The South Florida Bulls gave the No. 21 Auburn Tigers everything they could handle inside Amalie Arena on Friday night, but fell 58-52 in a game the Bulls led by as many as 15 in the first half.
The Bulls came out of the gate with a mission to cause havoc and make things difficult for the Tigers and succeeded early on as they caused six turnovers in the first five minutes of the game to stifle an offense who came into the game averaging over 85 PPG.
USF (2-2) capitalized on the turnovers and some hot shooting to take an early 15-5 lead.