Two American Athletic Conference rivals, who are tied atop the conference standings, take to the court on Tuesday to battle in Tampa at the Yuengling Center when the Charlotte 49ers (14-7, 8-1 AAC) visit the South Florida Bulls (15-5, 8-1). Charlotte defeated East Carolina on Saturday 67-52 and has won eight straight. South Florida defeated North Texas 60-55 on Saturday for its seventh straight win. Charlotte does not have any players listed on its injury report, while South Florida will play without Kasen Jennings.
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Charlotte is scoring an average of only 69.2 points per game which is 296th in the country. The 49ers are shooting 45.4% overall which is 140th and 31.5% from 3-point land which is 280th. Charlotte is making 75.5% of its free throws which is 43rd in the nation. Lu’Cye Patterson is the leading scorer for Charlotte with an average of 14.3 points per game, while Igor Milicic Jr is the second leading scorer with an average of 13.0 points per game. Charlotte has two other players averaging double figures in scoring. Nik Graves is the leader in assists with an average of 3.0 per game.
Charlotte’s defense is one of the nation's best, holding opponents to 64.1 points per game which is 19th. Charlotte is allowing 41.6% shooting overall which is 74th and 30.7% shooting from 3-point land which is 40th. Charlotte i s averaging 33.1 rebounds per game led by Milicic Jr with an average of 8.3 boards per contest. Patterson is the leader in steals with an average of 1.1 per game and Milicic is the rim protector with an average of 1.3 blocked shots per game.
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