The South Florida Bulls (7-9, 0-3 AAC) visit Houston Texas and the Fertitta Center for an American Athletic Conference game against the Houston Cougars (16-1, 4-0 AAC), the nation’s number one ranked team. South Florida lost to Wichita State 70-66 on Sunday for its third consecutive loss. Houston defeated Cincinnati 72-59 in its most recent game on Sunday and the Cougars have won seven straight. South Florida will play without DJ Patrick, Trey Moss is questionable. Mylik Wilson is out for Houston and Ramon Walker Jr is questionable.
South Florida is allowing an average of 68.3 points per game, while holding opponents to a field goal shooting percentage of 41.8% and a three-point shooting percentage of 33.3%. South Florida is allowing an average of 30.9 rebounds per game, while the Bulls are averaging 37.3 boards per contest. The leading rebounder is Russel Tchewa with an average of 7.9 boards per game. Ryan Conwell is the leader in steals with an average of 1.2 per game and Corey Walker Jr is the swat leader with an average of 0.6 blocked shots per game.
South Florida is scoring an average of 70.3 points per game while shooting only 43.5% overall and 31.8% from behind the three-point line. Tyler Harris is the leading scorer for South Florida with an average of 15.2 points per game, while shooting only 37.4% overall and 35.7% from long range. Tchewa is the second leading scorer with an average of 11.1 points per game and shoots 62.0%. Selton Miguel is the leader in assists with an average of 3.4 dishes per contest. South Florida averages 13.4 assists and 12.8 turnovers per game.