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NOTES<br />
SCHEDULE STRENGTH<br />
• USF’s strength of schedule ranking is 46 according to the<br />
NCAA. The Bulls have played eight teams ranked in the top 60<br />
RPI; No. 11 SMU, No. 13 Kentucky, No. 32 Seton Hall, No. 40<br />
Cincinnati, No. 53 South Carolina, No. 54 Temple and No. 57<br />
UConn.<br />
ALL ABOUT ‘MAL<br />
All of the important notes about USF freshman guard Jahmal<br />
McMuray.<br />
• McMurray was a unanimous selection to The American<br />
All-Rookie Team joining John Egbunu and teammate Chris<br />
Perry as the only other Bulls to receive the award.<br />
• McMurray has been named the conference rookie of the<br />
week two times and the honor roll twice.<br />
• McMurray has either led or tied for the team lead in points<br />
in 15 games.<br />
• His team-leading scoring average of 15.1 points per game<br />
ranks sixth in the conference, second among freshmen. He<br />
also ranks T-20th in scoring in the nation among freshmen.<br />
• USF has not had a freshman lead the team in scoring<br />
since Dominique Jones during the 2007-08 season when he<br />
averaged 17.1.<br />
• McMurray finished third in The American with 17.0 points<br />
per game in conference-only games.<br />
• McMurray is in second place on the USF freshman scoring<br />
list, 47 points shy of passing Dominique Jones (531, 2007-08).<br />
• McMurray has made the second-most 3-pointers as a<br />
freshman at USF with 69. The record is 72 by Radenko Dobras<br />
in 1988-89.<br />
• McMurray has played the most minutes of any freshman in<br />
USF history with 1,126.<br />
• McMurray scored a career-high 30 points in USF’s 71-62 win<br />
at Houston on Jan. 23. It was the most points in a game for<br />
USF since Corey Allen Jr. scored 32 at Tulsa on Jan. 31, 2015.<br />
It was the most points by a USF freshman since Dominique<br />
Jones scored 31 vs. Seton Hall on Feb. 26, 2008. Jones scored<br />
30, three times as a freshman. The freshman scoring record<br />
is 33 points, set by Radenko Dobras on Feb. 11, 1989 against<br />
Jacksonville.<br />
• In his collegiate debut, McMurray scored a team-high 21<br />
points against Troy with the help of a 5-of-15 effort from<br />
3-point range. His 15 attempts tied for the second-most in<br />
school history with Derrick Sharp who attempted 15 vs. Oral<br />
Roberts (12/7/91). It was the most attempts since Melvin<br />
Buckley’s 16 vs. Stetson (11/27/06), the USF school record.<br />
RUBEN GUERRERO WINS SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD<br />
Sophomore center Ruben Guerrero was the recipient of the<br />
American Athletic Conference Sportsmanship Award on<br />
Wednesday.<br />
• The Spain native, was selected by the conference coaches<br />
because of the respect he shows for his teammates, coaches<br />
and opposing players.<br />
• Guerrero has volunteered with members of the basketball<br />
team at the Children’s Cancer Center – Tampa, Moffitt<br />
Children’s Hospital and Miami Rescue Mission.<br />
• A business major, Guerrero boasts a team-best<br />
cummulative GPA of 3.75.<br />
SIGNEE, FELIZ, GETS NIKE HOOP SUMMIT INVITE<br />
• Andres Feliz (West Oaks Academy), who signed with USF<br />
this past fall, was one of 12 players selected to the World<br />
Team that will play a team of U.S. 19-and-under stars in the<br />
2016 Nike Hoop Summit. The game will be played April 9 at<br />
the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. The guard from the<br />
Dominican Republic was the leading scorer for its national<br />
team in last summer’s U-19 FIBA World Championships. He<br />
averaged 18.9 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists.<br />
• Past participants include LSU’s Ben Simmons, North<br />
Carolina’s Joel Berry and 178 NBA draft picks.<br />
THE COUSINS’ IMPROVEMENT<br />
• Jaleel Cousins knew that the only way to increase his<br />
production from last year to this year was to lose weight. The<br />
only way for him to lose weight was to do the thing he hates<br />
the most... run. On his own time, and by himself, Cousins<br />
made trips to the USF track about three or four times a week<br />
this summer and jogged three miles in the Florida heat.<br />
2014-15 2015-16 Difference<br />
Weight 265 255 -10<br />
MPG 11.5 25.0 +13.5<br />
PPG 2.9 8.4 +5.5<br />
RPG 2.6 7.9 +5.3<br />
BPG 1.4 1.6 +0.2<br />
• Jaleel Cousins has recorded eight double-doubles this<br />
season. That is the most in a season since Kentrell Gransberry<br />
recorded 15 double-doubles during the 2007-08 season.<br />
• For the first time since Jaleel has been at USF, his older<br />
brother DeMarcus got to see him play when the Bulls played<br />
at Tulane on Jan. 27. The Sacramento Kings played at the New<br />
Orleans Pelicans the next day which allowed Demarcus and<br />
his mother, along with fellow Kentucky product Rajon Rondo,<br />
stop by to see the Bulls win the game 73-60. Cousins had 17<br />
points, nine rebounds and five blocks.<br />
WHO ARE THOSE “GRAY SUITS?”<br />
• Coaches Larry Brown, Mick Cronin and Kelvin Sampson<br />
have all been impressed with the “gray suits” at the end of the<br />
bench. Each have made reference to them in postgame press<br />
conferences or to Orlando Antigua in passing.<br />
“After the game, I shook hands with more (USF) guys in gray<br />
warmups instead of green-and-white uniforms than I can<br />
remember,’’ said SMU’s Brown on Feb. 7<br />
So who are the five individuals who are sitting on the bench in<br />
gray warm-ups during home games?<br />
Player Reason Out until when?<br />
Tulio Da Silva Non-Qualifier Next Season<br />
* 4-star forward... eligible to practice<br />
Troy Holston Jr. Injury (ACL) Next Season<br />
* Top 3-point shooter last season... Averaged 9.8 pts. in conf.<br />
Isaiah Manderson Transfer After 2016 Fall Semester<br />
* 6-10 forward from Texas Tech... eligible to practice<br />
Roddy Peters Injury (fractured foot) Next Season<br />
* Played 10 games before injury... 3rd leading scorer (9.8)<br />
Geno Thorpe Transfer Next Season<br />
* Solid defensive guard from Penn Stats... eligible to practice<br />
ALL ABOUT MINUTES PLAYED<br />
• Newcomers Jahmal McMurray (35.2) and Angel Nunez<br />
(29.0) lead the Bulls in minutes played per game. Nunez’<br />
minutes played this season has surpassed his total minutes<br />
played during his last three seasons combined (403).<br />
• The last newcomer to lead USF in minutes played was<br />
Dominique Jones (35.0) during the 2007-08 season.<br />
• The last time two newcomers led USF in minutes played<br />
was during the 1997-98 season with Scott Johnson (28.5) and<br />
Shaddrick Jenkins (29.2).<br />
50 REBOUNDS VS. MEMPHIS<br />
• USF’s 50 rebounds at Memphis on Jan. 16 was a season<br />
high and the most in a game since putting up 52 against<br />
Bowling Green on Dec. 21, 2012.<br />
• The Bulls outrebounded the Tigers 50-41.<br />
HOT SHOOTING VS. JACKSONVILLE<br />
• USF shot 63.3 percent (31-49) from the field in its 88-75<br />
win over Jacksonville on Dec. 16. It was the Bulls’ best<br />
shooting performance since shooting a school-record 64.7<br />
percent (33-51) from the field against Stetson on Nov. 26,<br />
2004. USF last shot 60 percent on Feb. 8, 2012 vs. Pittsburgh.<br />
The 63.3 percent ranks fourth in school history.<br />
1. .647 33-51 vs. Stetson, 11/26/04<br />
2. .643 36-56 vs. Florida A&M, 12/7/84<br />
3. .636 42-66 vs. Hartford, 1/5/77<br />
4. .633 31-49 vs. Jacksonville, 1/16/15<br />
5. .630 34-54 at FIU, 2/28/89<br />
• Jahmal McMurray scored 22 points, his second 20-point<br />
performance and one of five Bulls in double figures. Chris<br />
Perry scored 16 points, Nehemias Morillo had 14 and Jaleel<br />
Cousins and Angel Nunez each scored 13 points. USF had five<br />
ORLANDO ANTIGUA TIMELINE<br />
March 31, 2014<br />
Hired as USF’s ninth men’s basketball coach.<br />
April 1, 2014<br />
Introductory press conference took place in the Sun Dome<br />
Arena Club.<br />
April 15, 2014<br />
Threw out the first pitch prior to the USF baseball game vs.<br />
Stetson.<br />
June 4, 2014<br />
Threw out the first pitch prior to the Tampa Bay Rays game<br />
against the Marlins.<br />
August 13, 2014<br />
Antigua’s second year as head coach of the Dominican<br />
Republic national team began with an exhibition in the<br />
Bahamas against Chalons-Reims.<br />
August 17, 2014<br />
The Dominican Republic defeated the University of Kentucky<br />
63-62 in the second of two games against his former school.<br />
September 6, 2014<br />
The Dominican Republic lost to Slovenia, 71-61, in the round<br />
of 16 of the World Cup of Basketball in Barcelona, Spain,<br />
ending Antigua’s second year as head coach of the team.<br />
November 14, 2014<br />
Collected a win in his first game as a collegiate head coach,<br />
beating Flagler 75-61.<br />
December 27, 2014<br />
Served as Bolts Social Captain for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a<br />
3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.<br />
January 3, 2015<br />
In his first game of 2015, Antigua defeated East Carolina 58-50<br />
for his first American Athletic Conference victory.<br />
November 27, 2015<br />
Coached against mentor John Calipari and No. 1 Kentucky for<br />
the first time since leaving the Wildcats’ staff after five years as<br />
an assistant coach. Kentucky won the game 84-63.<br />
December 5, 2015<br />
For the second time in the history of the NCAA, two Hispanic<br />
head coaches met in basketball when Antigua faced Frank<br />
Martin and South Carolina. The Gamecocks won the game<br />
81-63.<br />
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