USF Men’s Basketball opens two-game road trip at ECU
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
University of South Florida (7-19, 2-12 AAC) at ECU (13-13, 4-10 AAC)
Wednesday, February 23 | 7 p.m.
VENUE: William Arena at Minges Coliseum | Greenville, N.C.
SERIES: USF leads, 12-10
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TAMPA (February 22, 2022) – The University of South Florida Bulls open a two-game road trip this week at ECU on Wednesday night. The Bulls wrapped up a six-game stretch over a 13-day span last Saturday at home. South Florida and ECU will face off for the second time in less than a week.
The Pirates won the last meeting in Tampa, 65-57, last Thursday. Serrel Smith Jr. scored a season high 18 points while knocking down a career-best five three-pointers in that setback.
ECU went on to drop its next contest at UCF that following Sunday, 69-66. The Pirates on 10-4 on their home court this season.
South Florida has won four of its last six matchups with ECU, including a 2-1 record in Greenville.
Russel Tchewa has been one of the Bulls' top scorers over the last seven games, contributing 11 points per game (7.1 season scoring average). Caleb Murphy continues to lead USF in scoring (11.5) followed by Javon Greene (9.6). Greene leads the AAC this season in steals/game (1.88).
Jamir Chaplin (9.1 ppg) has missed the Bulls' last three games with an ankle injury.
ECU got to the free throw line 24 times in the last meeting with USF and is one of the top free throw shooting teams in the American this year. Tristen Newton ranks third in the AAC in scoring (17.2) and scored 14 in the last meeting.
The Pirates are averaging 69.6 ppg this season and have two players averaging double digits along with Newton – Vance Jackson (13.3) and Brandon Suggs (10.3).
Up Next
The Bulls conclude their road trip at Cincinnati on Saturday night.
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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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