Saturday, March 2
Nashville, Tenn.
8:15 pm (CT)
University of North Florida
at
Lipscomb
Men's Hoops Closes Regular Season at Lipscomb
3/1/2013 5:56:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The North Florida basketball team closes out the regular season against Lipscomb on Saturday at 8:15 p.m. (CT) in Allen Arena.
The Ospreys (12-18, 7-10 ASun) look to head into the Atlantic Sun tournament on a winning note and bounce back following a disappointing loss at Northern Kentucky on Thursday night. The Bisons (12-16, 7-10) have won two in a row and three of their last four after edging Jacksonville on Thursday.
Saturday's game marks the 15th all-time meeting between the Ospreys and Bisons with LU owning an 8-6 advantage in the series. North Florida has enjoyed some recent success winning the last four meetings including an 84-70 victory earlier this season.
The two teams enter the tilt tied in the league standings and battling for seeding in next week's conference tournament. The loser on Saturday night earns the No. 8 seed in the tournament while the winner could climb as high as sixth depending on the outcomes of other league games.
Charles McRoy has been playing well as of late for UNF averaging 12.7 points and 6.7 rebounds a game over the last three contests. McRoy, who is also shooting 69.6 percent from the field in that stretch, was the team's lone double digit performer at NKU.
Lipscomb is led in scoring by Deonte Alexander with 13.4 points per game while Stephen Hurt is one of the league's top rebounders with 8.0 per contest.
In the season's first meeting this year, North Florida had five players score in double digits led by 24 from Travis Wallace and a career-best 17 including five treys by Beau Beech. Parker Smith added four trifectas and 16 points and Will Wilson dished out 11 assists in the UNF victory. Malcolm Smith tallied 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Bisons.
Fans can follow all the exciting action live on the radio on 1010 XL AM/92.5 FM, The Flagship Stations of the UNF Sports Network, as well as online via the radio network link at www.1010xl.com. Real-time live stats for all Osprey home games are available on UNFOspreys.com. The game will also be available for viewing online at ASun.TV.
After Saturday's game, North Florida returns home to prepare for the start of the General Shale Atlantic Sun Conference tournament on Wednesday in Macon, Ga.
WHAT 2 WATCH 4: UNF senior Parker Smith, who owns the ASun single season record for 3PM with 108, is just six treys shy of becoming only fourth player in league history with 300 3PM in a career… Senior Will Wilson needs 11 assists to reach the ASun Top Ten for career assists.
Live Stats
Listen Live
Watch Online
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The North Florida basketball team closes out the regular season against Lipscomb on Saturday at 8:15 p.m. (CT) in Allen Arena.
The Ospreys (12-18, 7-10 ASun) look to head into the Atlantic Sun tournament on a winning note and bounce back following a disappointing loss at Northern Kentucky on Thursday night. The Bisons (12-16, 7-10) have won two in a row and three of their last four after edging Jacksonville on Thursday.
Saturday's game marks the 15th all-time meeting between the Ospreys and Bisons with LU owning an 8-6 advantage in the series. North Florida has enjoyed some recent success winning the last four meetings including an 84-70 victory earlier this season.
The two teams enter the tilt tied in the league standings and battling for seeding in next week's conference tournament. The loser on Saturday night earns the No. 8 seed in the tournament while the winner could climb as high as sixth depending on the outcomes of other league games.
Charles McRoy has been playing well as of late for UNF averaging 12.7 points and 6.7 rebounds a game over the last three contests. McRoy, who is also shooting 69.6 percent from the field in that stretch, was the team's lone double digit performer at NKU.
Lipscomb is led in scoring by Deonte Alexander with 13.4 points per game while Stephen Hurt is one of the league's top rebounders with 8.0 per contest.
In the season's first meeting this year, North Florida had five players score in double digits led by 24 from Travis Wallace and a career-best 17 including five treys by Beau Beech. Parker Smith added four trifectas and 16 points and Will Wilson dished out 11 assists in the UNF victory. Malcolm Smith tallied 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Bisons.
Fans can follow all the exciting action live on the radio on 1010 XL AM/92.5 FM, The Flagship Stations of the UNF Sports Network, as well as online via the radio network link at www.1010xl.com. Real-time live stats for all Osprey home games are available on UNFOspreys.com. The game will also be available for viewing online at ASun.TV.
After Saturday's game, North Florida returns home to prepare for the start of the General Shale Atlantic Sun Conference tournament on Wednesday in Macon, Ga.
WHAT 2 WATCH 4: UNF senior Parker Smith, who owns the ASun single season record for 3PM with 108, is just six treys shy of becoming only fourth player in league history with 300 3PM in a career… Senior Will Wilson needs 11 assists to reach the ASun Top Ten for career assists.
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