South Florida hosts Utah State after Collins' 23-point performance
Utah State Aggies (7-0) at South Florida Bulls (4-4)
Tampa, Florida; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Aggies -1.5; over/under is 162.5
BOTTOM LINE: Utah State faces South Florida after Michael Collins Jr. scored 23 points in Utah State's 84-81 overtime victory against the Montana State Bobcats.
The Bulls have gone 2-0 in home games. South Florida leads the AAC averaging 91.4 points and is shooting 43.9%.
The Aggies play their first true road game after going 7-0 to begin the season. Utah State averages 11.9 turnovers per game and is 5-0 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.
South Florida's average of 9.3 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.7 more made shots on average than the 8.6 per game Utah State allows. Utah State has shot at a 53.1% rate from the field this season, 7.6 percentage points above the 45.5% shooting opponents of South Florida have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Josh Omojafo is scoring 15.3 points per game and averaging 5.0 rebounds for the Bulls. CJ Brown is averaging 14.1 points and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 41.4%.
Collins averages 3.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Aggies, scoring 21.3 points while shooting 52.2% from beyond the arc. Mason Falslev is averaging 13.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.7 steals.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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