Despite a career game from freshman David Collins and trailing by as much as 15 in the second half, the USF men’s basketball team fell just short 79-77 to Memphis on Thursday afternoon in the opening round of the American Athletic Conference at the Amway Center.
“It was a very well played game,” head coach Brian Gregory said. “We have to give our guys credit for continuing to fight, and our young guys credit for the way we finished out the year.”
Different from the Bulls rout of the Tigers exactly a week ago, USF trailed from the start and never led.