TAMPA – Bethune-Cookman cut an 18-point first-half deficit down to seven, but South Florida pulled away to a 91-65 victory Tuesday night in the Sun Dome.

Corey Allen Jr. scored 21 points to lead five Bulls in double figures as USF (2-0)  outshot the Wildcats (11-1) 49 percent to 29 percent from the field.

B-CU did hit 10 three-pointers, and that helped the Wildcats trim a 38-20 deficit to 38-29 at halftime.

Malik Jackson, Clemmye Owens and Mikel Trapp each scored in the final 1:36 of the first half.

Two Travis Elliott free throws cut it to 38-31 in the opening minute of the second half, but the Bulls scored five unanswered point to push their lead back to 14.

A Trapp three-pointer with 17:02 remaining trimmed it to 48-39, but that would be the last time B-CU would get within double figures.

Owens, a freshman, led B-CU with 14. Trapp hit a career-high 13. Daquan Brown also scored 13 in addition to eight rebounds, and Tony Kynard, also a freshman, scored 10.

B-CU faces UCF Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.

NOTES: USF's 91 points were the most points given up by B-CU in the Gravelle Craig era...Trapp's 13 points were a career-high...He also scored in double-figures for the second straight game, also a career first ... Kynard is 5-5 from the line this season...B-CU has outrebounded its opponent in both games this season