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BULLS TRAVEL TO ECU FOR SATURDAY MATINEE MATCHUP

January 25, 2019

 

Matchup: USF (13-6, 3-4) vs. ECU (8-10, 1-5)
Date: Saturday, Jan. 26
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Greenville, N.C. | Minges Coliseum
TV: ESPNU (Kevin Brown, Rob Kennedy)
Radio: AM 820 | USF Bulls Unlimited (Jim Lighthall)
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TAMPA, JAN. 25, 2019 – The USF men's basketball team puts the finishing touches on the month of January Saturday at 8 p.m. when the Bulls travel to Greenville, N.C., to face ECU at Minges Coliseum for a matchup broadcast live on ESPNU.

USF (13-6, 3-4) enters the weekend coming off a 54-41 victory over Wichita State on Tuesday to improve to 11-2 at home. Sophomore guard David Collins (Youngstown, Ohio) scored a game-high 13 points and added six rebounds to help USF register its ninth game this season with at least 40 rebounds. Individually, Collins leads the USF offense with 14.7 points per game and ranks third in the conference and 18th in the NCAA with 2.4 steals per game.   

Redshirt junior Laquincy Rideau (West Palm Beach, Fla.) added 11 points, nine rebounds, five assists and four steals Tuesday against the Shockers and is now just seven steals shy of setting a USF single-season record with 69. Rideau has seven games this season with at least four steals and ranks second in the NCAA with 3.3 thefts per game. Rideau also pours in 14.1 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.    

Redshirt freshman Alexis Yetna (Paris) averages 12.4 points and 9.9 rebounds per game and leads The American with nine double-doubles. In fact, Yetna ranks 21st in the NCAA in double-doubles and has more double-doubles than 10 teams in The American. Yetna also paces the conference and ranks 19th in the country in rebounds.

As a team, USF shot 24 free throws Tuesday against Wichita State and has attempted the most free throws of any team in the NCAA with 551. The Bulls have taken 114 more free throws than their opponents and need to average 20.4 free throw attempts per game for the rest of the season to break the single-season record of 796 set during the 2009-10 season. Collins leads USF with 136 free throw attempts and has taken the 20th-most in the NCAA this season.

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Game Notes:

[DELdaBull]

Very important game. Road game. After a victory 

[Vega]

55 minutes ago, DELdaBull said:

Very important game. Road game. After a victory 

Despite the ECU record they have two things going for them, all their 8 wins have come at home and they have perhaps the best freshman in the league or 1b if Yetna 1a. USF has to be better on offense while still bringing their strong defensive effort. The Bulls need to establish their imposing will early and not let ECU believe they can win against the better USF team.

[MikeG]

I was kind of shocked to see that they beat Cinci at home. That should throw a scare into any AAC team that plays them as a visitor.

[Brad]

Pregame should be on iHeartRadio in 15 minutes

 

 

[Brad]

 

[NewEnglandBull]

Yetna playing terrible early 

[NewEnglandBull]

Bulls dontvwant to play defense so far today 

Bulls down 13 to 4

[Dave_Glaser]

2 hours ago, Vega said:

Despite the ECU record they have two things going for them, all their 8 wins have come at home and they have perhaps the best freshman in the league or 1b if Yetna 1a. USF has to be better on offense while still bringing their strong defensive effort. The Bulls need to establish their imposing will early and not let ECU believe they can win against the better USF team.

ZERO energy to start

[NewEnglandBull]

Bulls down 17 to 6...Jesus...