The Bulls lost again on the road to Rutgers last night, 62 to 71. The Bulls offense was simply terrible. It wasn't until 6 minutes into the game did Anthony Crater, of all players, scored a long range 3-pointer. The Bulls struggled with an aggressive Rutgers defense, battling pressure, and being forced to settle for outside shots. The Bulls took the lead late, but once again, fell apart late.
Anthony Crater had 9 points, 4 assists, and 4 turnovers. He struggled all night to stay in front of the Rutgers guards and made too many costly turnovers. Fitzpatrick was 0-4 from the field after having a few solid performances in the past few games. Gilchrist had 14 points, but struggled to dominate inside against an undersized Rutgers team. Poland had 11 points but was 3-14 shooting, getting rejected by the rim on a dunk attempt (just that kind of night). Robertson had 14 points.
The Bulls just could not get anything going on offense. Hand it to Rutgers who had a game plan to take the USF big men out of their comfort zone and force the USF guards to handle the game, something we simply can't do. Burwell, Noriega, Crater, and Poland all struggled and the USF offense came to a stop.
Now at 7-13 (1-6) in Big East play, the Bulls will travel to Morgantown to take on #21 West Virginia on Saturday at 2 PM. This season is getting hard to watch and a road trip against a ranked opponent is not what the Bulls need right now as they have yet to win a game on the road this season.
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