Game Notes (pdf)EVANSTON, Ill. -- The North Florida basketball team opens up competition in the Cancun Challenge Thursday night on the road against Northwestern inn Welsh-Ryan Arena.
The Ospreys (1-1) look to build on their solid home opening victory over Webber International (79-55) on Monday night. The Wildcats (2-0) seek to keep their record in 2014-15 unblemished after opening the season with victories over Houston Baptist and Brown.
Sophomore
Dallas Moore scored a team best 22 points against Webber giving him 20+ points in each of the team's first two contests. Fellow sophomore
Chris Davenport chipped in 18 points and pulled down a team high six rebounds on Monday while also handing out four assists.
SERIES NOTES:
* Teams will be meeting for the third time with Northwestern owning a 2-0 lead in the series
* UNF and Northwestern last met on Dec. 16, 2009 (Coach
Matthew Driscoll's first season at UNF) with Wildcats winning 84-54
* Ospreys are 0-8 all-time against teams from the Big Ten Conference // Northwestern game is first of three this year against Big Ten teams
SCORING MOORE VS BIG TENThe Ospreys'
Dallas Moore owns a career scoring average of 13.7 points per game in three games against Big Ten foes including a career high 27-point performance last season at Indiana // Moore is shooting 48.5% from the floor and has made 8 of 12 three-pointers (75.0%)
TEAM LEADERSScoring:
Dallas Moore (UNF) 21.5 ppg // Alex Olah (NU) 12.5
Rebounding:
Chris Davenport (UNF) 5.5 rpg // Sanjay Lumpkin (NU) 8.0
Assists:
Trent Mackey (UNF) 3.5 apg // Bryant McIntosh (NU) 5.5 apg
| Team-by-Team Comparison |
| North Florida | Northwestern |
| Record | 1-1 | 2-0 |
| Points/game | 67.5 | 67.0 |
| Rebounds/game | 31.0 | 37.5 |
| Assists/game | 14.5 | 12.0 |
| FG Percentage | 45.5 | 40.9 |
| 3PT Percentage | 40.0 | 38.9 |
| FT Percentage | 65.7 | 75.0 |
