USF Bulls (2-3, 0-0 BIG EAST) vs. East Carolina (2-2, 0-0 Conference USA)

The USF men's basketball team returns home after playing the last four games on the road when it plays host to East Carolina Saturday, Nov. 24, USF SCHEDULE at 7 p.m. at the Sun Dome. The game will be televised on Catch 47 and can DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME/TV be heard on WHNZ 1250 AM and GoUSFBulls.com. East Carolina enters Oct. 31 SAINT LEO (Exh.) W, 99-70 the game with a 2-2 mark after defeating North Carolina Wesleyan Tuesday Nov. 9 CLEVELAND STATE [1] L, 73-70 night at home. The Pirates are led by 6-8 sophomore forward Gabe Blair Nov. 13 at Buffalo L, 76-69 who is averaging 11.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. Nov. 16 vs. Rhode Island [2] L, 74-67 Nov. 17 vs. Florida Atlantic [2] W, 100-69 THE START OF A NEW ERA Nov. 18 vs. Florida State [2] W, 68-67 This season will mark the start of a new era for Bulls basketball as new Nov. 24 EAST CAROLINA 7 p.m. head coach Stan Heath takes the reigns. He is the eighth head coach in the Nov. 26 at Florida International 7 p.m. 37-year history of the program. Heath will lead the Bulls into the their third Dec. 1 UCF 7 p.m. BIG EAST season after successful coaching stints at Arkansas and Kent Dec. 5 at Richmond 7 p.m. State, which included three NCAA Tournament appearances, a 30-win sea- Dec. 8 UAB 7 p.m. son and an Elite Eight finish. Dec. 19 at Wake Forest 7 p.m. Dec. 22 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7 p.m. DATE: Nov. 24, 2007 Dec. 29 WINSTON-SALEM ST. 7 p.m. TIP-OFF: 7 p.m. Jan. 2 RUTGERS * 7 p.m./ESPN2 LOCATION: Sun Dome (10,411) Jan. 5 at Syracuse * Noon TELEVISION: Catch 47 will televise the game with Drew Fellios and Jan. 9 PITTSBURGH * 7:30 p.m./ESPN2 Jan. 12 at Providence * 4 p.m. Todd Kalas calling the action. Jan. 17 at Seton Hall * 7:30 p.m. RADIO: WHNZ 1250 AM will carry the game. Jim Lighthall (play-by- Jan. 20 WEST VIRGINIA * 2 p.m. play) and Anddrikk Frazier (color analyst) have the call. Jan. 23 LOUISVILLE * 7 p.m. RECORDS: USF (2-3, 0-0 BIG EAST); East Carolina (2-2, 0-0 Jan. 29 at Marquette * 8 p.m. Conference USA) Feb. 2 ST. JOHN’S * 7 p.m. USF’S LAST TIME OUT: The Bulls knocked off in-state and ACC Feb. 5 at Georgetown * 7:30 p.m. foe Florida State, 68-67, at the Glenn Wilkes Classic in Daytona. Feb. 9 at DePaul * 2 p.m./ESPNU ECU’S LAST TIME OUT: East Carolina defeated North Carolina Feb. 13 SYRACUSE * 7 p.m. Wesleyan, 88-69, at home Tuesday night. Feb. 16 CONNECTICUT * Noon Feb. 20 at Cincinnati * 7 p.m./ESPNU SERIES HISTORY: Series tied 3-3 Feb. 26 SETON HALL * 7 p.m./ESPN360 LAST MEETING: USF 65, ECU 52 (Dec. 9, 2006 at ECU) Mar. 1 at Rutgers * 7 p.m./ESPN360 USF CONTACT INFO: USF Assistant Sports Information Director Mar. 5 at Villanova * 8 p.m. Jeff Wuerth handles all media relations responsibilities for the men’s Mar. 8 NOTRE DAME * TBA/ESPN360 basketball program. He can be reached at 614-402-2204 (C) or 813- Mar. 12-15 BIG EAST Conference Championship 974-7099 (O); or via email at [email protected]. (Madison Square Garden) WEB SITE: GoUSFBulls.com ECU CONTACT INFO: Jody Jones handles media relations for East [1] Glenn Wilkes Classic [2] Glenn Wilkes Classic (at Daytona Beach, Fla.) Carolina and can be reached at (252) 737-4522 or * BIG EAST Game; Home games in BOLD CAPS [email protected]. All times Eastern and subject to change WEB SITE: ecupirates.com All games can be heard on WHNZ 1250 AM and GoUSFBulls.com

Weekly Schedule (schedule is tentative and subject to change) Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 8-11 a.m. 2:30-3 p.m. 10-Noon 4-6 p.m. 7 p.m. vs. Depart for FIU 7 p.m. at FIU Practice Media Practice Practice East Carolina Availability Practice 6-8 p.m. at FIU 3-6 p.m. Practice USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 2

UNIVERSITY REFERENCES TWO WINS ON THE BOARD, BIG IN-STATE VICTORY OVER FSU USF, after starting the season off 0-3, won its last two games in Daytona Beach, Fla., When referring to the University, in the Bright House Networks Glenn Wilkes Classic Friday-Sunday. The Bulls capped off please be aware of the following pol- the three-game tournament with a win over in-state and ACC foe Florida State Sunday, icy regarding usage. downing the Seminoles 68-67. USF dropped the opening game Friday, 74-67, to Rhode First references to the school and Island before pounding Florida Atlantic 100-69 Saturday. its intercollegiate athletics program Senior center and preseason All-BIG EAST selection Kentrell Gransberry carried the should always be the “University of Bulls in Daytona, posting 19.3 points and 10.7 rebounds per outing in the three games. South Florida.” He was named to the All-Tournament team along with sophomore point guard Chris The only secondary references Howard who averaged 15.3 points, eight assists and 5.3 rebounds in the tournament. used should be “USF” or “Bulls.” Sophomore guard Solomon Bozeman chipped in 10.7 per game and was 7-of-10 from Please refrain from using “South 3-point range, freshman forward Orin Chin added 10.3 points and was 6-of-6 from long Florida, S. Florida, South Fla.” or any distance and freshman guard Dominique Jones added nine points a game. other similar combination. LEADING THE BULLS Kentrell Gransberry leads the team at 16.8 points and 10.5 rebounds per game, with Chris Howard posting 12.2 points, 7.4 assists and 5.2 rebounds per outing. Solomon Bozeman is shooting 68 percent from the field and adds 11.8 points per game off the MEDIA SERVICES bench. He has buried 13-of-19 from 3-point range. Dominique Jones and Jesus Verdejo MBB SID: ...... Jeff Wuerth are also averaging in double figures at 11.4 and 11.0 points, respectively. As a team, the Email:...... [email protected] Bulls are shooting 47.5 percent from 3-point range. Work Phone:...... 813-974-7099 Cell Phone:...... 614-402-2204 THE SERIES VS. EAST CAROLINA The Bulls and former Conference USA rival East Carolina are 3-3 in six all-time CREDENTIALS meetings. USF has won the last three, including a 65-52 win last year at ECU. The Credential requests should be teams met twice in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons in conference play, with USF win- directed to Jeff Wuerth, assistant ning both meetings in 2004-05 and ECU winning both in 2003-04. The first all-time sports information director, at 4202 E. meeting was during the 2002-03 season with the Pirates winning. This will be the third Fowler Ave., ATH100, Tampa, FL meeting in Tampa. 33620-8600 or sent via email - [email protected]. GRANSBERRY TOP RETURNING REBOUNDER IN THE NATION Gransberry, a second team All-BIG EAST selection last season, was the only player INTERVIEW POLICIES in the league to average a double-double. Gransberry, the top returning rebounder in the country, posted averages of 15.6 points and 11.4 rebounds. His rebound mark was third Please contact Jeff Wuerth to in the nation. arrange an interview with USF coach Stan Heath, a member of the coach- PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST AND WOODEN HONORS FOR GRANSBERRY ing staff or a player. Gransberry was one of 11 players named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team USF players will not disclose their announced at the annual BIG EAST Media Day at Madison Square Garden in New York home phone numbers or their cellular City. He was also one of 50 players named to the preseason candidates list for the John phone numbers so please do not R. Wooden Award, perhaps the most coveted honor in college basketball. request that information. Players have been asked to politely decline UNCHARTED 3-POINT TERRITORY interviews that have not been cleared USF went 11-of-18 from 3-point range against FSU. The 11 made was three short of with the USF Sports Information the single-game record of 14 set Dec. 7, 1991 vs. Oral Roberts. The Bulls made 10-of- Office. Coach and player interviews 21 against Florida Atlantic. The most that last year's USF team made in a game was will not be conducted on gamedays eight. USF was 21-39 (53.8) from behind the arc the past two games. until standard post-game procedures BIG K OVER THE 20-POINT BARRIER occur. The FSU game was Kentrell Gransberry's second consecutive 21-point outing and Most USF practices are not open the eighth of his career over 20 points. He had six games with 20 or more points last to the media. Media availability will season. normally take place from 2:30-3 p.m. Monday and 11-11:30 a.m. Thursday GRANSBERRY A TAD BEHIND LAST YEAR’S REBOUND AVERAGE at the Sun Dome but are subject to The Florida State game was the first game this season in which Kentrell Gransberry change. The first 30 minutes of didn't garner double digit rebounds. He had eight vs. the Seminoles and has 42 Monday’s practice will be open to the rebounds in four games this season, including a season high 14 vs. Rhode Island, good media. for a 10.5 per game average. He averaged 11.4 boards a game last year, third-best in the country. USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 3 INJURY REPORT PROBABLE STARTERS Player (Injury) Status USF None Name Pos. PPG. RPG. APG. FG% FT% Orin Chin F 6.4 3.8 1.0 45.8 44.4 Kentrell Gransberry C 16.8 10.5 1.3 45.3 57.6 Jesus Verdejo G 11.0 2.6 1.4 45.5 80.0 STAT COMPARISON Dominique Jones G 11.4 3.4 2.0 42.6 64.7 Chris Howard G 12.2 5.2 7.4 48.6 84.6 USF ECU Overall Record: 2-3 ...... 2-2 Scoring Offense: 74.8 . . . . .71.0 EAST CAROLINA Scoring Defense: 71.8 . . . . .62.8 Name Pos. PPG. RPG. APG. FG% FT% FG Percentage: 46.4 . . . . .42.3 Gabe Blair F 11.0 8.5 0.3 42.9 77.8 3-PT FG Percentage: 47.5 . . . . .30.8 John Fields F 9.3 4.8 0.0 65.2 50.0 FT Percentage: 67.8 . . . . .69.0 Darrell Jenkins G 11.3 4.0 6.0 42.1 62.5 Sam Hinnant G 5.8 3.0 1.5 28.6 100.0 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Cory Farmer G 5.3 2.3 3.5 33.3 00.0

SCORING CHARITY FROM THE STRIPE USF ECU The Bulls went 13-of-16 from the free throw line vs. FSU, good for 81.3 percent. That Gransberry . 16.8 Jenkins ...... 11.3 percentage was higher than any single-game free throw percentage last year. USF was Howard . . . . 12.2 Blair ...... 11.0 also 22-of-29 vs. FAU and went 35-of-45 (77.8 percent) the past two games. REBOUNDING PLUS-14 THE LAST TWO GAMES FOR HOWARD, INCLUDING CAREER HIGH 11 USF ECU Sophomore guard Chris Howard had a tremendous all-around game vs. FSU, scor- Gransberry . 10.5 Blair ...... 8.5 ing 12 points, pulling down 8 rebounds and dishing out 7 assists. He had just two Howard . . . . . 5.2 Fields ...... 4.8 turnovers, and was 4-4 from the free throw line with one block and one steal. The eight rebounds were a career high. Howard has 18 assists and just four turnovers the past FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE two games and is averaging 7.4 assists per game. He had a career high 11 assists vs. USF ECU Florida Atlantic, besting the 10 he had Jan. 14, 2007 vs. Cincinnati. Bozeman . . .69.0 Fields ...... 65.2 Howard . . . .48.6 Young ...... 53.3 GOOD THINGS COME IN FIVES... AND THREE’S FREE THROW PERCENTAGE The Bulls had five different players with at least two 3-pointers made vs. FSU: Orin USF ECU Chin, Dominique Jones, Chris Howard, Jesus Verdejo and Solomon Bozeman. True Bozeman . . . 100 Young ...... 85.0 freshman Orin Chin made a career high three 3-pointers in three attempts vs. FSU while Howard . . . . 84.6 Blair ...... 77.8 the other four each had two a piece.

CHIN FIRING AWAY FROM DEEP CAREER GAMES PLAYED After not attempting a 3-point shot the first two games of his college career, true Career Career Consec. Consec. freshman Orin Chin has connected on all six 3-point shots he has taken over the past Games Starts Games Starts three games. He has made one, two and three, respectively, the last three games. Ajayi 5 3 5 3 Bozeman 35 24 35 0 REBOUNDING, DISHING AND LONG-RANGE SHOOTING IN THE CONFERENCE Chin 5 3 5 2 Coming into this week Kentrell Gransberry’s 14 rebounds vs. Rhode Island is tied for Curry 5 0 5 0 the second most in the BIG EAST this season and Chris Howard’s 11 assists against Esseghir 5 0 5 0 FAU are the second most assists by any conference player. As a team, the 11-of-18 the Gransberry 27 26 4 4 Bulls shot from 3-point range vs. Florida State is the second best 3-point field goal per- Holmes 0 0 0 0 centage by a BIG EAST team. Howard 19 18 19 18 Jones 5 5 5 5 ESPINOSA SIGNS WITH BULLS Lovett 38 0 3 0 USF head coach Stan Heath announced on Nov. 15 the signing of forward Eladio Saaka 33 2 2 0 Espinosa to an NCAA Letter of Intent during the early signing period. Verdejo 27 19 17 5 Espinosa will enroll for the 2008-2009 season and have four years of eligibility Williams 14 2 2 0 remaining. The 6-foot-7-inch, 220-pound forward is currently at Hargrave Military

STATISTICAL COMPARISON Team G FG FGA PCT 3PT 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF-DQ A TO BS ST PTS AVG East Carolina 4 101 239 .423 24 78 .308 58 84 .690 159 39.8 72-1 65 74 16 40 284 71.0 USF 5 128 276 .464 38 80 .475 80 118 .678 173 34.6 90-2 82 77 19 34 374 74.8 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, 11/22 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: ...... 9th (74.8) 5 Eddie Lovett G 6-0 180 Sr. Riviera Beach, FL Suncoast Community 10 Dante Curry G 6-4 175 RFr. Kissimmee, FL Poinciana SCORING DEFENSE: ...... 14th (71.8) 15 Orane Chin F 6-7 195 Fr. Clarendon, Jamaica Miramar FT PERCENTAGE: ...... 10th (67.8) 20 Aaron Holmes [1] G/F 6-5 185 RFr. St. Petersburg, FL St. Petersburg Catholic/ FG PERCENTAGE: ...... 9th (46.4) Florida State ASSISTS: ...... 7th (16.4) 21 Adamu "Amu" Saaka G/F 6-6 195 So. Decatur, GA Columbia STEALS: ...... 11th (6.8) 22 Solomon Bozeman G 6-0 165 So. Magnolia, AR Magnolia 23 Jesus Verdejo G 6-4 205 Jr. Carolina, Puerto Rico The Winchendon School/ TURNOVER MARGIN: ...... 9th (+0.6) Arizona FG PCT. DEFENSE: ...... 12th (44.3) 32 Aris Williams F 6-9 235 Jr. Columbia, MD Georgetown Prep/ OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS: . . .T12th (12.0) Valparaiso DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS: . . . .13th (22.6) 33 Mobolaji “BJ” Ajayi F 6-9 225 Jr. Kano, Nigeria Standard Comprehensive/ 3-PT FG’S MADE: ...... 6th (7.6) Palm Beach CC 34 Mohamed Esseghir F 6-10 225 Sr. Apollo Beach, FL Sarasota Christian/IPFW 3-PT FG PERCENTAGE: . . . . .1st (47.5) [1] = mid-year transfer who will be eligible in December of 2007 Individual Head Coach: Stan Heath (Eastern Michigan University, 1988) SCORING Assistant Coach: Dan Hipsher (Bowling Green State University, 1977) Kentrell Gransberry . .T11th (16.8 pg) Assistant Coach: Reggie Hanson (University of Kentucky, 1991) Assistant Coach: Byron Samuels (UNC Asheville, 1986) REBOUNDING Director of Basketball Operations: Tommy Tonelli (University of South Florida, 1986) Kentrell Gransberry . . . .4th (10.5 pg) Video Coordinator: Jamie Angeli (Wisconsin-Stout, 1985)

Pronunciation Guide: FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Jamie Angeli ...... Ann-jill-EE Solomon Bozeman ...... 2nd (69.0) Mobolaji Ajayi ...... Moe-bology Ah-jie-EE Orane Chin ...... Or-in FREE THROW PERCENTAGE Mohamed Esseghir ...... Ess-uh-gear *Solomon Bozeman . . . .T1st (1.000) Amu Saaka ...... Ah-MOO Sah-ka Jesus Verdejo ...... Ver-deh-ho Chris Howard ...... T6th (84.6) Aris Williams ...... Air-iss *Would be tied for first, is 4 free throw’s attempted short to qualify Academy in Chatham, Va., after spending his junior season at Victory Christian Academy in Charlotte, N.C. He is ranked the 30th-best power forward in the country and BLOCKS 129th overall in the ESPN 150 class of 2008 rankings. None "We're excited to have Eladio join our program," said Heath. "He's an athletic for- ward. Eventually he can play small forward or power forward. He gets up and down the ASSISTS floor very well and has good skills to go with that athleticism. In the last six months he's Chris Howard ...... 3rd (7.4 pg) gained 20 pounds of muscle that should add to his ability to contribute as a freshman." Espinosa plays for Kevin Keatts at Hargrave. He played for Stan Kowalewski and the STEALS North Carolina Gaters AAU program and played for Mike Pratt at Victory Christian. None 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-con- 3-PT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE ference and was named to the all-tournament team after helping lead Victory to the Orin Chin ...... 1st (1.000) National Association of Christian Athletes national title. He tallied 15 points and eight Solomon Bozeman ...... 3rd (68.4) rebounds in the final. "I'm ready and excited to be a part of the USF basketball program," said Espinosa. 3-PT FIELD GOALS MADE "I want to come in and try to help wherever I can, work hard and push my teammates Solomon Bozeman ...... 9th (2.6 pg) to work hard. I want to help USF get to the next level.”

DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS THE 2007-08 USF SQUAD Kentrell Gransberry . . . .T4th (7.0 rpg) Leading the way for the Bulls will be senior center Kentrell Gransberry. Gransberry, a 6-9, 270-pound force in the middle, is the top returning rebounder in the country. The OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS Baton Rouge, La., native pulled down 11.4 boards per game last season, tops in the BIG Kentrell Gransberry . . . .T7th (3.5 rpg) EAST and third-best in the nation, averaged 15.6 points per game and shot 57.7 per- cent from the field in his first season in Division I. MINUTES PLAYED Gransberry, an All-BIG EAST Second Team selection, saved one of his best per- Kentrell Gransberry . .18th (32.3 mpg) formances for last, posting career highs of 26 points and 23 rebounds at DePaul in the final game of the season. The 23 rebounds were tied for second-most in the country in USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 5

Stan Heath a single game last year and matched the second-best single-game total in BIG EAST history. It was the fourth-best single-game rebound performance in USF history. He First Season also became just the fifth player in USF history and ninth in BIG EAST annals to notch 2-3 (USF) a 20-point, 20-rebound game. 114-80 (Overall) The big man will have some help as the Bulls return six of their top eight scorers, seven letterwinners and three starters in Gransberry and sophomore guards Chris Howard and Solomon Bozeman. Howard has battled a knee injury for the past year and a half and missed the first 16 games of last season, but the point guard returned to start 13 of the final 14 games. He wasted little time making his presence felt, averaging 5.86 assists per game in BIG EAST play, second-best in the conference. Bozeman appeared in all 30 games, start-

Stan Heath, whose six-year headcoaching ing 24, and was fourth on the team in scoring at 9.6 points per game. He was nearly career at the collegiate level has already included automatic at the free throw line, hitting 88 percent from the charity stripe, second in the three NCAA Tournament appearances, was named BIG EAST and 16th in the country. Bozeman also contributed 3.47 assists per game. the new head men's basketball coach at the Junior guard Jesus Verdejo became eligible in mid-December after transferring University of South Florida on April 3, 2007 - marking the official start to a new era in the program’s history. from Arizona and played in 22 games (14 starts), including eight starts in conference Heath, 42, arrives at USF after serving as head play. He averaged 7.0 points per game. Also returning are junior forward Aris Williams coach at the University of Arkansas for each of the (10 games played, two starts), sophomore G/F Amu Saaka (29gp/2gs) and senior G previous five seasons. While with the Razorbacks, Eddie Lovett (26gp). Williams had right knee surgery in January and missed the entire Heath guided the program to a pair of NCAA conference portion of the schedule. Tournament appearances (2006, 2007) and an over- all record of 82-71. UA posted 20-win campaigns in The Bulls welcome six newcomers, many who will be expected to contribute imme- each of the previous two seasons and 2006-07 was diately. The newcomers consist of two true freshmen (G Dominique Jones and F highlighted by a run to the title game of the SEC Orane Chin), a redshirt freshman (G Dante Curry), a redshirt freshman transfer (G/F Tournament and subsequent NCAA appearance. Aaron Holmes), a junior transfer (F Mobolaji Ajayi) and a senior transfer (C Mohamed An outstanding recruiter throughout his career, Heath's signing classes have gained national recog- Esseghir). Curry missed last season due to an Achilles tendon injury, while Curry trans- nition in recent years. National media outlets ranked ferred from Florida State and will be eligible in mid-December. The 6-9 Ajayi and the his efforts among the top 15 in the country in 2003, 6-10 Esseghir will add much needed depth to the front line. 2004 and 2006. In his six years (Arkansas and Kent State University) as a head coach, he has directed a total of six players to all-league accolades on eight HOLMES TO MISS FIRST 10 GAMES OF SEASON occasions and his rosters have featured a pair of USF redshirt freshman guard Aaron Holmes will miss the first 10 games of the sea- freshman All-Americans, two conference defensive son after his mid-season transfer last year from Florida State. Holmes, one of the most players of the year, one sixth man of the year and prolific scorers to ever play in the greater Tampa area, will be eligible Dec. 19 at Wake two NBA players, including one lottery pick. Prior to Arkansas, Heath guided Kent State to a Forest. record-setting 2001-02 campaign in his first year as A 2006 graduate of St. Petersburg Catholic High School, Holmes garnered All- a head coach at the collegiate level. The Golden Suncoast Player of the Year accolades on three occasions and concluded his career Flashes claimed the Mid-American Conference reg- with 2,748 points. He was a two-time first team all-state honoree and is the all-time ular season and tournament titles en route to a 30-6 record and an appearance in the Elite Eight. KSU leading scorer at SPC. The four-year letterwinner was runner-up for Mr. Basketball set a league record for wins that year, won 21 games honors in Florida in 2006. He is one of just six players in Pinellas County history to in a row and defeated three nationally ranked oppo- score more than 2,000 career points. nents (No. 20 Oklahoma St., No. 8 Alabama, No. 9 Pittsburgh) during its historic postseason run. While an assistant coach for five seasons (1996- BULLS ANNOUNCE RADIO BROADCAST TEAM, WHNZ TO AIR GAMES 97 - 2000-01) under Tom Izzo at Michigan State, WHNZ 1250 AM will return for its third season as the radio home for USF men's Heath helped the Spartans develop into one of the basketball. WHNZ gives the Bulls a strong radio presence in the Tampa/St. Petersburg top programs in all of college basketball. During his market. In the event of conflicts with programming on WHNZ, men's broadcasts will be tenure, MSU advanced to the Final Four on three carried on 620 WDAE or 970 WFLA. occasions (1999, 2000 and 2001), highlighted by the national championship in 2000. The Spartans com- Longtime Bulls broadcaster Jim Lighthall will handle men's play-by-play duties for piled an overall record of 132-37 during his stay in the upcoming season with broadcast veteran Todd Kalas as color analyst. Former USF East Lansing. cager Anddrikk Frazier will also handle color duties throughout the season. The Detroit native has also made collegiate Lighthall is in his 11th season on the USF broadcast crew for football and men's assistant coaching stops at Bowling Green State University (1994-95 - 1995-96), Wayne State basketball. He has been color analyst for USF basketball the past 10 years and han- University (1991-92 - 1993-94), Albion College dles the pre-game and halftime shows for football as well as studio host for the (1989-90 - 1990-91) and Hillsdale College (1988-89). postgame show. He worked on the Tampa Bay Lightning Radio Network from 1993-96 He began his coaching career at the prep level, and has been employed by Metro Networks since 1996. He is a 1990 USF grad with working for one season (1987-88) at Lincoln High School in Ypsilanti, Mich. a bachelor's degree in communications. A three-year letterwinner (1984-87) at Eastern Joining Lighthall is veteran broadcaster Kalas. Kalas has been the pre-game/post- Michigan University, Heath earned his bachelor's game host and in-game reporter for Tampa Bay Rays games on Fox Sports Net Florida degree in social science in 1988. He went on to and Pax-TV since 1997. He also fills-in for some play-by-play and color on the Rays complete his master's work in sports administration in 1993 at Wayne State University. television and radio networks and is the host of the "Inside the Rays" and "Rays Heath is married to the former Ramona Webb Magazine" television shows. His broadcast experience also includes play-by-play work and the couple has two sons; Jordan (15) and with the Philadelphia Phillies, N.Y. Mets, Louisville Redbirds, University of Delaware Joshua (12). USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 6 football and basketball and Syracuse University football and basketball. Recently, he has also done basketball broadcast work for Virginia Tech and Cox Sports Television. RESULT BREAKDOWN Frazier played for USF from 1996-99 and was a three-year letterwinner. He appeared Record in 84 games in his three seasons and tallied 405 career points. Overall BE "USF Bull Session With Stan Heath" will also air on WHNZ-AM 1250. Broadcast Home: ...... 0-1 0-0 nights will vary throughout the season as the basketball schedule dictates, but the one- Away: ...... 0-1 0-0 hour call-in show will always begin each time at 7 p.m. Neutral: ...... 2-1 0-0 TOTALS ...... 2-3 0-0 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP FIELDS TO INCREASE TO 16 FOR 2009 The Presidents of the BIG EAST Conference voted to include all 16 member institu- Record By Month tions in the men’s and women’s basketball championship tournaments beginning in Overall BE 2009. The Presidents took this action at their annual meeting, which was held Nov. 6 in November: ...... 2-3 0-0 Philadelphia, Pa. Currently, the top 12 teams in the final regular-season standings advance to partici- December: ...... 0-0 0-0 pate in the men’s and women’s championships. The men’s championship is held in New January: ...... 0-0 0-0 York City at Madison Square Garden. The women’s championship is held in Hartford, February: ...... 0-0 0-0 Conn., at the Hartford Civic Center. March: ...... 0-0 0-0 TOTALS ...... 2-3 0-0 TICKET INFORMATION AND PLANS Season ticket packages for the home schedule are currently on sale with pricing Record By Starting Lineup starting as low as $175. Premium seating is also available. Individual-game tickets for Howard, Jones, Verdejo, ...... 0-1 the non-conference portion of the schedule and mini-plans are also on sale with indi- Chin, Ajayi vidual-game tickets for the BIG EAST schedule available on Dec. 1. Individual-game tickets range from $8 to $25. Howard, Jones, Verdejo, ...... 0-2 The two mini-plans that are available are a "Pick Three" plan and "The Weekend Ajayi, Gransberry Warrior." The "Pick Three" is a choice of any three games on the schedule for $60 while "The Weekend Warrior" is a five-game plan for $99 that includes UAB, West Virginia, St. Howard, Jones, Verdejo ...... 2-0 John's, Connecticut and Notre Dame. Chin, Gransberry Season tickets, mini-plans and group tickets can be purchased by calling 1-800- GoBulls. Individual-game tickets can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com or via Ticketmaster phone at 813-287-8844.

ALL-U-CAN EAT SEATS The USF athletics department announced that "All-U-Can-Eat-Seats" will be avail- LED USF IN ... able 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) SCORING: . .Gransberry 3 you will receive a voucher that will allow for "All-U-Can-Eat" hot dogs, popcorn, pretzels ...... Bozeman 1 and soft drinks for the entirety of the game. The ticket is $20 for men's games and $15 ...... Verdejo 1 ($12 youth) for women's games and can be purchased by calling 1-800-GoBulls...... Howard 1

TEN BIG EAST TEAM RECEIVE VOTES IN NATIONAL POLLS REBOUNDING: . . .Jones 1 In this week’s Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls, a total of 10 BIG EAST ...... Gransberry 4 squads received consideration. Six of those teams made the respective Top 25s...... Howard 1 Georgetown and Louisville are ranked fifth and sixth, respectively, in both polls. Marquette is next with a No. 11 ranking in AP and a No. 13 spot in ESPN/USA Today. ASSISTS: . . . . .Howard 5 Both polls have Pittsburgh 17th and Syracuse 21st. Villanova is 20th in AP and 19th in ESPN/USA Today. West Virginia, Connecticut, Providence and Notre Dame received ...... Jones 2 votes in at least one of the polls. STEALS: ...... Bozeman 2 TV ALL THE TIME ...... Verdejo 1 BIG EAST teams will be on the television airwaves like never before. As part of the ...... Chin 1 BIG EAST’s new agreements with its television partners, all 144 regular-season league ...... Gransberry 1 games will be televised. In all, conference teams will make 400 television appearances ...... Howard 1 this season...... Ajayi 1

BLOCKS: . . . . .Esseghir 2 ...... Chin 2 ...... Gransberry 2 ...... Howard 1 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 7

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

Dante Orane Aaron Adamu Curry 10 Chin 15 Holmes 20 “Amu” Saaka 21

Solomon Jesus Aris Mobolaji Bozeman 22 Verdejo 23 Williams 32 “BJ” Ajayi 33

Mohamed Esseghir 34 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 8 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 went 6-for-12 from the field, 4-of-9 from the 3- behind All-BIG EAST center Kentrell when freshman Dominique Jones missed two point arc for 16 points. Max Boudreau grabbed Gransberry, who had 11 points and a game-high free throws that could have given USF the lead eight rebounds. seven rebounds. with 6.7 seconds left. USF Center Kentrell Gransberry, despite Heath saw USF start off sluggish and was Bullock was 13-for-13 from the foul line and pulling down 10 rebounds, was held in check down 13-11 to the Lions after five minutes into also grabbed 10 rebounds. His last two free 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 Orin 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 CSU ...... 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 9 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 Orin Chin hit a 3-pointer to put USF back ahead 50- second half. 3-of-3 from the free throw line. 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 Orin 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 Carderro Nwoji* . . . .31 2-4 2-3 0-0 0 8 3 0 0 1 6 USF min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Kahiem Seawright* . .28 4-11 0-0 0-1 14 2 6 0 1 4 8 Paul Graham III* . . . .25 6-12 3-5 8-11 0 2 3 0 0 2 23 Dominique Jones* . . .27 3-10 2-4 2-2 2 0 4 0 1 2 10 Jason Francis* . . . . .19 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 2 1 0 0 2 2 Derrick Simmons . . .18 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 Chris Howard* ...... 38 3-8 2-3 4-4 8 7 2 1 1 0 12 Parfait Bitee* ...... 33 4-6 2-4 0-1 1 8 1 0 1 1 10 Eni Cuka ...... 5 2-2 2-2 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 Kentrell Gransberry* .36 7-11 0-0 7-10 8 1 1 1 1 3 21 Jimmy Baron* ...... 35 7-14 3-10 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 17 Sean Alarcon ...... 8 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .24 2-4 2-3 0-0 3 4 4 0 0 2 6 Joe Mbang ...... 16 2-8 0-2 0-0 4 0 4 0 1 44 4 Seydou Kone ...... 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 2 0 0 3 0 Orin Chin* ...... 24 4-6 3-3 0-0 2 2 1 1 0 5 11 Marquis Jones ...... 5 1-1 0-0 0-1 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 Sanchez Hughley . . .25 1-7 0-3 1-4 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 Dante Curry ...... 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Lamonte Ulmer . . . . .19 3-5 0-0 2-2 3 2 2 1 1 1 8 Xavier Perkins ...... 20 2-2 0-0 4-4 1 0 3 0 0 4 8 Adamu Saaka ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Keith Cothran ...... 22 2-6 1-3 1-2 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 Team ...... 3 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Hakim McCullar . . . . .2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals ...... 21-50 7-15 20-32 27 14 21 2 6 24 69 Solomon Bozeman . .27 2-4 2-4 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 1 6 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 USF ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Aris Williams ...... 2 0-1 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 Eddie Lovett ...... 0+ 0-0 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 Chris Howard* ...... 27 5-8 1-3 7-7 4 11 2 1 1 1 18 Team ...... 1 Dominique Jones* . . .38 3-9 0-2 4-4 4 2 1 0 1 1 10 Kentrell Gransberry* .19 8-12 0-0 5-6 10 0 1 1 0 1 21 Totals ...... 22-47 11-18 13-16 29 18 15 3 4 15 68 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 Orin Chin* ...... 30 2-3 2-2 1-4 6 1 2 1 2 2 7 FSU ...... min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Jesus Verdejo* . . . . .16 0-6 0-2 1-2 3 1 1 0 3 2 1 Dante Curry ...... 14 3-5 1-3 2-2 3 0 0 0 2 0 9 Uche Echefu* ...... 18 4-8 0-0 1-2 3 0 2 1 1 3 9 Mobolaji Ajayi* ...... 6 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 Adamu Saaka ...... 9 2-6 0-2 0-1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 Ryan Reid* ...... 24 2-3 0-0 0-0 7 1 1 1 0 4 4 Dante Curry ...... 12 0-4 0-3 0-2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 Eddie Lovett ...... 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Isaiah Swann* ...... 37 5-8 3-6 2-2 4 8 1 0 1 2 15 Orin Chin ...... 36 5-10 1-1 2-3 9 1 2 2 1 3 13 Solomon Bozeman . .21 5-6 4-5 3-3 0 4 0 0 3 1 17 Toney Douglas . . . . .35 6-13 2-6 1-1 4 4 2 1 1 2 15 Solomon Bozeman . .21 3-4 1-1 2-2 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 Mohamed Esseghir . . .9 1-1 0-0 2-2 3 2 1 1 0 5 4 Jason Rich* ...... 27 1-12 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 Mohamed Esseghir . . .1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Aris Williams ...... 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 Ralph Mims ...... 24 6-13 4-7 0-0 2 1 1 0 5 0 16 Eddie Lovett ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mobolaji Ajayi ...... 12 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 Casaan Breeden . . . .19 3-6 0-0 0-0 7 0 2 1 0 1 6 Team ...... 3 Team ...... 1 Julian Vaughn ...... 16 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 1 3 0 Totals ...... 24-60 3-12 16-28 39 12 16 3 8 17 67 Totals ...... 34-59 10-21 22-29 34 21 13 4 12 21 100 Team ...... 2 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: Brent Halftime: 52-25 USF. Dead Ball Rebounds: USF 3- 1. Technicals: None. Officials: Marc Ellard, Frank Halftime: 39-30 USF. Dead Ball Rebounds: USF 4- Barnaky, Billy Dunlap, Daryl Smith. Attendance: 2. Technicals: None. Officials: J.B. Caldwell, Mike 255. Raposo, Jeff Smith. Attendance: 359. USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 10 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 @ USF @ Florida International USF UCF @ USF @ Richmond USF UAB @ USF @ Wake Forest USF St. Francis (NY) @ USF Winston-Salem St. @ USF Rutgers @ USF @ Syracuse USF Pittsburgh @ USF @ Providence USF @ Seton Hall USF West Virginia @ USF Louisville @ USF @ Marquette USF St. John’s @ USF @ Georgetown USF @ 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 11 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 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 DNP 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 DNP 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 DNP 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 DNP 12/8 10/2 0/0 0/0 6/3 0/0 East Carolina @ Florida International UCF @ Richmond UAB @ Wake Forest St. Francis (NY) Winston-Salem St. Rutgers @ Syracuse Pittsburgh @ Providence @ Seton Hall West Virginia Louisville @ Marquette St. John’s @ Georgetown @ 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 @ Florida International UCF @ Richmond UAB @ Wake Forest St. Francis (NY) Winston-Salem St. Rutgers @ Syracuse Pittsburgh @ Providence @ Seton Hall West Virginia Louisville @ Marquette St. John’s @ Georgetown @ DePaul Syracuse Connecticut @ Cincinnati Seton Hall @ Rutgers @ Villanova Notre Dame USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 12

Center Season & Career Highs Points Kentrell Season 21 (2) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) Career 26, at DePaul (3/3/07) Rebounds Gransberry Season 14, vs. URI (11/16/07) Career 23, at DePaul (3/3/07) Senior • 6-9 • 270 Assists Baton Rouge, La. Season 3, at Buffalo (11/13/07) Career 3 (2) last at Buffalo (11/13/07) Woodlawn HS / LSU Steals Communications 1 Season 2, at Buffalo (11/13/07) Career 4, at UAB (12/27/06) 2007-08: Missed 11/9 season opener Island... Was first double-double of Blocked Shots Season 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) vs. Cleveland State while serving a season and 13th of career... Tallied Career 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) one-game penalty for playing in a non- season high 21 points and 10 Field Goals sanctioned summer league game... rebounds in first win of year 11/17 over Season 8, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Made season debut 11/13 at Buffalo, Florida Atlantic... Was 14th career dou- Career 11, at DePaul (3/3/07) notching nine points and 10 ble-double... Equalled his season high Field Goal Attempts rebounds... Tallied 16 points and sea- with 21 points and 8 rebounds in 11/18 Season 16, vs. URI (11/16/07) son high 14 rebounds 11/16 vs. Rhode win over FSU... Was named to All- Career 22, at DePaul (3/3/07) Tournament Team at Glenn Wilkes Free Throws Classic in Daytona. Season 7, vs. FSU (11/18/07) Career 8, vs. Norfolk St. (12/17/06) Free Throw Attempts Season 10 (2) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) Career 13, vs. Norfolk St. (12/17/06) 3-Point Field Goals Season -- Career -- 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Season -- Career --

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 4 4 129 32.2 24 53 .453 0 0 .000 19 33 .576 42 10.5 8-0 5 7 3 3 67 16.8 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 27 26 785 29.1 162 292 .555 0 0 .000 102 182 .560 305 11.3 90-5 30 44 14 20 426 15.8 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 13 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 @ Florida Inter. UCF @ Richmond UAB @ Wake Forest St. Francis (NY) Winston-Salem St. Rutgers @ Syracuse Pittsburgh @ Providence @ Seton Hall West Virginia Louisville @ Marquette St. John’s @ Georgetown @ 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 14

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 -- Career -- 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 (3) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) 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 (3) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) East Carolina blocks and six rebounds in 12 minutes @ Florida Inter. Field Goal Attempts of action at Buffalo... Had season high UCF Season 2 (2) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) @ Richmond Career 2 (2) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) 4 points 11/17 vs. FAU. UAB @ Wake Forest Free Throws St. Francis (NY) Season 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Winston-Salem St. Rutgers Career 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) @ Syracuse Pittsburgh Free Throw Attempts @ Providence Season 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) @ Seton Hall West Virginia Career 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Louisville 3-Point Field Goals @ Marquette St. John’s Season -- @ Georgetown 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 5 0 38 7.6 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 4 6 .667 13 2.6 9-1 4 5 6 0 10 2.0 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 15

Guard Season & Career Highs Points Eddie Season -- Career 6, vs. BCC (12/31/06) Rebounds Lovett Season -- Career 4, vs. BCC (12/31/06) Senior • 6-0 • 180 Assists Season 1, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Riviera Beach, Fla. Career 2, at UConn (1/2/07) Suncoast Community HS Steals Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 5 Season -- 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 -- Cleveland State opener... Played sea- vs. Florida Atlantic 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 son high 7 minutes 11/17 vs. FAU. 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 @ Florida Inter. Field Goal Attempts UCF Season 1, vs. FAU (11/17/07) @ Richmond Career 4, vs. BCC (12/31/06) UAB @ Wake Forest Free Throws St. Francis (NY) Season -- Winston-Salem St. Rutgers Career 2, vs. BCC (12/31/06) @ Syracuse Pittsburgh Free Throw Attempts @ Providence Season -- @ Seton Hall West Virginia Career 2, vs. BCC (12/31/06) Louisville 3-Point Field Goals @ Marquette St. John’s Season -- @ Georgetown Career 1, at WSSU (12/7/06) @ DePaul Syracuse 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Connecticut Season -- @ Cincinnati Seton Hall Career 1, at Notre Dame (1/21/07) @ 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 4 0 9 2.3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 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 12 1.7 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0.1 3-0 0 0 0 0 4 0.5 Totals 38 0 167 4.4 12 22 .545 1 3 .333 3 4 .750 15 0.4 22-0 13 8 0 8 28 0.7 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 16

Forward Season & Career Highs Points Mobolaji “BJ” Season 8, at Buffalo (11/13/07) Career 8, at Buffalo (11/13/07) Rebounds Ajayi Season 5 (2) last at Buffalo (11/13/07) Career 5 (2) last at Buffalo (11/13/07) 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 (2) last at Buffalo (11/13/07) 2007-08: Made his USF debut and 2007-08 Statistics Career 1 (2) last at Buffalo (11/13/07) 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 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 4, at Buffalo (11/13/07) 3-of-4 shooting in 23 minutes... Pulled vs. Rhode Island 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 Career 4, at Buffalo (11/13/07) 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 Season 7, at Buffalo (11/13/07) block... Had career high eight points at @ Florida Inter. Buffalo and pulled down five rebounds. UCF Career 7, at Buffalo (11/13/07) @ Richmond Free Throws UAB @ Wake Forest Season -- St. Francis (NY) Career -- Winston-Salem St. Rutgers Free Throw Attempts @ Syracuse Season -- Pittsburgh @ Providence Career -- @ Seton Hall West Virginia 3-Point Field Goals Louisville Season -- @ Marquette St. John’s Career -- @ Georgetown 3-Point Field Goal Attempts @ DePaul Syracuse Season -- Connecticut Career -- @ Cincinnati 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 5 3 62 12.4 8 16 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 14 2.8 12-0 1 11 2 2 16 3.2 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 17

Guard Season & Career Highs Points Jesus Season 18, at Buffalo (11/13/07) Career 20, vs. Norfolk St. (12/17/06) Rebounds Verdejo Season 4, vs. CSU (11/9/07) Career 5, vs. Louisville (1/10/07) Junior • 6-4 • 205 Assists Carolina, Puerto Rico Season 4 vs. FSU (11/18/07) Career 4 (2) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) 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 -- 2007-08: Started 11/9 season opener 2007-08 Statistics Career 1, at Notre Dame (1/21/07) 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 0-6 0-2 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 season high 18 vs. Florida State 24 2-4 2-3 0-0 3 4 4 0 0 2 6 Field Goal Attempts East Carolina points at Buffalo, including another 2-4 @ Florida Inter. Season 14, at Buffalo (11/13/07) UCF Career 14, at Buffalo (11/13/07) outing from 3-pt range... 18 points @ Richmond were second most in his 24 game USF UAB Free Throws @ Wake Forest Season 5, vs. CSU (11/9/07) career, trailing only a 20-point outing in St. Francis (NY) Career 6, vs. Wake Forest (12/29/06) his first ever game as a Bull... His eight Winston-Salem St. Rutgers Free Throw Attempts field goals made against Buffalo tied @ Syracuse Pittsburgh Season 6, vs. CSU (11/9/07) his career high and his 14 attempts set @ Providence Career 9, vs. Wake Forest (12/29/06) @ Seton Hall a new career mark... Notched 13 West Virginia 3-Point Field Goals points on 5-8 shooting in 11/17 win Louisville Season 2 (3) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) @ Marquette over FAU... Tied career high with 4 St. John’s Career 3, vs. TAMU-CC (12/18/06) @ Georgetown assists in 11/18 win over FSU, and @ DePaul 3-Point Field Goal Attempts added two big 3-pointers. Syracuse Season 4 (3) last vs. FAU (11/17/07) Connecticut Career 6, vs. TAMU-CC (12/18/06) @ Cincinnati Seton Hall @ Rutgers 2006-07 Statistics @ Villanova min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Notre Dame Buffalo ...... -- South Carolina St. . . .-- FIU ...... -- Stetson ...... -- Richmond ...... -- @ Win.-Salem St. . . . .-- @ East Carolina . . . . .-- vs. Norfolk St...... 25 8-13 2-3 2-2 0 3 1 0 0 2 20 vs. TAMU-CC* ...... 30 3-10 3-6 1-2 3 2 2 0 0 2 10 @ 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 @ 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 Bethune-Cookman* . .25 1-3 0-2 0-2 1 4 4 0 1 3 2 @ 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 Louisville* ...... 28 1-4 0-3 6-11 5 3 1 0 0 3 8 Cincinnati ...... -- @ West Virginia . . . .28 4-8 1-4 1-1 4 3 1 0 0 1 10 @ 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 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 @ St. John’s* ...... 12 0-1 0-1 1-2 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 @ 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 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 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 5 5 121 24.2 20 44 .455 7 18 .389 8 10 .800 13 2.6 7-0 7 9 0 5 55 11.0 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 27 19 630 23.3 72 168 .429 22 69 .319 43 70 .614 46 1.7 35-0 50 56 1 17 209 7.7 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 18

Forward Season & Career Highs Points Aris Season 1, vs. CSU (11/9/07) Career 9, at ECU (12/9/06) Rebounds Williams Season 1, vs. FAU (11/17/07) 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 -- Political Science 32 Career -- Blocked Shots 2007-08: Made first appearance since 2007-08 Statistics Season 1, vs. CSU (11/9/07) 12/31/06 after battling knee injuries 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 and subsequent surgery... Missed the @ Buffalo 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Field Goals final 20 games of last season. vs. Rhode Island DNP Season -- vs. Florida Atlantic 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 vs. Florida State 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career 4, at ECU (12/9/06) East Carolina Field Goal Attempts @ Florida Inter. UCF Season 2, vs. CSU (11/9/07) @ Richmond Career 9, at ECU (12/9/06) UAB @ Wake Forest Free Throws St. Francis (NY) Season 1, vs. CSU (11/9/07) Winston-Salem St. Rutgers Career 4, at WSSU (12/7/06) @ Syracuse Free Throw Attempts Pittsburgh @ Providence Season 2, vs. CSU (11/9/07) @ Seton Hall Career 6, at ECU (12/9/06) West Virginia Louisville 3-Point Field Goals @ Marquette Season -- St. John’s @ Georgetown 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 4 0 19 4.8 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 0.3 4-0 0 0 1 0 1 0.3 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 14 2 195 13.9 12 38 .316 0 0 .000 12 26 .462 53 3.8 25-0 6 13 6 0 36 2.6 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 19

Guard Season & Career Highs Points Solomon Season 19, vs. CSU (11/9/07) Career 24, vs. BCC (12/31/06) Rebounds Bozeman Season 3, at Buffalo (11/13/07) Career 7, vs. Stetson (11/27/06) Sophomore • 6-0 • 165 Assists Magnolia, Ark. Season 4, vs. FAU (11/17/07) 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. FAU (11/17/07) 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. FAU (11/17/07) 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 1 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 Field Goal Attempts before final desperation three at end of @ Florida Inter. UCF Season 9, vs. CSU (11/9/07) game attempting to tie the score... @ Richmond Career 12, vs. Richmond (12/5/06) Was 7-9 from field... Five 3’s made is UAB @ Wake Forest Free Throws career high, besting four made vs. St. Francis (NY) Season 3, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Winston-Salem St. Bethune-Cookman last season... Rutgers Career 15, vs. Stetson (11/27/06) Seven FG’s made is also a career @ Syracuse Free Throw Attempts Pittsburgh high... Tallied 17 points on 5-6 shooting @ Providence Season 3, vs. FAU (11/17/07) @ Seton Hall Career 16, vs. Stetson (11/27/06) 11/17 vs. FAU... Was 4-5 from 3-pt West Virginia range vs. FAU and had season high 4 Louisville 3-Point Field Goals @ Marquette Season 5, vs. CSU (11/9/07) assists... Nailed two 3-pointers in 11/18 St. John’s win over FSU. @ Georgetown Career 5, vs. CSU (11/9/07) @ DePaul 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Syracuse Connecticut Season 7, vs. CSU (11/9/07) @ Cincinnati Career 7 (2), last vs. CSU (11/9/07) Seton Hall @ Rutgers @ Villanova 2006-07 Statistics Notre Dame min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts 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 FIU ...... 30 1-5 0-4 7-7 6 7 2 0 2 1 9 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 @ 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 vs. Norfolk St.* . . . . .31 3-8 2-5 5-6 2 4 1 0 1 1 13 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 5 0 123 24.6 20 29 .690 13 19 .684 6 6 1.000 6 1.2 7-0 6 7 0 4 59 11.8 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 35 24 1,042 29.8 82 198 .414 48 124 .387 136 153 .889 89 2.5 67-1 110 89 3 42 348 9.9 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 20

Guard Season & Career Highs Points Chris Season 18, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Career 18, vs. FAU (11/17/07) 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 1 (3) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) Career 3, vs. Providence (2/28/07) 2007-08: Started 11/9 season opener Blocked Shots 2007-08 Statistics Season 1 (2) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) vs. Cleveland State and notched eight min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Career 1 (3) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) 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 6, vs. URI (11/16/07) career-high 10 attempts... Added six vs. Florida State 38 3-8 2-3 4-4 8 7 2 1 1 0 12 Career 6, vs. URI (11/16/07) East Carolina rebounds and four assists... Dished @ Florida Inter. Field Goal Attempts out nine assists 11/13 at Buffalo, tied UCF @ Richmond Season 9, vs. URI (11/16/07) for 2nd most in career at time... Scored UAB Career 10, at St. John’s (2/7/07) @ Wake Forest 16 points 11/16 vs. Rhode Island, St. Francis (NY) Free Throws going 6-9 from the field (1-2 3-pt) and Winston-Salem St. Season 8, vs. CSU (11/9/07) Rutgers 3-5 from free throw line... Also had six @ Syracuse Career 8, vs. CSU (11/9/07) Pittsburgh Free Throw Attempts assists vs. Rams... Set career high @ Providence with 18 points 11/17 vs. FAU, going 5- @ Seton Hall Season 10, vs. CSU (11/9/07) West Virginia Career 10, vs. CSU (11/9/07) 8 from field (1-3 from 3) and 7-7 from Louisville @ Marquette 3-Point Field Goals line... Had career high 11 assists vs. St. John’s Season 2, vs. FSU (11/18/07) FAU, besting 10 set 1/14/07 vs. @ Georgetown @ DePaul Career 2, vs. FSU (11/18/07) Cincinnati... Had 12 points, 8 rebounds Syracuse Connecticut 3-Point Field Goal Attempts and 7 assists in 11/18 win over FSU... @ Cincinnati Season 3 (3) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) Had career high 8 rebounds and 2 3- Seton Hall Career 3 (3) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) @ Rutgers pointers made vs. FSU... Was named @ Villanova Notre Dame 2006-07 Statistics to All-Tournament Team at Glenn min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Buffalo ...... -- Wilkes Classic. South Carolina St. . . .-- FIU ...... -- Stetson ...... -- Richmond ...... -- @ Win.-Salem St. . . . .-- @ East Carolina . . . . .-- vs. Norfolk St...... -- vs. TAMU-CC ...... -- @ UNLV ...... -- Missouri St...... -- @ UAB ...... -- vs. Wake Forest . . . . .-- Bethune-Cookman . . .-- @ Connecticut ...... -- @ Pittsburgh ...... -- Louisville ...... 20 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 5 5 0 1 3 0 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 @ 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 Marquette* ...... 31 2-2 0-0 3-5 3 9 5 0 0 3 7 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 @ 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 DePaul* ...... 34 1-8 0-2 3-4 3 9 4 0 0 3 5 @ 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 @ 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 5 5 162 32.4 17 35 .486 5 11 .455 22 26 .846 26 5.2 8-0 37 16 2 4 61 12.2 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 19 18 597 31.4 44 115 .383 7 24 .292 45 64 .703 68 3.6 42-1 119 67 3 19 140 7.4 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 21

Guard/Forward Season & Career Highs Points Adamu “Amu” Season 4, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Career 12, vs. SC St. (11/17/06) Rebounds Saaka Season 3 (2) last vs. FAU (11/17/07) Career 8, vs. Norfolk St. (12/17/06) Sophomore • 6-6 • 195 Assists Decatur, Ga. Season -- 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 -- 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 vs. Florida Atlantic 9 2-6 0-2 0-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 Season 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) season high 4 points 11/17 vs. FAU, vs. Florida State 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Career 4, at DePaul (3/3/07) East Carolina and added three rebounds. @ Florida Inter. Field Goal Attempts UCF @ Richmond Season 6, vs. FAU (11/17/07) UAB Career 9, at DePaul (3/3/07) @ Wake Forest St. Francis (NY) Free Throws Winston-Salem St. Season 2, vs. CSU (11/9/07) Rutgers @ Syracuse Career 4, vs. Notre Dame (2/3/07) Pittsburgh Free Throw Attempts @ Providence @ Seton Hall Season 2 (2) last at Buffalo (11/13/07) West Virginia Career 4, vs. Notre Dame (2/3/07) Louisville @ Marquette 3-Point Field Goals St. John’s Season -- @ Georgetown @ DePaul Career 1, at Louisville (2/10/07) Syracuse 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Connecticut @ Cincinnati Season 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Seton Hall Career 2 (2) last vs. FAU (11/17/07) @ 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. . . .31 4-5 1-1 3-4 2 4 1 0 1 2 12 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 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 @ East Carolina . . . .19 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 2 3 1 0 2 2 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 4 0 27 6.8 2 6 .333 0 2 .000 3 5 .600 6 1.5 2-0 0 3 0 0 7 1.8 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 33 2 520 15.8 42 93 .452 2 9 .222 22 38 .579 92 2.8 54-0 35 35 6 13 108 3.3 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 22

Forward Season & Career Highs Points Season 13, vs. URI (11/16/07) Orane Career 13, vs. URI (11/16/07) Rebounds Season 9, vs. URI (11/16/07) Chin Career 9, vs. URI (11/16/07) Assists Freshman • 6-7 • 195 Season 2, vs. FSU (11/18/07) Clarendon, Jamaica Career 2, vs. FSU (11/18/07) Miramar HS Steals Undecided Season 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) 15 Career 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Blocked Shots Season 2, vs. URI (11/16/07) 2007-08: Made his USF debut and 2007-08 Statistics Career 2, vs. URI (11/16/07) 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... Set career highs with 13 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 points and 9 rebounds 11/16 vs. vs. Florida State 24 4-6 3-3 0-0 2 2 1 1 0 5 11 Field Goal Attempts East Carolina Season 10, vs. URI (11/16/07) Rhode Island... Also had two blocks, a @ Florida Inter. steal and an assist... Notched 7 points UCF Career 10, vs. URI (11/16/07) @ Richmond Free Throws and 6 rebounds 11/17 vs. FAU... Had UAB @ Wake Forest Season 2, vs. URI (11/16/07) 11 points 11/18 vs. FSU, including a St. Francis (NY) Career 2, vs. URI (11/16/07) career high 3 3-pointers in 3 Winston-Salem St. Rutgers Free Throw Attempts attempts... Also had career high 2 @ Syracuse Season 4, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Pittsburgh assists vs. FSU. @ Providence Career 4, vs. FAU (11/17/07) @ Seton Hall West Virginia 3-Point Field Goals Louisville Season 3, vs. FSU (11/18/07) @ Marquette Career 3, vs. FSU (11/18/07) St. John’s @ Georgetown 3-Point Field Goal Attempts @ DePaul Season 3, vs. FSU (11/18/07) Syracuse Connecticut Career 3, vs. FSU (11/18/07) @ Cincinnati 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 5 3 105 21 11 24 .458 6 6 1.000 4 9 .444 19 3.8 13-1 5 6 4 3 32 6.4 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 23

Guard Season & Career Highs Points Season 9, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Dante Career 9, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Rebounds Season 3, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Curry Career 3, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Redshirt Freshman • 6-4 • 175 Assists Season 2 (2) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) Kissimmee, Fla. Career 2 (2) last vs. FSU (11/18/07) Poinciana HS Steals Communications Season 2, vs. URI (11/16/07) 10 Career 2, vs. URI (11/16/07) Blocked Shots Season -- 2007-08: Made his USF debut in 11/9 2007-08 Statistics Career -- season opener vs. Cleveland State, min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Field Goals Cleveland State 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 playing 11 minutes... Redshirted last @ Buffalo 4 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 Season 3, vs. FAU (11/17/07) vs. Rhode Island 12 0-4 0-3 0-2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 Career 3, vs. FAU (11/17/07) season with a right achilles injury... vs. Florida Atlantic 14 3-5 1-3 2-2 3 0 0 0 1 0 9 Scored his first collegiate points 11/17 vs. Florida State 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Field Goal Attempts East Carolina Season 5, vs. FAU (11/17/07) vs. FAU, finishing with 9 points on 3-5 @ Florida Inter. shooting... Was 1-3 from 3-pt range UCF Career 5, vs. FAU (11/17/07) @ Richmond Free Throws and had career high 3 rebounds. UAB @ Wake Forest Season 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) St. Francis (NY) Winston-Salem St. Career 2, vs. FAU (11/17/07) Rutgers Free Throw Attempts @ Syracuse Pittsburgh Season 2 (2) last vs. FAU (11/17/07) @ Providence Career 2 (2) last vs. FAU (11/17/07) @ Seton Hall West Virginia 3-Point Field Goals Louisville Season 1, vs. FAU (11/17/07) @ Marquette St. John’s Career 1, vs. FAU (11/17/07) @ Georgetown 3-Point Field Goal Attempts @ DePaul Syracuse Season 3 (2) last vs. FAU (11/17/07) Connecticut Career 3 (2) last vs. FAU (11/17/07) @ Cincinnati 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 5 0 47 9.4 3 13 .231 1 10 .100 2 4 .500 7 1.4 6-0 6 3 0 4 9 1.8 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 24

Guard/Forward Season & Career Highs Points Season -- Aaron Career -- Rebounds Season -- Holmes Career -- Assists Redshirt Freshman • 6-5 • 185 Season -- St. Petersburg, Fla. Career -- St. Petersburg Catholic HS / Steals Florida St. Season -- Mass Communications 20 Career -- Blocked Shots Season -- 2007-08: Midseason transfer last sea- 2007-08 Statistics Career -- son from Florida State... Will miss first min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast to bk st pf pts Field Goals Cleveland State 10 games and become eligible for @ Buffalo Season -- 12/19 Wake Forest game. vs. Rhode Island Career -- vs. Florida Atlantic vs. Florida State Field Goal Attempts East Carolina Season -- @ Florida Inter. UCF Career -- @ Richmond Free Throws UAB @ Wake Forest Season -- St. Francis (NY) Career -- Winston-Salem St. Rutgers Free Throw Attempts @ Syracuse Season -- Pittsburgh @ Providence Career -- @ Seton Hall West Virginia 3-Point Field Goals Louisville Season -- @ Marquette Career -- St. John’s @ Georgetown 3-Point Field Goal Attempts @ DePaul Season -- Syracuse Connecticut Career -- @ Cincinnati 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 USF Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 25

Guard Season & Career Highs Points Season 17, at Buffalo (11/13/07) Dominique Career 17, at Buffalo (11/13/07) Rebounds Season 8, vs. CSU (11/9/07) Jones Career 8, vs. CSU (11/9/07) Assists Freshman • 6-4 • 205 Season 3 (2) last at Buffalo (11/13/07) Lake Wales, Fla. Career 3 (2) last at Buffalo (11/13/07) Lake Wales HS Steals Undecided Season 4, at Buffalo (11/13/07) 0 Career 4, at Buffalo (11/13/07) Blocked Shots Season 1, vs. CSU (11/9/07) 2007-08: Made his USF debut and 2007-08 Statistics Career 1, vs. CSU (11/9/07) 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 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 7, at Buffalo (11/13/07) and team-high eight rebounds in 37 vs. Rhode Island 38 3-9 0-2 4-4 4 2 1 0 1 1 10 Career 7, at Buffalo (11/13/07) vs. Florida Atlantic 22 3-4 1-1 0-2 1 2 2 0 3 2 7 minutes, just missing double-double in vs. Florida State 27 3-10 2-4 2-2 2 0 4 0 1 2 10 Field Goal Attempts East Carolina Season 14, at Buffalo (11/13/07) first college game... Also had three @ Florida Inter. assists, a block and a steal... Tallied UCF Career 14, at Buffalo (11/13/07) @ Richmond Free Throws career high 17 points in second career UAB Season 5, vs. CSU (11/9/07) game at Buffalo, including career high @ Wake Forest St. Francis (NY) Career 5, vs. CSU (11/9/07) three 3-pointers... Tallied 10 points Winston-Salem St. Rutgers Free Throw Attempts 11/16 vs. Rhode Island and 11/18 vs. @ Syracuse Season 9, vs. CSU (11/9/07) Pittsburgh FSU and has hit double digit points in @ Providence Career 9, vs. CSU (11/9/07) four of five college games... Had 2 big @ Seton Hall West Virginia 3-Point Field Goals 3-pointers vs. FSU. Louisville Season 3, at Buffalo (11/13/07) @ Marquette St. John’s Career 3, at Buffalo (11/13/07) @ Georgetown 3-Point Field Goal Attempts @ DePaul Syracuse Season 6, at Buffalo (11/13/07) Connecticut Career 6, at Buffalo (11/13/07) @ Cincinnati 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 5 5 159 31.8 20 47 .426 6 13 .462 11 17 .647 17 3.4 12-0 10 10 1 9 57 11.4