USF Men’s Basketball hosts Memphis on Senior Night
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
University of South Florida (8-20, 3-13 AAC) vs. Memphis (17-9, 11-5 AAC)
Thursday, March 3 | 9 p.m.
VENUE: Yuengling Center | Tampa, Fla.
SERIES: Memphis leads, 29-7
TV: ESPNU
RADIO: iHeart Radio Bulls Unlimited
TWITTER UPDATES: @USFMBB
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TAMPA (March 2, 2022) – The University of South Florida Bulls return home from a two-game road trip for their final game of the season at the Yuengling Center in Tampa against the Memphis Tigers. Thursday night's game is senior night where USF will honor Javon Greene along with a pair of team managers, Ryan Arevalo and Brandon Chymczuk.
The Bulls are coming off a dramatic 56-54 win on the road at Cincinnati last Saturday where Russel Tchewa hit the game-winning shot as time expired.
Tchewa has been on a tear offensively for South Florida as of late and is averaging 12 points over his last nine games. The center has scored in double digits in three straight and six of the last nine games overall, including a career-high 18 points at ECU last Wednesday.
Since January 8, Tcehwa has raised his scoring average from 4.9 to 7.7. Caleb Murphy continues to pace the Bulls' offense with 11.4 ppg followed by Javon Greene (9.3) and Jamir Chaplin (8.9). Chaplin returned from a four-game absence due to an ankle injury last Saturday.
Corey Walker Jr. has made in presence felt on both ends of the court as the freshman forward continues to blossom night in and night out. Walker Jr. is averaging 8.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and 1.8 steals over the last six games.
Greene ranks first in the AAC this season in steals/game (1.81).
Memphis enters Thursday on a two-game winning streak but is just 5-7 away from home this season, and 4-6 in true road games. Four Tigers are averaging double digits in the scoring column, led by Jalen Duren (11.9).
Memphis is shooting 36% from downtown on the year (69th NCAA) and loves to crash the offensive glass (12.5/game). Defensively, the Tigers rank fifth in the NCAA in blocked shots/game (6.0).
Murphy scored a career-high 20 points in his first ever meeting with Memphis on December 29, 2020. The Tigers have two of the last three matchups in the series and two straight in Tampa.
Up Next
The Bulls wrap up the regular season on Sunday, March 6 at Temple. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. Following the regular season finale, USF will head to Fort Worth, Texas for the American Championship.
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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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