USF Bulls (10-13, 1-9 BIG EAST) at DePaul Blue Demons (9-13, 4-6 BIG EAST)

The University of South Florida men's basketball team remains on the road when the Bulls travel to Chicago to take on the DePaul Blue Demons on Saturday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m. USF SCHEDULE at Allstate Arena. DATE (RANK) OPPONENT RESULT/TIME/TV The DePaul game is nationally televised on ESPNU. It can also be heard on WHNZ 1250 AM and GoUSFBulls.com. Oct. 31 SAINT LEO (Exh.) W, 99-70 The Bulls are 10-13 overall and 1-9 in conference play after losing at No. 6 Nov. 9 CLEVELAND STATE [1] L, 73-70 Georgetown, 63-53, on Tuesday at the Verizon Center. Against the Hoyas, Dominique Nov. 13 at Buffalo L, 76-69 Jones scored a team-high 15 points. Nov. 16 vs. Rhode Island [2] L, 74-67 DePaul is 9-13 overall and 4-6 in conference play after a 79-65 loss at Providence on Nov. 17 vs. Florida Atlantic [2] W, 100-69 Tuesday. Nov. 18 vs. Florida State [2] W, 68-67 Nov. 24 EAST CAROLINA W, 81-67 THE START OF A NEW ERA Nov. 26 at Florida International W, 77-69 This season marks the start of a new era for Bulls basketball as new head coach Stan Dec. 1 UCF W, 75-67 Heath takes the reigns. He is the eighth head coach in the 37-year history of the program. Heath leads the Bulls into the their third BIG EAST season after successful coaching stints Dec. 5 at Richmond W, 79-65 at Arkansas and Kent State, which included three NCAA Tournament appearances, a 30- Dec. 8 UAB W, 68-58 win season and an Elite Eight finish. Dec. 19 at Wake Forest L, 74-61 Dec. 22 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W, 86-66 Dec. 29 WINSTON-SALEM ST. W, 87-48 Jan. 2 RUTGERS * W, 68-45 DATE: Feb. 9, 2008 Jan. 5 at Syracuse * L, 89-77 TIP-OFF: 2 p.m. ET Jan. 9 No. 18/20 PITT * L, 79-66 LOCATION: Allstate Arena (18,500) Jan. 12 at Providence * L, 86-70 TELEVISION: Nationally televised game on ESPNU. Jim Barber and Jan. 17 at Seton Hall * L, 74-64 Jan. 20 WEST VIRGINIA *[3] L, 69-52 Mike Kelley have the call. Jan. 23 LOUISVILLE * L, 80-60 RADIO: 1250 WHNZ will carry the game. Jim Lighthall (play-by-play) Jan. 29 at No. 16/17 Marquette * L, 62-54 and Todd Kalas (color analyst) will call the game. Feb. 2 ST. JOHN’S * L, 72-58 RECORDS: USF (10-13, 1-9 BIG EAST); Feb. 5 at No. 6 Georgetown * L, 63-53 DePaul (9-13, 4-6 BIG EAST) Feb. 9 at DePaul * 2 p.m./ESPNU USF’S LAST TIME OUT: The Bulls lost 63-53 at No. 6 Georgetown Feb. 13 SYRACUSE * 7 p.m./Catch 47+ Feb. 16 CONNECTICUT * Noon/WFTS+ on Tuesday at the Verizon Center. Feb. 20 at Cincinnati * 7 p.m./ESPNU DEPAUL’S LAST TIME OUT: The Blue Demons lost at Providence, Feb. 26 SETON HALL * 7 p.m./ESPN360 79-65, on Tuesday. Mar. 1 at Rutgers * 7 p.m./ESPN360 SERIES HISTORY: DePaul leads 14-4 (3-0 in BIG EAST) Mar. 5 at Villanova * 8 p.m./Catch 47+ LAST MEETING: DePaul 70, USF 54 (March 3, 2007 at DePaul) Mar. 8 NOTRE DAME * 7 p.m./ESPN360 USF CONTACT INFO: USF Assistant Sports Information Director Mar. 12-15 BIG EAST Conference Championship (Madison Square Garden) Jeff Wuerth handles all media relations responsibilities for the men’s basketball program. He can be reached at 614-402-2204 (C) or 813- [1] Glenn Wilkes Classic [2] Glenn Wilkes Classic (at Daytona Beach, Fla.) 974-7099 (O); or via email at [email protected]. [3] Game played at St. Pete Times Forum WEB SITE: GoUSFBulls.com * BIG EAST Game; Home games in BOLD CAPS + Part of the ESPN Regional BIG EAST TV package DEPAUL’S CONTACT INFO: Scott Reed handles media relations First ranking listed is ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll followed by for DePaul and can be reached at (773) 338-5998 or Associated Press ranking [email protected]. All times Eastern and subject to change Games can be heard on WHNZ 1250 AM and GoUSFBulls.com WEB SITE: depaulbluedemons.com Weekly Schedule (schedule is tentative and subject to change) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 8-11:30 a.m. 7:30 p.m. ET OFF 3:30-6 p.m. 9-11 a.m. 2 p.m. ET TBA Practice at Georgetown Practice Practice at DePaul

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THE SERIES VS. DEPAUL UNIVERSITY REFERENCES The Bulls and Blue Demons have met 18 times in the all-time series, with DePaul owning a 14-4 all- When referring to the University, time lead in the series, including 3-0 in BIG EAST games. DePaul beat USF twice last season, 70-54 at please be aware of the following pol- DePaul on March 3 and 75-62 at USF on Feb. 17. The first meeting in BIG EAST play came during the 2005-06 season, a 80-66 Blue Demons win at the Sun Dome. The two teams were also conference rivals icy regarding usage. in Conference USA from the 1995-96 season through the 2004-05 year. The last USF win in the series First references to the school and was 76-74 in the Conference USA tournament in Louisville during the 2002-03 season. It was the last of its intercollegiate athletics program four consecutive wins vs. the Blue Demons. DePaul has won five straight in the series. It is the ninth game should always be the “University of of the series played in Chicago. Seven have been played in Tampa and three at a neutral site. South Florida.” WHERE TO WATCH USF AND DEPAUL The only secondary references The game against DePaul is a nationally televised game on ESPNU. used should be “USF” or “Bulls.” LEADING THE BULLS Please refrain from using “South Kentrell Gransberry leads the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging a double-double at 16.5 Florida, S. Florida, South Fla.” or any points and 10.7 rebounds per game. Dominique Jones is second at 15.7 points per game and 4.5 other similar combination. rebounds an outing. Chris Howard leads the team with 4.87 assists per game and is at 9.9 points. LEADING THE BULLS IN BIG EAST PLAY Kentrell Gransberry is averaging 18.5 points and 10.4 rebounds in 10 BIG EAST games. Dominique Jones is at 15.9 points per game in conference play. Gransberry is 3rd in the conference in scoring, tied for 2nd in rebounding, 7th in field goal percentage (53.7), tied for 7th in blocks (1.50) and 15th in minutes MEDIA SERVICES played (34.10). Jones is 11th in scoring, tied for 5th in 3-point field goal percentage (38.50), 9th in minutes MBB SID: ...... Jeff Wuerth played (36.00), tied for 9th in 3-point field goals made (2.00) and 12th in free throw percentage (79.4). Email:...... [email protected] Chris Howard is 1th in assists at 3.70. Work Phone:...... 813-974-7099 BULLS GIVE NO. 6 HOYAS A CHALLENGE IN D.C. Cell Phone:...... 614-402-2204 The University of South Florida was leading the conference's best team by nine points late the first half. South Florida was shooting 77 percent. One player, DuJuan Summers, had accounted for four of CREDENTIALS Georgetown's meager tally of five baskets. Credential requests should be Enough of that craziness. The Bulls missed their next nine shots. The Hoyas went on a 12-0 run to directed to Jeff Wuerth, assistant take the lead for good. Summers finished with a career-high 24 points, and No. 6 Georgetown did just enough in the second half Tuesday night to hold on for a 63-53 victory. sports information director, at 4202 E. Summers made eight of 13 field goals, including 4-of-8 3-pointers, and had nine rebounds to lead the Fowler Ave., ATH100, Tampa, FL Hoyas (19-2, 9-1) to their sixth straight win and 18th in a row at home. Roy Hibbert, who had his hands 33620-8600 or sent via email - full with Kentrell Gransberry, missed his first three shots but finished with 13 points on 5-for-9 shooting and eight rebounds. [email protected]. As for the rest of the team? They shot 9-for-34, and no one had more than one field goal until Jessie Sapp's 3-pointer with 11 minutes to play. Overall, the Hoyas shot just 39 percent, the worst performance INTERVIEW POLICIES of the season for a team that entered the game leading the Big East with a 50.3 percent average. Dominique Jones scored 15 points, and Gransberry had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Bulls (10- Please contact Jeff Wuerth to 13, 1-9), who have lost nine straight. arrange an interview with USF coach For a while, it seemed South Florida was capable of pulling a repeat of their 63-56 stunner over then- Stan Heath, a member of the coach- No. 20 Georgetown in Tampa two years ago, the last time the teams met. Gransberry outplayed Hibbert ing staff or a player. early, and his feed to Mobolaji Ajayi for a layup gave the Bulls a 13-3 lead. Orane Chin's jumper made the score 22-13 with eight minutes left in the half. USF players will not disclose their But Hibbert started to find his groove. His running hook ended the team's 5 1/2 -minute drought, and home phone numbers or their cellular he followed with a putback and a pair of free throws for the first six points in the 12-0 run. Summers scored phone numbers so please do not the next six, and Hibbert added another basket in the final minute of the half to give Georgetown a 27-24 lead at the break. request that information. Players Still, the Hoyas had a hard time putting the Bulls away. Austin Freeman's 3-pointer capped an 8-0 run have been asked to politely decline to make the score 37-29, but the lead didn't start to look comfortable until Vernon Macklin's layup put interviews that have not been cleared Georgetown ahead 56-42 with 6:02 to play. Even then, the Bulls came back with a 7-0 run and cut the deficit to seven in the last two minutes. with the USF Sports Information Hibbert stopped the momentum with a hook shot, and Summers followed with a 14-footer to put the game Office. Coach and player interviews away. will not be conducted on gamedays Summers, a sophomore forward, topped his previous high of 20 points against North Carolina in last until standard post-game procedures year's NCAA tournament. occur. BULLS IN THE NATIONAL STATISTICS Most USF practices are not open After Thursday’s games, Kentrell Gransberry is 9th nationally in rebounds at 10.7 per game. to the media. Media availability will normally take place from 2:30-3 p.m. Tuesday and 11-11:30 a.m. Friday at the Sun Dome but are subject to USF WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS change. The first 30 minutes of Player Award Tuesday’s practice will be open to the Dominique Jones BIG EAST Rookie of the Week (Dec. 3) Dominique Jones BIG EAST Rookie of the Week (Dec. 10) media. Dominique Jones The Sporting News National Player of the Week (Dec. 10) Kentrell Gransberry BIG EAST Honor Roll (Dec. 31) Kentrell Gransberry BIG EAST Honor Roll (Jan. 7) USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 3 INJURY/OUT REPORT PROBABLE STARTERS Player (Injury) Status USF None Name Pos. PPG. RPG. APG. FG% FT% Mobolaji Ajayi F 2.2 2.8 0.1 47.7 44.4 Kentrell Gransberry C 16.5 10.7 1.4 52.5 52.1 Jesus Verdejo G 9.5 2.8 2.3 41.8 80.0 STAT COMPARISON Dominique Jones G 15.7 4.5 2.9 48.2 72.7 Chris Howard G 19.9 4.3 4.9 43.5 65.9 USF DU Overall Record: 10-13 . . . . .9-13 Scoring Offense: 70.0 . . . . .73.0 DEPAUL Scoring Defense: 69.2 . . . . .75.0 Name Pos. PPG. RPG. APG. FG% FT% FG Percentage: 44.3 . . . . .43.9 Wesley Green F 5.3 4.9 1.1 38.3 70.8 3-PT FG Percentage: 34.2 . . . . .34.8 Karron Clarke F 9.2 5.0 0.9 47.5 56.3 FT Percentage: 63.1 . . . . .65.9 Mac Koshwal C 11.4 7.9 1.2 53.7 57.7 Draelon Burns G 17.5 3.6 2.8 40.1 83.0 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Cliff Clinkscales G 3.0 1.0 3.7 40.0 69.6

SCORING JONES TOPS BULLS SCORING CHART AT GEORGETOWN USF DU Freshman guard Dominique Jones tallied a team-high 15 points at Georgetown. He has scored in Gransberry . 16.5 Burns ...... 17.5 double figures in 20 of 23 games played and gone over 20 six times. Jones...... 15.7 Tucker ...... 12.9 AJAYI GETS ANOTHER START, HAS SOLID OUTING Junior forward Mobolaji Ajayi had another solid start recording eight points and five boards in 23 min- REBOUNDING utes of action at Georgetown. USF DU Gransberry . 10.7 Koshwal ...... 7.9 GRANSBERRY JUST MISSES DOUBLE-DOUBLE AT GEORGETOWN Jones...... 4.5 Clarke ...... 5.0 Kentrell Gransberry finished with 13 points, 9 rebounds and 5 blocks at Georgetown, just missing his 13th double-double of the season. FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE VERDEJO BACK TO FULL GO USF DU Starting guard Jesus Verdejo tallied 11 points and 5 assists over 39 minutes against the Hoyas after Gransberry . .52.5 Koshwal . . . . .53.7 only three minutes on the floor Saturday against St. John's due to a sore lower back. Jones ...... 48.2 Clarke ...... 47.5 AJAYI HAS CAREER GAME VS. ST. JOHN’S FREE THROW PERCENTAGE Against St. John’s, junior forward Mobolaji Ajayi scored 10 of the first 16 points of the game for the Bulls after scoring just 6 total points in USF's eight BIG EAST games. He had only scored 26 points in 19 USF DU games on the year. He ended the game with a career high 12 points, besting the 8 he scored at Buffalo. Bozeman . . . 87.5 Burns ...... 83.0 He was making just his fourth start of the season. He also tallied 7 rebounds in the first half, equaling his Verdejo . . . . 80.0 Green ...... 70.8 career high at Richmond, and finished with 9.

LOVETT IS A DAD CAREER GAMES PLAYED Senior guard Eddie Lovett and his fiancé, Partina, had their first child, Eddie Lovett III, at 2:42 p.m. Saturday. Mom and baby are healthy and Eddie was able to make it to the St. John’s game that night. He Career Career Consec. Consec. played 2 minutes. Eddie did not make the trip to Georgetown. Games Starts Games Starts Ajayi 21 5 7 2 CLOSING IN ON 500 BOARDS, GREATEST REBOUNDER IN USF HISTORY? Bozeman 53 26 53 0 Despite playing just one and a half seasons at USF, Kentrell Gransberry will go down in history as Chin 22 14 4 0 argueably the greatest rebounder in school history. The 6-9, 270-pound post man has tallied 499 career rebounds in just 45 career games, good for an 11.1 per game average. That average would crush the all- Curry 6 0 0 0 time per game average of 9.9, held by Gary Alexander (1989, 1991-92). With one more board he will Esseghir 21 0 13 0 become just the 18th Bull all-time to hit the 500 rebound mark. Gransberry 45 44 22 22 Holmes 13 0 13 0 BOZEMAN MAKES FIRST START OF THE YEAR Howard 37 36 37 36 Sophomore guard Solomon Bozeman made his first start of the season at Marquette because of Jesus Verdejo's injury. Jones 23 23 23 23 Lovett 49 0 1 0 THREE POINT FIELD GOALS MADE PER GAME ALREADY CRUSHES LAST YEAR’S TOTAL Saaka 50 8 19 0 USF has made 7 or more 3-pointers in 11 of its 23 games this season. All last year the Bulls made 7 Verdejo 44 35 2 1 or more in a game just 6 times, including a single-game high of eight once. USF made 11 against Florida Williams 25 2 0 0 State and 10 vs. Florida Atlantic earlier this season. The single-game record is 14 set Dec. 7, 1991 vs. Oral Roberts. The Bulls have nailed 8 or more 3-pointers in a game 4 times this season.

STATISTICAL COMPARISON Team G FG FGA PCT 3PT 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF-DQ A TO BS ST PTS AVG DePaul 22 589 1342 .439 161 463 .348 267 405 .659 772 35.1 344-4 323 287 66 176 1606 73.0 USF 23 563 1270 .443 128 374 .342 356 564 .631 851 37.0 409-10 349 316 77 122 1610 70.8 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 4

USF In The 2007-08 USF ROSTER # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown High School/Last School BIG EAST Stats 0 Dominique Jones G 6-4 205 Fr. Lake Wales, FL Lake Wales Through Thursday, 2/7 1 Kentrell Gransberry C 6-9 270 Sr. Baton Rouge, LA Woodlawn/LSU Team 3 Chris Howard G 6-3 200 So. Lorton, VA Friendly SCORING OFFENSE: ...... 13th (70.0) 5 Eddie Lovett G 6-0 180 Sr. Riviera Beach, FL Suncoast Community 15 Orane Chin F 6-7 195 Fr. Clarendon, Jamaica Miramar SCORING DEFENSE: ...... 11th (69.2) 20 Aaron Holmes [1] G/F 6-5 185 RFr. St. Petersburg, FL St. Petersburg Catholic/ FG PERCENTAGE: ...... 10th (44.3) Florida State FT PERCENTAGE: ...... 16th (63.1) 21 Adamu "Amu" Saaka G/F 6-6 195 So. Decatur, GA Columbia ASSISTS: ...... 7th (15.17) 22 Solomon Bozeman G 6-0 165 So. Magnolia, AR Magnolia STEALS: ...... 16th (5.30) 23 Jesus Verdejo G 6-4 205 Jr. Carolina, Puerto Rico The Winchendon School/ Arizona BLOCKS: ...... 12th (3.35) 32 Aris Williams F 6-9 235 Jr. Columbia, MD Georgetown Prep/ TURNOVER MARGIN: ...... 11th (-0.87) Valparaiso FG PCT. DEFENSE: ...... 12th (43.1) 33 Mobolaji Ajayi F 6-9 225 Jr. Kano, Nigeria Standard Comprehensive/ OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS: . . . .9th (12.83) Palm Beach CC DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS: . . . .8th (24.17) 34 Mohamed Esseghir F 6-10 225 Sr. Apollo Beach, FL Sarasota Christian/IPFW 3-PT FG’S MADE: ...... 12th (5.57) [1] = mid-year transfer who became eligible Dec. 19 3-PT FG PERCENTAGE: . . . .11th (34.2) Head Coach: Stan Heath (Eastern Michigan University, 1988) Individual Assistant Coach: Dan Hipsher (Bowling Green State University, 1977) Assistant Coach: Reggie Hanson (University of Kentucky, 1991) SCORING Assistant Coach: Byron Samuels (UNC Asheville, 1986) Kentrell Gransberry . . .8th (16.5 ppg) Director of Basketball Operations: Tommy Tonelli (University of South Florida, 1986) Dominique Jones ...... 9th (15.7) Video Coordinator: Jamie Angeli (Wisconsin-Stout, 1985)

Pronunciation Guide: REBOUNDING Jamie Angeli ...... Ann-jilleee Kentrell Gransberry . . . .1st (10.7 rpg) Mobolaji Ajayi ...... Moe-bology Ah-jie-EE Orane Chin ...... Or-in FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Mohamed Esseghir ...... Ess-uh-gear Kentrell Gransberry ...... 8th (52.5) Amu Saaka ...... Ah-MOO Sah-ka Jesus Verdejo ...... Ver-deh-ho Aris Williams ...... Air-iss BLOCKS Kentrell Gransberry .T10th (1.36 bpg) NBA AND DA BULLS Da Bulls, the USF Bulls, have been a frequent stop for NBA scouts the first 11 home games of the season. Seventeen NBA teams have already visited the Sun Dome to watch NBA prospect Kentrell ASSISTS Gransberry and others and numerous additional credential requests have already been submitted for Chris Howard ...... 4th (4.87 apg) future games. The 17 teams who have already been to USF are Seattle, New York, Cleveland, Washington, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Boston, Indiana, Detroit, San Antonio, Orlando, New Jersey, Miami, STEALS Golden State, Atlanta, Toronto and Utah. Dominique Jones . . .T13th (1.65 spg) HOWARD FLIRTS WITH TRIPLE-DOUBLE VS. WVU, JUST MISSES HIS CAREER ASSIST MARK Chris Howard filled the stat sheet against West Virginia scoring 7 points while also grabbing 7 DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS rebounds and handing out 10 assists. Howard was just one assist shy of his career-high at 11 set on Nov. Kentrell Gransberry . . . .1st (7.09 rpg) 17 vs. Florida Atlantic in Daytona Beach.

GRANSBERRY TIES CAREER HIGH WITH 26 POINTS AGAINST PITT OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS Kentrell Gransberry tied his career high with 26 points vs. Pitt, equaling the 26 he notched last year Kentrell Gransberry . . .2nd (3.64 rpg) at DePaul.

MINUTES PLAYED FRESHMAN JONES PLAYS BACK-TO-BACK 40 MINUTE GAMES Dominique Jones . .10th (34.17 mpg) One game after being the first USF player to play the full 40 minutes in a game this season at Syracuse, freshman Dominique Jones logged another full 40 minutes vs. Pittsburgh. He is the only USF player to play a full game this season.

BULLS ON THE TUBE FOR ALL BIG EAST GAMES As part of the BIG EAST’s new agreements with its television partners, all 144 regular-season league games will be televised. In all, conference teams will make 400 television appearances this season. In addition to USF games on ESPN2 and ESPNU, Bulls games will also air locally on Catch 47 and WFTS (ABC). Saturday’s game at DePaul will air nationally on ESPNU.

BULLS OPEN BIG EAST PLAY WITH A WIN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE ENTERING LEAGUE With the win over Rutgers, it marks the first time since USF entered the BIG EAST three years ago that the Bulls have won their conference opener.

STAN HEATH TV SHOW AIRS ON SATURDAY’S The Stan Heath TV show airs every Saturday at Noon on WFTS (ABC). USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 5

YEP, IT’S BROKE Stan Heath Sophomore Amu Saaka caught an inadvertent elbow from Rutger’s Hamady Ndiaye during the first half of the Rutger’s game and suffered a broken nose. Saaka returned and was available for the remain- First Season der of the game. He was fitted with a protective mask and continued to play before having surgery on 10-13 (USF) Monday, Jan. 14. He is available to play and has not missed a game. 122-90 (Overall) HOWARD POURS IN CAREER HIGH 19 AT SYRACUSE Sophomore point guard Chris Howard tallied a career high 19 points at Syracuse, dished out 5 assists and pulled down 4 rebounds. He was 8-11 from the field. Howard has scored in double figures in 10 of 15 games played after hitting double digits in just 2 of 14 games last year.

GRANSBERRY’S 17 REBOUNDS VS. RUTGERS TIED FOR 3RD-BEST IN HIS CAREER Kentrell Gransberry’s 17 rebounds vs. Rutgers on 1/2 tied for 3rd best in his career. The 17 rebounds were a season-high, surpassing the 15 he had pulled down twice previously this season. His career high Stan Heath, whose six-year headcoaching is 23, done last year at DePaul, followed by a 19 rebound game at St. John’s last year and a 17 rebound career at the collegiate level has already included outing at UNLV. It was the top rebounding mark of his home career. three NCAA Tournament appearances, was named the new head men's basketball coach at the 45 POINTS SCORED BY RUTGERS IS SEASON LOW AGAINST BULLS, University of South Florida on April 3, 2007 - marking 23-POINT WIN IS LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY USF HAS POSTED IN BIG EAST PLAY the official start to a new era in the program’s history. The 45 points scored by Rutgers was a season low scored against the Bulls this season and the the Heath, 42, arrives at USF after serving as head 23-point win differential was the largest that USF has ever posted in BIG EAST conference play. USF coach at the University of Arkansas for each of the also held Rutgers to just one free throw made (1-8), the least allowed by the Bulls all season. previous five seasons. While with the Razorbacks, Heath guided the program to a pair of NCAA HOLMES NOTCHES CAREER HIGH 20 POINTS IN THIRD CAREER GAME Tournament appearances (2006, 2007) and an over- Redshirt freshman Aaron Holmes, playing just his third career game, had his best offensive game of all record of 82-71. UA posted 20-win campaigns in his career, totaling 20 points, shooting 7 of 12 from the field and 5 of 8 from 3-point range. He bested the each of the previous two seasons and 2006-07 was 13 points he tallied in his second game vs. St. Francis. Holmes was a mid-year transfer from Florida highlighted by a run to the title game of the SEC State and became eligible after first semester finals were complete. The Wake Forest game was his first Tournament and subsequent NCAA appearance. An outstanding recruiter throughout his career, real game action since the final game of his senior year of high school. Heath's signing classes have gained national recog- Holmes became eligible after first semester finals were complete. He sat out the first 10 games of nition in recent years. National media outlets ranked the season. He was one of the most prolific scorers to ever play in the greater Tampa area. his efforts among the top 15 in the country in 2003, A 2006 graduate of St. Petersburg Catholic High School, Holmes garnered All-Suncoast Player of 2004 and 2006. In his six years (Arkansas and Kent the Year accolades on three occasions and concluded his career with 2,748 points. He was a two-time State University) as a head coach, he has directed a first team all-state honoree and is the all-time leading scorer at SPC. The four-year letterwinner was run- total of six players to all-league accolades on eight ner-up for Mr. Basketball honors in Florida in 2006. He is one of just six players in Pinellas County his- occasions and his rosters have featured a pair of tory to score more than 2,000 career points. freshman All-Americans, two conference defensive players of the year, one sixth man of the year and 39 POINT WIN WAS LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY IN FIVE YEARS two NBA players, including one lottery pick. The 39 point win vs. Winston-Salem State was the largest margin of victory for the Bulls since a 40 Prior to Arkansas, Heath guided Kent State to a point victory over LIU-Brooklyn on December 28, 2002. record-setting 2001-02 campaign in his first year as a head coach at the collegiate level. The Golden 55 POINTS SCORED IN SECOND HALF MOST FOR ANY HALF THIS SEASON Flashes claimed the Mid-American Conference reg- The second half was an offensive explosion for the Bulls, outscoring Winston-Salem State 55-27, ular season and tournament titles en route to a 30-6 and shooting 61.3 percent from the floor. The 55 points scored in the second half were the most scored record and an appearance in the Elite Eight. KSU in a half this season. USF scored 52 in the first half vs. FAU and 50 in the second half at Richmond. The set a league record for wins that year, won 21 games Bulls did not score 50 or more points in a half at all last season. in a row and defeated three nationally ranked oppo- nents (No. 20 Oklahoma St., No. 8 Alabama, No. 9 53 REBOUNDS MOST PULLED DOWN THIS YEAR, +22 TIES SEASON HIGH Pittsburgh) during its historic postseason run. The 53 rebounds collected by USF vs. Winston-Salem State were the most garnered by the Bulls in While an assistant coach for five seasons (1996- a game this season and last. It is the first time with more than 50 rebounds in a game this season. USF 97 - 2000-01) under Tom Izzo at Michigan State, had 51 at East Carolina last year. The 53-31 rebound advantage and +22 differential tied a season high, Heath helped the Spartans develop into one of the also done at Richmond (46-24). top programs in all of college basketball. During his tenure, MSU advanced to the Final Four on three STINGY occasions (1999, 2000 and 2001), highlighted by the On the defensive end, the Bulls were as stalwart as they've been all season against Winston-Salem national championship in 2000. The Spartans com- State, holding them to just 29.5 percent shooting, the lowest percentage of any opponent. piled an overall record of 132-37 during his stay in East Lansing. BULLS HAVE BEST SHOOTING GAME OF YEAR VS. ST. FRANCIS The Detroit native has also made collegiate USF recorded its highest field goal percentage of the season vs. St. Francis, converting on 33 of 56 assistant coaching stops at Bowling Green State shots for a 58.9% clip. University (1994-95 - 1995-96), Wayne State University (1991-92 - 1993-94), Albion College TEN DIFFERENT BULLS HIT SCORING COLUMN VS. ST. FRANCIS, TOPS OF SEASON (1989-90 - 1990-91) and Hillsdale College (1988-89). The Bulls had 10 different players score vs. St. Francis, the most they've had all season, surpassing He began his coaching career at the prep level, the 9 players who registered a point against Wake Forest. working for one season (1987-88) at Lincoln High School in Ypsilanti, Mich. ST. FRANCIS ASSISTS ALSO TOPS FOR YEAR A three-year letterwinner (1984-87) at Eastern Michigan University, Heath earned his bachelor's 25 assists vs. St. Francis was a season high for the Bulls. degree in social science in 1988. He went on to complete his master's work in sports administration WAKE LOSS FIRST LOSS IN MORE THAN A MONTH in 1993 at Wayne State University. The loss at Wake Forest snapped a seven game winning streak for USF. It was the first loss for the Heath is married to the former Ramona Webb Bulls in more than a month, since a loss to Rhode Island on Nov. 16. The seven game streak was the and the couple has two sons; Jordan (15) and longest since the start of the 2001-02 season and matched the longest in 25 years dating back to a nine- Joshua (12). game streak during the 1982-83 season. USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 6

GRANSBERRY AND LOVETT GRADUATE USF had a week off from game action but it was still a big weekend for two members of the team. RESULT BREAKDOWN Senior center Kentrell Gransberry and senior guard Eddie Lovett both graduated Saturday, Dec. 15. Both Record players earned BA's in Communication. Gransberry will enroll during the Spring quarter and take classes toward a second undergraduate degree to compliment his major, while Lovett will take a semester of Overall BE undergraduate Business courses. Home: ...... 6-5 1-4 Away: ...... 2-8 0-5 JONES NAMED THE SPORTING NEWS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK AND BIG EAST ROOK- Neutral: ...... 2-1 0-0 IE OF THE WEEK FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS EARLIER THIS SEASON Dominique Jones was named The Sporting News National Player of the Week as well as the BIG TOTALS ...... 10-13 1-9 EAST Rookie of the Week for the second consecutive Dec. 10. Jones averaged 27.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals in wins over Richmond and UAB. He shot 61.5 percent from the floor, 40 percent from 3-point range and 86.4 percent from the foul line in the two outings. He had 30 points and 14 boards in the victory at Richmond and 25 points and six rebounds against the Blazers. Record By Month Overall BE JONES HAS BACK-TO-BACK 30-POINT GAMES November: ...... 4-3 0-0 Freshman Dominique Jones tallied consecutive 30-point games vs. UCF and at Richmond. The 30 points scored by Jones was just three shy of the USF record for points scored by a freshman. Radenko December: ...... 5-1 0-0 Dobras tallied 33 points on Feb. 11, 1989. January: ...... 1-7 1-7 February: ...... 0-2 0-2 JONES FIRST USF FRESHMAN AND JUST THIRD USF PLAYER EVER March: ...... 0-0 0-0 TO SCORE 30 POINTS IN CONSECUTIVE GAMES Dominique Jones became the first freshman in USF history, and only the third USF player ever, to TOTALS ...... 10-13 1-9 score 30 or more points in back-to-back games. The last player to do it was USF’s all-time leading scorer, Charley Bradley, during the 1983-84 season. Bradley tallied 30 or more points twice back-to-back during that season as well as twice during the 1982-83 year. He also went a record six straight games with 30 or more points during the 1982-83 season. Bradley had 24 career games with 30 or more points, doing it 3 Record By Starting Lineup times as a senior, 6 as a junior and 15 as a sophomore. The first Bulls player to accomplish back-to-back Howard, Jones, Verdejo, ...... 0-1 30 or more point games was John Kiser, who scored 30-plus points in the first two USF games ever played Chin, Ajayi in 1971. Howard, Jones, Verdejo, ...... 0-3 JONES AND “AI” Dominique Jones became the first BIG EAST freshman in 13 years to score 30 or more points in con- Ajayi, Gransberry secutive games. The last BIG EAST freshman to accomplish it was Georgetown’s Allen Iverson in Dec. of 1994. (Information courtesy of the BIG EAST and Greg Auman of the St. Pete Times). Howard, Jones, Verdejo ...... 7-5 Chin, Gransberry JONES ALSO NOTCHES FIRST CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLE Not only did Dominique Jones have a great game offensively with 30 points at Richmond, he also pulled down a career high 14 rebounds for his first career double-double. Twelve of his rebounds came on Howard, Jones, Verdejo, the defensive end. It was also the first double digit rebound game of his career, besting his previous high Gransberry, Saaka ...... 3-2 of eight done twice. The 14 rebounds are tied for third most in a game this year with Kentrell Gransberry. Gransberry owns the single-game high of 15, done twice. Howard, Jones, Bozeman, Gransberry, Chin ...... 0-1 TOP SEC GUARD MIKE MERCER TRANSFERS TO USF, BEGINS TO PRACTICE USF added one of the top guards from the SEC with the transfer of Mike Mercer from Georgia. Mercer will become eligible at the conclusion of first semester finals next winter. He had not played in any games Howard, Jones, Bozeman, for the Bulldogs this season. He is currently practicing with the team. Gransberry, Ajayi ...... 0-1 The 6-4 guard from Snellville, Ga., started all 23 games for the Bulldogs last season before suffering a knee injury that forced him to miss the final 10 games. He was the second leading scorer on the team at 13.6 points per game. He had appeared in 51 games for UGA in his two-year career, starting 27, and averaged 12.2 points and 3.6 rebounds. Prior to his injury last year, he was leading Georgia in scoring and minutes played and was ranked 18th in the SEC in scoring, 14th in assists (3.6), 8th in steals (1.70) and 13th in assist/turnover ratio (1.43). Was named SEC Player of the Week once and came within two rebounds against Jacksonville of becoming first UGA player in history to achieve a triple-double. He scored a career-high 26 points vs. South Carolina State. As a freshman, he averaged 11.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game and was named to the Coaches' SEC All-Freshman team. He was ranked th in the SEC in steals as a freshman. As a high school senior in 2005, he was rated the No. 5 point guard in the country by Rivals.com and No. 22 overall. He was rated No. 44 overall by Scout.com. He averaged 19.8 points, 8.1 assists and 6.0 rebounds as a senior, helping South Gwinnett to a 28-3 record and the quarterfinals of the Georgia Class 5A state tournament in 2005. The Comets held a top-10 national ranking throughout most of the season. As a junior, he averaged 18.1 points, when South Gwinnett went 31-2 and won the 5A title. He was a back- court teammate, both at SGHS and for the AAU's Georgia Stars, with current 76er Louis Williams.

CURRY TRANSFERS USF coach Stan Heath announced Nov. 30 that redshirt freshman Dante Curry has been granted per- mission to seek a transfer to another institution. Curry had appeared in six games this season, playing an average of 9.0 minutes per game. He averaged 2.0 points and 1.2 rebounds.

PRE-SEASON ALL-BIG EAST AND WOODEN HONORS FOR GRANSBERRY Gransberry was one of 11 players named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team announced at the annual BIG EAST Media Day at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He was also one of 50 players named to the preseason candidates list for the John R. Wooden Award, perhaps the most coveted honor in college basketball. USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 7

ESPINOSA SIGNS WITH BULLS USF head coach Stan Heath announced on Nov. 15 the signing of forward Eladio Espinosa to an LED OR TIED USF IN ... NCAA Letter of Intent during the early signing period. Espinosa will enroll for the 2008-2009 season and have four years of eligibility remaining. The 6-foot- 7-inch, 220-pound forward is currently at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va., after spending his SCORING: ...... Gransberry 11 junior season at Victory Christian Academy in Charlotte, N.C. He is ranked the 30th-best power forward ...... Jones 9 in the country and 129th overall in the ESPN 150 class of 2008 rankings...... Verdejo 3 Espinosa plays for Kevin Keatts at Hargrave. He played for Stan Kowalewski and the North Carolina ...... Howard 2 Gaters AAU program and played for Mike Pratt at Victory Christian...... Bozeman 1 At Victory Christian, Espinosa averaged 13 points, seven rebounds and two blocks per game, while shooting 62-percent from the field. He was honorable mention all-conference and was named to the all- tournament team after helping lead Victory to the National Association of Christian Athletes national title. REBOUNDING: ...... Gransberry 19 He tallied 15 points and eight rebounds in the final...... Jones 2 ...... Howard 2 GRANSBERRY UP FOR LOWE’S SENIOR CLASS AWARD ...... Ajayi 1 Center Kentrell Gransberry was one of 30 senior male basketball players announced as official can- ...... Chin 1 didates for the 2007-08 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. The award – presented annually to the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete of the Year in eight sports – focuses on the “Four C’s” of classroom, character, community and competition. Lowe’s, an official corpo- ASSISTS: ...... Howard 17 rate partner of the NCAA will award the winners with trophies during the men’s NCAA Final Four week- ...... Verdejo 5 end...... Jones 4 CLASS, An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, was launched ...... Gransberry 3 during the 2001-02 season to honor the attributes of college basketball seniors who remain committed to ...... Bozeman 2 their university and pursue the many rewards that a senior season and complete college education brings. Now in its seventh year for basketball, the award has developed into the nation’s premier tribute for college seniors. Since originating with basketball, Lowe’s has expanded the award to include a total of STEALS: ...... Jones 14 eight NCAA sports...... Howard 6 In early February 10 finalists will be selected then featured in special vignettes during college basket- ...... Bozeman 5 ball telecasts on CBS. The winner will be announced by Dick Enberg on CBS during the Final Four broad- ...... Verdejo 3 cast and the Women's Winner will be announced at the Women's Final Four...... Chin 3 From the list of 30 nominees, a national media committee will select 10 finalists for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in January 2008. Those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot for a nationwide vote ...... Gransberry 2 during the NCAA Tournament in March. Fan balloting will be coupled with votes from coaches and media ...... Ajayi 1 to determine the winner. The award was conceived by sportscaster Dick Enberg, who continues to serve as Honorary BLOCKS: ...... Gransberry 11 Chairman. It was inspired by the remarkable story of former Duke University basketball player Shane ...... Chin 5 Battier, who could have been an NBA lottery pick but returned to college for his senior season and led the ...... Esseghir 5 Blue Devils to the National Championship in 2001...... Howard 2 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP FIELDS TO INCREASE TO 16 FOR 2009 ...... Jones 1 The Presidents of the BIG EAST Conference voted to include all 16 member institutions in the men’s ...... Verdejo 1 and women’s basketball championship tournaments beginning in 2009. The Presidents took this action at ...... Holmes 1 their annual meeting, which was held Nov. 6 in Philadelphia, Pa. Currently, the top 12 teams in the final ...... Ajayi 1 regular-season standings advance to participate in the men’s and women’s championships. The men’s championship is held in New York City at Madison Square Garden. The women’s championship is held in Hartford, Conn., at the Hartford Civic Center.

TICKET INFORMATION AND PLANS Season ticket packages for the home schedule are currently on sale with pricing starting as low as $175. Premium seating is also available. Individual-game tickets and mini-plans are also on sale. Individual-game tickets range from $8 to $25. Season tickets, mini-plans and group tickets can be pur- chased by calling 1-800-GoBulls. Individual-game tickets can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com or via Ticketmaster phone at 813-287-8844. The athletics department also announced that "All-U-Can-Eat- Seats" will be available for all men's and women's home basketball games for the 2007-08 season. With the purchase of one south end ticket (second level for men and lower level for women) you will receive a voucher that will allow for "All-U-Can-Eat" hot dogs, popcorn, pretzels and soft drinks for the the game. The ticket is $20 for men's games and $15 ($12 youth) for women's games and can be purchased by call- ing 1-800-GoBulls. USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 8

Dominique Kentrell Chris Eddie Jones 0 Gransberry 1 Howard 3 Lovett 5

Orane Aaron Adamu Solomon Chin 15 Holmes 20 “Amu” Saaka 21 Bozeman 22

Jesus Aris Mobolaji Mohamed Verdejo 23 Williams 32 Ajayi 33 Esseghir 34 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 9 Saint Leo (Exh.) 70 Cleveland State 73 Buffalo 76 USF 99 USF 70 USF 69 Freshman guard Dominique Jones debuted J'Nathan Bullock scored 26 points, including Junior guard Jesus Verdejo led USF with a with a game-high 23 points and sophomore a pair of free throws with 4.6 seconds remaining, team-high 18 points but it wasn't enough as guard Chris Howard added 18 as USF routed St. to lead Cleveland State to a 73-70 season-open- Buffalo defeated the University of South Florida, Leo in a 99-70 exhibition win Wednesday night ing victory over the University South Florida on 76-69, Tuesday at Alumni Arena. Verdejo was 8- at the USF Sun Dome. Friday night. of-14 from the field and 2-of-4 from 3-point Howard, who has just 13 starts in two years The Vikings outscored the Bulls 14-3 in the range. Freshman guard Dominic Jones tallied at USF due to injuries, played 28-minutes and final 4:29, overcoming a 67-59 deficit before tak- 17, besting the 13 he scored in his college debut went 6-of-9 from the floor and was 5-for-6 on ing the lead for good on Chris Moore's tip-in with last Friday vs. Cleveland State. Jones had three free throws. Howard added six assists. Jones 1:09 left. Cedric Jackson, who scored 18, fin- 3-pointers, four steals and three assists. was 10-15 from the field, with five rebounds, five ished a 12-0 spurt to put CSU up 71-67. Rodney Pierce, a sophomore transfer from steals and four assists. Solomon Bozeman led USF with 19 points. Rider, scored a game high 20 point, was 8-of-10 The Bulls, in their debut of new head coach His fifth 3-pointer cut Cleveland State's lead to from the floor and drained 3-of-5 3-pointers with Stan Heath, led 51-25 at halftime and cruised one, but the Bulls' chances of winning faded seven rebounds for Buffalo (2-1). Sean Smiley behind All-BIG EAST center Kentrell when freshman Dominique Jones missed two went 6-for-12 from the field, 4-of-9 from the 3- Gransberry, who had 11 points and a game-high free throws that could have given USF the lead point arc for 16 points. Max Boudreau grabbed seven rebounds. with 6.7 seconds left. eight rebounds. Heath saw USF start off sluggish and was Bullock was 13-for-13 from the foul line and USF Center Kentrell Gransberry, despite down 13-11 to the Lions after five minutes into also grabbed 10 rebounds. His last two free pulling down 10 rebounds, was held in check with 9 points. Gransberry was 3-of-14 from the the first half. But the Bulls outscored St. Leo 40- throws made it 73-70, and Bozeman's long 3- field and missed three free-throws in the final 12 to end the first half and were never threat- point attempt to send it into overtime bounced 1:51 with South Florida down by five. The game ened in the second half. off the rim at the buzzer. marked the season debut of Gransberry, a pre- St. Leo, a Division II college 45 minutes USF played its opener under new coach season All-BIG EAST selection. He missed the north of Tampa, were led by guard Dusty Driggs, Stan Heath without preseason All-BIG EAST opener vs. Cleveland State serving a one game who finished with a team-high 21 points and center Kentrell Gransberry, serving a one-game penalty for playing in a non-sanctioned summer went 7-of-12 from three-point range. Junior for- penalty for playing in a nonsactioned summer tournament ward Kyle Rowland and sophomore forward tournament. He's the nation's top returning USF tied the game at 57-57 with 11:54 left Jordan Prais both added 11 points, while rebounder and also averaged 15.6 points last as Solomon Bozeman completed a 4-point play, Rowland went 6-for-6 on free throws. season. sinking a 3-pointer and a free throw after Smiley The Lions were down more than 20 points Jesus Verdejo and Bozeman, who came off fouled him. Buffalo then went on an 11-2 run for nearly all of the second half, as Bulls fresh- the bench to make 5 of 7 3-point shots, took up over the next 4:11 to open a 68-59 lead. Buffalo man guard Dante Curry and junior guard Jesus the slack for USF. Verdejo finished with 17 led 44-36 at the half, shooting 50 percent (18- Verdejo added 15 and nine points, respectively. points, and Bozeman's first 3-pointer of the night for-36) from the floor while South Florida was started a 23-11 run the Bulls used to overcome 14-of-32. an early nine-point deficit.

USF 99, Saint Leo 70 (Exh.) Buffalo 76, USF 69 Oct. 31, 2007 Tampa, Fla. Cleveland State 73, USF 70 Nov. 13, 2007 Buffalo, N.Y. SAINT LEO min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts USF min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts George Eshesimua* .28 2-6 0-1 0-2 4 0 2 0 1 4 4 Nov. 9, 2007 Tampa, Fla. Dominique Jones* . . .35 7-14 3-6 0-0 2 3 2 0 4 4 17 Dusty Driggs* ...... 30 7-12 7-12 0-0 0 3 1 1 1 1 21 Chris Howard* ...... 31 3-7 1-3 0-0 4 9 6 0 1 1 7 Jordan Prais* ...... 29 4-9 0-0 3-6 2 1 2 1 1 4 11 CSU min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Kentrell Gransberry* .37 3-14 0-0 3-7 10 3 4 0 2 2 9 Quentin Cullop* . . . . .30 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 9 4 0 1 1 3 Kevin Francis* ...... 28 3-9 1-5 1-2 7 2 3 0 1 4 8 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .31 8-14 2-4 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 2 18 Kyle Rowland* . . . . .15 2-5 1-2 6-6 3 0 4 2 0 5 11 Cedric Jackson* . . . .25 6-13 2-4 4-5 3 1 1 0 2 4 18 Mobolaji Ajayi* . . . . .19 4-7 0-0 0-0 5 1 1 1 1 3 8 Brandon Powell . . . . .13 2-6 0-3 2-2 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 Breyohn Watson* . . .34 1-4 0-3 2-2 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 Dante Curry ...... 4 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 Anthony Gomez . . . . .8 0-1 0-1 2-2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 J’Nathan Bullock* . . .35 6-15 1-4 13-13 10 4 3 0 5 1 26 Adamu Saaka ...... 10 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 Ben Dupont ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Moore* ...... 25 4-7 0-0 1-1 5 1 0 2 1 3 9 Orane Chin ...... 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Aric Rogers ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Daitwan Eppinger . . . .2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Solomon Bozeman . .20 3-6 1-2 1-1 3 1 2 0 0 0 8 Tim Plumadore ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norris Cole ...... 13 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 Mohamed Esseghir . .12 0-0 0-0 1-2 6 1 2 3 0 0 1 Jonathan Banks . . . .22 3-5 1-2 1-2 3 1 3 0 1 1 8 D’Aundray Brown . . .17 1-2 0-0 0-2 3 1 1 0 1 3 2 Aris Williams ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matthew Salay ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Weaver ...... 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team ...... 4 Walter Perkins ...... 11 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 Renard Fields ...... 14 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 4 6 Totals ...... 28-64 7-17 6-12 41 19 20 4 8 16 69 Eric Sharper ...... 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 Team ...... 3 Team ...... 2 Totals ...... 24-55 4-16 21-25 35 11 10 2 10 24 73 Buffalo ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Totals ...... 23-49 10-23 14-20 19 16 21 4 5 24 70 USF min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Greg Gamble* ...... 20 2-4 0-0 0-4 1 4 3 1 1 3 4 Max Boudreau* . . . . .18 2-3 0-0 2-4 8 0 4 0 0 2 6 USF min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Dominique Jones* . . .37 4-9 0-0 5-9 8 3 1 1 1 3 13 Vadim Fedotov* . . . . .22 3-5 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 0 0 2 6 Dominique Jones* . . .32 10-15 1-3 2-5 5 4 1 0 5 1 23 Chris Howard* ...... 33 0-3 0-0 8-10 6 4 1 0 0 2 8 Andy Robinson* . . . .18 3-9 1-4 0-0 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 Kentrell Gransberry* .19 4-7 0-0 3-6 7 1 2 2 3 4 11 Orane Chin* ...... 15 0-5 0-0 1-2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 Rodney Pierce* . . . . .27 8-10 3-5 1-2 7 3 4 0 3 1 20 Chris Howard* ...... 28 6-9 1-1 5-6 1 6 4 0 2 0 18 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .28 5-11 2-4 5-6 4 0 2 0 0 1 17 Byron Mulkey ...... 14 2-5 0-1 3-4 0 3 1 0 2 0 7 Solomon Bozeman* .21 1-4 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 0 3 0 3 Mobolaji Ajayi* . . . . .21 3-4 0-0 0-0 5 0 5 1 0 4 6 Sean Smiley ...... 21 6-12 4-9 0-0 2 1 2 0 2 2 16 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .20 4-8 1-3 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 2 9 Dante Curry ...... 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 Andrew Atman . . . . .21 2-4 0-0 2-2 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 Eddie Lovett ...... 8 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 2 1 0 0 2 3 Adamu Saaka ...... 5 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Calvin Betts ...... 21 2-5 0-1 0-0 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 Dante Curry ...... 23 4-6 2-3 5-6 7 3 0 0 0 4 15 Eddie Lovett ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jawaan Alston ...... 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 Orane Chin ...... 23 3-6 0-0 1-2 5 2 1 1 0 0 7 Solomon Bozeman . .34 7-9 5-7 0-0 1 0 2 0 1 2 19 Kambi Laleye ...... 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Adamu Saaka ...... 11 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 Mohamed Esseghir . . .8 1-2 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 2 0 2 3 Brian Addison ...... 3 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 15 3-5 0-0 0-1 7 0 0 1 0 5 6 Aris Williams ...... 9 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 Team ...... 1 Team ...... 2 Team ...... Totals ...... 30-61 8-21 8-16 35 16 17 3 11 15 76 Totals ...... 38-63 6-14 17-27 39 24 12 4 13 19 99 Totals ...... 20-46 7-12 23-33 30 10 13 5 2 21 70 Halftime: 44-36 UB. Dead Ball Rebounds: USF 3- Halftime: 51-25 USF. Dead Ball Rebounds: USF 6- Halftime: 36-35 USF. Dead Ball Rebounds: USF 3- 2. Technicals: None. Officials: Mike Kitts, DJ 2. Technicals: None. Officials: Reggie Greenwood, 2. Technicals: None. Officials: Bruce Benedict, Carstensen, Larry Scirotto. Attendance: 2,126. Curtis Shaw, Tim Dougherty. Attendance: n/a. Mike Nance, Marc Ellard. Attendance: 3,618. USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 10 Rhode Island 74 Florida Atlantic 69 Florida State 67 USF 67 USF 100 USF 68 Will Daniels scored 17 points in 21 minutes Kentrell Gransberry scored 21 points and The University of South Florida pulled out a as Rhode Island came from behind to beat the Chris Howard 18 as the University of South thrilling 68-67 win over in-state foe Florida State University of South Florida, 74-67, at the Glenn Florida won its first game of the Stan Heath era, during the final game of the Glenn Wilkes Classic Wilkes Classic on Friday in Daytona Beach. downing Florida Atlantic 100-69 Saturday at the Sunday. Trailing more than half the game, the Rams Ocean Center in the Glenn Wilkes Classic. Seminoles guard Jason Rich hit a jumper with went on an 11-4 run to take the lead 49-48, at It was the first time USF has hit the century 42 seconds remaining to pull FSU to within one, but 10:20 in the second half. Jimmy Baron made mark since a 117-108 win over TCU on Jan. 5, fellow guard Toney Douglas' last-second shot was three 3-pointers and shot 7-of-14 in the paint for 2002. The Bulls are 1-3 on the year, with FAU for naught, giving the Bulls the upset. The Seminoles (3-2) led twice early in the first, 17 points. falling to 1-3. but trailed the majority of the game. Down 39-30 at USF led by as many as 12 points in the first Guard Solomon Bozeman came off the the half, FSU used a 9-0 run midway through the and took a 34-27 lead into halftime. The Bulls (0- bench to score 17 for USF, going 5-for-6 shoot- second half to take a 48-47 lead but true freshman 3) shot 53 percent at the free throw line in the ing, including four 3-pointers and was a perfect Orane Chin hit a 3-pointer to put USF back ahead second half. 3-of-3 from the free throw line. 50-48 and the Bulls never trailed again. Parfait Bitee added 10 and Kahiem The Bulls had a 52-25 halftime lead on the USF guard Chris Howard hit two free-throws Seawright contributed eight points and 14 Owls and opened the first 10 minutes on a 30- with 56 seconds left to keep the Bulls ahead of the rebounds for the Rams. 13 run. FAU was down by at least 20 points Seminoles 68-65 and they held on for the victory. The Bulls had four players in double figures, throughout the second half. FSU had no answer for USF's impressive 3- point shooting, which went 11-of-18 for the game, led by Kentrell Gransberry and Chris Howard Guard Jesus Verdejo also scored 13 for the including Chin, who went 3-for-3. Howard, Jesus with 16 points each. Gransberry also had 14 Bulls, while Gransberry, who went 8-of-13 shoot- Verdejo, Dominique Jones and Solomon Bozeman rebounds and the 16 points were career high for ing, added a game-high 10 rebounds. Howard all hit two 3-pointers. Howard. Freshman Orane Chin posted 13 points added a career-high 11 assists. Center Kentrell Gransberry scored a game-high and nine rebounds in his first extended action of Guard Paul Graham III had a game-high 23 21 points on 7-of-11 in the paint and the Bulls had his career. points for FAU, shooting 6-of-12 inside the paint, three other players score in the double digits. while forward Carlos Monroe contributed 15 on Guards Verdejo and Howard had 12 and 10 points, 5-of-11 shooting for the Owls. respectively, while Chin contributed 11. Howard The Owls shot just 38 percent in the paint in also added eight rebounds and seven assists, while Gransberry pulled down eight rebounds. the first half and allowed USF to score 34 points The Seminoles were led by Ralph Mims, who off the bench. came off the bench to score 16 points on 6-of-13 field goal shooting and four 3-pointers. Guard Isaiah Swann and Douglas both had 15. FSU made nine of its 20 3-point attempts. The Bulls were perfect from the line in the first, going 8-for-8, and finished 13-of-16 from the line. The Seminoles struggled shooting throughout the game, going 27-of-65 on field goals. The two teams hadn't met since 2002, when FSU dropped 104 points on USF in Tampa. The Seminoles still lead the series 20-12, but the Bulls have taken three of the last four.

USF 100, Florida Atlantic 69 Nov. 17, 2007 Daytona Beach, Fla. Rhode Island 74, USF 67 USF 68, Florida State 67 Nov. 16, 2007 Daytona Beach, Fla. FAU ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Jeff Parmer* ...... 15 2-5 0-0 2-5 6 1 2 0 1 1 6 Nov. 18, 2007 Daytona Beach, Fla. Carlos Monroe* . . . . .32 5-11 0-0 5-8 6 1 0 1 1 3 15 URI ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Brett Royster* ...... 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 Will Daniels* ...... 21 5-12 2-3 5-6 5 0 2 2 0 4 17 USF min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Carderro Nwoji* . . . .31 2-4 2-3 0-0 0 8 3 0 0 1 6 Kahiem Seawright* . .28 4-11 0-0 0-1 14 2 6 0 1 4 8 Dominique Jones* . . .27 3-10 2-4 2-2 2 0 4 0 1 2 10 Paul Graham III* . . . .25 6-12 3-5 8-11 0 2 3 0 0 2 23 Jason Francis* . . . . .19 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 2 1 0 0 2 2 Chris Howard* ...... 38 3-8 2-3 4-4 8 7 2 1 1 0 12 Derrick Simmons . . .18 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 Parfait Bitee* ...... 33 4-6 2-4 0-1 1 8 1 0 1 1 10 Kentrell Gransberry* .36 7-11 0-0 7-10 8 1 1 1 1 3 21 Eni Cuka ...... 5 2-2 2-2 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 Jimmy Baron* ...... 35 7-14 3-10 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 17 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .24 2-4 2-3 0-0 3 4 4 0 0 2 6 Sean Alarcon ...... 8 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Joe Mbang ...... 16 2-8 0-2 0-0 4 0 4 0 1 44 4 Orane Chin* ...... 24 4-6 3-3 0-0 2 2 1 1 0 5 11 Seydou Kone ...... 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 2 0 0 3 0 Marquis Jones ...... 5 1-1 0-0 0-1 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 Dante Curry ...... 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Sanchez Hughley . . .25 1-7 0-3 1-4 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 Lamonte Ulmer . . . . .19 3-5 0-0 2-2 3 2 2 1 1 1 8 Adamu Saaka ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Xavier Perkins ...... 20 2-2 0-0 4-4 1 0 3 0 0 4 8 Keith Cothran ...... 22 2-6 1-3 1-2 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Team ...... 3 Hakim McCullar . . . . .2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Solomon Bozeman . .27 2-4 2-4 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 1 6 Totals ...... 21-50 7-15 20-32 27 14 21 2 6 24 69 Team ...... 4 Mohamed Esseghir . . .8 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 Totals ...... 29-65 8-22 8-13 43 17 18 4 6 21 74 Aris Williams ...... 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Eddie Lovett ...... 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dominique Jones* . . .22 3-5 1-1 0-2 1 2 2 0 2 2 7 USF min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Team ...... 1 Chris Howard* ...... 27 5-8 1-3 7-7 4 11 2 1 1 1 18 Dominique Jones* . . .38 3-9 0-2 4-4 4 2 1 0 1 1 10 Totals ...... 22-47 11-18 13-16 29 18 15 3 4 15 68 Kentrell Gransberry* .19 8-12 0-0 5-6 10 0 1 1 0 1 21 Chris Howard* ...... 32 6-9 1-2 3-5 4 6 5 0 1 4 16 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .22 5-9 1-5 2-2 0 2 1 0 2 0 13 Kentrell Gransberry* .37 6-16 0-0 4-10 14 1 1 1 0 2 16 FSU ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Orane Chin* ...... 30 2-3 2-2 1-4 6 1 2 1 2 2 7 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .16 0-6 0-2 1-2 3 1 1 0 3 2 1 Uche Echefu* ...... 18 4-8 0-0 1-2 3 0 2 1 1 3 9 Dante Curry ...... 14 3-5 1-3 2-2 3 0 0 0 2 0 9 Mobolaji Ajayi* ...... 6 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 Ryan Reid* ...... 24 2-3 0-0 0-0 7 1 1 1 0 4 4 Adamu Saaka ...... 9 2-6 0-2 0-1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 Dante Curry ...... 12 0-4 0-3 0-2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 Isaiah Swann* ...... 37 5-8 3-6 2-2 4 8 1 0 1 2 15 Eddie Lovett ...... 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Orane Chin ...... 36 5-10 1-1 2-3 9 1 2 2 1 3 13 Toney Douglas . . . . .35 6-13 2-6 1-1 4 4 2 1 1 2 15 Solomon Bozeman . .21 5-6 4-5 3-3 0 4 0 0 3 1 17 Solomon Bozeman . .21 3-4 1-1 2-2 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 Jason Rich* ...... 27 1-12 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 Mohamed Esseghir . . .9 1-1 0-0 2-2 3 2 1 1 0 5 4 Mohamed Esseghir . . .1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Ralph Mims ...... 24 6-13 4-7 0-0 2 1 1 0 5 0 16 Aris Williams ...... 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 Eddie Lovett ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Casaan Breeden . . . .19 3-6 0-0 0-0 7 0 2 1 0 1 6 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 12 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 Team ...... 3 Julian Vaughn ...... 16 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 1 3 0 Team ...... 1 Totals ...... 24-60 3-12 16-28 39 12 16 3 8 17 67 Team ...... 2 Totals ...... 34-59 10-21 22-29 34 21 13 4 12 21 100 | Totals ...... 27-65 9-20 4-5 32 15 14 6 9 17 67 Halftime: 34-27 USF. Dead Ball Rebounds: USF 4-3. Technicals: Rhode Island team. Officials: Halftime: 52-25 USF. Dead Ball Rebounds: USF Halftime: 39-30 USF. Dead Ball Rebounds: USF 4- Brent Barnaky, Billy Dunlap, Daryl Smith. 3-1. Technicals: None. Officials: Marc Ellard, 2. Technicals: None. Officials: J.B. Caldwell, Mike Attendance: 255. Frank Raposo, Jeff Smith. Attendance: 359. Nance, Lee Cassell. Attendance: 1,023. USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 11 East Carolina 67 Florida International 69 UCF 67 USF 81 USF 77 USF 75 Jesus Verdejo scored 20 points as the Kentrell Gransberry's 21 points sparked a USF freshman Dominique Jones tallied a University of South Florida beat East Carolina 77-69 University of South Florida victory over in- career-high 30 points as USF beat Central 81-67 on Saturday night at the Sun Dome. state rival Florida International in non- confer- Florida, 75-67, Saturday night at the Sun Dome. All five USF starters scored in double fig- ence play Nov. 26 at Pharmed Arena. The Bulls The Bulls have won five straight since start- ures. Orane Chin, Chris Howard and Dominique won their fourth straight game (4-3) after drop- ing the season 0-3. USF last won five consecu- Jones contributed 17, 12 and 11 points, respec- ping their first three. tive games to start off the 2001-2002 season, tively. Kentrell Gransberry added 15 points and Jesus Verdejo nailed three from beyond the when they won seven in a row. 10 rebounds. arc en route to 15 points, and Dominique Jones The Knights (4-3) had just three points in the USF (3-3) won its third consecutive game racked up 14 points. Chris Howard dished out a last four minutes of the game. With the Bulls after an 0-3 start. game-high six assists while adding 10 points, leading 65-61, UCF guard Dave Noel converted Sam Hinnant led East Carolina (2-3) with 25 and Orane Chin led the way on the boards with a conventional 3-point play to slice USF's lead to points, and Gabe Blair finished with 14 for the nine rebounds in the winning cause. 65-64 with 4:09 to play. Pirates. Kenneth White led all Golden Panthers (2-1) But the Bulls ended the game on a 10-3 run, The Bulls built a 14-point lead midway with 15 points, but shot just 6- of-21 from the with UCF's only points coming on a Mike through the first half, but East Carolina rallied field. Russell Hicks added 11 points and nine O'Donnell 3-pointer with 1:45 remaining. Jesus behind the long-range shooting of Hinnant. The rebounds, while Chris Fuller chipped 13 points Verdejo scored four points in the final USF run, junior guard connected from behind the arc for and five assists. Alex Galindo notched double- Solomon Bozeman three and Jones three. the sixth time in the closing moments of the half digits with 10 points in the loss. The 30 points scored by Jones was just to put the Pirates ahead 34-33. In hitting 51.9 percent from the field in the three shy of the USF record for points scored by But Verdejo answered with a pair of 3-point- first half, USF held a slim 38-34 edge at the a freshman. Radenko Dobras tallied 33 points ers in the final minute to give South Florida a 39- break. The Bulls defense held the Panthers to on Feb. 11, 1989. Jones was 10-13 from the 36 halftime advantage. The Bulls slowly rebuilt just 34.2 percent shooting from the floor in the field and 4-6 from 3-point range. He also had their lead in the second half. second half, allowing the visitors to hold on for five assists, four rebounds and four steals. the eight-point win. The Bulls made the most of USF got a double-double from Kentrell their opportunities at the charity stripe, hitting 11 Gransberry, who had 11 points and a game-high more free throws than their opponents (18-7). 15 rebounds. It was his fourth double-double of the season. Verdejo added 10 points and freshman Orane Chin had eight points and 10 rebounds. Up 38-37 at the half, USF trailed most of the second half and shot 38 percent on field goals. The Knights were helped by 16 points off the bench and 14 off turnovers. But the Bulls got 17 points off turnovers and crucial points from Bozeman, who had eight points coming off the bench. UCF's Jermaine Taylor had 20 points, and O'Donnell, Stanley Billings and Tony Davis each USF 81, East Carolina 67 had 10. Davis also had 10 rebounds. Nov. 24, 2007 Tampa, Fla.

ECU ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Cory Farmer* ...... 31 2-9 0-2 0-1 6 3 1 0 1 1 4 Sam Hinnant* . . . . .134 8-13 6-10 3-4 2 4 1 0 0 1 25 USF 75, UCF 67 Darrell Jenkins* . . . . .29 2-6 0-2 2-2 2 9 3 0 0 2 6 USF 77, Florida International 69 Dec. 1, 2007 Tampa, Fla. Gabe Blair* ...... 30 7-13 0-0 0-2 5 1 2 0 3 5 14 Nov. 26, 2007 Miami, Fla. Chad Wynn* ...... 5 0-2 0-0 0-2 3 0 0 1 0 3 2 James Legan ...... 12 1-4 1-4 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 UCF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts USF min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Brock Young ...... 11 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 6 0 1 1 1 Kenrick Zondervan* .30 1-6 0-0 0-1 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 Dominique Jones* . . .38 4-8 0-0 6-8 5 2 2 0 2 2 14 Taylor Gagnon . . . . .16 1-1 0-0 0-0 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 Stanley Billings* . . . .12 4-5 0-0 2-2 4 0 1 1 0 5 10 Chris Howard* ...... 35 4-8 0-1 2-5 4 6 5 0 0 1 10 Jamar Abrams ...... 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Jermaine Taylor* . . . .34 8-15 0-6 4-4 3 2 3 0 2 4 20 Kentrell Gransberry* .30 8-13 0-0 5-10 6 3 2 2 1 2 21 John Fields ...... 21 2-4 0-0 2-2 6 0 0 5 0 5 6 Dave Noel* ...... 32 3-9 2-5 1-1 4 1 3 0 2 4 9 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .35 6-11 3-4 0-0 5 0 1 1 0 1 15 Jontae Sherrod ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Mike O’Donnell* . . . .38 4-10 2-5 0-1 2 4 0 0 1 0 10 Orane Chin* ...... 33 3-5 0-0 0-0 9 2 3 0 1 3 6 Greyson Sargent . . . . .1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tony Davis ...... 35 3-7 2-4 2-2 10 2 3 8 0 3 10 Solomon Bozeman . .14 0-2 0-2 4-4 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 Brandon Evans ...... 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Chip Cartwright ...... 9 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 2 1 0 0 4 4 Mohamed Esseghir . . .5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Daquan Joyner ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor Young ...... 6 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Lovett ...... 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team ...... 1 Andre Thorton ...... 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adamu Saaka ...... 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals ...... 25-54 7-18 10-15 33 19 16 6 5 21 67 Jean Michael Yotio . . .2 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Aris Williams ...... 7 2-3 0-0 1-2 5 0 1 0 0 4 5 Team ...... 2 Team ...... 5 USF min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Totals ...... 25-59 6-21 11-13 33 15 13 10 5 23 67 Totals ...... 28-52 3-7 18-29 40 15 15 4 4 15 77 Dominique Jones* . . .25 4-10 2-4 1-3 8 6 2 0 1 1 11 Chris Howard* ...... 38 3-7 0-1 6-8 3 9 1 0 1 0 12 USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts FIU ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Kentrell Gransberry* .24 6-8 0-0 3-6 10 0 0 2 2 4 15 Orane Chin* ...... 35 2-10 1-2 3-7 10 1 2 3 1 2 8 Chris Fuller* ...... 37 5-10 3-5 0-0 4 5 1 0 3 3 13 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .28 7-11 4-7 2-2 2 1 1 0 0 3 20 Kentrell Gransberry* .30 5-13 0-0 1-2 15 0 2 0 0 3 11 Kenneth White* . . . . .34 6-21 1-7 2-3 6 2 2 0 0 4 15 Orane Chin* ...... 34 4-12 0-2 9-13 7 3 3 0 0 0 17 Dominique Jones* . . .37 10-13 4-6 6-11 4 5 2 0 4 0 30 Alex Galindo* ...... 33 4-11 2-5 0-2 5 3 0 1 0 2 10 Dante Curry ...... 7 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Chris Howard* ...... 30 4-11 0-1 0-0 5 5 2 0 0 4 8 Michael James* . . . .34 2-7 1-4 1-2 6 2 2 1 2 2 6 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .29 3-7 1-3 3-4 4 3 2 0 1 2 10 Russell Hicks* ...... 24 5-13 0-0 1-2 9 1 1 0 0 3 11 Solomon Bozeman . .22 0-6 0-5 0-0 1 3 0 0 3 3 0 Solomon Bozeman . .23 2-3 1-2 3-5 3 4 2 1 1 1 8 Tremayne Russell . . . .1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Mohamed Esseghir . .14 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 Mohamed Esseghir . . .3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Erick Nsangou . . . . .13 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 Eddie Lovett ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Eddie Lovett ...... 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Taylor ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adamu Saaka ...... 3 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Adamu Saaka ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 Nikola Gasesa . . . . .14 3-6 1-3 2-2 5 0 1 0 0 2 9 Aris Williams ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aris Williams ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Badara Ndiaye ...... 9 1-3 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 3 Team ...... 2 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Team ...... 3 Totals ...... 26-58 7-20 22-34 37 22 9 2 8 14 81 Team ...... 3 Totals ...... 27-74 8-24 7-13 41 16 10 4 5 23 69 Totals ...... 26-59 7-14 16-29 45 18 14 5 7 16 75 Halftime: 39-36 USF. Dead Ball Rebounds: USF Halftime: 38-34 USF. Dead Ball Rebounds: FIU 5- 5-3. Technicals: None. Officials: Jim Burr, Curtis Halftime: 38-37 USF. Dead Ball Rebounds: USF 2. Technicals: None. Officials: Mike Stuart, Jaime Shaw, Tim Higgens. Attendance: 2,992. 4-0. Technicals: None. Officials: Bernard Clinton, Luckie, Bryan Kersey. Attendance: ???. Ron Tyburski, James Breeding. Attendance: 4,031 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 12 Richmond 65 UAB 58 Wake Forest 74 USF 79 USF 68 USF 61 USF freshman Dominique Jones scored 30 Dominique Jones scored 25 points, and Harvey Hale scored 14 points and keyed the points for the second straight game as the Bulls Kentrell Gransberry had 18 points, 15 rebounds decisive run in Wake Forest's 74-61 victory downed Richmond, 79-65, on the road and seven blocked shots to help USF beat UAB against the University of South Florida on Wednesday night for their sixth win in a row. 68-58 Saturday night at the Sun Dome for its Wednesday night at Joel Lawrence Coliseum. USF trailed 31-29 at halftime but took com- seventh straight victory. Reserve Jamie Skeen led the Demon mand of the game with a 19-2 run midway The seven consecutive wins matched the Deacons (7-3) with 17 points. Jeff Teague had through the second half. Trailing 39-35, the Bulls seven wins the Bulls had to start the 2001-2002 11 points, James Johnson had 10 points and 13 hit a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to 39-38 with season. rebounds and L.D. Williams also had 10 points. 13:13 remaining. The Bulls continued the run Chris Howard added 14 points for the Bulls Wake never trailed, led by 21 and snapped the over the next 3:48 making it 54-41 before (7-3). The victory snapped an eight-game losing Bulls' seven-game winning streak. Richmond scored again at the 9:25 mark. skid in the all-time series. Dominique Jones and Jesus Verdejo both Jones scored 10 of his 30 during the run and Robert Vaden had 19 points to pace the had 14 points, and Chris Howard and Kentrell USF scored on seven straight possessions Blazers (7-4), whose longest winning streak in Gransberry added 10 apiece for USF (7-4). while holding Richmond to a field goal by Dan two seasons under coach Mike Davis ended at The Bulls closed to 40-35 early in the sec- Geriot. five. ond half on Howard's 3-pointer before Hale took The Bulls have now won six straight games The Bulls outscored UAB 26-8 from the free- over. He knocked down a pair of three-pointers after starting off the year 0-3. USF last won six throw line in a contest that included a dozen 34 seconds apart to start the game-breaking 21- consecutive games to start the 2001-02 season, lead changes and six ties. UAB led 49-48 mid- 5 run and had eight points during the spurt, when it won seven in a row. The win at way through the second half before Jones and which ended when Teague's free throw with 8:03 Richmond was USF’s first in the all-time series Gransberry took charge. remaining made it 61-40. in five games (1-4) against the Spiders. In the first half, USF scored 10 straight USF didn't get closer than seven the rest of Neither team led by more than four during points en route to a 15-5 advantage. UAB the way in its first loss since Nov. 16, when the the half. responded with a 12-3 run, cutting the deficit to Bulls lost 74-67 vs. Rhode Island. Jones added 14 rebounds, leading USF to a one. The lead changed hands four times before Wake beat USF for the first time since 1972, 46-24 edge on the boards. The Bulls were 26-of- USF took a 28-27 edge into the break. evening the series at two games apiece. 32 from the free-throw line, hitting 16 straight Jones continued his torrid scoring pace, tal- In this one, coach Stan Heath's team shot a during the second half. Chris Howard added 16 lying 25 points on 7-14 shooting, and sinking 10 respectable 34.5 percent, but had trouble con- points for the Bulls, Orane Chin 11, and Jesus of 12 free throws. The Lake Wales, Fla., native verting from very far away from the basket. The Verdejo 10. is averaging 28.3 points in his last three con- Bulls didn't make a shot that wasn't a layup until Geriot led the Spiders (4-5) with 17 points. tests, as well as shooting at least 50 percent Amu Saaka's runner with 4:53 until halftime, and from the field in each of those games. finished 3-of-19 from 3-point range. Wake Forest best stretch of the season came during the opening 10 minutes, when the Demon Deacons opened the game with a 12-1 run, held the Bulls to one field goal for 9 1/2 minutes and stretched their lead to 25-8 on Skeen's free throw. The Bulls responded with a 16-6 burst, and closed within five on Jones' 3- pointer from the corner with about 2 minutes until the break. Wake Forest led 37-27 at half- time on Hale's 3 with 3 seconds left. USF 79, Richmond 65 Wake Forest 74, USF 61 Dec. 5, 2007 Richmond, Va. USF 68, UAB 58 Dec. 19, 2007 Winston-Salem, N.C. Dec. 8, 2007 Tampa, Fla. USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Orane Chin* ...... 38 4-7 0-0 3-4 9 2 3 1 1 1 11 UAB ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Orane Chin* ...... 23 0-7 0-4 1-4 4 1 0 0 1 5 1 Kentrell Gransberry* .20 3-5 0-0 3-3 8 0 2 0 1 4 9 Lawrence Kinnard* . .36 3-7 2-5 1-2 9 2 3 1 0 4 9 Kentrell Gransberry* .26 3-8 0-0 4-6 8 2 2 0 2 3 10 Dominique Jones* . . .38 9-12 3-4 9-10 14 4 5 0 3 2 30 Walter Sharpe* . . . . .25 3-10 0-0 2-4 9 2 7 2 2 5 8 Dominique Jones* . . .37 5-13 1-5 3-4 5 3 3 0 4 4 14 Chris Howard* ...... 38 5-11 0-1 6-9 6 6 2 0 0 0 16 Reggie Huffman* . . . .17 2-9 0-0 3-5 8 0 2 0 2 3 7 Chris Howard* ...... 27 4-7 1-2 1-2 3 0 2 0 0 3 10 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .27 3-8 0-2 4-4 2 3 3 0 0 2 10 Aaron Johnson* . . . .21 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 3 0 0 3 4 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .30 4-7 1-2 5-9 3 4 3 0 1 3 14 Solomon Bozeman . .18 1-6 0-5 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 Robert Vaden* ...... 39 6-19 5-15 2-2 2 3 1 0 1 1 19 Solomon Bozeman . .20 0-3 0-3 4-4 2 1 2 0 1 1 4 Eddie Lovett ...... 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Berrios ...... 17 1-2 1-1 0-0 2 3 2 0 0 1 3 Adamu Saaka ...... 11 2-5 0-2 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 3 4 Adamu Saaka ...... 0+ 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Frank Holmes ...... 20 4-5 0-0 0-1 3 0 0 1 1 2 8 Aris Williams ...... 7 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 Aris Williams ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Mike Davis, Jr...... 19 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 19 0-2 0-0 0-0 7 0 0 1 0 2 0 Howard Crawford . . . .4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mohamed Esseghir . . .6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Team ...... Zisis Sarikopoulos . . . .2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Aaron Holmes ...... 6 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 Totals ...... 25-51 3-12 26-32 46 16 16 2 5 15 79 Team ...... Eddie Lovett ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals ...... 21-58 8-23 8-14 39 15 19 4 6 23 58 Team ...... 4 Richmond ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Totals ...... 20-58 3-19 18-29 39 11 15 0 9 19 61 Gaston Moliva* . . . . .19 3-7 1-1 0-1 3 0 0 0 0 3 7 USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Ryan Butler* ...... 34 4-5 2-3 1-2 2 9 1 9 3 3 11 Orane Chin* ...... 27 0-6 0-1 1-2 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 Wake Forest . . . . .min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Den Geriot* ...... 25 6-10 1-2 4-7 5 1 4 0 0 2 17 Kentrell Gransberry* .35 7-14 0-0 4-11 15 2 3 7 0 4 18 James Johnson* . . . .36 4-7 0-1 2-4 13 3 3 1 1 3 10 David Gonzalvez* . . .34 2-11 1-9 0-0 2 2 1 1 0 3 5 Dominique Jones* . . .39 7-14 1-6 10-12 6 3 3 0 2 2 25 Chad McFarland* . . .13 4-5 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 1 0 3 8 Kevin Anderson* . . . .34 3-10 1-5 2-2 1 4 3 0 0 0 9 Chris Howard* ...... 34 4-9 1-3 5-7 4 4 3 0 1 1 14 Jeff Teague* ...... 31 3-8 0-2 5-6 3 5 2 0 0 4 11 Jarhon Giddings . . . .14 0-6 0-4 0-0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .33 0-6 0-1 3-4 6 2 0 0 1 1 3 Ishmael Smith* . . . . .23 1-6 1-5 1-2 1 5 5 0 0 1 4 Duncan McLean . . . . .1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Solomon Bozeman . .15 1-3 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 L.D. Williams* ...... 37 3-7 2-4 2-4 7 3 4 2 2 2 10 Oumar Sylla ...... 16 2-4 1-2 2-2 2 2 0 1 2 3 7 Adamu Saaka ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 Harvery Hale ...... 27 5-12 4-9 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 3 14 Kevin Hovde ...... 13 2-3 1-1 0-1 3 0 2 0 2 4 5 Aris Williams ...... 6 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 Stanley Cameron . . . .3 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Justin Harper ...... 10 2-3 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 5 4 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jamie Skeen ...... 27 5-7 2-2 5-6 7 0 1 3 1 3 17 Team ...... Mohamed Esseghir . . .9 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 David Weaver ...... 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals ...... 24-59 8-28 9-15 24 18 11 5 7 24 65 Team ...... 7 Team ...... 1 Totals ...... 20-54 2-12 26-40 43 13 13 7 4 18 68 Totals ...... 25-53 9-23 15-22 39 19 17 7 6 21 74

Halftime: 31-29 Richmond. Dead Ball Rebounds: Halftime: 28-27 USF. Dead Ball Rebounds: USF Halftime: 37-27 WF. Dead Ball Rebounds: USF 4- Richmond 2-0. Technicals: USF team. Officials: 6-3. Technicals: UAB team, Bozeman USF. 2. Technicals: Skeen Wake, Verdejo USF. Les Jones, John Gaffney, William Bush. Officials: Sean Hull, Earl Watson, Paul Faia. Officials: Karl Hess, Jamie Luckie, Sean Hull. Attendance: 3,120 Attendance: 4,056 Attendance: 8,961 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 13 St. Francis (NY) 66 Winston-Salem State 48 Rutgers 45 USF 86 USF 87 USF 68 Chris Howard scored 17 points and Kentrell Gransberry had 21 points and 14 Kentrell Gransberry nearly cost his team two Dominique Jones added 14 as the University rebounds to lead the University of South points before the opening tip. The center made of South Florida beat St. Francis, N.Y. 86-66 Florida past Winston-Salem State, 87-48, up for it with an outstanding performance. on Saturday at the Sun Dome. Saturday night at the Sun Dome. Gransberry had 20 points and 17 rebounds Howard went 7-of-8 from the field for the It was the final non-conference tune-up for and Dominique Jones added 24 points to lead Bulls (8-4). the Bulls who play host to Rutgers in the BIG the University of South Florida past Rutgers 68- St. Francis struggled offensively through- EAST Conference opener on Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. 45 in the Big East Conference opener for both out the game, shooting just 33 percent from at the Sun Dome. teams Wednesday night. the field and going 6-of-13 from 3-point range. Redshirt freshman Aaron Holmes scored Rutgers had the rare opportunity to actually The Terriers (3-9) have lost six straight. 20 points and Amu Saaka added 17 for USF take the lead before the game started. USF, which has won eight of its last nine (9-4), which has won nine of 10 games since Gransberry was called for an indirect technical games, had four players score in double digits, opening the season with three consecutive foul for dunking during warm ups. However, including Adamu Saaka and Aaron Holmes, losses. Jaron Griffin missed both free throws he who both scored 13. Saaka was 5-of-6 from Jamal Durham had 13 points and Darrell attempted between the introduction of the start- ing lineups and the opening jump ball. the field and hit two 3-pointers. Wonge finished with 11 to pace Winston- USF (10-4, 1-0) has won 10 of 11. The vic- The Bulls jumped out to a quick 12-4 lead Salem (4-7). tory improved the Bulls all-time Big East in the first half, and led by 20 at halftime. South Holmes scored 17 in the second half, when Conference mark to 5-28. Florida hit nine 3-pointers in the game, while the Bulls hit 61 percent from the field and Anthony Farmer had 14 points and team- going 58 percent on field-goal shooting. outscored the Rams 55-27. leading scorer JR Inman was held to eight points The Terriers had three players score in USF led 32-21 at halftime despite 35-per- but had 14 rebounds for Rutgers. double digits. Guard Jamaal Womack had a cent shooting and 11 turnovers. USF broke the game open with a 16-3 run, team-high 17 points, while Ricky Cadell and Winston-Salem State shot 29.5 overall and to go up 60-43 with 4 minutes left. Jones had Robert Hines both had 10. was outrebounded 53-31. five points, including a 3 during the stretch. USF center Kentrell Gransberry had a It was the largest margin of victory for USF Rutgers (8-6, 0-1) hit just three field goals game-high 14 rebounds, 13 of them defensive. since a 40-point win vs. LIU-Brooklyn on Dec. during the final 11:15 of play. 28, 2002. Gransberry scored 13 points and Jones had nine to help the Bulls take a 30-26 halftime lead. Farmer had eight points, while Inman came off the bench 5 minutes into the game and was held to two first-half points. Rutgers was without Corey Chandler, who has a right foot injury, for the third consecutive game. The freshman guard is averaging 14.1 points, and is listed as day to day. He has some limited practice time recently.

USF 87, Winston-Salem St. 48 Dec. 29, 2007 Tampa, Fla.

USF 86, St. Francis (NY) 66 Winston-Salem St. min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Dec. 22, 2007 Tampa, Fla. Darrell Wonge* . . . . .19 3-9 1-3 4-4 1 0 1 2 0 4 11 Corey Morris* ...... 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 St. Francis ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Michael Puckett* . . . .25 2-10 1-9 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 1 5 Robert Hines* ...... 30 4-9 1-2 1-4 7 1 2 0 0 3 10 Darius Floyd* ...... 15 1-7 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 Bass Yessoufou* . . . .16 0-5 0-0 1-3 4 0 0 0 2 3 1 Roy Peake* ...... 24 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 Jamaal Womack* . . .30 6-13 4-7 1-1 5 1 1 0 2 3 17 Vaudrey Funderburke 10 1-3 1-2 0-0 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 USF 68, Rutgers 45 Marcus Williams* . . .27 1-5 0-0 5-6 7 3 3 0 1 3 7 Brian Fisher ...... 24 2-6 0-1 0-0 3 2 2 0 0 2 4 Jan. 2, 2008 Tampa, Fla. Ricky Cadell* ...... 28 4-15 0-2 2-4 6 4 3 0 1 2 10 Ricky Bolton Jr...... 3 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Rainier Rickards . . . . .9 1-2 0-1 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Isiah Tucker ...... 20 2-7 1-4 1-1 4 3 1 0 2 2 6 Rutgers ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Lateef Willis ...... 13 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 Jamal Durham . . . . .24 6-11 0-1 1-4 6 0 0 0 1 3 13 Jaron Griffin* ...... 26 2-5 0-1 0-2 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 Sami Pekkola ...... 11 1-5 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 Paul Davis ...... 18 0-4 0-0 1-2 3 2 2 4 1 1 1 Hamady Ndiaye* . . . .13 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 3 1 4 2 Ayeni Kayode ...... 22 3-7 1-1 2-2 5 2 1 0 1 3 9 Greg Lewis ...... 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 Anthony Farmer* . . . .33 7-15 0-4 0-0 1 1 4 0 0 2 14 John Gooden ...... 8 2-3 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 McIntoche Alcius . . . . .7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 Earl Pettis* ...... 11 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Rocco Rubino ...... 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Julian Murphy-Long . .2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Coburn* ...... 31 4-8 1-2 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 2 9 Team ...... 2 Team ...... 3 Courtney Nelson . . . .24 2-7 1-5 0-0 2 2 0 0 1 1 5 Totals ...... 22-65 6-13 16-29 39 15 10 0 8 19 66 Totals ...... 18-61 5-24 7-11 31 11 16 6 7 23 48 JR Inman ...... 35 4-13 0-4 0-3 14 2 2 0 0 1 8 Byron Joynes ...... 27 0-2 0-0 1-3 4 0 2 0 0 3 1 USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Team ...... 1 Amu Saaka* ...... 23 5-6 2-2 1-4 5 0 0 0 0 0 13 Amu Saaka* ...... 22 5-7 2-4 5-6 3 0 2 1 0 2 17 Totals ...... 21-54 2-16 1-8 31 6 11 4 2 13 45 Kentrell Gransberry* .23 1-2 0-0 4-7 14 5 3 0 0 2 6 Kentrell Gransberry* .23 10-15 0-0 1-4 14 0 4 1 1 2 21 Dominique Jones* . . .24 4-8 1-4 5-7 2 5 2 0 2 1 14 Dominique Jones* . . .29 3-9 0-3 2-4 6 7 2 2 0 0 8 USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Chris Howard* ...... 27 7-8 2-3 1-1 2 5 5 0 0 0 17 Chris Howard* ...... 24 2-5 0-1 2-2 4 3 2 0 2 4 6 Amu Saaka* ...... 16 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .24 3-8 2-6 0-0 3 4 2 1 2 2 8 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .21 0-5 0-1 0-0 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 Kentrell Gransberry* .37 7-17 0-0 6-9 17 2 1 1 0 1 20 Solomon Bozeman . .18 3-6 1-4 0-1 0 1 1 0 1 5 7 Solomon Bozeman . .20 1-6 0-4 4-4 3 8 1 0 1 2 6 Dominique Jones* . . .37 9-12 5-5 1-1 7 1 2 0 1 2 24 Orane Chin ...... 13 2-5 0-1 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 Orane Chin ...... 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 Chris Howard* ...... 30 1-6 0-1 0-0 4 2 3 0 0 4 2 Aris Williams ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Aris Williams ...... 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .30 2-6 1-3 4-4 3 3 2 0 0 0 9 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 8 1-1 0-0 0-2 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 9 1-3 0-0 2-3 5 0 0 1 0 2 4 Solomon Bozeman . .19 0-3 0-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mohamed Esseghir . .11 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 4 2 Mohamed Esseghir . .12 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 Orane Chin ...... 23 4-6 1-3 0-0 2 1 0 0 1 2 9 Aaron Holmes ...... 17 6-10 1-4 0-0 4 2 0 1 0 2 13 Aaron Holmes ...... 19 7-12 5-8 1-2 4 1 1 1 1 0 20 Mohamed Esseghir . . .3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Eddie Lovett ...... 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 Eddie Lovett ...... 6 1-2 1-2 0-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 Aaron Holmes ...... 5 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 Team ...... 1 Team ...... 4 Team ...... 2 Totals ...... 33-56 9-24 11-23 41 25 15 2 5 24 86 Totals ...... 31-65 8-23 17-27 53 22 15 7 6 14 87 Totals ...... 25-56 7-15 11-14 39 11 10 1 2 11 68

Halftime: 48-28 USF. Dead Ball Rebounds: SFC Halftime: 32-21 USF. Dead Ball Rebounds: USF Halftime: 30-26 USF. Dead Ball Rebounds: 6-5. Technicals: None. Officials: Ron Tyburski, 5-2. Technicals: Winston-Salem St - Team. Rutgers 4-0. Technicals: USF - Indirect technical Wally Rutecki, Reggie Greenwood. Attendance: Officials: Bernard Clinton, Glenn Mayborg, Mike foul Gransberry. Officials: Ed Corbett, Ray Perone, 2,955 Stephens. Attendance: 3,003 Jamie Lucky. Attendance: 3,657 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 14

Syracuse 89 No. 18/20 Pittsburgh 79 Providence 86 USF 77 USF 66 USF 70 Donte Greene had 21 points and Syracuse Sam Young scored 16 of his 22 points in the Geoff McDermott scored a career-high 24 switched from its trademark zone defense to second half, and No. 20 Pittsburgh rebounded points and had a game-high seven rebounds to man-to-man to pull away from the University of from losing its Big East opener with a 79-66 vic- lead Providence to an 86-70 win over South South Florida in the second half for an 89-77 Big tory over the University of South Florida on Florida on Saturday. East victory Saturday at the Carrier Dome. Wednesday night at the Sun Dome. Jeff Xavier and Dwayne Williams each had Arinze Onuaku added 16 points and 12 Keith Benjamin scored 20 points for the 16 for the Friars (11-6, 2-2 Big East), who are rebounds for the Orange (12-3, 2-0), who won Panthers (13-2, 1-1 BIG EAST), 11 of them in unbeaten in eight home games. Providence hit for the sixth consecutive time. Paul Harris also the first half when Pitt built a double-digit lead 13-of-21 3-point attempts, their second highest had a double-double with 20 points and 13 while Young was on the bench with two fouls. total this season. Williams matched his career rebounds. His long 3-pointer finished a 19-6 run that blew high by making five 3s in eight attempts. As the second half started, USF (10-5, 1-1) the game open in the second half. Kentrell Gransberry led the Bulls (10-6, 1-3) quickly cut into Syracuse's 14-point halftime Kentrell Gransberry matched his career high with 22 points and added six rebounds. Chris lead, pulling to within 49-40 on Adamu Saaka's with 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for USF Howard had 16 but Dominque Jones had just 3-pointer with 18:22 to play. (10-6, 1-2). Jesus Verdejo scored 17 points for 10, six below his team-high average. Coach Jim Boeheim called a timeout and the Bulls, who trailed 54-50 before Pitt pulled The Friars connected on eight 3-pointers to Syracuse abandoned its 2-3 zone. Energized by away for good. build a 43-31 halftime lead. the switch to man, Syracuse outscored the Bulls Young scored eight points during the sec- Gransberry started the second half with a 12-2 over the next 5 1/2 minutes, holding USF ond-half surge that broke the game open. His 3- layup to cut the deficit to 10, but the Friars without a field goal while extending its lead to pointer put the Panthers up 69-56 with 7 minutes responded with a 17-8 run over the next seven 61-42. left and Benjamin's third 3-pointer of the game minutes and the Bulls never got closer than 15 USF's only points in that span came on two gave Pitt its biggest lead, 73-56, with 4:13 to go. the rest of the way. free throws by Dominque Jones, who finally Pitt, still learning to play without injured Providence led by as many as 23 in the sec- ended the Bulls' field goal drought with a layup starters Levance Fields and Mike Cook, ond half after Jonathan Kale hit a layup to make at 12:51. bounced back from last Sunday's 63-62 loss at it 86-63 in the final few minutes. Jones finished with 23 points to lead the No. 19 Villanova, a game in which the Panthers Bulls, which is still looking for its first conference turned the ball over 22 times. road win since joining the Big East three years The Panthers shot 53 percent and did a ago. Kentrell Gransberry added 14 points and much better job of taking care of the basketball 13 rebounds, while Chris Howard had a career against USF, finishing with 10 turnovers. high 19 points. The Bulls, coming off a 12-point road loss to Syracuse outscored the Bulls 21-8 over the Syracuse, dropped to 8-70 all-time against final 8:23 of the first half - including the period's ranked teams. last seven points - to build a 47-33 cushion at Pittsburgh took control in the first half, the intermission. pulling away from a 22-22 tie with a 13-2 run led by Benjamin. The senior guard scored eight points during the spurt, while Gilbert Brown had the other five. Brown finished with 10 points and DeJuan Blair had 12 points and nine rebounds.

USF 70, Providence 86 Jan. 12, 2008 Providence, R.I.

USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Orane Chin* ...... 21 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 Kentrell Gransberry* .31 8-14 0-0 6-8 6 2 2 0 1 4 22 Syracuse 89, USF 77 Pittsburgh 79, USF 66 Dominique Jones* . . .31 3-5 2-4 2-2 1 2 1 0 1 2 10 Jan. 5, 2008 Syracuse, N.Y. Jan. 9, 2008 Tampa, Fla. Chris Howard* ...... 35 3-8 1-2 9-11 4 3 3 0 2 2 16 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .33 4-10 1-6 0-1 3 2 3 0 1 2 9 USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Pittsburgh ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Eddie Lovett ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Orane Chin* ...... 24 1-6 1-3 4-6 3 0 1 0 1 0 7 Gilber Brown* ...... 29 4-7 2-4 0-0 4 4 2 0 1 4 10 Solomon Bozeman . .14 2-6 2-4 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 6 Kentrell Gransberry* .30 6-11 0-0 2-3 13 2 1 3 0 4 14 Sam Young* ...... 28 9-13 1-2 3-4 4 1 1 0 0 2 22 Amu Saaka ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dominique Jones* . . .40 9-22 2-8 3-5 2 3 0 1 3 0 23 DeJuan Blair* ...... 25 4-8 0-0 4-4 9 1 1 2 2 3 12 Aaron Holmes ...... 11 1-4 1-2 2-2 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 Chris Howard* ...... 30 8-11 1-3 2-2 4 5 5 0 3 4 19 Keith Benjamin* . . . .37 8-12 3-5 1-2 3 3 2 0 1 1 20 Aris Williams ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .22 1-4 0-3 0-0 0 4 1 0 0 1 2 Ronald Ramon* . . . .33 2-6 2-5 0-0 1 7 3 0 0 2 6 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Solomon Bozeman . .13 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 Tyrell Biggs ...... 26 1-6 0-0 0-0 7 0 0 0 1 2 2 Mohamed Esseghir . .15 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Amu Saaka ...... 16 1-5 1-1 0-3 2 1 1 0 0 3 3 Brad Wanamaker . . .10 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 Team ...... 2 Mohamed Esseghir . . .3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 Gary McGhee ...... 12 3-5 0-0 0-2 4 1 0 1 0 1 6 Totals ...... 22-50 7-18 19-24 26 13 12 2 7 16 70 Aaron Holmes ...... 15 2-7 1-6 2-2 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 Team ...... 3 Aris Williams ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals ...... 31-58 8-16 9-14 36 20 10 3 5 15 79 Providence ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 6 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 Geoff McDermott* . . .35 8-10 3-4 5-6 7 2 1 1 3 3 24 Team ...... 5 USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Randall Hanke* . . . . .18 4-4 0-0 2-2 4 0 1 2 2 3 10 Totals ...... 29-72 6-26 13-21 36 17 12 4 9 20 77 Orane Chin* ...... 22 1-4 0-1 0-2 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 Jeff Xavier* ...... 27 6-11 3-5 1-1 2 6 2 1 1 5 16 Kentrell Gransberry* .37 11-21 0-0 4-7 11 3 3 2 0 3 26 Weyinmi Efejuku* . . .17 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 Syracuse ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Dominique Jones* . . .40 4-10 3-6 2-2 3 3 1 0 1 1 13 Brian McKenzie* . . . .28 2-8 1-2 0-0 6 6 2 0 0 2 5 Donte Greene* . . . . .35 7-17 3-6 4-6 9 1 6 3 1 4 21 Chris Howard* ...... 24 2-5 0-1 0-1 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 Alex Kellogg ...... 6 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Harris* ...... 39 9-18 0-1 2-4 13 2 1 3 1 2 20 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .33 7-9 3-5 0-0 2 1 2 0 0 3 17 Marshon Brooks . . . . .1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arinze Onuaku* . . . . .33 7-10 0-0 2-5 12 0 2 0 1 3 16 Solomon Bozeman . .11 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 Dwain Williams . . . . .26 5-10 5-8 1-2 1 3 1 0 0 1 16 Jonny Flynn* ...... 38 4-9 0-1 4-4 3 6 3 1 3 0 12 Amu Saaka ...... 16 0-5 0-2 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 Jamine Peterson . . . .10 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoop Jardine* . . . . .31 6-11 0-1 2-2 6 8 1 0 1 3 14 Aaron Holmes ...... 9 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Charles Burch ...... 13 2-3 1-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 Rick Jackson ...... 12 1-2 0-0 0-3 4 0 2 1 0 1 2 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 8 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 Jonathan Kale ...... 12 3-3 0-0 0-2 3 1 0 1 0 1 6 Kristof Ongenaet . . . .12 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 Team ...... 6 Ray Hall ...... 7 1-4 0-0 0-2 4 0 1 0 1 4 2 Team ...... 5 Totals ...... 26-60 6-18 8-14 32 16 10 4 2 14 66 Team ...... 2 Totals ...... 36-70 3-9 14-24 53 17 15 9 7 18 89 Totals ...... 32-61 13-21 9-15 36 19 9 5 8 19 86

Halftime: 40-33 Pitt. Dead Ball Rebounds: 2-2. Halftime: 47-33 SU. Dead Ball Rebounds: 3-3. Technicals: None. Officials: Reggie Greenwood, Halftime: 43-31 PC. Dead Ball Rebounds: 5-1 PC. Technicals: None. Officials: Bob Donato, Michael Pat Driscoll, Gary Prager. Attendance: 6,027 Technicals: None. Officials: Tim Higgins, Brian Stephens, Mike Roberts. Attendance: 18,860 O’Connell, Jeff Clark. Attendance: 8,721 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 15

Seton Hall 74 West Virginia 69 Louisville 80 USF 64 USF 52 USF 60 Jeremy Hazell scored 22 points and Jamar Da'Sean Butler and Darris Nichols scored 15 Earl Clark came off the bench to score 18 Nutter added 13 points as Seton Hall beat the points apiece Sunday to pace a balanced scor- points and grab eight rebounds Wednesday University of South Florida 74-64 on Thursday ing attack that carried West Virginia to its first night, leading Louisville to an 80-60 win over the night. Big East road victory, a 69-52 win over the University of South Florida. John Garcia scored 10 points and pulled University of South Florida in a game played at The Cardinals (14-5, 4-2) rebounded from a down 13 rebounds for the Pirates (11-6, 1-3 in the St. Pete Times Forum. 10-point loss at Seton Hall to win for the fifth the Big East Conference), who snapped a two- For the second straight game, the time in six games. USF (10-10, 1-6) has lost six game losing streak. Mountaineers (14-4, 4-2) overcame poor first- straight - all in the Big East by double-digits - Kentrell Gransberry had 21 points and 10 half shooting to continue its strong start under after winning its conference opener against rebounds to pace the Bulls (10-8, 1-4), while coach Bob Huggins. Rutgers. Jesus Verdejo added 13 points. Alex Ruoff added 14 points and Joe Jerry Smith and David Padgett scored 12 South Florida raced out to an early 12-6 Mazzulla delivered off 11 of his during the apiece for Louisville, which led 45-26 at the half lead, but Seton Hall then took command by Mountaineers' 31-11 game-ending surge that and used a 10-0 run to end any threat for a USF scoring 15 straight points - all from 3-point dropped South Florida (10-9, 1-5) to 5-33 in con- comeback after the Bulls trimmed their deficit to range. ference play since the Bulls joined the Big East 63-49 with eight minutes left. The Bulls tried to rally in the second half, three years ago. The Cardinals methodically built their 19- cutting the deficit to 36-33, but the Pirates Kentrell Gransberry, coming off a 21-point, point halftime lead, with Clark making 6 of 9 responded with a 10-0 run fueled by Hazell, who 10-rebound performance in a road loss to Seton shots and scoring 14 points. Leading scorer hit two 3-pointers and added a conventional Hall, led USF with 22 points on 10-for-13 shoot- Terrence Williams didn't even attempt a shot in three-point play. ing. He scored his team's first 13 points of the the opening half, but got his teammates involved second half, helping the Bulls take a 41-38 lead in the offense with 10 assists. before West Virginia took over the game. Louisville, second in the conference in scor- Wellington Smith put the Mountaineers ing defense after giving up 92 in its loss at Seton ahead for good, 42-41, and Mazzulla's 3-point Hall, limited the Bulls to 39 percent shooting and play finished a 21-4 run that enabled West used a variety of fullcourt defensive pressure to Virginia to pull away over a nine-minute stretch force 15 turnovers. in which Gransberry was held to one point. Once again, Kentrell Gransberry was a vir- West Virginia shot 59 percent in the second tual one-man show for USF until freshman half to pull away from a halftime tie to beat St. Dominique Jones got on track in the second John's 73-64 on Thursday night. This time, the half. The 6-foot-9 center scored 14 of his team's Mountaineers scored the last eight of the open- first 18 points and finished with 22 on 10-for-16 ing half to 26-25 at the break, despite shooting shooting. Jones scored all 15 of his points in the less than 30 percent (8-of-27) from the field. second half. Butler scored nine of West Virginia's first 12 Williams, coming off his second triple-double points in the second half, helping the of the season, finished with seven points, nine Mountaineers withstand Gransberry's domina- rebounds and 11 assists. tion near the basket. The sophomore forward also grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds. Dominique Jones had 11 points and Jesus Louisville 80, USF 60 Verdejo added 10 for USF. Jan. 23, 2008 Tampa, Fla.

Louisville ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Terrence Williams* . .36 3-8 1-4 0-0 9 11 4 0 3 3 7 West Virginia 69, USF 52 Juan Palacios* . . . . .13 3-6 0-1 2-3 4 0 0 0 1 0 8 David Padgett* . . . . .26 5-13 0-0 2-2 6 1 1 3 1 3 12 USF 64, Seton Hall 74 Jan. 20, 2008 Tampa, Fla. Andre McGee* . . . . .19 2-5 2-3 2-2 0 2 1 0 0 0 8 Jerry Smith* ...... 29 4-8 2-4 2-2 3 2 1 0 4 0 12 Jan. 17, 2008 Newark, N.J. West Virginia . . . . .min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Stuart Miller ...... 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Da’Sean Butler* . . . .36 6-15 1-3 2-2 12 2 1 0 0 3 15 USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Preston Knowles . . . . .2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 John Flowers* ...... 25 2-7 1-3 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 Amu Saaka* ...... 31 3-7 1-1 2-2 5 1 0 0 0 4 9 Earl Clark ...... 27 8-12 1-1 1-4 8 0 1 1 1 1 18 Jamie Smalligan* . . .14 0-3 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Kentrell Gransberry* .30 8-12 0-0 5-12 10 0 2 1 0 3 21 Edgar Sosa ...... 19 2-3 1-2 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 2 5 Darris Nichols* . . . . .37 4-10 3-8 4-4 6 3 2 0 3 1 15 Dominique Jones* . . .33 3-11 1-5 0-0 4 3 1 1 2 5 7 Josh Chichester . . . . .2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alex Ruoff* ...... 35 3-8 2-4 6-6 2 5 0 1 2 2 14 Chris Howard* ...... 37 5-12 2-4 0-2 6 5 4 1 0 3 12 Will Scott ...... 10 0-1 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 Joe Mazzulla ...... 20 2-4 0-1 7-9 2 2 1 0 1 4 11 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .35 5-9 3-5 0-0 3 3 2 0 0 2 13 Lee Steiden ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jonnie West ...... 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Solomon Bozeman . .13 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 1 3 0 1 5 2 Derrick Caracter . . . .10 2-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 1 0 5 4 Jarrett Brown ...... 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Orin Chin ...... 3 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Terrance Farley ...... 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Ted Talkington ...... 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aaron Holmes ...... 8 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team ...... 2 Wellington Smith . . . .28 3-5 0-2 3-5 3 1 1 2 0 3 9 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals ...... 31-61 7-17 11-15 36 19 12 6 11 17 80 Team ...... 4 Mohamed Esseghir . . .8 0-0 0-0 0-1 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 Totals ...... 20-52 7-23 22-26 35 13 6 3 6 17 69 Team ...... 2 USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Totals ...... 25-57 7-18 7-17 38 14 14 5 3 24 64 Orane Chin* ...... 18 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 0 1 1 4 USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Kentrell Gransberry* .38 10-16 0-0 2-4 10 0 0 1 0 2 22 Amu Saaka* ...... 19 0-3 0-2 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 Seton Hall ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Dominique Jones* . . .34 6-10 2-5 3-3 2 4 2 0 0 2 17 Kentrell Gransberry* .34 10-13 0-0 2-11 7 0 3 0 1 4 22 Brian Laing* ...... 40 1-9 0-2 6-10 1 1 1 2 1 2 8 Chris Howard* ...... 29 1-7 0-0 0-5 5 4 4 1 1 3 2 Dominique Jones* . . .39 4-8 2-5 1-2 6 1 4 0 0 4 11 John Garcia* ...... 20 4-6 0-0 2-4 13 0 2 3 2 4 10 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .28 0-6 0-3 4-4 2 6 3 0 1 3 4 Chris Howard* ...... 38 3-11 0-4 1-2 7 10 3 0 0 4 7 Jamar Nutter* ...... 40 4-7 3-5 2-2 2 2 1 0 1 2 13 Eddie Lovett ...... 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .33 4-10 2-5 0-0 4 2 2 0 0 3 10 Eugene Harvey* . . . .40 1-6 0-0 8-10 5 7 2 0 0 1 10 Aaron Holmes ...... 12 2-6 2-3 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Eddie Lovett ...... 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeremy Hazell* . . . . .31 8-16 5-11 1-3 2 0 1 0 4 1 22 Amu Saaka ...... 2 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Aaron Holmes ...... 12 1-3 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 Mike Davis ...... 17 3-4 0-0 1-1 4 0 1 2 2 4 7 Solomon Bozeman . .15 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 Solomon Bozeman . . .4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Augustine Okosun . . .3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Aris Williams ...... 12 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Larry Davis ...... 9 1-4 0-3 2-2 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 Mohamed Esseghir . .19 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 Team ...... 6 Mohamed Esseghir . . .5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Team ...... 5 Totals ...... 22-52 8-21 22-32 35 10 8 7 11 17 74 Team ...... 2 Totals ...... 22-49 4-19 4-15 35 13 14 0 1 21 52 Totals ...... 22-54 5-15 11-22 35 16 15 3 3 15 58

Halftime: 36-30 SHU. Dead Ball Rebounds: 5-4 Halftime: 26-25 WVU. Dead Ball Rebounds: 2-2. SHU. Technicals: None. Officials: Mike Kitts, Ted Halftime: 45-26 UL. Dead Ball Rebounds: 6-1 Technicals: USF bench - 1. Officials: John Cahill, Hillary, Ed Hightower. Attendance: 4,545 USF. Technicals: None. Officials: Bob Donato, Joseph Lindsey, J.D. Collins. Attendance: 12,056 Pat Driscoll, Tony Greene. Attendance: 4,781 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 16

No. 16/17 Marquette 62 St. John’s 72 No. 6 Georgetown 63 USF 54 USF 58 USF 53 With Marquette grinding it out against a Justin Burrell scored 22 points and St. John's The University of South Florida was leading the tough South Florida team and not getting a typi- rallied from a 16-point first-half deficit to rebound conference's best team by nine points late the first half. cal game from two of its main offensive threats, from its worst-ever Big East loss with a 72-58 vic- South Florida was shooting 77 percent. One player, Lazar Hayward and Wesley Matthews stepped tory over South Florida on Saturday night. DuJuan Summers, had accounted for four of Georgetown's meager tally of five baskets. into the spotlight. Three days after losing at home to Georgetown by 32, the Red Storm (8-12, 2-7) Enough of that craziness. The Bulls missed their Hayward scored a career-high 23 points, and next nine shots. The Hoyas went on a 12-0 run to take shrugged off another slow start to win for the first Matthews' three 3-pointers in a 2-minute span the lead for good. Summers finished with a career-high late in the second half propelled the Golden time in nearly a month despite playing the second 24 points, and No. 6 Georgetown did just enough in the Eagles (No. 16 ESPN/USA Today, No. 17 AP) to half without leading scorer Anthony Mason, Jr. second half Tuesday to hold on for a 63-53 victory. a 62-54 victory Tuesday night. Mason's only basket finished a 17-1 run that Summers made eight of 13 field goals, including 4- South Florida played Marquette (15-4, 5-3 erased USF's big lead. The 6-foot-7 junior limped of-8 3-pointers, and had nine rebounds to lead the Big East) close until the final 5 minutes, thanks in off the floor 24 seconds after re-spraining his left Hoyas (19-2, 9-1) to their sixth straight win and 18th in ankle with the score tied 26-26 in the final minute a row at home. Roy Hibbert, who had his hands full with large part to defense. The Bulls limited the Kentrell Gransberry, missed his first three shots but fin- Golden Eagles' leading scorer, Dominic James, of the opening half. Burrell made up for Mason's absence with 12 in the second half, when St. ished with 13 points on 5-for-9 shooting and eight to three points in 19 minutes and held Jerel John's broke the game open with an 11-1 spurt rebounds. McNeal to six. As for the rest of the team? They shot 9-for-34, and keyed by D.J. Kennedy, who scored all 13 of his Trailing by eight points at halftime, South no one had more than one field goal until Jessie Sapp's points in the last 8 minutes of the game. Florida (10-11, 1-7) used a 10-4 run to tie the 3-pointer with 11 minutes to play. Overall, the Hoyas USF (10-13, 1-8) went without a field goal for game at 42 with 5:10 remaining. shot just 39 percent, the worst performance of the sea- the final 8:43 of the first half, then only made 9 of But Matthews responded immediately with a son for a team that entered the game leading the Big 26 shots after halftime. Dominique Jones led the East with a 50.3 percent average. 3-pointer, and South Florida's leading scorer and Bulls, who have lost eight straight -- all in the Big Dominique Jones scored 15 points, and rebounder Kentrell Gransberry fouled out with East, with 22 points. Mobolaji Ajayi scored 12 and Gransberry had 13 points and nine rebounds for the 4:06 remaining. Matthews then sealed the victo- Kentrell Gransberry added 10. Bulls (10-13, 1-9), who have lost nine straight. ry with two 3-pointers that put Marquette ahead Larry Wright scored 17 on 7-of-8 shooting for Gransberry outplayed Hibbert early, and his feed to 52-43 with 2:57 left. the Red Storm. Malik Boothe finished with 11 Mobolaji Ajayi for a layup gave the Bulls a 13-3 lead. Orane Chin's jumper made the score 22-13 with eight South Florida's Dominique Jones, who had points and 10 assists. 15 points, fouled out less than a minute later. minutes left in the half. St. John's shot a season-worst 21.3 percent in But Hibbert started to find his groove. His running Gransberry, who had 15 points and 15 rebounds, its 74-42 loss to Georgetown. The Red Storm went hook ended the team's 5 1/2 -minute drought, and he hurt himself at the free-throw line, going 9-for-15. without a field goal for the first 15:27 of that game followed with a putback and a pair of free throws for the The Golden Eagles mostly contained and looked like they might be headed for another first six points in the 12-0 run. Summers scored the Gransberry's offense in the first half, holding him disappointing night when USF raced to a 25-9 next six, and Hibbert added another basket in the final to seven points, but had a hard time keeping him lead. minute of the half to give Georgetown a 27-24 lead at off the boards. Gransberry had nine rebounds in Wright's 3-pointer began a surge to close the the break. the first half. Marquette was outrebounded 39-32 half, and the Red Storm pulled even when Mason Still, the Hoyas had a hard time putting the Bulls on Tuesday, and has been outrebounded in its drove the right side for a layup. St. John's leading away. Austin Freeman's 3-pointer capped an 8-0 run to make the score 37-29, but the lead didn't start to look last seven games. scorer was 1-for-5 and had 4 rebounds in 15 min- comfortable until Vernon Macklin's layup put Tuesday's game was a reunion of the Tom utes. Georgetown ahead 56-42 with 6:02 to play. Izzo coaching tree, as Crean and Heath both The Red Storm won for the first time since Even then, the Bulls came back with a 7-0 run and were on Izzo's staff at Michigan State in the late beating Cincinnati on Jan. 5. cut the deficit to seven in the last two minutes. Hibbert 1990s. Heath is in his first year at South Florida stopped the momentum with a hook shot, and after five seasons at Arkansas. Summers followed with a 14-footer to put the game St. John’s 72, USF 58 away. Feb. 2, 2008 Tampa, Fla.

St. John’s ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Marquette 62, USF 54 D.J. Kennedy* ...... 27 3-5 0-1 7-8 6 0 0 0 3 2 13 Jan. 29, 2008 Milwaukee, Wisc. Justin Burrell* ...... 40 9-15 0-0 4-6 7 0 2 0 2 1 22 Tomas Jasiulionis* . . .5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Georgetown 63, USF 53 USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Anthony Mason Jr.* . .15 1-5 0-1 0-0 4 2 3 0 0 1 2 Orane Chin* ...... 29 1-3 0-1 1-2 3 1 0 2 0 5 3 Eugene Lawrence* . .16 1-4 0-1 1-2 2 2 2 0 1 4 3 Feb. 5, 2008 Washington, D.C. Kentrell Gransberry* .29 3-6 0-0 9-15 15 1 0 1 0 5 15 Malik Boothe ...... 31 3-6 1-2 4-4 3 10 3 0 1 2 11 Dominique Jones* . . .31 6-15 0-5 3-4 8 2 6 0 1 5 15 Larry Wright ...... 25 7-8 3-3 0-0 4 0 2 0 0 1 17 USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Chris Howard* ...... 38 1-8 0-1 2-6 2 1 3 0 1 1 4 Dele Coker ...... 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dominique Jones* . . .37 6-13 3-6 0-0 2 0 3 0 2 3 15 Solomon Bozeman* .32 1-4 1-2 3-4 1 3 3 0 2 4 6 Sean Evans ...... 19 1-1 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 Kentrell Gransberry* .38 6-16 0-0 1-4 9 2 1 5 0 1 13 Aaron Holmes ...... 19 1-6 1-3 4-4 3 0 1 0 0 2 7 Paris Horne ...... 17 1-4 0-1 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 Chris Howard* ...... 29 2-3 0-0 0-0 4 1 5 0 1 3 4 Amu Saaka ...... 8 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 Mike Cavataio ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .39 2-8 0-4 7-8 3 5 1 0 1 2 11 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 11 1-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 Team ...... 2 Mobolaji Ajayi* . . . . .23 4-7 0-0 0-0 5 0 0 1 0 3 8 Mohamed Esseghir . . .3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals ...... 26-48 4-9 16-22 34 17 13 0 8 19 72 Orane Chin ...... 18 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 Team ...... 3 Aaron Holmes ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals ...... 15-44 2-12 22-35 39 9 15 3 4 26 54 USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Solomon Bozeman . .15 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 Mobolaji Ajayi* . . . . .25 6-8 0-0 0-2 9 0 3 0 0 4 12 Mohamed Esseghir . .0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marquette ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Kentrell Gransberry* .37 3-8 0-0 4-8 6 2 4 1 0 4 10 Team ...... 3 Dwight Burke* ...... 22 2-3 0-0 1-3 4 0 0 0 0 4 5 Dominique Jones* . . .38 6-13 0-3 12-15 1 3 2 0 0 2 24 Totals ...... 21-50 3-10 8-12 27 8 12 6 5 18 53 Lazar Hayward* . . . .30 7-13 1-2 8-9 8 1 3 1 0 3 23 Chris Howard* ...... 35 1-5 0-1 2-2 4 3 0 0 1 3 3 Dominic James* . . . .19 1-7 0-2 1-6 0 4 0 0 1 1 3 Solomon Bozeman* .38 3-8 1-5 2-2 4 0 3 0 2 3 9 Georgetown ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Jerel McNeal* ...... 25 2-9 0-1 2-3 6 2 3 0 0 5 6 Eddie Lovett ...... 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Jonathan Wallace* . .24 0-3 0-2 2-4 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 Wesley Mathews* . . .29 5-8 4-4 2-5 4 1 0 0 1 2 16 Orane Chin ...... 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 DaJuan Summers* . .33 8-13 4-8 4-9 9 0 3 1 1 1 24 Maurice Acker ...... 22 0-3 0-1 2-2 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 Aaron Holmes ...... 11 0-4 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Austin Freeman* . . . .27 2-10 1-5 0-0 6 1 0 0 2 0 5 Dan Fitzgerald . . . . .10 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 Amu Saaka ...... 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Jessie Sapp* ...... 33 3-7 3-4 2-2 3 5 1 0 2 2 11 David Cubillan ...... 21 1-3 1-2 0-0 1 2 2 0 1 2 3 Jesus Verdejo ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roy Hibbert* ...... 26 5-9 0-0 3-4 8 3 2 6 0 3 13 Lawrence Blackledge .7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 Mohamed Esseghir . . .3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vernon Macklin . . . . .15 1-4 0-0 0-2 3 1 2 1 0 3 2 Ousmane Barro . . . .15 0-0 0-0 2-3 4 0 0 1 1 1 2 Team ...... 1 Jeremiah Rivers . . . .24 1-5 0-3 0-0 6 1 3 0 0 1 2 Team ...... 2 Totals ...... 19-49 1-12 19-29 28 8 13 1 4 19 58 Patrick Ewing Jr. . . . .18 2-5 0-2 0-0 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 Totals ...... 19-49 6-13 18-31 32 11 8 4 6 24 62 Team ...... 2 Totals ...... 22-56 8-24 11-21 43 12 12 10 6 11 63 Halftime: 32-24 MU. Dead Ball Rebounds: 7-7. Halftime: 26-26. Dead Ball Rebounds: 4-2 USF. Technicals: None. Officials: Earl Walton, Doug Technicals: None. Officials: Jeff Clark, Jim Haney, Halftime: 27-24 GU. Dead Ball Rebounds: 4-3 Shows, Ed Hightower. Attendance: 16,774 Mike Roberts. Attendance: 4,836 GU. Technicals: None. Officials: Pat Driscoll, Tony Greene, Ted Hillary. Attendance: 8,316 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 17 GAME-BY-GAME TEAM STATISTICS

FG -FGA PCT 3FG -3FGA PCT FT -FTA PCT REB A TO BLK ST PF-DQ 1ST 2ND OT SCORE Cleveland State 24 -55 43.6 4 -16 25.0 21 -25 84.0 35 11 10 2 10 24-0 35 38 -- 73 @ USF 20 -46 43.5 7 -12 58.3 23 -33 69.7 30 10 13 5 2 21-0 36 34 -- 70 @ Buffalo 30 -61 49.2 8 -21 38.1 8 -16 50.0 35 16 17 3 11 15-0 44 32 -- 76 USF 28 -64 43.8 7 -17 41.2 6 -12 50.0 41 19 20 4 8 16-0 36 33 -- 69 vs. Rhode Island 29 -65 44.6 8 -22 36.4 8 -13 61.5 43 17 18 4 6 21-0 27 47 -- 74 USF 24 -60 40.0 3 -12 25.0 16 -28 57.1 39 12 16 3 8 17-0 34 33 -- 67 vs. Florida Atlantic 21 -50 42.0 7 -15 46.7 20 -32 62.5 27 14 21 2 6 24-0 25 44 -- 69 USF 34 -59 57.6 10 -21 47.6 22 -29 75.9 34 23 13 4 12 21-1 52 48 -- 100 vs. Florida State 27 -65 41.5 9 -20 45.0 4 -5 80.0 32 15 14 6 9 17-0 30 37 -- 67 USF 22 -47 46.8 11 -18 61.1 13 -16 81.3 29 18 15 3 4 15-1 39 29 -- 68 East Carolina 25 -54 46.3 7 -18 38.9 10 -15 66.7 33 19 16 6 5 21-2 36 31 -- 67 @ USF 26 -58 44.8 7 -20 35.0 22 -34 64.7 37 22 9 2 8 14-0 39 42 -- 81 @ Florida International 27 -74 36.5 8 -24 33.3 7 -13 53.8 41 16 10 4 5 23-0 34 35 -- 69 USF 28 -52 53.8 3 -7 42.9 18 -29 62.1 40 15 15 4 4 15-0 38 39 -- 77 UCF 25 -59 42.4 6 -21 28.6 11 -13 84.6 33 15 13 10 5 23-1 37 30 -- 67 @ USF 26 -59 44.1 7 -14 50.0 16 -29 55.2 45 18 14 5 7 16-0 38 37 -- 75 @ Richmond 24 -59 40.7 8 -28 28.6 9 -15 60.0 24 18 11 5 7 24-1 31 34 -- 65 USF 25 -51 49.0 3 -12 25.0 26 -32 81.3 46 16 16 2 5 15-0 29 50 -- 79 UAB 21 -58 36.2 8 -23 34.8 8 -14 57.1 39 15 19 4 6 23-1 27 31 -- 58 @ USF 20 -54 37.0 2 -12 16.7 26 -40 65.0 43 13 13 7 4 18-0 28 40 -- 68 @ Wake Forest 25 -53 47.2 9 -23 39.1 15 -22 68.2 39 19 17 7 6 21-0 37 37 -- 74 USF 20 -58 34.5 3 -19 15.8 18 -29 62.1 39 11 15 0 9 19-1 27 34 -- 61 St. Francis (NY) 22 -65 33.8 6 -13 46.2 16 -29 55.2 39 15 10 0 8 19-0 28 38 -- 66 @ USF 33 -56 58.9 9 -24 37.5 11 -23 47.8 41 25 15 2 5 24-1 48 38 -- 86 Winston-Salem St. 18 -61 29.5 5 -24 20.8 7 -11 63.6 31 11 16 6 7 23-0 21 27 -- 48 @ USF 31 -65 47.7 8 -23 34.8 17 -27 63.0 53 22 15 7 6 14-0 32 55 -- 87 Rutgers 21 -54 38.9 2 -16 12.5 1 -8 12.5 31 6 11 4 2 13-0 26 19 -- 45 @ USF 25 -56 44.6 7 -15 46.7 11 -14 78.6 39 11 10 1 2 11-0 30 38 -- 68 @ Syracuse 36 -70 51.4 3 -9 33.3 14 -24 58.3 53 17 15 9 7 18-1 47 42 -- 89 USF 29 -72 40.3 6 -26 23.1 13 -21 61.9 36 17 12 4 9 20-0 33 44 -- 77 Pittsburgh 31 -58 53.4 8 -16 50.0 9 -14 64.3 36 20 10 3 5 15-0 40 39 -- 79 @ USF 26 -60 43.3 6 -18 33.3 8 -14 57.1 32 16 10 4 2 14-0 33 33 -- 66 @ Providence 32 -61 52.5 13 -21 61.9 9 -15 60.0 36 19 9 5 8 19-1 43 43 -- 86 USF 22 -50 44.0 7 -18 38.9 19 -24 79.2 26 13 12 2 7 16-0 31 39 -- 70 @ Seton Hall 22 -52 42.3 8 -21 38.1 22 -32 68.8 35 10 8 7 11 17-0 36 38 -- 74 USF 25 -57 43.9 7 -18 38.9 7 -17 41.2 38 14 14 5 3 24-2 30 34 -- 64 West Virginia 20 -52 38.5 7 -23 30.4 22 -26 84.6 35 13 6 3 6 17-0 26 43 -- 69 @ USF 22 -49 44.9 4 -19 21.1 4 -15 26.7 35 13 14 0 1 21-0 25 27 -- 52 Louisville 31 -61 50.8 7 -17 41.2 11 -15 73.3 36 19 12 6 11 17-1 45 35 -- 80 @ USF 22 -54 40.7 5 -16 31.3 11 -22 50.0 35 16 15 3 3 15-0 26 34 -- 60 @ Marquette 19 -49 38.8 6 -13 46.2 18 -31 58.1 32 11 8 4 6 24-1 32 30 -- 62 USF 15 -44 34.1 2 -12 16.7 22 -35 62.9 39 9 15 3 4 26-3 24 30 -- 54 St. John’s 26 -48 54.2 4 -9 44.4 16 -22 72.7 34 17 13 0 8 19-0 26 46 -- 72 @ USF 19 -49 38.8 1 -12 8.3 19 -29 65.5 28 8 13 1 4 19-0 26 32 -- 58 @ Georgetown 22 -56 39.3 8 -24 33.3 11 -21 52.4 43 12 12 10 6 11-0 27 36 -- 63 USF 21 -50 42.0 3 -10 30.0 8 -12 66.7 27 8 12 6 5 18-0 24 29 -- 53 @ DePaul USF Syracuse @ USF Connecticut @ USF @ Cincinnati USF Seton Hall @ USF @ Rutgers USF @ Villanova USF Notre Dame @ USF USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 18 GAME-BY-GAME SCORING/REBOUNDING OPPONENT AJAYI BOZEMAN CHIN CURRY ESSEGHIR GRANSBERRY HOLMES HOWARD JONES LOVETT SAAKA VERDEJO WILLIAMS Cleveland State 6/5 19/1 1/2 0/0 3/3 DNP -- 8/6 13/8 0/0 2/1 17/4 1/0 @ Buffalo 8/5 8/3 0/0 0/1 1/6 9/10 -- 7/4 17/2 DNP 1/3 18/3 0/0 vs. Rhode Island 2/0 9/0 13/9 0/2 0/0 16/14 -- 16/4 10/4 0/0 DNP 1/3 DNP vs. Florida Atlantic 0/3 17/0 7/6 9/3 4/3 21/10 -- 18/4 7/1 0/0 4/3 13/0 0/1 vs. Florida State 0/1 6/2 11/2 0/1 2/1 21/8 -- 12/8 10/2 0/0 0/0 6/3 0/0 East Carolina 0/0 0/1 17/7 3/0 2/4 15/10 -- 12/3 11/8 0/0 1/0 20/2 0/0 @ Florida International DNP 4/0 6/9 DNP 0/0 21/6 -- 10/4 14/5 0/0 2/1 15/5 5/5 UCF 0/0 8/3 8/10 left team 0/1 11/15 -- 8/5 30/4 0/0 0/0 10/4 0/0 @ Richmond 0/7 2/0 11/9 left team DNP 9/8 -- 16/6 30/14 0/0 1/0 10/2 0/0 UAB 0/0 4/0 1/2 left team 0/1 18/15 -- 14/4 25/6 DNP 0/0 3/6 3/2 @ Wake Forest 0/4 4/2 1/4 left team 2/0 10/8 2/1 10/3 14/5 0/0 4/3 14/3 0/2 St. Francis (NY) 2/2 7/0 4/3 left team 2/3 6/14 13/4 17/2 14/2 0/1 13/5 8/3 0/1 Winston-Salem St. 4/5 6/3 0/1 left team 0/3 21/14 20/4 6/4 8/6 3/1 17/3 0/4 2/1 Rutgers DNP 0/1 9/2 left team 0/0 20/17 2/1 2/4 24/7 DNP 2/2 9/3 DNP @ Syracuse 0/3 0/1 7/3 left team 2/0 14/13 7/3 19/4 23/2 DNP 3/2 2/0 0/0 Pittsburgh 2/1 2/1 2/4 left team DNP 26/11 0/0 4/1 13/3 DNP 0/3 172 DNP @ Providence 0/1 6/1 2/2 left team 0/1 22/6 5/5 16/4 10/1 0/0 0/0 9/3 0/0 @ Seton Hall 0/1 2/2 0/0 left team 0/4 21/10 0/0 12/6 7/4 DNP 9/5 13/3 DNP West Virginia 0/0 0/0 DNP left team 0/2 22/7 2/2 7/7 11/6 0/0 0/2 10/4 DNP Louisville 0/3 3/1 4/3 left team 0/1 22/10 7/4 2/5 17/2 0/0 1/0 4/2 0/2 @ Marquette 2/4 6/1 3/3 left team 0/0 15/15 7/3 4/2 15/8 DNP 2/0 INJ INJ St. John’s 12/9 9/4 0/1 left team 0/0 10/6 0/2 3/4 24/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 DNP @ Georgetown 8/5 0/1 2/0 left team 0/0 13/9 0/0 4/4 15/2 DNP DNP 11/3 DNP @ DePaul Syracuse Connecticut @ Cincinnati Seton Hall @ Rutgers @ Villanova Notre Dame

GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS Opponent Guard Guard Forward Forward Center Cleveland State Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Chin Ajayi (f) @ Buffalo Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Ajayi Gransberry vs. Rhode Island Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Ajayi Gransberry vs. Florida Atlantic Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Chin Gransberry vs. Florida State Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Chin Gransberry East Carolina Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Chin Gransberry @ Florida International Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Chin Gransberry UCF Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Chin Gransberry @ Richmond Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Chin Gransberry UAB Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Chin Gransberry @ Wake Forest Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Chin Gransberry St. Francis (NY) Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Saaka Gransberry Winston-Salem St. Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Saaka Gransberry Rutgers Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Saaka Gransberry @ Syracuse Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Chin Gransberry Pittsburgh Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Chin Gransberry @ Providence Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Chin Gransberry @ Seton Hall Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Saaka Gransberry West Virginia Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Saaka Gransberry Louisville Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Chin Gransberry @ Marquette Howard Jones Bozeman (g) Chin Gransberry St. John’s Howard Jones Bozeman (g) Ajayi Gransberry @ Georgetown Howard Jones Verdejo (g) Ajayi Gransberry @ DePaul Syracuse Connecticut @ Cincinnati Seton Hall @ Rutgers @ Villanova Notre Dame USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 19

Center Season & Career Highs Points Kentrell Season 26, vs. Pitt (1/9/08) Career 26 (2) last vs. Pitt (1/9/08) Rebounds Gransberry Season 17, vs. Rutgers (1/2/08) Career 23, at DePaul (3/3/07) Senior • 6-9 • 270 Assists Baton Rouge, La. Season 5, vs. St. Francis (12/22/07) Career 5, vs. St. Francis (12/22/07) Woodlawn HS / LSU Steals Communications 1 Season 2 (3) last at Wake (12/19/07) Career 4, at UAB (12/27/06) 2007-08: Missed 11/9 season opener vs. son... Tallied 21 points and 10 rebounds Blocked Shots Season 7, vs. UAB (12/8/07) Cleveland State while serving a one- in first win of year 11/17 over Florida Career 7, vs. UAB (12/8/07) game penalty for playing in a non-sanc- Atlantic... Had 21 points and 8 rebounds Field Goals tioned summer league game... Made in 11/18 win over FSU... Was named to Season 11, vs. Pitt (1/9/08) season debut 11/13 at Buffalo, notching All-Tournament Team at Glenn Wilkes Career 11 (2) last vs. Pitt (1/9/08) nine points and 10 rebounds... Tallied 16 Classic in Daytona... Notched third dou- Field Goal Attempts points and 14 rebounds 11/16 vs. Rhode ble-double of the season 11/24 vs. ECU Season 21, vs. Pitt (1/9/08) Island... Was first double-double of sea- with 15 points and 10 rebounds... Had Career 22, at DePaul (3/3/07) game-high 21 points and 6 Free Throws rebounds in 11/26 win at FIU... Season 9, at Marquette (1/29/08) Pulled 15 rebounds in 12/1 UCF win Career 9, at Marquette (1/29/08) and posted his fourth double-double Free Throw Attempts of the season with 11 points... Season 15, at Marquette (1/29/08) Finished 3 blocked shots short of a Career 15, at Marquette (1/29/08) triple-double in 12/8 win vs. UAB, 3-Point Field Goals posting 18 points, 15 rebounds and Season -- 7 blocked shots... 7 blocks smashed Career -- his career high of two, done three 3-Point Field Goal Attempts times previously... Set a career high Season -- with 5 assists in 12/22 win vs. St. Career -- Francis and also pulled down 14 rebounds... Had 21 points and Seton Hall for his 10th double-double of pulled down 14 rebounds in just 23 the year... Had a game-high 22 points minutes in 12/29 win vs. WSSU... and 7 rebounds 1/20 vs. West Virginia... Had his best combined performance Notched a game-high 22 points and a of the year with 20 points and 17 game-high 10 rebounds 1/23 vs. rebounds in 1/2 BIG EAST opening Louisville, playing a season high 38 min- win vs. Rutgers... 17 rebounds was utes... Despite foul trouble, notched 15 a season high and tied the 3rd best points and 15 rebounds 1/29 at rebounding effort of his career... It Marquette... Had 13 points and 9 was the 8th time in his career he rebounds 2/5 at Georgetown... Has 12 has grabbed 15 or more rebounds double-doubles on the season and 24 for in a game... Tallied 14 points and 13 his career... Has scored 20 or more rebounds in 1/5 Syracuse loss... points in 7 of the last 11 games and 10 Tied his career high with 26 points times on the year... Has double digit 1/9 vs. Pitt... Also pulled down 11 rebounds in 14 of 22 games he has rebounds for his 9th double-double played this season... Has 499 career of the year... Tallied a team high 22 rebounds, just 1 away from becoming points 1/12 at Providence... Tallied just the 18th player in USF history to tally 21 points and 10 rebounds 1/17 at 500 career rebounds.

Career Statistics Season G GS MP MPG FG FGA PCT 3PT 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF-DQ AS TO BS ST PTS AVG 2007-08 22 22 681 31.0 139 265 .525 0 0 .000 85 163 .521 236 10.7 63-1 31 42 30 12 363 16.5 2006-07 23 22 656 28.5 138 239 .577 0 0 .000 83 149 .557 263 11.4 82-5 25 37 11 17 359 15.6 Totals 45 44 1337 29.7 277 504 .550 0 0 .000 168 312 .538 499 11.1 145-6 56 79 41 29 722 16.0 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 20 All-America Candidate The Nation’s Top Returning Rebounder

2007-08 Statistics min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Cleveland State DNP @ Buffalo 37 3-14 0-0 3-7 10 3 4 0 2 2 9 vs. Rhode Island 37 6-16 0-0 4-10 14 1 1 1 0 2 16 vs. Florida Atlantic 19 8-13 0-0 5-6 10 0 1 2 0 1 21 vs. Florida State 36 7-11 0-0 7-10 8 1 1 1 1 3 21 East Carolina 24 6-8 0-0 3-6 10 0 0 2 2 4 15 @ Florida Inter. 30 8-13 0-0 5-10 6 3 2 2 1 2 21 UCF 30 5-13 0-0 1-2 15 0 2 0 0 3 11 @ Richmond 20 3-5 0-0 3-3 8 0 2 0 1 4 9 UAB 35 7-14 0-0 4-11 15 2 3 7 0 4 18 @ Wake Forest 26 3-8 0-0 4-6 8 2 2 0 2 3 10 St. Francis (NY) 23 1-2 0-0 4-7 14 5 3 0 0 2 6 Winston-Salem St. 23 10-15 0-0 1-4 14 0 4 1 1 2 21 Rutgers 37 7-17 0-0 6-9 17 2 1 1 0 1 20 @ Syracuse 30 6-11 0-0 2-3 13 2 1 3 0 4 14 Pittsburgh 37 11-21 0-0 4-7 11 3 3 2 0 3 26 @ Providence 31 8-14 0-0 6-8 6 2 2 0 1 4 22 @ Seton Hall 30 8-12 0-0 5-12 10 0 2 1 0 3 21 West Virginia 34 10-13 0-0 2-11 7 0 3 0 1 4 22 Louisville 38 10-16 0-0 2-4 10 0 0 1 0 2 22 @ Marquette 29 3-6 0-0 9-15 15 1 0 1 0 5 15 St. John’s 37 3-8 0-0 4-8 6 2 4 1 0 4 10 @ Georgetown 38 6-16 0-0 1-4 9 2 1 5 0 1 13 @ DePaul Syracuse Connecticut @ Cincinnati Seton Hall @ Rutgers @ Villanova Notre Dame

2006-07 Statistics min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Buffalo ...... -- South Carolina St. . . .-- FIU ...... -- Stetson ...... -- Richmond ...... -- @ Win.-Salem St. . . . .-- @ East Carolina . . . . .-- vs. Norfolk St...... 23 8-12 0-0 8-13 11 0 1 1 0 4 24 vs. TAMU-CC* ...... 22 4-8 0-0 2-6 10 0 4 0 2 3 10 @ UNLV* ...... 34 2-7 0-0 1-2 17 1 2 0 1 4 5 Missouri St.* ...... 24 7-9 0-0 1-2 9 0 0 0 1 4 15 @ UAB* ...... 23 6-9 0-0 1-2 11 2 0 0 4 2 13 vs. Wake Forest* . . . .22 6-9 0-0 5-6 15 2 1 1 1 3 17 Bethune-Cookman* . .21 4-4 0-0 4-5 9 2 1 1 2 4 12 @ Connecticut* . . . . .30 3-6 0-0 6-11 4 0 2 0 0 3 12 @ Pittsburgh* ...... 31 6-11 0-0 2-6 9 1 1 0 0 2 14 Louisville* ...... 36 8-11 0-0 3-5 8 2 0 1 2 0 19 Cincinnati* ...... 37 8-14 0-0 5-9 15 2 3 0 0 3 21 @ West Virginia* . . . .25 4-8 0-0 3-8 9 0 3 0 0 5 11 @ Notre Dame* . . . .35 10-17 0-0 3-12 11 2 1 0 1 4 23 Rutgers* ...... 33 4-10 0-0 5-7 13 3 1 1 1 3 13 Marquette* ...... 24 5-8 0-0 1-2 5 1 3 1 0 5 11 Notre Dame* ...... 24 2-5 0-0 5-9 14 2 0 1 0 4 9 @ St. John’s* ...... 36 7-14 0-0 6-9 19 0 1 1 0 4 20 @ Louisville* ...... 25 2-4 0-0 4-4 6 0 1 0 1 5 8 Syracuse* ...... 29 6-14 0-0 5-8 12 2 2 0 0 3 17 DePaul* ...... 23 7-8 0-0 1-1 7 1 3 1 0 5 15 @ Seton Hall* ...... 30 8-14 0-0 3-7 12 1 0 1 1 4 19 Providence* ...... 33 10-15 0-0 5-7 14 1 3 1 0 5 25 @ DePaul* ...... 36 11-22 0-0 4-8 23 0 4 0 0 3 26 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 21

Forward Season & Career Highs Points Mohamed Season 4, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Career 4, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Rebounds Esseghir Season 6, at Buffalo (11/13/07) Career 6, at Buffalo (11/13/07) Senior • 6-10 • 225 Assists Apollo Beach, Fla. Season 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Career 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Sarasota Christian HS / IPFW Steals Criminology 34 Season 1, at Providence (1/12/08) Career 1, at Providence (1/12/08) Blocked Shots 2007-08: Made his USF debut in 11/9 2007-08 Statistics Season 3, at Buffalo (11/13/07) season opener vs. Cleveland State... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Career 3, at Buffalo (11/13/07) Cleveland State 8 1-2 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 2 0 2 3 Had three points, three rebounds, two @ Buffalo 12 0-0 0-0 1-2 6 1 2 3 0 0 1 Field Goals blocks and two fouls in eight minutes vs. Rhode Island 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Season 1 (5) last at Wake (12/19/07) vs. Florida Atlantic 9 1-1 0-0 2-2 3 2 1 0 0 5 4 of action... Had career high three vs. Florida State 8 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 Career 1 (5) last at Wake (12/19/07) East Carolina 14 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 blocks and six rebounds in 12 minutes @ Florida Inter. 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Field Goal Attempts of action at Buffalo... Had season high UCF 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 2 (3) last vs. ECU (11/24/07) @ Richmond DNP Career 2 (3) last vs. ECU (11/24/07) 4 points 11/17 vs. FAU... Played a sea- UAB 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 son high 15 minutes at Providence... @ Wake Forest 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Free Throws St. Francis (NY) 11 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 4 2 Season 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Had four rebounds 1/17 at Seton Winston-Salem St. 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 Rutgers 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Career 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Hall... Played a season high 19 min- @ Syracuse 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 Pittsburgh DNP Free Throw Attempts utes 1/20 vs. West Virginia. @ Providence 15 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Season 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) @ Seton Hall 8 0-0 0-0 0-1 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 West Virginia 19 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 Career 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Louisville 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3-Point Field Goals @ Marquette 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. John’s 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season -- @ Georgetown 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career -- @ DePaul Syracuse 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Connecticut Season -- @ Cincinnati Seton Hall Career -- @ Rutgers @ Villanova Notre Dame

Career Statistics Season G GS MP MPG FG FGA PCT 3PT 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF-DQ AS TO BS ST PTS AVG 2007-08 21 0 157 7.5 7 13 .538 0 0 .000 4 7 .571 33 1.6 29-1 8 9 12 1 18 0.9 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 22

Guard Season & Career Highs Points Eddie Season 3, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Career 6, vs. BCC (12/31/06) Rebounds Lovett Season 1 (2) last vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Career 4, vs. BCC (12/31/06) Senior • 6-0 • 180 Assists Season 2, vs. St. Francis (12/22/07) Riviera Beach, Fla. Career 2 (2) last vs. St. Francis (12/22/07) Suncoast Community HS Steals Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 5 Season 1, vs. ECU (11/24/07) Career 2, vs. Missouri St. (12/22/06) Blocked Shots 2007-08: Played less than one minute, 2007-08 Statistics Season -- coming in as a situational substitute at min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Career -- Cleveland State 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 the end of the first half of 11/9 @ Buffalo DNP Field Goals vs. Rhode Island 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 1, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Cleveland State opener... Played 7 vs. Florida Atlantic 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 minutes 11/17 vs. FAU... Played sea- vs. Florida State 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career 2, vs. BCC (12/31/06) East Carolina 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Field Goal Attempts son high 10 minutes in 12/22 win vs. @ Florida Inter. 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. Francis and had 1 rebound and 2 UCF 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 2, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) @ Richmond 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career 4, vs. BCC (12/31/06) assists... Tallied his first points of the UAB DNP @ Wake Forest 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Free Throws year, a 3-pointer in 12/29 WSSU win... St. Francis (NY) 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 Season -- Winston-Salem St. 6 1-2 1-2 0-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 Also had a rebound and an assist... Rutgers DNP Career 2, vs. BCC (12/31/06) Missed 1/29 game at Marquette await- @ Syracuse DNP Pittsburgh DNP Free Throw Attempts ing the birth of his first child, Eddie @ Providence 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 2, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) @ Seton Hall DNP Lovett III, with his fiance Patrina. West Virginia 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career 2 (2) last vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Louisville 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-Point Field Goals @ Marquette DNP St. John’s 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Season 1, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) @ Georgetown DNP Career 1 (2) last vs. WSSU (12/29/07) @ DePaul Syracuse 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Connecticut Season 2, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) @ Cincinnati Seton Hall Career 2, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) @ Rutgers @ Villanova 2006-07 Statistics Notre Dame min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Buffalo ...... 15 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 South Carolina St. . . . .2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2005-06 Statistics FIU ...... 8 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Stetson ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 @ Seton Hall ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Richmond ...... 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 @ Cincinnati ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 @ Win.-Salem St. . . .22 2-2 1-1 0-0 1 2 1 0 1 0 5 DePaul ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 @ East Carolina . . . . .1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rutgers ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. Norfolk St...... 7 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 @ Providence ...... 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Missouri St...... 11 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 @ Rutgers ...... 4 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 @ UAB ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Connecticut ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 vs. Wake Forest . . . . .2 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Georgetown ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Bethune-Cookman . .27 2-4 0-0 2-2 4 2 1 0 1 2 6 @ Connecticut ...... 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 @ Pittsburgh ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Louisville ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Cincinnati ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 @ West Virginia . . . . .3 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 @ Notre Dame . . . . .13 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Rutgers ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marquette ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 @ St. John’s ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 @ Louisville ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syracuse ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 @ Seton Hall ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Providence ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 @ DePaul ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0

Career Statistics Season G GS MP MPG FG FGA PCT 3PT 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF-DQ AS TO BS ST PTS AVG 2007-08 15 0 32 2.1 1 5 .200 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 2 0.1 4-0 4 1 0 2 3 0.2 2006-07 26 0 145 5.6 10 17 .588 1 3 .333 3 4 .750 14 0.5 17-0 12 7 0 8 24 0.9 2005-06 8 0 13 1.6 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0.1 3-0 0 1 0 0 4 0.5 Totals 49 0 190 3.9 13 26 .500 2 6 .333 3 6 .500 17 0.3 24-0 16 9 0 10 31 0.6 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 23

Forward Season & Career Highs Points Mobolaji Season 12, vs. St. John’s (2/2/08) Career 12, vs. St. John’s (2/2/08) Rebounds Ajayi Season 9, vs. St. John’s (2/2/08) Career 9, vs. St. John’s (2/2/08) Junior • 6-9 • 225 Assists Kano, Nigeria Season 1, at Buffalo (11/13/07) Career 1, at Buffalo (11/13/07) Standard Comprehensive HS / Steals Palm Beach CC Season 1 (2) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) Business Finance 33 Career 1 (2) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) Blocked Shots Season 1 (6) last at Georgetown (2/5/08) 2007-08: Made his USF debut and 2007-08 Statistics Career 1 (6) last at Georgetown (2/5/08) first start in 11/9 season opener vs. min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Field Goals Cleveland State 21 3-4 0-0 0-0 5 0 5 1 0 4 6 Cleveland State... Tallied six points on @ Buffalo 19 4-7 0-0 0-0 5 1 1 1 1 3 8 Season 6, vs. St. John’s (2/2/08) 3-of-4 shooting in 23 minutes... Pulled vs. Rhode Island 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 Career 6, vs. St. John’s (2/2/08) vs. Florida Atlantic 12 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 down five rebounds and had one vs. Florida State 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Field Goal Attempts East Carolina 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 8, vs. St. John’s (2/2/08) block... Had eight points at Buffalo and @ Florida Inter. DNP pulled down five rebounds... Tallied 7 UCF 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Career 8, vs. St. John’s (2/2/08) @ Richmond 19 0-2 0-0 0-0 7 0 0 1 0 2 0 Free Throws rebounds in 12/5 win at Richmond... UAB 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 2 (2) last vs. Pitt (1/9/08) Had 4 points and 5 rebounds in 12/29 @ Wake Forest 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 St. Francis (NY) 8 1-1 0-0 0-2 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 Career 2 (2) last vs. Pitt (1/9/08) win vs. WSSU... Set new career highs Winston-Salem St. 9 1-3 0-0 2-3 5 0 0 1 0 2 4 Rutgers DNP Free Throw Attempts for points (12) and rebounds (9) 2/2 vs. @ Syracuse 6 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 Season 3, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Pittsburgh 8 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 St. John’s, playing a career high 25 @ Providence 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Career 3, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) minutes while making just his 4th @ Seton Hall 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 West Virginia 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3-Point Field Goals career start... Made 5th career and Louisville 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 Season -- @ Marquette 11 1-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 2nd straight start 2/5 at Georgetown... St. John’s 25 6-8 0-0 0-2 9 0 3 0 0 4 12 Career -- Tallied 8 points, 5 rebounds and 1 @ Georgetown 23 4-7 0-0 0-0 5 0 0 1 0 3 8 3-Point Field Goal Attempts @ DePaul Season -- block in 23 minutes... Is 10-15 from the Syracuse Connecticut Career -- field the past two games with 14 @ Cincinnati rebounds and 20 points. Seton Hall @ Rutgers @ Villanova Notre Dame

Career Statistics Season G GS MP MPG FG FGA PCT 3PT 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF-DQ AS TO BS ST PTS AVG 2007-08 21 5 199 9.5 21 44 .477 0 0 .000 4 9 .444 59 2.8 36-0 3 18 6 3 46 2.2 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 24

Guard Season & Career Highs Points Jesus Season 20, vs. ECU (11/24/07) Career 20 (2) last vs. ECU (11/24/07) Rebounds Verdejo Season 6, vs. UAB (12/8/07) Career 6, vs. UAB (12/8/07) Junior • 6-4 • 205 Assists Carolina, Puerto Rico Season 6, vs. Louisville (1/23/08) Career 6, vs. Louisville (1/23/08) The Winchendon School HS / Steals Arizona Season 3, vs. URI (11/16/07) Communications 23 Career 3 (2) last vs. URI (11/16/07) Blocked Shots Season 1 (2) last vs. St. Francis (12/22/07) 2007-08: Started 11/9 season opener 2007-08 Statistics Career 1 (3) last vs. St. Francis (12/22/07) vs. Cleveland State and was second min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Cleveland State 28 5-11 2-4 5-6 4 0 2 0 0 1 17 Field Goals on squad in scoring with 17 points, @ Buffalo 31 8-14 2-4 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 2 18 Season 8, at Buffalo (11/13/07) vs. Rhode Island 16 0-7 0-3 1-2 3 1 1 0 3 2 1 Career 8 (2) last at Buffalo (11/13/07) including 2-4 from 3-pt range... Added vs. Florida Atlantic 22 5-8 1-4 2-2 0 2 1 0 1 0 13 four rebounds... Tallied 18 points at vs. Florida State 24 2-4 2-3 0-0 3 4 4 0 0 2 6 Field Goal Attempts East Carolina 28 7-11 4-7 2-2 2 1 1 0 0 3 20 Buffalo, including another 2-4 outing @ Florida Inter. 35 6-11 3-4 0-0 5 0 1 1 0 1 15 Season 14, at Buffalo (11/13/07) UCF 29 3-7 1-3 3-4 4 3 2 0 1 2 10 Career 14, at Buffalo (11/13/07) from 3-pt range... His eight field goals @ Richmond 27 3-8 0-2 4-4 2 3 3 0 0 2 10 made against Buffalo tied his career UAB 33 0-6 0-1 3-4 6 2 0 0 1 1 3 Free Throws @ Wake Forest 30 4-7 1-2 5-9 3 4 3 0 1 3 14 Season 7, at Georgetown (2/5/08) high and his 14 attempts set a new St. Francis (NY) 24 3-8 2-6 0-0 3 4 2 1 2 2 8 Career 7, at Georgetown (2/5/08) career mark... Notched 13 points on 5- Winston-Salem St. 21 0-5 0-1 0-0 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 Rutgers 30 2-6 1-3 4-4 3 3 2 0 0 0 9 Free Throw Attempts 8 shooting in 11/17 win over FAU... @ Syracuse 22 1-4 0-3 0-0 0 4 1 0 0 1 2 Pittsburgh 33 7-9 3-5 0-0 2 1 2 0 0 3 17 Season 9, at Wake (12/19/07) Had 4 assists in 11/18 win over FSU, @ Providence 33 4-10 1-6 0-1 3 2 3 0 1 2 9 Career 9 (2) last at Wake (12/19/07) @ Seton Hall 35 5-9 3-5 0-0 3 3 2 0 0 2 13 and added two big 3-pointers... Tied West Virginia 33 4-10 2-5 0-0 4 2 2 0 0 3 10 3-Point Field Goals his career high of 20 points 11/24 vs. Louisville 28 0-6 0-3 4-4 2 6 3 0 1 3 4 Season 4, vs. ECU (11/24/07) @ Marquette INJ ECU set in his first-ever game as a St. John’s 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career 4, vs. ECU (11/24/07) @ Georgetown 39 2-8 0-4 7-8 3 5 1 0 1 2 11 Bull... Was 7-11 from the field and also @ DePaul 3-Point Field Goal Attempts set new career marks for 3-pointers Syracuse Season 7, vs. ECU (11/24/07) Connecticut Career 7, vs. ECU (11/24/07) made (4) and attempted (7) vs. ECU... @ Cincinnati Seton Hall Tallied 15 points and 5 rebounds in @ Rutgers 2006-07 Statistics 11/26 win at FIU, including 3-of-4 from @ Villanova min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Notre Dame Buffalo ...... -- 3-point range... Had 10 points and 4 South Carolina St. . . .-- FIU ...... -- rebounds in 12/1 UCF win... Had Made a career high 7 free throws 2/5 Stetson ...... -- career high 6 rebounds in 12/8 win vs. at Georgetown, scoring 11 points, with Richmond ...... -- @ Win.-Salem St. . . . .-- UAB... Tied for a team high 14 points 5 assists and 3 rebounds... Has scored @ East Carolina . . . . .-- vs. Norfolk St...... 25 8-13 2-3 2-2 0 3 1 0 0 2 20 at Wake on 12/19... Had 4 assists in double figures in 12 of 22 games. vs. TAMU-CC* ...... 30 3-10 3-6 1-2 3 2 2 0 0 2 10 12/22 vs. St. Francis... Tied a career @ UNLV* ...... 36 5-16 1-4 3-4 1 2 3 0 0 1 14 Missouri St.* ...... 24 3-6 1-3 1-2 2 3 2 0 1 0 8 high with 4 assists 1/5 at Syracuse... @ UAB* ...... 26 2-7 1-3 2-4 1 2 5 0 0 1 7 vs. Wake Forest* . . . .34 4-6 1-2 6-9 1 3 3 0 0 1 15 Tallied 17 points 1/9 vs. Pitt, the most Bethune-Cookman* . .25 1-3 0-2 0-2 1 4 4 0 1 3 2 points he has scored in a BIG EAST @ Connecticut* ...... 8 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 2 4 0 0 2 0 @ Pittsburgh* ...... 35 5-10 2-5 0-0 0 3 2 0 0 2 12 game, besting his previous high of 12 Louisville* ...... 28 1-4 0-3 6-11 5 3 1 0 0 3 8 Cincinnati ...... -- last year at Pitt... Had 13 points, 3 @ West Virginia . . . .28 4-8 1-4 1-1 4 3 1 0 0 1 10 rebounds and 3 assists 1/17 at Seton @ Notre Dame . . . . .33 0-2 0-1 2-4 4 1 5 1 3 2 2 Rutgers* ...... 25 4-6 2-3 0-0 2 3 2 0 3 0 10 Hall, including 3-5 from 3-pt range... Marquette* ...... 25 3-3 1-1 2-2 3 2 2 0 1 2 9 Notre Dame* ...... 22 0-6 0-2 2-2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 Had a career high 6 assists 1/23 vs. @ St. John’s* ...... 12 0-1 0-1 1-2 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 Louisville, besting the 4 he had done 5 @ Louisville* ...... 16 2-4 0-2 2-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 Syracuse ...... 14 0-3 0-1 0-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 times previously... Missed 1/29 game DePaul ...... 23 0-2 0-0 2-3 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 @ Seton Hall ...... 15 2-4 0-1 1-2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 at Marquette with a lower back injury... Providence ...... 12 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 @ DePaul ...... 13 3-6 0-2 1-4 1 1 2 0 1 0 7

Career Statistics Season G GS MP MPG FG FGA PCT 3PT 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF-DQ AS TO BS ST PTS AVG 2007-08 22 21 604 27.5 71 170 .418 28 79 .354 40 50 .800 62 2.8 37-0 51 38 2 13 210 9.5 2006-07 22 14 509 23.1 52 124 .419 15 51 .294 35 60 .583 33 1.5 28-0 43 47 1 12 154 7.0 Totals 44 35 1113 25.3 123 294 .418 43 130 .331 75 110 .682 95 2.2 65-0 94 85 3 25 364 8.3 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 25

Forward Season & Career Highs Points Aris Season 5, at FIU (11/26/07) Career 9, at ECU (12/9/06) Rebounds Williams Season 5, at FIU (11/26/07) Career 10, at ECU (12/9/06) Junior • 6-9 • 235 Assists Columbia, Md. Season -- Career 2, at ECU (12/9/06) Georgetown Prep HS / Steals Valparaiso Season 1, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Political Science 32 Career 1, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Blocked Shots 2007-08: Made first appearance 2007-08 Statistics Season 1, vs. CSU (11/9/07) 11/9/07 vs. Cleveland State since min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Career 1 (2), last vs. CSU (11/9/07) Cleveland State 9 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12/31/06 after battling knee injuries @ Buffalo 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Field Goals and subsequent surgery... Missed the vs. Rhode Island DNP Season 2, at FIU (11/26/07) vs. Florida Atlantic 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 Career 4, at ECU (12/9/06) final 20 games of last season... Had vs. Florida State 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 East Carolina 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Field Goal Attempts season high in points (5) and rebounds @ Florida Inter. 7 2-3 0-0 1-2 5 0 1 0 0 4 5 Season 3 (2) last at Wake (12/19/07) (5) in 11/26 win at FIU... Had three UCF 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 @ Richmond 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Career 9, at ECU (12/9/06) points and two rebounds in six minutes UAB 6 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 @ Wake Forest 7 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 Free Throws of 12/8 UAB win... Played a season St. Francis (NY) 2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Season 1, at FIU (11/26/07) high 12 minutes 1/23 vs. Louisville... Winston-Salem St. 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Rutgers DNP Career 4, at WSSU (12/7/06) Missed 1/29 game at Marquette with a @ Syracuse 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Free Throw Attempts Pittsburgh DNP left knee injury. @ Providence 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Season 2 (4) last vs. Louisville (1/23/08) @ Seton Hall DNP Career 6, at ECU (12/9/06) West Virginia DNP Louisville 12 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-Point Field Goals @ Marquette INJ Season -- St. John’s DNP @ Georgetown DNP Career -- @ DePaul Syracuse 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Connecticut Season -- @ Cincinnati Career -- Seton Hall @ Rutgers @ Villanova 2006-07 Statistics Notre Dame min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Buffalo ...... 24 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 2 0 3 0 South Carolina St. . . .19 3-6 0-0 3-4 5 0 1 0 0 1 9 FIU ...... 11 1-5 0-0 2-2 9 0 1 0 0 3 4 Stetson ...... 27 0-3 0-0 0-1 9 2 2 1 0 3 0 Richmond ...... 12 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 @ Win.-Salem St. . . .19 1-4 0-0 4-6 5 0 4 1 0 1 6 @ East Carolina* . . .33 4-9 0-0 1-6 10 2 0 1 0 1 9 vs. Norfolk St.* . . . . .10 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 vs. TAMU-CC ...... -- @ UNLV ...... -- Missouri St...... -- @ UAB ...... -- vs. Wake Forest . . . .12 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 Bethune-Cookman . . .9 1-2 0-0 1-3 4 1 2 0 0 2 3 @ Connecticut ...... -- @ Pittsburgh ...... -- Louisville ...... -- Cincinnati ...... -- @ West Virginia . . . . .-- @ Notre Dame ...... -- Rutgers ...... -- Marquette ...... -- Notre Dame ...... -- @ St. John’s ...... -- @ Louisville ...... -- Syracuse ...... -- DePaul ...... -- @ Seton Hall ...... -- Providence ...... -- @ DePaul ...... --

Career Statistics Season G GS MP MPG FG FGA PCT 3PT 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF-DQ AS TO BS ST PTS AVG 2007-08 15 0 66 4.4 4 13 .308 0 0 .000 3 9 .333 14 0.9 15-0 0 3 1 1 11 0.7 2006-07 10 2 176 17.6 12 35 .343 0 0 .000 11 24 .458 52 5.2 21-0 6 13 5 0 35 3.5 Totals 25 2 242 9.7 16 48 .333 0 0 .000 14 33 .424 66 2.6 36-0 6 16 6 1 46 1.8 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 26

Guard Season & Career Highs Points Solomon Season 19, vs. CSU (11/9/07) Career 24, vs. BCC (12/31/06) Rebounds Bozeman Season 4, vs. St. John’s (2/2/08) Career 7, vs. Stetson (11/27/06) Sophomore • 6-0 • 165 Assists Magnolia, Ark. Season 8, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Career 9, vs. SC St. (11/17/06) Magnolia HS Steals Physical Education 22 Season 4, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Career 5, vs. Marquette (1/28/07) Blocked Shots 2007-08: Started 11/9 season opener 2007-08 Statistics Season 1, vs. UCF (12/1/07) vs. Cleveland State and led team with min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Career 1 (2) last vs. UCF (12/1/07) Cleveland State 34 7-9 5-7 0-0 1 0 2 0 1 2 19 19 points, including 5-7 from 3pt- @ Buffalo 20 3-6 1-2 1-1 3 1 2 0 0 0 8 Field Goals range... 19 points is 3rd highest output vs. Rhode Island 21 3-4 1-1 2-2 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 Season 7, vs. CSU (11/9/07) vs. Florida Atlantic 21 5-6 4-5 3-3 0 4 0 0 4 1 17 Career 7, vs. CSU (11/9/07) of his career... Was 5-6 from 3pt-range vs. Florida State 27 2-4 2-4 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 1 6 East Carolina 22 0-6 0-5 0-0 1 3 0 0 3 3 0 Field Goal Attempts before final desperation three at end of @ Florida Inter. 14 0-2 0-2 4-4 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 UCF 23 2-3 1-2 3-5 3 4 2 1 1 1 8 Season 9, vs. CSU (11/9/07) game attempting to tie the score... @ Richmond 18 1-6 0-5 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 Career 12, vs. Richmond (12/5/06) Was 7-9 from field... Five 3’s made is UAB 15 1-3 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 @ Wake Forest 20 0-3 0-3 4-4 2 1 2 0 1 1 4 Free Throws career high, besting four made vs. St. Francis (NY) 18 3-6 1-4 0-1 0 1 1 0 1 5 7 Season 4 (3) last vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Winston-Salem St. 20 1-6 0-4 4-4 3 8 1 0 1 2 6 Bethune-Cookman last season... Rutgers 19 0-3 0-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career 15, vs. Stetson (11/27/06) Seven FG’s made is also a career @ Syracuse 13 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 Free Throw Attempts Pittsburgh 11 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 high... Tallied 17 points on 5-6 shooting @ Providence 14 2-6 2-4 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 6 Season 5, vs. UCF (12/1/07) @ Seton Hall 13 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 1 3 0 1 5 2 Career 16, vs. Stetson (11/27/06) 11/17 vs. FAU... Was 4-5 from 3-pt West Virginia 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 range vs. FAU and had season high 4 Louisville 15 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 3-Point Field Goals @ Marquette 32 1-4 1-2 3-4 1 3 3 0 2 4 6 Season 5, vs. CSU (11/9/07) assists... Nailed two 3-pointers in 11/18 St. John’s 38 3-8 1-5 2-2 4 0 3 0 2 3 9 win over FSU... Had 4 assists and 3 @ Georgetown 15 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 Career 5, vs. CSU (11/9/07) @ DePaul 3-Point Field Goal Attempts rebounds in 12/1 UCF win... Set a sea- Syracuse Connecticut Season 7, vs. CSU (11/9/07) son high with 8 assists in 12/29 win vs. @ Cincinnati Career 7 (2), last vs. CSU (11/9/07) Seton Hall WSSU and tied a season high with 3 @ Rutgers rebounds... Made first start of season @ Villanova 2006-07 Statistics Notre Dame min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts 1/29 at Marquette filling in for an Buffalo* ...... 38 4-8 4-7 11-13 1 5 5 0 1 2 23 South Carolina St.* . .21 1-2 0-1 4-4 3 9 1 0 0 0 6 injured Jesus Verdejo... Started sec- FIU ...... 30 1-5 0-4 7-7 6 7 2 0 2 1 9 ond game of season 2/2 vs. St. John’s Stetson* ...... 46 1-6 0-4 15-16 7 5 0 0 3 7 17 Richmond* ...... 37 4-12 0-3 3-4 4 6 4 0 1 4 11 and played a season high 38 minutes, @ Win.-Salem St.* . .35 4-8 3-6 6-6 6 1 2 0 1 3 17 @ East Carolina* . . .35 2-10 2-4 10-10 5 3 3 0 1 3 16 scoring 9 points and pulling down a vs. Norfolk St.* . . . . .31 3-8 2-5 5-6 2 4 1 0 1 1 13 season high 4 rebounds. vs. TAMU-CC* ...... 31 3-7 0-2 9-12 1 1 4 0 1 3 15 @ UNLV* ...... 35 4-9 2-4 5-6 3 1 4 0 0 4 15 Missouri St.* ...... 37 2-7 1-6 3-4 4 8 6 0 4 2 8 @ UAB* ...... 31 2-7 1-4 2-2 0 3 6 0 2 2 7 vs. Wake Forest* . . . .39 5-9 2-3 3-4 4 5 6 1 2 2 15 Bethune-Cookman* . .29 4-5 4-5 12-13 0 7 2 0 0 1 24 @ Connecticut* . . . . .40 2-6 0-3 4-4 1 5 1 1 1 4 8 @ Pittsburgh* ...... 33 2-4 1-3 2-2 4 4 4 0 0 3 7 Louisville* ...... 26 0-2 0-2 2-2 1 3 2 0 0 3 2 Cincinnati* ...... 34 2-5 2-5 4-6 4 7 4 0 2 1 10 @ West Virginia* . . . .30 0-2 0-1 0-0 5 5 3 0 0 4 0 @ Notre Dame* . . . .19 1-4 0-1 2-2 3 0 4 0 2 0 4 Rutgers ...... 26 1-5 1-4 2-2 1 3 0 0 0 1 5 Marquette ...... 25 1-7 0-3 3-3 1 3 2 0 5 2 5 Notre Dame ...... 20 2-5 1-4 2-2 2 0 1 1 0 0 7 @ St. John’s ...... 23 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 @ Louisville ...... 24 1-2 1-2 2-2 2 2 3 0 1 2 5 Syracuse* ...... 35 2-4 2-3 0-0 3 1 3 0 2 1 6 DePaul* ...... 25 1-2 1-2 3-4 4 1 2 0 0 2 6 @ Seton Hall* ...... 29 3-6 1-3 2-3 4 1 1 0 3 1 9 Providence* ...... 30 2-5 2-5 7-8 1 2 2 0 2 1 13 @ DePaul* ...... 26 2-5 2-4 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 5 6

Career Statistics Season G GS MP MPG FG FGA PCT 3PT 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF-DQ AS TO BS ST PTS AVG 2007-08 23 2 447 19.4 37 98 .378 20 68 .294 28 32 .875 28 1.2 42-2 38 29 1 17 122 5.3 2006-07 30 24 919 30.6 62 169 .367 35 105 .333 130 147 .884 83 2.8 60-1 104 82 3 38 289 9.6 Totals 53 26 1366 25.8 99 267 .371 55 173 .318 158 179 .883 111 2.1 102-3 142 111 4 55 411 7.8 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 27

Guard Season & Career Highs Points Chris Season 19, at Syracuse (1/5/08) Career 19, at Syracuse (1/5/08) Rebounds Howard Season 8, vs. FSU (11/18/07) Career 8, vs. FSU (11/18/07) Sophomore • 6-3 • 200 Assists Lorton, Va. Season 11, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Career 11, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Friendly HS Steals Communications 3 Season 3, at Syracuse (1/5/08) Career 3 (2) last at Syracuse (1/5/08) 2007-08: Started 11/9 season opener Blocked Shots 2007-08 Statistics Season 1 (4) last at Seton Hall (1/17/08) vs. Cleveland State and notched eight min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Career 1 (5) last at Seton Hall (1/17/08) points, all free throws... Made a Cleveland State 33 0-3 0-0 8-10 6 4 1 0 0 2 8 @ Buffalo 31 3-7 1-3 0-0 4 9 6 0 1 1 7 Field Goals career-high eight free throws on a vs. Rhode Island 32 6-9 1-2 3-5 4 6 5 0 1 4 16 vs. Florida Atlantic 27 5-8 1-3 7-7 4 11 2 1 0 1 18 Season 8, at Syracuse (1/5/08) career-high 10 attempts... Added six vs. Florida State 38 3-8 2-3 4-4 8 7 2 1 1 0 12 Career 8, at Syracuse (1/5/08) East Carolina 38 3-7 0-1 6-8 3 9 1 0 1 0 12 rebounds and four assists... Dished @ Florida Inter. 35 4-8 0-1 2-5 4 6 5 0 0 1 10 Field Goal Attempts out nine assists 11/13 at Buffalo, tied UCF 30 4-11 0-1 0-0 5 5 2 0 0 4 8 @ Richmond 38 5-11 0-1 6-9 6 6 2 0 0 0 16 Season 12 at Seton Hall (1/17/08) for 2nd most in career at time... Scored UAB 34 4-9 1-3 5-7 4 4 3 0 1 1 14 Career 12 at Seton Hall (1/17/08) @ Wake Forest 27 4-7 1-2 1-2 3 0 2 0 0 3 10 16 points 11/16 vs. Rhode Island, St. Francis (NY) 27 7-8 2-3 1-1 2 5 5 0 0 0 17 Free Throws going 6-9 from the field (1-2 3-pt) and Winston-Salem St. 24 2-5 0-1 2-2 4 3 2 0 2 4 6 Season 9, at Providence (1/12/08) Rutgers 30 1-6 0-1 0-0 4 2 3 0 0 4 2 3-5 from free throw line... Also had six @ Syracuse 30 8-11 1-3 2-2 4 5 5 0 3 4 19 Career 9, at Providence (1/12/08) Pittsburgh 24 2-5 0-1 0-1 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 Free Throw Attempts assists vs. Rams... Set a then-career @ Providence 35 3-8 1-2 9-11 4 3 3 0 2 2 16 high with 18 points 11/17 vs. FAU, @ Seton Hall 37 5-12 2-4 0-2 6 5 4 1 0 3 12 Season 11, at Providence (1/12/08) West Virginia 38 3-11 0-4 1-2 7 10 3 0 0 4 7 Career 11, at Providence (1/12/08) going 5-8 from field (1-3 from 3) and 7- Louisville 29 1-7 0-0 0-5 5 4 4 1 1 3 2 @ Marquette 38 1-8 0-1 2-6 2 1 3 0 1 1 4 3-Point Field Goals 7 from line... Had career high 11 St. John’s 35 1-5 0-1 2-2 4 3 0 0 1 3 3 Season 2 (3) last at Seton Hall (1/17/08) assists vs. FAU, besting 10 set 1/14/07 @ Georgetown 29 2-3 0-0 0-0 4 1 5 0 1 3 4 @ DePaul Career 2 (3) last at Seton Hall (1/17/08) vs. Cincinnati... Had 12 points, 8 Syracuse Connecticut 3-Point Field Goal Attempts rebounds and 7 assists in 11/18 win @ Cincinnati Season 4, at Seton Hall (1/17/08) over FSU... Had career high 8 Seton Hall Career 4, at Seton Hall (1/17/08) @ Rutgers rebounds and 2 3-pointers made vs. @ Villanova Notre Dame 2006-07 Statistics FSU... Was named to All-Tournament min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts 1/17 at Seton Hall... Flirted with a Buffalo ...... -- Team at Glenn Wilkes Classic... Had South Carolina St. . . .-- 12 points and 9 assists in 11/24 win vs. triple-double with 7 points, 7 rebounds FIU ...... -- Stetson ...... -- ECU... Was third game this season and 10 assists 1/20 vs. West Virginia... Richmond ...... -- 10 assists was one shy of career high @ Win.-Salem St. . . . .-- with 9 or more assists... Had 10 points @ East Carolina . . . . .-- and 6 assists in 11/26 win at FIU... of 11 done earlier in the year vs. FAU... vs. Norfolk St...... -- vs. TAMU-CC ...... -- Tallied 16 points, 6 assists and 6 Has scored in double figures in 12 of @ UNLV ...... -- 23 games after just two double digit Missouri St...... -- rebounds in 12/5 win at Richmond... @ UAB ...... -- Had 14 points, 4 rebounds and 4 scoring outings in 14 games last year. vs. Wake Forest . . . . .-- Bethune-Cookman . . .-- assists in 12/8 UAB win... Set a then- @ Connecticut ...... -- @ Pittsburgh ...... -- career high with 7 field goals made Louisville ...... 20 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 5 5 0 1 3 0 12/22 vs. St. Francis and tied his Cincinnati* ...... 32 2-8 0-2 4-7 3 10 1 0 0 2 8 @ West Virginia* . . . .32 0-4 0-2 2-5 3 3 5 1 1 3 2 career high for 3-pt field goals made @ Notre Dame* . . . .34 4-8 0-0 0-0 4 6 2 0 2 1 8 Rutgers* ...... 33 4-10 0-2 2-3 5 4 1 0 2 2 10 with 2... Set a career high with 19 Marquette* ...... 31 2-2 0-0 3-5 3 9 5 0 0 3 7 points 1/5 at Syracuse, going 8-11 Notre Dame* ...... 34 3-8 1-1 2-4 3 6 4 0 2 5 9 @ St. John’s* ...... 33 3-10 1-2 1-2 4 6 6 0 1 0 8 from the field and also had 5 assists @ Louisville* ...... 27 4-8 0-0 3-4 3 6 2 0 1 2 11 Syracuse* ...... 34 1-4 0-0 1-2 3 4 4 0 1 4 3 and 4 rebounds... 8 FGs made at DePaul* ...... 34 1-8 0-2 3-4 3 9 4 0 0 3 5 Syracuse was a career high... Tallied @ Seton Hall* ...... 28 1-2 0-1 2-2 1 2 4 0 1 1 4 Providence* ...... 30 1-3 0-1 0-0 3 8 4 0 3 2 2 12 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists @ DePaul* ...... 33 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 4 4 0 0 3 2

Career Statistics Season G GS MP MPG FG FGA PCT 3PT 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF-DQ AS TO BS ST PTS AVG 2007-08 23 23 740 32.3 77 177 .435 13 41 .317 60 91 .659 98 4.3 47-0 112 69 5 18 227 9.9 2006-07 14 13 435 31.1 27 80 .338 2 13 .154 23 38 .605 42 3.0 34-1 82 51 1 15 79 5.6 Totals 37 36 1175 31.8 104 257 .405 15 54 .278 83 129 .643 140 3.8 81-1 194 120 6 33 306 8.3 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 28

Guard/Forward Season & Career Highs Points Adamu “Amu” Season 17, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Career 17, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Rebounds Saaka Season 5 (2) last at Seton Hall (1/17/08) Career 8, vs. Norfolk St. (12/17/06) Sophomore • 6-6 • 195 Assists Decatur, Ga. Season 1 (5) last at Marquette (1/29/08) Career 4, at WSSU (12/7/06) Columbia HS Steals Business 21 Season -- Career 2, vs. Cincinnati (1/14/07) 2007-08: Played eight minutes in 11/9 Blocked Shots 2007-08 Statistics Season 1, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) season opener vs. Cleveland State, min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Cleveland State 5 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Career 2, at Pittsburgh (1/7/07) scoring two points, both free throws... @ Buffalo 10 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 vs. Rhode Island DNP Field Goals Had three rebounds at Buffalo... Had 4 vs. Florida Atlantic 9 2-6 0-2 0-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 Season 5, (2) last vs. WSSU (12/29/07) points 11/17 vs. FAU, and added three vs. Florida State 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Career 5, (2) last vs. WSSU (12/29/07) East Carolina 3 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 rebounds... Played 11 minutes 12/19 @ Florida Inter. 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Field Goal Attempts UCF 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 at Wake and had 4 points... Also had 3 @ Richmond 0+ 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Season 7 (2) last at Seton Hall (1/17/08) rebounds... Set a career high with 13 UAB 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 Career 9, at DePaul (3/3/07) @ Wake Forest 11 2-5 0-2 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 3 4 points 12/22 vs. St. Francis in his first St. Francis (NY) 23 5-6 2-2 1-4 5 0 0 0 0 0 13 Free Throws Winston-Salem St. 22 5-7 2-4 5-6 3 0 2 1 0 2 17 Season 5, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) start of the year playing 23 minutes... Rutgers 16 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 Career 5, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Made a career high 5 field goals and @ Syracuse 16 1-5 1-1 0-3 2 1 1 0 0 3 3 Pittsburgh 16 0-5 0-2 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 Free Throw Attempts also pulled down a season high 5 @ Providence 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 6, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) rebounds... Set a new career high for @ Seton Hall 31 3-7 1-1 2-2 5 1 0 0 0 4 9 West Virginia 19 0-3 0-2 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 Career 6, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) the second straight game with 17 Louisville 2 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 @ Marquette 8 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 3-Point Field Goals points on 5 of 7 shooting, including 2 of St. John’s 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Season 2 (2) last vs. WSSU (12/29/07) @ Georgetown DNP 4 from 3-pt range and 5 of 6 from the @ DePaul Career 2 (2) last vs. WSSU (12/29/07) line in just 22 minutes... Started his 3rd Syracuse 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Connecticut consecutive game 1/2 vs. Rutgers and @ Cincinnati Season 4, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Seton Hall Career 4, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) suffered a broken nose in the first half @ Rutgers from an inadvertant elbow... Returned @ Villanova Notre Dame 2006-07 Statistics to the game and has continued to min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Buffalo ...... -- play... Had surgery on his nose on South Carolina St. . . .31 4-5 1-1 3-4 2 4 1 0 1 2 12 Monday, Jan. 14... Had 9 points and 5 FIU* ...... 28 3-7 0-0 0-2 5 2 0 0 1 2 6 Stetson ...... 26 4-5 0-0 0-1 8 0 3 0 1 2 8 rebounds 1/17 at Seton Hall, matching Richmond ...... 19 2-3 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 @ Win.-Salem St. . . . .8 1-1 0-0 0-2 7 4 1 0 1 1 2 his career high for minutes played with @ East Carolina . . . .19 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 2 3 1 0 2 2 31. vs. Norfolk St.* . . . . .28 1-3 0-0 1-2 8 3 1 0 1 3 3 vs. TAMU-CC ...... 14 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 @ UNLV ...... 19 2-4 0-0 1-3 6 1 1 0 0 3 5 Missouri St...... 16 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 @ UAB ...... 28 2-5 0-1 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 4 4 vs. Wake Forest . . . .15 1-5 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 0 0 2 2 Bethune-Cookman . .25 3-6 0-2 3-4 6 2 2 0 0 2 9 @ Connecticut . . . . .23 0-3 0-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 @ Pittsburgh ...... 23 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 2 1 2 2 Louisville ...... 17 0-1 0-0 2-2 3 0 2 0 0 2 2 Cincinnati ...... 18 0-2 0-0 2-2 4 1 2 0 2 1 2 @ West Virginia . . . . .1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 @ Notre Dame ...... 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Rutgers ...... 17 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 1 0 2 4 Marquette ...... 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 Notre Dame ...... 10 2-3 0-0 4-4 1 1 1 1 1 2 8 @ St. John’s ...... 14 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 @ Louisville ...... 17 2-4 1-1 0-0 1 0 3 0 0 2 5 Syracuse ...... 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DePaul ...... 10 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 @ Seton Hall ...... 12 1-5 0-0 0-0 2 3 2 0 0 4 2 Providence ...... 8 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 @ DePaul ...... 29 4-9 0-1 0-0 6 2 1 0 1 2 8

Career Statistics Season G GS MP MPG FG FGA PCT 3PT 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF-DQ AS TO BS ST PTS AVG 2007-08 21 5 208 9.9 21 51 .412 6 17 .353 14 26 .538 32 1.5 23-0 5 12 1 0 62 3.0 2006-07 29 2 493 17.0 40 87 .460 2 7 .286 19 33 .576 86 3.0 52-0 35 32 6 13 101 3.5 Totals 50 7 701 14.0 61 138 .442 8 24 .333 33 59 .559 118 2.4 75-0 40 44 7 13 163 3.3 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 29

Forward Season & Career Highs Points Season 17, vs. ECU (11/24/07) Orane Career 17, vs. ECU (11/24/07) Rebounds Season 10, vs. UCF (12/1/07) Chin Career 10, vs. UCF (12/1/07) Assists Freshman • 6-7 • 195 Season 3, vs. ECU (11/24/07) Clarendon, Jamaica Career 3, vs. ECU (11/24/07) Miramar HS Steals Undecided Season 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) 15 Career 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Blocked Shots Season 3, vs. UCF (12/1/07) 2007-08: Made his USF debut and 2007-08 Statistics Career 3, vs. UCF (12/1/07) first start in 11/9 season opener vs. min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Field Goals Cleveland State 15 0-5 0-0 1-2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 Cleveland State... Tallied one point in @ Buffalo 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Season 5, vs. URI (11/16/07) 14 minutes... Had 13 points and 9 vs. Rhode Island 36 5-10 1-1 2-3 9 1 2 2 1 3 13 Career 5, vs. URI (11/16/07) vs. Florida Atlantic 29 2-4 2-2 1-4 6 1 2 0 2 2 7 rebounds 11/16 vs. Rhode Island... vs. Florida State 24 4-6 3-3 0-0 2 2 1 1 0 5 11 Field Goal Attempts East Carolina 34 4-12 0-2 9-13 7 3 3 0 0 0 17 Season 12, vs. ECU (11/24/07) Also had two blocks, a steal and an @ Florida Inter. 33 3-5 0-0 0-0 9 2 3 0 1 3 6 assist... Notched 7 points and 6 UCF 35 2-10 1-2 3-7 10 1 2 3 1 2 8 Career 12, vs. ECU (11/24/07) @ Richmond 38 4-7 0-0 3-4 9 2 3 1 1 1 11 Free Throws rebounds 11/17 vs. FAU... Had 11 UAB 27 0-6 0-1 1-2 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 @ Wake Forest 23 0-7 0-4 1-4 4 1 0 0 1 5 1 Season 9, vs. ECU (11/24/07) points 11/18 vs. FSU, including a St. Francis (NY) 13 2-5 0-1 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 Career 9, vs. ECU (11/24/07) career high 3 3-pointers in 3 Winston-Salem St. 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 Rutgers 23 4-6 1-3 0-0 2 1 0 0 1 2 9 Free Throw Attempts attempts... Notched career high 17 @ Syracuse 24 1-6 1-3 4-6 3 0 1 0 1 0 7 Season 13, vs. ECU (11/24/07) Pittsburgh 22 1-4 0-1 0-2 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 points 11/24 vs. ECU and had 7 @ Providence 21 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 Career 13, vs. ECU (11/24/07) rebounds... Set career highs for @ Seton Hall 3 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 West Virginia DNP 3-Point Field Goals assists (3), free throws made (9) and Louisville 18 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 0 1 1 4 Season 3, vs. FSU (11/18/07) @ Marquette 29 1-3 0-1 1-2 3 1 0 2 0 5 3 Career 3, vs. FSU (11/18/07) attempted (13) vs. ECU... Had 9 St. John’s 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 rebounds in 11/26 win at FIU... Set @ Georgetown 18 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 3-Point Field Goal Attempts @ DePaul Season 4, at Wake (12/19/07) career high with 10 rebounds and 3 Syracuse Connecticut Career 4, at Wake (12/19/07) blocks in 12/1 UCF win... Tallied 11 @ Cincinnati points and 9 rebounds in 12/5 win at Seton Hall @ Rutgers Richmond... Had 9 points and 2 @ Villanova rebounds in Big East opener vs. Notre Dame Rutgers... Played 29 minutes 1/29 at Marquette, the most minutes he has played since Richmond.

Career Statistics Season G GS MP MPG FG FGA PCT 3PT 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF-DQ AS TO BS ST PTS AVG 2007-08 22 14 482 21.9 37 106 .349 9 25 .360 26 49 .531 82 3.7 45-3 19 27 12 12 109 5.0 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 30

Guard/Forward Season & Career Highs Points Season 20, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Aaron Career 20, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Rebounds Season 5, at Providence (1/12/08) Holmes Career 5, at Providence (1/12/08) Assists Redshirt Freshman • 6-5 • 185 Season 2, vs. St. Francis (12/22/07) St. Petersburg, Fla. Career 2, vs. St. Francis (12/22/07) St. Petersburg Catholic HS / Steals Florida St. Season 1, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Mass Communications 20 Career 1, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Blocked Shots Season 1 (2) last vs. WSSU (12/29/07) 2007-08: Midseason transfer last sea- 2007-08 Statistics Career 1 (2) last vs. WSSU (12/29/07) son from Florida State... Missed first min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Field Goals Cleveland State DNP 10 games and became eligible for @ Buffalo DNP Season 7, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) 12/19 Wake Forest game... Made col- vs. Rhode Island DNP Career 7, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) vs. Florida Atlantic DNP legiate debut at Wake and scored first vs. Florida State DNP Field Goal Attempts East Carolina DNP Season 12, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) college points... Had 2 points and 1 @ Florida Inter. DNP rebound in 6 minutes of action... UCF DNP Career 12, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) @ Richmond DNP Free Throws Tallied a career high 13 points 12/22 UAB DNP @ Wake Forest 6 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 Season 4, at Marquette (1/29/08) vs. St. Francis in 17 minutes of St. Francis (NY) 17 6-10 1-4 0-0 4 2 0 1 0 2 13 Career 4, at Marquette (1/29/08) action... Also hit his first career 3-point- Winston-Salem St. 19 7-12 5-8 1-2 4 1 1 1 1 0 20 Rutgers 5 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 Free Throw Attempts er to go along with 4 rebounds, 2 @ Syracuse 15 2-7 1-6 2-2 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 Season 2 (2) last at Syracuse (1/5/08) Pittsburgh 9 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 assists and 1 block... Notched a new @ Providence 11 1-4 1-2 2-2 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 Career 2 (2) last at Syracuse (1/5/08) career high for the second straight @ Seton Hall 8 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 West Virginia 12 1-3 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3-Point Field Goals game with 20 points on 7 of 12 shoot- Louisville 12 2-6 2-3 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Season 5, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) @ Marquette 19 1-6 1-3 4-4 3 0 1 0 0 2 7 Career 5, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) ing... Also set a career high by going 5 St. John’s 11 0-4 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 of 8 from 3-pt range and added 4 @ Georgetown 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-Point Field Goal Attempts @ DePaul Season 8, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) rebounds in only 19 minutes... Played Syracuse Connecticut Career 8, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) the most minutes he has played in a @ Cincinnati BIG EAST game 1/29 at Marquette, Seton Hall @ Rutgers scoring 7 points and hitting a career @ Villanova high 4 free throws in 4 attempts. Notre Dame

Career Statistics Season G GS MP MPG FG FGA PCT 3PT 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF-DQ AS TO BS ST PTS AVG 2007-08 13 0 145 11.2 22 61 .361 11 33 .333 10 12 .833 29 2.2 10-0 5 7 2 1 65 5.0 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 31

Guard Season & Career Highs Points Season 30 (2) last at Richmond (12/5/07) Dominique Career 30 (2) last at Richmond (12/5/07) Rebounds Season 14, at Ricmond (12/5/07) Jones Career 14, at Ricmond (12/5/07) Assists Freshman • 6-4 • 205 Season 7, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Lake Wales, Fla. Career 7, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) Lake Wales HS Steals Undecided Season 4 (3) last at Wake (12/19/07) 0 Career 4 (3) last at Wake (12/19/07) Blocked Shots Season 2, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) 2007-08: Made his USF debut and first 2007-08 Statistics Career 2, vs. WSSU (12/29/07) start in 11/9 season opener vs. min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Field Goals Cleveland State 37 4-9 0-0 5-9 8 3 1 1 1 3 13 Cleveland State... Notched 13 points @ Buffalo 35 7-14 3-6 0-0 2 3 2 0 4 4 17 Season 10, vs. UCF (12/1/07) vs. Rhode Island 38 3-9 0-2 4-4 4 2 1 0 1 1 10 Career 10, vs. UCF (12/1/07) and eight rebounds in 37 minutes, just vs. Florida Atlantic 22 3-4 1-1 0-2 1 2 2 0 3 2 7 missing double-double in first college vs. Florida State 27 3-10 2-4 2-2 2 0 4 0 1 2 10 Field Goal Attempts East Carolina 25 4-10 2-4 1-3 8 6 2 0 1 1 11 Season 22, at Syracuse (1/5/08) game... Also had three assists, a block @ Florida Inter. 38 4-8 0-0 6-8 5 2 2 0 2 2 14 and a steal... Tallied 17 points in sec- UCF 37 10-13 4-6 6-11 4 5 2 0 4 0 30 Career 22, at Syracuse (1/5/08) @ Richmond 38 9-12 3-4 9-10 14 4 5 0 3 2 30 Free Throws ond career game at Buffalo, including UAB 39 7-14 1-6 10-12 6 3 3 0 2 2 25 @ Wake Forest 37 5-13 1-5 3-4 5 3 3 0 4 4 14 Season 10, vs. UAB (12/8/07) 3 3-pointers... Tallied 10 points 11/16 St. Francis (NY) 24 4-8 1-4 5-7 2 5 2 0 2 1 14 Career 10, vs. UAB (12/8/07) vs. Rhode Island and 11/18 vs. FSU... Winston-Salem St. 29 3-9 0-3 2-4 6 7 2 2 0 0 8 Rutgers 37 9-12 5-5 1-1 7 1 2 0 1 2 24 Free Throw Attempts Had 2 big 3-pointers vs. FSU... Had 11 @ Syracuse 40 9-22 2-8 3-5 2 3 0 1 3 0 23 Season 12, vs. UAB (12/8/07) Pittsburgh 40 4-10 3-6 2-2 3 3 1 0 1 1 13 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists 11/24 @ Providence 31 3-5 2-4 2-2 1 2 1 0 1 2 10 Career 12, vs. UAB (12/8/07) @ Seton Hall 33 3-11 1-5 0-0 4 3 1 1 2 5 7 vs. ECU, including 2-4 from 3-point West Virginia 39 4-8 2-5 1-2 6 1 4 0 0 4 11 3-Point Field Goals range... Had 14 points and 5 rebounds Louisville 34 6-10 2-5 3-3 2 4 2 0 0 2 17 Season 5, vs. Rutgers (1/2/08) @ Marquette 31 6-15 0-5 3-4 8 2 6 0 1 5 15 in 11/26 win at FIU... Tallied a career St. John’s 38 6-13 0-3 12-15 1 3 2 0 0 2 24 Career 5, vs. Rutgers (1/2/08) high 30 points in 12/1 UCF win, going @ Georgetown 37 6-13 3-6 0-0 2 0 3 0 2 3 15 3-Point Field Goal Attempts @ DePaul Season 8, at Syracuse (1/5/08) 10-13 from the field and 4-6 from 3- Syracuse Connecticut Career 8, at Syracuse (1/5/08) point range... Also had 5 assists, 4 @ Cincinnati Seton Hall rebounds and 4 steals... 30 points was @ Rutgers points and 6 rebounds 1/20 vs. West three shy of USF freshman scoring @ Villanova Notre Dame Virginia... Had 15 points and 8 record of 33 by Radenko Dobras in rebounds 1/29 at Marquette... Had 24 1989... Was named BIG EAST Rookie ond consecutive week for Richmond points 2/2 vs. St. John’s, matching his of the Week for FIU and UCF perform- and UAB games... Tied for team high high for points scored in a BIG EAST ances... Notched his second straight in points with 14 at Wake 12/19... Had game (Rutgers)... Tallied a team high 30-point game in 12/5 win at 14 points and 5 assists 12/22 vs. St. 15 points 2/5 at Georgetown... Has Richmond and also pulled down 14 Francis... Had a career high 7 assists scored in double figures in 20 of 23 rebounds for his first career double- and 2 blocks in 12/29 win vs. WSSU... games and has 20 or more points in 6 double and first double digit rebound Had game high 24 points in 1/2 games, including 2 over 30 points. game... Became first USF freshman Rutgers win, shooting 9-12 from the and third USF player ever to tally back- field, 5-5 from 3-pt range and 1-1 from to-back 30 point games... Was first the line... Also pulled down 7 rebounds BIG EAST freshman in 13 years to hit and 5 3-pointers was career high... for 30 points in back-to-back to games Had a game high 23 points 1/5 at (Allen Iverson in 1994)... Tallied game- Syracuse, playing the full 40 minuutes, high 25 points and 6 rebounds in 12/8 the first USF player to play a full game UAB win... Was named The Sporting this season... Tallied 13 points and News National Player of the Week and played the full game for the second BIG EAST Rookie of the Week for sec- straight game 1/9 vs. Pitt... Had 11

Career Statistics Season G GS MP MPG FG FGA PCT 3PT 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF-DQ AS TO BS ST PTS AVG 2007-08 23 23 786 34.2 122 253 .482 38 97 .392 80 110 .727 103 4.5 50-2 67 53 5 38 362 15.7 USF 2007-08 Men's Basketball USF Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 05, 2008) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (10-13) (6-5) (2-7) (2-1) CONFERENCE...... (1-9) (1-4) (0-5) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (9-4) (5-1) (2-2) (2-1)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------01 GRANSBERRY, Kentrel 22-22 681 31.0 139-265 .525 0-0 .000 85-163 .521 80 156 236 10.7 63 1 31 42 30 12 363 16.5 00 JONES, Dominique... 23-23 786 34.2 122-253 .482 38-97 .392 80-110 .727 34 69 103 4.5 50 2 67 53 5 38 362 15.7 03 HOWARD, Chris...... 23-23 740 32.2 77-177 .435 13-41 .317 60-91 .659 26 72 98 4.3 47 0 112 69 5 18 227 9.9 23 VERDEJO, Jesus..... 22-21 604 27.5 71-170 .418 28-79 .354 40-50 .800 12 50 62 2.8 37 0 51 38 2 13 210 9.5 22 BOZEMAN, Solomon... 23-2 447 19.4 37-98 .378 20-68 .294 28-32 .875 9 19 28 1.2 42 2 38 29 1 17 122 5.3 20 HOLMES, Aaron...... 13-0 145 11.2 22-61 .361 11-33 .333 10-12 .833 10 19 29 2.2 10 0 5 7 2 1 65 5.0 15 CHIN, Orane...... 22-14 482 21.9 37-106 .349 9-25 .360 26-49 .531 27 55 82 3.7 45 3 19 27 12 12 109 5.0 21 SAAKA, Adamu...... 21-5 208 9.9 21-51 .412 6-17 .353 14-26 .538 11 21 32 1.5 23 0 5 12 1 0 62 3.0 33 AJAYI, Mobolaji.... 21-5 199 9.5 21-44 .477 0-0 .000 4-9 .444 30 29 59 2.8 36 0 3 18 6 3 46 2.2 10 CURRY, Dante...... 6-0 54 9.0 4-14 .286 2-11 .182 2-4 .500 0 7 7 1.2 7 0 6 4 0 4 12 2.0 34 ESSEGHIR, Mohamed.. 21-0 157 7.5 7-13 .538 0-0 .000 4-7 .571 13 20 33 1.6 29 1 8 9 12 1 18 0.9 32 WILLIAMS, Aris..... 15-0 66 4.4 4-13 .308 0-0 .000 3-9 .333 5 9 14 0.9 15 0 0 3 1 1 11 0.7 05 LOVETT, Eddie...... 15-0 32 2.1 1-5 .200 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 1 1 2 0.1 4 0 4 1 0 2 3 0.2 TEAM...... 37 29 66 2.9 1 4 ------Total...... 23 4601 563-1270 .443 128-374 .342 356-564 .631 295 556 851 37.0 409 10 349 316 77 122 1610 70.0 Opponents...... 23 4600 578-1340 .431 159-437 .364 277-431 .643 288 534 822 35.7 448 - 345 296 110 161 1592 69.2

TEAM STATISTICS USF OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 1610 1592 11/9/07 CLEVELAND STATE L 70-73 3618 Points per game...... 70.0 69.2 11/13/07 at Buffalo L 69-76 2126 Scoring margin...... +0.8 - 11/16/07 vs Rhode Island L 67-74 255 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 563-1270 578-1340 11/17/07 vs Florida Atlantic W 100-69 359 Field goal pct...... 443 .431 11/18/07 vs Florida State W 68-67 1023 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 128-374 159-437 11/24/07 EAST CAROLINA W 81-67 2992 3-point FG pct...... 342 .364 11/26/07 at Florida International W 77-69 1026 3-pt FG made per game. 5.6 6.9 12/1/07 UCF W 75-67 4031 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 356-564 277-431 12/5/07 at RICHMOND W 79-65 3120 Free throw pct...... 631 .643 12/8/07 UAB W 68-58 4056 REBOUNDS...... 851 822 12/19/07 at Wake Forest L 61-74 8961 Rebounds per game..... 37.0 35.7 12/22/07 ST. FRANCIS W 86-66 2955 Rebounding margin..... +1.3 - 12/29/07 WINSTON-SALEM ST. W 87-48 3003 ASSISTS...... 349 345 *1/02/08 RUTGERS W 68-45 3657 Assists per game...... 15.2 15.0 *1/5/08 at Syracuse L 77-89 18860 TURNOVERS...... 316 296 *1/09/08 PITTSBURGH L 66-79 6027 Turnovers per game.... 13.7 12.9 *01/12/08 at Providence College L 70-86 8721 Turnover margin...... -0.9 - *1/17/08 at Seton Hall L 64-74 4545 Assist/turnover ratio. 1.1 1.2 *1/20/08 WEST VIRGINIA L 52-69 12056 STEALS...... 122 161 *1/23/08 LOUISVILLE L 60-80 4781 Steals per game...... 5.3 7.0 *1/29/08 at Marquette L 54-62 16774 BLOCKS...... 77 110 *2/02/08 ST. JOHN'S L 58-72 4836 Blocks per game...... 3.3 4.8 *02/05/08 at Georgetown L 53-63 8316 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - Home win streak...... 0 - * = Conference game ATTENDANCE...... 52012 74086 Home games-Avg/Game... 11-4728 9-8050 Neutral site-Avg/Game. - 3-546

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------USF...... 758 852 - 1610 Opponents...... 760 832 - 1592 USF 2007-08 Men's Basketball USF Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 05, 2008) Conference games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (1-9) (1-4) (0-5) (0-0) CONFERENCE...... (1-9) (1-4) (0-5) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------01 GRANSBERRY, Kentrel 10-10 341 34.1 72-134 .537 0-0 .000 41-81 .506 37 67 104 10.4 31 1 14 17 15 2 185 18.5 00 JONES, Dominique... 10-10 360 36.0 56-119 .471 20-52 .385 27-34 .794 10 26 36 3.6 26 2 22 22 2 11 159 15.9 23 VERDEJO, Jesus..... 9-8 256 28.4 25-62 .403 10-34 .294 15-17 .882 3 17 20 2.2 16 0 26 16 0 3 75 8.3 03 HOWARD, Chris...... 10-10 325 32.5 27-76 .355 4-17 .235 15-31 .484 11 30 41 4.1 28 0 37 31 3 10 73 7.3 15 CHIN, Orane...... 9-5 162 18.0 11-30 .367 2-9 .222 5-10 .500 8 10 18 2.0 15 1 5 7 4 5 29 3.2 20 HOLMES, Aaron...... 10-0 103 10.3 8-36 .222 5-20 .250 9-10 .900 8 12 20 2.0 8 0 2 5 0 0 30 3.0 22 BOZEMAN, Solomon... 10-2 174 17.4 9-34 .265 5-23 .217 5-6 .833 4 9 13 1.3 18 1 11 14 0 6 28 2.8 33 AJAYI, Mobolaji.... 9-2 85 9.4 11-20 .550 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 15 12 27 3.0 16 0 2 6 1 1 24 2.7 21 SAAKA, Adamu...... 9-3 115 12.8 6-25 .240 2-7 .286 3-7 .429 6 8 14 1.6 15 0 5 3 0 0 17 1.9 34 ESSEGHIR, Mohamed.. 9-0 59 6.6 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 2 6 8 0.9 11 0 1 2 4 1 2 0.2 05 LOVETT, Eddie...... 4-0 5 1.3 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 32 WILLIAMS, Aris..... 3-0 15 5.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0 2 2 0.7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 17 14 31 3.1 0 3 ------Total...... 10 2000 226-541 .418 48-163 .294 122-203 .601 121 213 334 33.4 184 6 125 127 29 40 622 62.2 Opponents...... 10 2000 260-561 .463 66-169 .391 133-208 .639 128 243 371 37.1 170 - 144 104 51 70 719 71.9

TEAM STATISTICS USF OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 622 719 *1/02/08 RUTGERS W 68-45 3657 Points per game...... 62.2 71.9 *1/5/08 at Syracuse L 77-89 18860 Scoring margin...... -9.7 - *1/09/08 PITTSBURGH L 66-79 6027 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 226-541 260-561 *01/12/08 at Providence College L 70-86 8721 Field goal pct...... 418 .463 *1/17/08 at Seton Hall L 64-74 4545 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 48-163 66-169 *1/20/08 WEST VIRGINIA L 52-69 12056 3-point FG pct...... 294 .391 *1/23/08 LOUISVILLE L 60-80 4781 3-pt FG made per game. 4.8 6.6 *1/29/08 at Marquette L 54-62 16774 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 122-203 133-208 *2/02/08 ST. JOHN'S L 58-72 4836 Free throw pct...... 601 .639 *02/05/08 at Georgetown L 53-63 8316 REBOUNDS...... 334 371 Rebounds per game..... 33.4 37.1 * = Conference game Rebounding margin..... -3.7 - ASSISTS...... 125 144 Assists per game...... 12.5 14.4 TURNOVERS...... 127 104 Turnovers per game.... 12.7 10.4 Turnover margin...... -2.3 - Assist/turnover ratio. 1.0 1.4 STEALS...... 40 70 Steals per game...... 4.0 7.0 BLOCKS...... 29 51 Blocks per game...... 2.9 5.1 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - Home win streak...... 0 - ATTENDANCE...... 31357 57216 Home games-Avg/Game... 5-6271 5-11443 Neutral site-Avg/Game. - 0-0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------USF...... 282 340 - 622 Opponents...... 348 371 - 719