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USF opens road trip at Tulsa on Saturday

January 28, 2022

GAMEDAY INFORMATION

University of South Florida (6-12, 1-5 AAC) vs. Tulsa (6-12, 0-7 AAC)

Saturday, January 29 | 8 p.m. ET

VENUE: Reynolds Center | Tulsa, Okla.

SERIES: Tulsa leads, 10-0

TV: ESPN+

RADIO: iHeart Radio Bulls Unlimited

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TULSA, Okla. (January 28, 2022) – The University of South Florida Bulls travel to Tulsa on Saturday night for the first of two straight road games.

The Bulls enter Saturday's tilt looking for their first ever win over SMU while the Golden Hurricane are seeking their first conference win of the season and the end of a seven-game skid overall.

South Florida's early conference schedule has featured four games against the top two teams in the American standings (Houston and SMU).

Caleb Murphy continues to pace the USF offense with 12.1 points per game followed by Javon Greene (10.5). Jamir Chaplin is averaging 13.4 points over his last seven games and Jalyn McCreary is shooting 69 percent (22-32) over his last six outings.

Chaplin is shooting 56 percent (29-52) over six conference games to date and 37 percent from downtown (7-19) while Greene is shooting 38 percent (12-32) from long range in five AAC games.

Jeriah Horne is one of the top rebounders in the AAC (7/game) and he leads the Golden Hurricane in scoring (16.4). Sam Griffin is averaging 15.8 points per game. Both players are shooting better than 36 percent from three-point range.

The Bulls are 0-7 this season when losing the rebounding battle which will be a key factor in Saturday's affair. USF enters the game ranked 46th in the NCAA in scoring defense (63.6 ppg).

 

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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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