Final
Jones leads South Florida past Rutgers 73-64
Jan 17, 2010 - 2:41 AM TAMPA, Fla.(AP) -- Dominique Jones scored 20 points as South Florida beat Rutgers 73-64 on Saturday night.Mike Mercer and Jarrid Famous each added 13 points for South Florida (11-6, 1-4 Big East), which ended a four-game losing streak.
Rutgers (9-8, 0-5) got 13 points from Hamady Ndiaye, Jonathan Mitchell, Mike Rosario and Mike Coburn. The Scarlet Knights have lost six in a row.
Rosario limped off the court with 14:21 left in the second half, but returned just under three minutes later. Rosario, who entered averaging 16.2 points, scored all 13 of his points after halftime.
Anthony Crater hit a 3 to put South Florida ahead 51-38 midway through the second half.
Rutgers pulled within eight points with 8 minutes remaining on a three-point play by Ndiaye. Jones had a basket and an assist as South Florida scored the next six points for a 59-45 advantage.
- NCAA BB
FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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RUTGERS 25 39 64
SOUTH FLORIDA 33 40 73 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: RUTGERS - MIKE COBURN 13, JONATHAN MITCHELL 13,
HAMADY NDIAYE 13, MIKE ROSARIO 13
SOUTH FLORIDA - DOMINIQUE JONES 20, JARRID FAMOUS 13,
MIKE MERCER 13
Jan 16 9:07 PM - NCAA BB
HALFTIME 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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RUTGERS 25 25
SOUTH FLORIDA 33 33 HALFTIME
HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME
RUTGERS - MIKE COBURN 7, JONATHAN MITCHELL 5,
HAMADY NDIAYE 4
SOUTH FLORIDA - MIKE MERCER 11, DOMINIQUE JONES 8,
TOARLYN FITZPATRICK 7
Jan 16 7:50 PM
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