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DePaul Drops Road Game at USF
1/27/2011 12:00:00 AM | MEN'S BASKETBALL
Jan. 27, 2011
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Hugh Robertson scored 16 points as South Florida beat DePaul 71-60 on Thursday night at the USF Sun Dome. Freshman Cleveland Melvin led three DePaul players in double-figures with 17 points.
Jawanza Poland and Toarlyn Fitzpatrick added 11 points each for South Florida (8-14, 2-7). The Bulls' other Big East win this season came on Jan. 16, a 79-72 victory over Providence.
DePaul (6-14, 0-8) also got a career-high 16 points from junior Krys Faber and 11 from freshman Brandon Young. Its current Big East losing streak includes 20 regular-season games and one at the conference tournament.
The Blue Demons closed the deficit to five points with just under six minutes left before 10 straight points sealed the game for USF.
