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USF men’s basketball official twitter account announced late Wednesday evening that their upcoming game against the University of Houston would be postponed due to COVID-19.
SCHEDULE UPDATE
— USF Men's Basketball (@USFMBB) January 13, 2021
Our game against Houston scheduled for Thursday at 7 p.m. has been postponed due to a positive COVID-19 case. pic.twitter.com/kmd6zSpUke
According to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports and Will Turner of Bulls247, there was a positive case within the USF men’s basketball program and thus, due to contact tracing, it was decided to postpone the game before Houston has begun their travels.
Thursday's game between Houston and USF has been postponed due to issues related to COVID-19 with USF, per release.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) January 13, 2021
As of right now, there is not a make up date scheduled, nor was there any other postponement of future games on USF’s schedule. USF and Houston is the third postponement announced by the AAC today, with SMU’s upcoming games against Memphis (January 14th) and Wichita State (January 17th) being postponed as well.
As always, wear a mask, be socially distant when possible, wash your hands.