South Florida at DePaul 4/5/19 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 08/21/2019 at 11:12 AM ET

On Friday, the South Florida Bulls visit McGrath-Phillips Arena in Chicago, Illinois to play the DePaul Blue Demon in the CIT Championship game. South Florida lost to DePaul 100-96 in overtime on Wednesday night in Game 2 of the best-of-three championship series. Laquincy Rideau led the Bulls in the loss with 35 points and eight assists. Alexis Yetna scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.

Max Strus led DePaul to its Game 2 overtime win with 32 points. Strus scored 20 during the first half. Paul Reed scored 28 points and grabbed 16 rebounds with three blocked shots in a productive night for the Blue Demons on both ends of the court. Femi Olujobi chipped in with 14 points.
David Collins leads the Bulls in scoring with an average of 15.8 points per game. The leading rebounder is Alexis Yetna with an average of 9.7 per game, while LaQuincy Rideau is the leader in assists with an average of 5.4 per game. South Florida is shooting 42.9% from the field and 32.6% from 3-point territory.

Max Strus leads DePaul in scoring and is second in rebounding with averages of 20.3 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. Devon Gage leads the Blue Demons in assists with an average of 4.0 per game. Paul Reed is the leading rebounder with an average of 8.5 per game. DePaul is shooting 46.7% from the field and 34.5% from 3-point territory.

South Florida is 1-1 SU and 2-0 ATS in the first two games of this series. The Bulls have covered the number in each of the last 5 played at DePaul and 10 of the last 11 overall against the Blue Demons. The OVER is also a solid play cashing in 8 of the Blue Demons last 9 overall and 31 of the Bulls last 45 on the road. Final Score Prediction, South Florida Bulls win and cover ATS 77-72.

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