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Bulls Close Non-Conference Play Sunday Against Florida Atlantic

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December 28, 2019

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Matchup: USF (6-6) vs. Florida Atlantic (8-4)
Date: Sunday, December 29
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Tampa, Fla. | Yuengling Center
TV: ESPN3 (Drew Fellios, Mike O'Donnell)
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TAMPA, FLA., DEC. 28, 2019 – The USF men's basketball team puts the finishing touches on its non-conference schedule Sunday at 5 p.m. when the Bulls welcome in-state foe Florida Atlantic to the Yuengling Center.

USF (6-6) enters its final game of 2019 coming off a heartbreaking 66-60 loss to No. 19 Florida State last Saturday. Sophomore forward Michael Durr (Atlanta) scored a career-high 15 points to go along with seven rebounds and one block to lead a trio of Bulls in double figures.

Junior guard David Collins (Youngstown, Ohio) added 14 points and continues to serve as the top scorer for USF. Collins averages 15.2 points per game and ranks fifth in The American in scoring. He also stands fourth in the league with 2.1 steals per game.

Senior guard Laquincy Rideau (West Palm Beach, Fla.) also scored 14 points against the Seminoles and finished with seven rebounds, four assists and one steal. Rideau is second on the team with 13.4 points per game and ranks ninth in the NCAA with 2.7 steals per game.

THE OPPONENT
Florida Atlantic (8-4) has won four straight games after picking up a 65-50 road win at Mercer on Dec. 22. The Owls have not lost since falling 71-64 at home to St. Bonaventure on Dec. 2.  

Senior guard Cornelius Taylor leads the Florida Atlantic offense with 11.7 points per game and is tied for the team lead with 24 assists. Sophomore Michael Forrest also averages double figures with 10.7 points per game and is shooting 42.1 percent from three-point range.

NOTABLE
• USF and Florida Atlantic will meet for the 16th time in history when the two schools battle on Sunday.
• USF is a perfect 9-0 all-time at home against Florida Atlantic.
• USF ranks 34th in the NCAA with 8.9 steals per game and has at least eight in nine of 12 games this season.
David Collins has made 335 career free throws and ranks third all-time in school history.
• USF ranks 26th in the NCAA in turnovers forced with 17.5 per game.
Laquincy Rideau ranks ninth in the NCAA with 2.7 steals per game.  
• USF is 15-4 since the start of last season when Justin Brown scores in double figures.
• USF ranks 34th in the NCAA in scoring defense by allowing just 61.3 points per game.
David Collins is shooting 57.4 percent (27-for-47) from the field over his last five games.
• USF has held 11 of its 12 opponents under their season scoring average. 
Antun Maricevic is shooting 90.0 percent (9-for-10) and averaging 6.5 points per game over the last four games.
David Collins ranks 18th all-time at USF in scoring with 1,038 career points.

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Need a win in this one to get off the snide.  6-6 (pre Yetna injury) is certainly not what we were expecting or hoping before season started.  Thats for sure.

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4 minutes ago, Jonesy Bull said:

Need a win in this one to get off the snide.  6-6 (pre Yetna injury) is certainly not what we were expecting or hoping before season started.  Thats for sure.

Looking more and more like a 500 year. Still, that’s better than many of the past 6 years. 

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2 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Looking more and more like a 500 year. Still, that’s better than many of the past 6 years. 

Probably....although we did look better overall against these last 2 very good teams until we screwed the pooch at the end....maybe we can pull a couple upsets this year if we continue to get better.

Unfortunately, it looks like another "wait till next year" situation......that should actually be our motto!

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Should be a good test. We need to finish against a good team, but one with lesser overall talent then us. 

Played two top 25 teams tough. Now go win a game. 

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3 minutes ago, DELdaBull said:

Should be a good test. We need to finish against a good team, but one with lesser overall talent then us. 

Played two top 25 teams tough. Now go win a game. 

We should be better than them.  But who knows we could be rusty after this time off, and thats not a good omen for the crazy scoring slumps we have every single game!

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10 minutes ago, Jonesy Bull said:

We should be better than them.  But who knows we could be rusty after this time off, and thats not a good omen for the crazy scoring slumps we have every single game!

I “think” we will be ok for today. The prior games where we have had some time off we have played well (although one was a slow start). Hope the guys regrouped over this break and set their sights on conference play. 

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2 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

I “think” we will be ok for today. The prior games where we have had some time off we have played well (although one was a slow start). Hope the guys regrouped over this break and set their sights on conference play. 

Conference play - thats where the real bread is buttered.  Im a little nervous how thats going to go.  Hell even ucf is off to a good start and that was a little unexpected.

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2 hours ago, Jonesy Bull said:

Conference play - thats where the real bread is buttered.  Im a little nervous how thats going to go.  Hell even ucf is off to a good start and that was a little unexpected.

THey haven't done anything special.  Beat up on a bunch of pansies and "choked" at OU

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fau's record is deceiving. We should roll them in our final tune up before conference play begins

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