South Florida Bulls during a men's basketball game against the St. Joseph's University Hawks on November 22, 2022. (Mary Holt/South Florida Athletics)
Mary Holt/South Florida Athletic

Bulls take on SMU in Dallas on Sunday

USF wraps up a two-game road trip on Sunday afternoon.

January 27, 2023

GAMEDAY INFORMATION

University of South Florida (9-12, 2-6 AAC) at SMU (7-14, 2-6 AAC)

Sunday, January 29 | 4 p.m. ET

VENUE: Moody Coliseum | Dallas, Texas

SERIES: SMU leads, 13-6

TV: ESPNU

RADIO: 102.5 HD-2 The Strike | Bulls Unlimited

LIVE STATS: Here

TWITTER UPDATES: @USFMBB

GAME NOTES: View

DALLAS, Texas (January 24, 2023) – After a trip to Philadelphia to face Temple on Wednesday, the University of South Florida Bulls will now head to Dallas to take on SMU Sunday and wrap up a two-game road trip.

The Bulls and Mustangs will tip off at 4 p.m. ET on ESPNU.

South Florida is coming off a 79-76 overtime loss at Temple on Wednesday where the Bulls overcame a 10-point deficit in the second half to force the extra period. Keyshawn Bryant paced the offense with a season-best 21 points off the bench for his fifth career 20-point game. Corey Walker Jr. tallied season highs in points (8), rebounds (8), assists (3) and steals (3) at Temple.

Wednesday was USF's first overtime game since December 22, 2020 at Wichita State.

The Bulls are 2-2 over their last four games heading into Sunday's matchup at SMU. The Mustangs have lost two straight, and six of their last seven overall. SMU has won two of the last three meetings with the Bulls. USF is looking for its first win in Dallas since February 7, 2019.

Russel Tchewa and Selton Miguel each scored 15 points in Wednesday's setback at Temple. Tchewa is averaging 11.4 ppg and 7.7 rpg this season. He is averaging 13 points and 8.6 rebounds over eight AAC games. Tchewa ranks third in the league overall in rebounding and fourth in shooting percentage (61%). Miguel is averaging 11 ppg and has a team-best 71 assists.

Tyler Harris continues to pace the USF offense with 16.5 ppg and has 68 total assists. The fifth-year senior has recently reached and is closing in on several more milestones:

  • Scored a then-career high 31 points at No. 1 Houston on Jan. 11
    • It was the first 30-point game for a USF Bull since David Collins (31) vs. Stony Brook on March 20, 2019
  • Topped that with a new career high of 33 points vs. UCF on Jan. 21
    • Went 13-for-13 from the free throw line to set a new USF single-game record for most FT made without a miss
    • Scored 20 of his 33 in the second half to become the first USF player with a 20-point half since Laquincy Rideau (4/3/19 at DePaul in the CBI)
  • Harris is the first Bull with a pair of 30-point games in a season since Corey Allen Jr. (2014-15)
    • Only the 11th player in program history with at least two 30-point games
  • Harris needs 13 more three-pointers to set a new AAC career record (265 – Christian Vital, UConn, 2016-20)
  • He needs 29 more triples to set a new USF single-season record (88 – Derrick Sharp, 1991-92)

Following Sunday's tilt, the Bulls return home to Tampa and will host ECU on Wednesday, February 1. That game is set as USF's Equality & Inclusion Game on the first day of Black History Month, and will feature a special recognition and the return of Arthur Jones (1971-74). Jones was the first African-American student-athlete at the University of South Florida.

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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 sixth season in 2022-23. 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 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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