MBB Bulls Look for Continued Road Success

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Matchup: USF (5-18, 2-8) vs. Cincinnati (16-6, 6-3)

Date: Thursday, Feb. 4

Time: 8 p.m. ET

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | Fifth Third Arena (13,176)

TV: CBSSN (Brent Stover, Bob Wenzel, Lauren Gardner)

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

Game Notes: USF  | Cincinnati

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Bulls Look for Continued Road Success

Game will be shown on CBSSN

 

TAMPA, FEB. 3, 2016 – USF’s men’s basketball team will chase after its third consecutive road win on at 8 p.m. on Thursday at Cincinnati.

 

The Bulls (5-18, 2-8 American Athletic Conference) have previous road wins at Houston and at Tulane before falling at home to Temple (70-63) on Sunday. A win against the Bearcats (16-6, 6-3) on Thursday would give the Bulls three-straight on the road for the first time since December of 1994, when they beat Baylor, Jacksonville and Pepperdine.

 

USF is led by freshman guard Jahmal McMurray, who ranks eighth in the conference in scoring at 14.9 points per game. McMurray has logged a lot of minutes in his first collegiate season. At 35.3 minutes played per game, he leads the conference overall and ranks second in the country among freshmen, trailing Austin Nehls of Central Connecticut State (35.5). McMurray had 14 points in the Bulls’ last game against Temple.

 

Sophomore center Ruben Guerrero, one of seven players that USF has rolled out in each of the last three games, is coming off one of his best games of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds against the Owls. He has made eight of his last nine field goal attempts and has averaged 8.7 rebounds in his last three games.

 

Cincinnati leads the overall series, 28-8, and has won the last five meetings including a 54-51 win over the Bulls on Jan. 10 in Tampa. In the game, USF held Cincinnati to 30.9 shooting from the field, while shooting 51.1 percent. The Bulls had a chance to tie the game in regulation, but a 3-pointer from Nehemias Morillo was off-target. McMurray led the Bulls with 16 points in the game.

 

QUICK NOTES

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

> In the last three games, USF has used seven players, just six on scholarship.

> Jahmal McMurray has averaged 18.4 points in the last seven games.

> USF has been without its third-leading scorer Chris Perry over the past three games (violation of team rules).

> USF’s strength of schedule ranks No. 53 according to the NCAA.

> USF has been outrebounded only three times in its last 12 games and is +6.4 during that span.

> Freshman Jahmal McMurray has led the team this season and ranks eighth in the conference in scoring (14.9).

> USF ranks second in the conference and 11th in the NCAA with 5.7 blocks per game.

> USF ranks third in the conference and 25th in the NCAA in 3-point field goal defense (30.5 percent).

 

OPPONENT INFORMATION
> Cincinnati is 10-3 in home games this season and has won four straight.

> Overall, Cincinnati has won five of its last six games.

> The Bearcats boast one of the best defenses in the conference with a field goal percentage defense of 39.3 that ranks third (26th in the NCAA) and a defense that allows 62.2 points per game that ranks second (12th in the NCAA).

 

BROADCAST INFORMATION

The game will be televised by CBSSN with Brent Stover, Bob Wenzel and Lauren Gardner on the call. Listen to the radio broadcast and the voices of Jim Lighthall and Todd Kalas on 820 AM and online at GoUSFBulls.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. 8 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 No. 12 SMU (19-2, 8-2) on Sunday at 2 p.m. Purchase tickets by going to USFBullsTix.com.

 

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