 from the free throw line in the first half and finished the game 5-11 from the charity stripe.
• Caleb Murphy (Youngstown, Ohio) led USF with 11 points and three assists.
• Tchewa and Sam Hines Jr. (Marietta, Ga.) each pulled down seven rebounds for the Bulls.

Up Next

The Bulls return home to the Yuengling Center to face South Carolina State on Friday, December 3 at 7 p.m.

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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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