Northern Arizona @ South Florida preview

South Florida looks to win consecutive games for the second time this season when the Bulls host Northern Arizona on Monday night. USF has not won back-to-back games since knocking off Howard and Arkansas State on Nov. 22 and 24, respectively.


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The Bulls hope to carry over the strong shooting performance from last Thursday's victory against Bethune-Cookman into Monday's meeting with Northern Arizona, which allows just short of 50 percent shooting. USF had its best shooting night of the season last time out, hitting on 55.6 percent from the field and draining 7-of-14 from 3-point range. It marked the first time the Bulls made at least 55 percent of their shots and 50 percent from behind the 3-point line in the same game since Nov. 28, 2016 against Kennesaw State. Only one prior time this season had USF been better than 50 percent from the field, which came during a victory at Stetson on Nov. 15.

TV: 7 p.m. ET, No TV

ABOUT NORTHERN ARIZONA (2-9): Sophomore guard JoJo Anderson is coming off a career-high 30 points in the Lumberjacks' loss to South Dakota on Thursday. Anderson had not scored more than 19 in any game this season and managed just 22 combined points in the previous three contests. He is one of two players averaging in double digits scoring despite starting just four of 11 games this season.

ABOUT SOUTH FLORIDA (5-6): The Bulls had five players reach double digits in scoring for the first time since Dec. 16, 2015, last time out. Senior guard Stephan Jiggetts led the way with 20 points and became the second player this season to lead the Bulls in scoring, rebounds (five) and assists (seven) in the same game. The Bulls put up a season-high in points with 83 against Bethune-Cookman, nearly 20 more than their season average.

TIP-INS

1. USF F Malik Martin is shooting 60.3 percent from the floor this season and is coming off a perfect 5-for-5 night against Bethune-Cookman.

2. Jiggets ranks second in the American Athletic Conference in free-throw percentage, hitting 92 percent from the charity stripe.

3. USF is 30th nationally among 351 Division I schools in free-throw percentage (76.3 percent).

PREDICTION: South Florida 74, Northern Arizona 69