Roadrunners journey to Tampa for Wednesday matchup at South Florida – UTSA Athletics

SAN ANTONIO – The UTSA males’s basketball workforce (4-17, 0-9 AMER) heads to Tampa for the primary time in two years, set for an American Conference matchup with South Florida (14-8, 6-3 AMER) on Wednesday night time on the Yuengling Center. Tipoff between the Bulls and Roadrunners is about for six p.m. CT and can stream reside on ESPN+.

On the Air and on the Web
The broadcast for Wednesday’s 6 p.m. CT tipoff with the Bulls on the Yuengling Center will air on ESPN+, with Jim Louk and Sean Salisbury on the printed name.

The radio broadcast will seem on Sports Radio AM 760 The Ticket with Andy Everett (play-by-play) reside from the Yuengling Center. The broadcast will characteristic a 30-minute pregame and 15-minute postgame present – accessible on-line at Ticket760.com or by way of the free iHeartRadio app.

South Florida Athletics can even present Live Stats.

About the UTSA Roadrunners
The Roadrunners are coming off a tightly contested matchup with UAB final week on the Convocation Center. The Roadrunners led for over 10 minutes, pulling in entrance as late as the ultimate 4 minutes whereas drawing a four-point recreation with 47 seconds to go within the 83-73 setback. The prior outing towards Temple noticed the Roadrunners main at half however falling in a detailed one down the stretch. UTSA is again out on the highway with the primary journey to the Yuengling Center since 2023-24, seeking to snap its dropping skid towards a tricky opponent coming off a highway loss themselves.

The Roadrunners common 68.2 ppg on 38.9 % taking pictures, gathering 36.9 rpg with 11.5 turnovers compelled per recreation. Leading the best way all through the season, graduate guard Jamir Simpson tops the UTSA scorers at 15.7 ppg – the eighth-best scoring common within the American. However, since opening convention play, junior guard Austin Nunez has been lighting up scoreboards, placing up 13.4 ppg towards American opposition, 10.1 ppg on the season with a team-high 2.5 apg and a team-leading 87.7 % (50-of-57) on the free throw line. Coming on robust recently with contributions in a number of sides, sophomore wing Baboucarr Njie paces the workforce with 5.6 rpg, along with 8.6 ppg and a conference-third 2.2 bpg. Over the previous 4 video games, Njie has logged 19 blocks with 6.5 rpg and 12.8 ppg.

About the South Florida Bulls
The preseason American No. 2 choice regardless of a brand new workers and rebuilt roster, South Florida has adopted by means of on its promise at 14-8 beneath Bryan Hodgeson, sitting in a tie for third within the league standings. After profitable three massive American video games, South Florida is returning residence after a tricky loss on Saturday at Temple, 79-78. USF’s three convention losses had been decided by a mixed 5 factors. Lifting the Bulls is the fastest-playing offense the Roadrunners have seen this 12 months, averaging an NCAA-Tenth 89.5 ppg on the Thirteenth-fastest tempo, scoring 15.1 quick break ppg. The Bulls are taking pictures 44.1 % from the sector with an NCAA Fortieth-ranked 10.0 threes per recreation on 33.6 % lengthy vary taking pictures. Buoyed by the third-best offensive rebounding within the nation (15.4 orpg), USF ranks sixth nationally with 43.1 rpg total.

The Bulls’ prime three scorers can accomplish loads, with Izaiyah Nelson, Wes Enis and Joseph Pinion combining to provide 49.4 ppg. A switch ahead who adopted Hodgeson from Arkansas State, Nelson averages a double-double of 15.9 ppg and American-leading 10.0 rpg, together with a team-high 35 blocks and 34 steals. A DII All-America switch from Lincoln Memorial, Enis has 73 % of his made pictures coming from three-point vary and averages 15.1 ppg. Also from A-State, Pinion leads the Bulls in three-pointers with 39.8 % long-range taking pictures and 14.8 ppg. Meanwhile, Josh Omojafo provides 12.7 ppg and CJ Brown not solely scores 12.0 ppg however leads the American at 5.3 apg.

Series History
The Roadrunners are in search of their first win within the brief sequence with the Bulls, with South Florida holding a 3-0 benefit and 1-0 mark in Tampa. The previous two conferences had been shut finishes, determined by a mere 5 factors per recreation. In the lone Tampa matchup and UTSA’s first assembly with USF, UTSA noticed an 89-72 setback in 2023-24 however turned the rematch right into a barnburner on the Convocation Center with UTSA almost upending the Bulls’ 11-game win streak.

Up Next
UTSA returns to motion at residence within the Convocation Center, honoring Black History Month on Saturday within the rematch with North Texas. The following week will see UTSA absorb back-to-back highway video games in North Carolina at East Carolina (Feb. 11) and Charlotte (Feb. 15).

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