Second chance points and poor rebounding led the South Florida Bulls past the Winston-Salem State Rams, 87-48, Saturday evening at the Sun Dome in Tampa.

Last season it was the Bulls’ McHugh Mattis’ triple-double that sealed the Rams fate when Mattis’ 22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 blocks proved insurmountable as USF won the inaugural meeting between the two teams.

A strong performance by Kentrell Gransberry’s with 21 points, 14 rebounds, and two blocks proved to be the Rams undoing. Gransberry’s 21-point output led the Bulls who used 20 second chance points to secure a win in a contest that was anybody’s game throughout the entire first half.

The Rams, a team that has been outrebounded in 10 of their 11 contests this season, were out-boarded by the Bulls by 22 rebounds as the Rams fell to 4-7 overall in 2007-08 and drop to 3-7 when losing the rebound battle.

Despite their rebounding woes, the Rams trimmed USF’s 11-point first half lead to only five points with 1:08 to play in the first period behind three drawn charges and aggressive defense.

Unfortunately for the Rams the final 1:08 of the half and nearly the entire second half belonged to the Bulls.

USF used a 5-0 run to close the half en route to taking an 11-point cushion to the locker room leading 32-21.

The Bulls wasted no time in picking up where they left off at the halftime intermission as a 6-0 start to the period would prove to be the harbinger of things to come. The Bulls would shoot nearly 62 percent in the final period and would go on to outscore the Rams 55-27 in the half en route to cruising to the 39-point victory.

Leading the way for the Rams was Jamal Durham who recorded a team-high 13 points for WSSU in the loss. He was joined by Darrell Wonge who recorded 11 points in the loss as he bounced back from the only scoreless performance of his career in the Rams’ last game (a loss at Kansas State on Dec. 22).

Kentrell Gransberry led the Bulls with 21 points as he led three USF players into double-figures in scoring.

The loss drops the Rams to 4-7 overall on the season while USF improves to 9-4 overall with the win.

The Rams will have 10 days off from game action before returning to the court on Wednesday, January 9 as they play host to Columbia Union at 7:30 pm.