TAMPA -Â After a two-game "home" stand, Bethune-Cookman is back on the road and takes on USF Monday night at 7 p.m. in the Sun Dome.
After this, the Wildcats travel to Tennessee to face UT-Martin on Saturday then a short jaunt down I-4 to face UCF a week from Wednesday.Â
After Christmas break, B-CU opens Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play at Savannah State on January 4 before a two-game home stand with Morgan State and Coppin State 1/9 and 1/11.
B-CU's "home" games so far this season have been off-campus with Moore Gym undergoing renovations after Hurricane Matthew.Â
At one point during November, the Wildcats played four consecutive games in each of the Continental U.S. time zones during a seven-day period.
The 'Cats are 0-5 on the road this season.
SERIES: USF leads 14-1 and has won the last two, including a 91-65 decision in the last meeting back in 2013. Â Â Â B-CU's lone win in the series was in 2005 when USF was a member of the Big East.
TABS ON TABB: Junior
Brandon Tabb has scored 20 points seven times so far this season. He leads the nation in 3FG (4.3 per game). How he ranks in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and nation in other categories:
Minutes Per Game (38:18): 1st MEAC/3rd NCAA
Points Per Game (21.9): 2nd/23rd
Total Three-Point Field Goals  (43): 1st/3rd
Total Field Goals (75) 1st/13th
ABOUT USF: Â USF (4-3) is coming off a nine-day layoff taking finals. The Bulls dropped a 68-67 decision to George Washington in a game they shot 53.7 percent from the field. Jahmal McMurray, who led the Bulls in scoring last season,had 16 points in his first game back. Junior guard Geno Thorpe is averaging 14.7 points so far this season.
TONIGHT'S COVERAGE: It's an ESPN 3 game. Also, WELE 1380theCat (
http://www.1380thecat.com) will have the audiocast and live in-game updates will be on our official twitter feed @bcuhoops.
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