Dec. 28, 2002

Box Score

Darrell Tucker scored 23 points and pulled 11 rebounds as the USF men's basketball team won their third straight, defeating shorthanded Cal State Fullerton Saturday night at USF.

Cal State Fullerton (2-7), playing without leading scorers Ralphy Holmes and Pape Sow, came out strong early and led 18-13, before the Dons went on a 13-0 run to take control of the game. Shamell Stallworth, who scored 10 tonight, hit consecutive threes to put USF up on top. Tucker added a two and a three and the Dons never looked back, leading 34-25 at the half and building the lead to as much as 21 (69-48) in the second period.

USF again played well, shooting 48.3% from the floor and outrebounding the Titans 36-27. James Bayless added 10 points and 10 rebounds for USF (4-6), who had 10 people score. Cal State Fullerton was paced by Bron Groomes' 16 points and 13 by Derick Andrew.

USF plays its next two games on the road, at Cal on Monday and at Michigan on Janaury 2nd before clsoing out nonconference play hosting Brown on January 4th.