Game Details: Thursday, Dec. 5, Tampa, Fla., 11 a.m.
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Tampa, Fla. – Dec. 4, 2024 – South Florida women's basketball (4-5) hosts Merrimack (4-2) for Education Day at the Yuengling Center on Thursday, Dec. 5, as the Bulls look to reset the attendance record. Tip-off is slated for 11 a.m. and the action will stream live on ESPN+.
 
GET EDUCATED
Last Year's Education Day crowd featured a program-record 9,574 Bulls fans. The record setting crowd was also the highest-attended regular season home women's basketball game in the state of Florida over the last 20 years.
 
THE SOUTH FLORIDA-MERRIMACK SERIES
Thursday is the first-ever meeting between the two squads.
 
LAST TIME OUT
South Florida fell, 87-46, to No. 17/21 TCU on Saturday in the Cayman Islands Classic. Sophomore guard Vittoria Blasigh led USF with 14 points, which marked her fifth double-digit performance of the year.
 
BEST OF THE BULLS
The Bulls are led by graduate guard Sammie Puisis (14.4 ppg.) & sophomore guard Vittoria Blasigh (10.6 ppg.) Puisis is ranked 6th in the nation with 28 total 3-pointers made and 18th in 3FG Made Per Game (3.1 3FGM). Junior forward Carla Brito holds a team best 7.8 rebound average. Graduate guard Mama Dembele is USF's top assister with 5.6 apg. (50 total assists ranked 10th nationally). Dembele is 2 assists from reaching the 500 career assists milestone. In the latest NCAA Nitty Gritties Report, South Florida's NET SOS was ranked 3rd Nationally.
 
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Against No. 17 TCU, Vittoria Blasigh had 16 points, shot 50.0 percent from the field and zero turnovers. The only other USF player in the last decade to have at least 15 points, a 50.0 field-goal percentage and zero turnovers against an AP Top 25 opponent was Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu against Oregon on November 22, 2021 (17, 53.3). South Florida has not allowed an opponent to shoot above 50.0 percent from the field in 98 straight home games, the third-longest active streak in Division I behind Baylor (124) and Norfolk State (99). It is the longest such streak by USF in the last 25 years. Mama Dembele has recorded 3+ assists in 38 straight games, the longest active streak in DI. L'or Mputu is one of 10 Division I players this season with at least 50 rebounds, 10 blocks and a 60.0 field-goal percentage. The only other AAC player among that group is Tulane's Dyllan Hanna.
 
TICKETS
Fans can purchase women's basketball tickets by calling 1-800-GoBulls or at USFBullsTix.com.
 
ABOUT SOUTH FLORIDA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
South Florida women's basketball has made 18 postseason tournament appearances and had nine NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez's 25 seasons. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Fernandez has guided the Bulls to 11 20-win seasons, two WNIT final four appearances, the 2008-09 WNIT championship, has won over 450 career games, and is the all-time wins leader in the American Athletic Conference.
 
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