Matchup: USF (1-2) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (1-0)
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 2
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Tampa, Fla. | Yuengling Center
TV: ESPN+ (Jim Louk, Neil Solondz)
Radio: Bulls Unlimited (Jim Lighthall, Joey Johnston)
TAMPA, FLA., DEC. 1, 2020 – The USF men’s basketball team begins a three-game homestand Wednesday at 5 p.m. when the Bulls welcome in-state foe Florida Gulf Coast to the Yuengling Center for a matchup broadcast live on ESPN+.
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USF (1-2) dropped games to Rhode Island and Virginia Tech last week at the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena. Freshman guard Caleb Murphy (Youngstown, Ohio) led the Bulls Sunday against Virginia Tech with 11 points and two assists. Both Michael Durr (Atlanta) and David Collins (Youngstown, Ohio) each scored 10 points.
Collins leads USF with 14.3 points per game, 3.3 assists per game and 2.0 steals per game, while Murphy and Durr also score in double figures for the Bulls with 10.3 points per game each. Durr and junior Alexis Yetna (Paris) share the team lead in rebounds with 5.7 per game.
THE OPPONENT
Florida Gulf Coast (1-0) opened its season Nov. 25 with a 65-56 home win over Florida A&M behind 13 points, four rebounds and four steals from junior guard Caleb Catto. Catto served as FGCU’s leading scorer last season with 12.7 points per game while making a team-high 63 three-pointers and shooting 34.2 percent from beyond the arc.
USF and Florida Gulf Coast will meet for only the second time in history when the two schools face off on Wednesday. The Bulls used 23 points, 14 rebounds and three assists from Victor Rudd to claim a 68-66 double overtime win over the Eagles in 2013.
NOTABLE
• USF is 1-0 against Florida Gulf Coast in the all-time series that dates back to the 2013-14 season.
• USF has won 15 consecutive games against the Atlantic Sun Conference.
• USF is 22-6 at home against non-conference competition under head coach Brian Gregory.
• USF is averaging 45.0 points and shooting 52.7 percent from the field in the second half this season.
• USF was picked to finish fifth in The American in the league’s preseason poll.
• USF head coach Brian Gregory is three wins away from 300 career victories.
• David Collins has made 438 career free throws and ranks third all-time in school history and third in AAC history.
• Redshirt junior forward Alexis Yetna was named to The American Preseason All-Conference Second Team.
• David Collins ranks sixth all-time at USF in career steals with 163.
• USF is 20-7 since the start of the 2018-19 season when Justin Brown scores in double figures.
• David Collins ranks eighth all-time at USF in scoring with 1,309 career points.
• Justin Brown has made the eighth-most career three-pointers in school history with 158.
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About USF Men’s Basketball
The USF men’s basketball team is led by head coach Brian Gregory. On March 22, 2017, Gregory was introduced as the 10th head coach in program history. He previously led 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 nearly 300 career head coaching wins and six postseason appearances, including the 2010 NIT Championship. 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 47-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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