BULLS CLOSE OUT REGULAR SEASON VS. GEORGETOWN

TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 27 -- The University of South Florida issued the following news release:

USF vs. No. 18/19 Georgetown

Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 | USF Sun Dome | Tampa, Fla. | 7 p.m.

1010 AM CBS Sports Radio with Ronan O'Shea (play-by-play) and Jim Louk (color commentary)

Bright House Sports Network with J.

B. Long (play-by-play) and Andrikk Frazier (color commentary)

Game Notes: USF | Georgetown | Updated BIG EAST

USF BULLS

Record: 11-18 (2-13 BIG EAST Conference)

Ranking: Associated Press - Not Ranked | ESPN/USA Today - Not Ranked

Last Time Out: USF 59, Villanova 58 (Feb. 26, 2011)

Next Game: March 4, 2011 vs. TBA at BIG EAST Tournament, TBA

Head Coach: Jose Fernandez (Florida International, 1994)

Career Record: 169-166 (11th year)

at USF: 169-166 (11th year)

GEORGETOWN HOYAS

Record: 21-8 (9-6 BIG EAST Conference)

Ranking: Associated Press: No. 18 | ESPN/USA Today: No. 19

Last Time Out: Connecticut 52, USF 42 (Feb. 26, 2011)

Next Game: TBA at BIG EAST Tournament

Head Coach: Terri Williams-Flournoy (Penn State, 1991)

Career Record: 117-92 (Seventh year)

at Georgetown: 117-92 (Seventh year)

THE SERIES

All-time series record: Georgetown leads 5-3 | at USF: Series tied 2-2 | at Georgetown: GU, 3-1 | Neutral: 0-0

First Meeting: USF 90, Georgetown 62 (Dec. 21, 1984)

Last Meeting: Georgetown 67, USF 38 (Feb. 8, 2011)

TEAM STATISTICAL LEADERS

Points: USF - Andrea Smith, 16.8 ppg | Georgetown: Sugar Rodgers, 18.5 ppg

Rebounds: USF - Porche Grant, 8.8 rpg | Georgetown: Sugar Rodgers, 4.8 ppg

Assists: USF - Kaneisha Saunders, 3.8 apg | Georgetown - Rubylee Wright, 5.5 ppg

THE LOWDOWN

The University of South Florida women's basketball team closes out its 2010-11 regular season schedule Monday as it faces No. 18/19 Georgetown ... Prior to Monday's game the women's basketball program will honor its two seniors, Porche Grant and Leondra Doomes-Stephens, during Senior Night festivities ... On the year, Andrea Smith leads the team in scoring averaging 16.8 points per game while Grant is averaging 8.8 rebounds per game.

THE SERIES VS. GEORGETOWN

USF and Georgetown meet for the ninth time since the first-ever contest on Dec. 21, 1984, and the second time this season ... Georgetown leads all-time series 5-3 ... The series, however, is tied in meetings at the Sun Dome at 2-2 ... Monday's game is the second of two games this season between USF and Georgetown ... The Hoyas are the Bulls' lone mirror opponent this year ... Earlier this season the Hoyas handed the Bulls a convincing 67-38 defeat in the Nation's Capital on Feb. 8 ... Andrell Smith led the way for USF with nine points in the loss.

A LOOK AT THE HOYAS

Georgetown comes into Monday's game with a 21-8 record and a 9-6 slate in BIG EAST play ... The Hoyas are coming off a 52-42 loss to No. 1 ranked Connecticut on Saturday in Washington, D.

C. ... The loss is just Georgetown's third in its last 10 games, however its second in its last three outings ... Sugar Rodgers is one of two players in double figures in the scoring column netting 18.5 points per game ... Monica McNutt is second averaging 10.8 points per contest ... Rodgers leads the team in rebounding, coming into Monday's game, averaging 4.8 boards per outing.

LAST TIME OUT

USF is coming off a thrilling 59-58 win over Villanova in Philadelphia on Saturday ... Andrea Smith scored the game winner on a baseline driving lay-up with six seconds left ... USF trailed by as many as 14 points ... Leondra Doomes-Stephens scored a game-high 19 points while Tiffany Conner shipped in with 13 points in the win ... The victory snapped a seven-game losing streak for the Bulls.

A LOOK AHEAD

Following its meeting against Georgetown on Monday, the Bulls will gear up for the BIG EAST Conference Tournament at the XL Center in Hartford, March 4-8 ... USF's first round game on March 4 will be against an opponent to be determined and at a time to be announced.

CATCH USF ON THE RADIO AND THE WEB

For the sixth straight season, all USF women's basketball games - both home-and-away and right through the postseason - can be heard live on commercial radio ... Entering its third year, WQYK-AM 1010 "CBS Sports Radio" will carry the entire season, both home and away, and can also be heard worldwide via the Internet by logging onto GoUSFBulls.com ... Ronan O'Shea handles the play-by-play. For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com