MBB USF Plays at Tulane Wednesday at 8 p.m.

[Brad]

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Matchup: USF (4-17, 1-7) vs. Tulane (8-13, 1-7)

Date: Wednesday, Jan. 27

Time: 8 p.m. ET

Location: New Orleans, La. | Devlin Fieldhouse (4,100)

TV: ESPN3 (Tim Grubbs, Murry Bartow) |WatchESPN

Radio: 820 AM (Jim Lighthall, Todd Kalas) |BullsCast

Game Notes: USF 

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USF Plays at Tulane Wednesday at 8 p.m.

Game will be shown on ESPN3

 

TAMPA, JAN. 26, 2016 – USF’s men’s basketball team will try for consecutive wins when it plays at Tulane Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET. 

 

The Bulls (4-17, 1-7 American Athletic Conference) are coming off their first conference win of the season, 71-62, at Houston on Saturday. The Green Wave (8-13, 1-7) are coming off a 97-75 loss at Cincinnati on Sunday.

 

Freshman Jahmal McMurray is coming off the best game of his young career after scoring 30 points against the Cougars. He has been steady all season long with 16 consecutive games of scoring at least 10 points. After averaging 22.5 points per game last week, he was named the American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week on Monday.

 

McMurray’s 14.6 points leads the team and ranks eighth in the conference in scoring. Jaleel Cousins lead the Bulls with 8.2 rebounds per game, the sixth-best in the conference.

 

Tulane leads the all-time series 18-12 and has won the last three meetings. The Green Wave beat the Bulls earlier this season in the Sun Dome, 71-62, despite a career-high 20 points by USF senior guard Nehemias Morillo. 

 

QUICK NOTES

> USF is looking for consecutive wins for the first time since last season. (Hofstra, Nov. 25; Jacksonville, Nov. 29)

> USF is looking for consecutive road wins for the first time since 2013-14. (at Bradley, 12/28; at Temple, 1/9)

> USF is coming off a gutsy win at Houston, a game in which it played just seven players.

> Jahmal McMurray was named the conference rookie of the week on Monday after scoring 30 at Houston.

> USF’s strength of schedule ranks No. 36 according to the NCAA.

> USF has been outrebounded only three times in its last 11 games and is +5.5 during that span.

> Freshman Jahmal McMurray ranks 10th in the conference in FG% (39.9) and 3-point FG% (35.1).

> USF ranks second in the conference and 16th in the NCAA with 5.6 blocks per game.

> Freshman Jahmal McMurray is tied for first in the conference in minutes played at 35.1.

 

OPPONENT INFORMATION
> Tulane is 5-5 at home, but has lost three straight at Devlin Fieldhouse.

> Malik Morgan is coming off a 23-point performance in Tulane's latest game, a 97-75 loss at Cincinnati. In the game, Tulane was 11-of-24 (45.8 percent) from 3-point range, five of which came from Morgan.

> Luis Dabney is the team’s leader in points with 12.9, the 16th best average in the conference. 

 

BROADCAST INFORMATION

The game will be televised by ESPN3 with Tim Grubbs and Murry Bartow on the call. Listen to the radio broadcast and the voices of Jim Lighthall and Todd Kalas on 820 AM and online atGoUSFBulls.com or the TuneIn radio app.

 

SEASON INFORMATION
> This is the 45th season of USF basketball, which began in the fall of 1971. USF picked up its 600th win vs. Jacksonville.

> USF is thin at the guard position with Roddy Peters out indefinitely after suffering a fractured left foot against NC State. Sophomore guard Troy Holston Jr. went down with a torn ACL in July. Three more scholarship players are unavailable in Tulio Da Silva (non-qualifier), Isaiah Manderson (transfer) and Geno Thorpe (transfer).

> The Bulls possess one of the biggest front courts in the league with 6-11 Jaleel Cousins, 6-11 Ruben Guerrero, 6-8 Luis Santos and 6-8 Chris Perry. Angel Nunez (6-8) can play the two, three or four positions.

 

WEEKLY RADIO SHOW
The USF Basketball Show will air 12 times this season, nine from Beef ‘O’ Brady’s at 4103 USF Cedar Circle and three from Hooters at 13606 Bruce B Downs Blvd. The show features head coach Orlando Antigua with host Jim Lighthall. All 12 shows will air on 820 AM and online at GoUSFBulls.com. Fans are invited to come out and meet the coach. Questions can be submitted through Twitter by sending them to @USFMBB.

 

The next show is Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. at Beef ‘O’ Brady’s.

 

TV SHOW
USF’s TV show, USF Basketball: Run With The Bulls provides six episodes of behind-the scenes access and stunning cinematography covering Orlando Antigua’s program. It airs January through March multiple times on Bright House Sports Network (Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m., Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m., Thursdays at 6 p.m.), FOX Sports Sun (Thursdays at 11:30 p.m.) and WFDB TV (Saturday at noon). Show debut dates are Jan. 7, Jan. 21, Feb. 4, Feb. 18, March 3 and March 17. The show can also be viewed on YouTube at YouTube.com/BullsVision. 

 

UP NEXT

USF returns home to play Temple at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Purchase tickets by going to USFBullsTix.com.

 

[Azmodi]

This looks like our best chance for a winning streak this year. I hope we get the "W".

[Ricky the Bull]

I'm in Baton Rouge on business and will be heading down to Devlin Fieldhouse to catch the game.  Hopefully, the win against Houston will help boost our confidence.

[raptorcj]

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> USF is looking for consecutive wins for the first time since last season. (Hofstra, Nov. 25; Jacksonville, Nov. 29)

> USF is looking for consecutive road wins for the first time since 2013-14. (at Bradley, 12/28; at Temple, 1/9)

Man, tough days...

Really need them to build off that last game & take it to Tulane. Maybe we should just play 7 again?

[NewEnglandBull]

1 hour ago, raptorcj said:

Man, tough days...

Really need them to build off that last game & take it to Tulane. Maybe we should just play 7 again?

We are a really bad mens basketball school. Would be nice to see a few wins in a row

[NCBull]

Per Joey Knight, the Tulane starting big man Jernard Jarreau is out tonight.  Good news for us.

https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Bulls/status/692428202631897093

[DELdaBull]

2 bad teams going at it 

[bcgruber]

any stream of the game tonight?

[TarHeel_Bull]

1 minute ago, bcgruber said:

any stream of the game tonight?

WatchEspn/ ESPN 3

[bcgruber]

cool didn't even check since it didn't say that in the paper today...my bad