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Bulls return home for War On I-4 clash with UCF

January 14, 2022

GAMEDAY INFORMATION

University of South Florida (5-10, 0-3 AAC) vs. University of Central Florida (10-4, 2-2 AAC)

Saturday, January 15 | 7 p.m. ET

VENUE: Yuengling Center | Tampa, Fla.

SERIES: USF 24-19

TV: ESPNU

RADIO: iHeart Radio Bulls Unlimited

TWITTER UPDATES: @USFMBB

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TAMPA (January 14, 2022) – The University of South Florida Bulls return home from a two-game road trip to host the UCF Knights in a War On I-4 showdown. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Yuengling Center.

South Florida has won each of its last two meetings over UCF in Tampa.

The Bulls are looking to snap a four-game skid overall and notch their first American victory of the season on Saturday.

USF ranks 49th in the NCAA in scoring defense (63.0 ppg) and third in the American. The Bulls will look to slow a trio of UCF players scoring in double digits this season. Darin Green Jr. leads the Knights in scoring (14.9 ppg) while shooting 42.4 percent from downtown. Darius Perry is averaging 11.5 ppg on 43.1 percent shooting from three-point range.

Caleb Murphy continues to lead USF in scoring this season (11.9 ppg) and has a team-best 49 assists. Javon Greene is averaging 9.9 ppg followed by Jamir Chaplin (9.0) who has been the hottest offensive player as of late.

Chaplin has scored in double digits in four straight games, including a career-high 17 in back-to-back contests entering Saturday. Chaplin is shooting 54.8 percent over his last three games on 5-11 from beyond the arc.

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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 51-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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