Game Notes (pdf)JACKSONVILLE -- Following exam week at UNF and prior to tipping off a six-game road swing, the North Florida basketball team hosts Tennessee Tech at 7 p.m. on Monday night in the team's final game at UNF Arena in the 2014 calendar year.
The Ospreys (6-3) have won five staight, matching the longest win streak of the program's 10-year Division I era. In their last outing, UNF posted a road upset of Purdue, 73-70, on Dec. 6. Monday's game marks the first of four games for the Ospreys in the next week.
Against Purdue, sophomore
Dallas Moore led the way scoring 24 points while junior
Demarcus Daniels finished with a career high 17 points and eight rebounds. The Ospreys overcame a seven-point deficit in the final three minutes to earn the program's first win over a Power 5 Conference opponent.
Tennessee Tech enters Monday's tilt at 5-4 following a tough 65-53 loss at Alabama on Saturday night. The Golden Eagles have been a tale of two cities this season boasting a perfect 5-0 mark at home while going winless (0-4) on the road.
Following the TTU contest, North Florida makes a two-game trek to Tallahassee with games against Florida State on Wednesday and Florida A&M on Friday.
SERIES NOTES* Monday's game marks the inaugural meeting between the Ospreys and Golden Eagles on the hardwood
* The duo will meet a second time this season as UNF visits Cookeville, Tenn., on Dec. 29
* UNF is 1-13 all-time against current members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) // Having only played one team - Belmont - a former A-Sun foe
* This will be the 1st of 3 games for North Florida against OVC teams (return game vs TTU and a game at Austin Peay on Dec. 31)
TIDBITS* Next UNF win will the the 100th in the program's 10-year Division I era // Would also mark the 80th for
Matthew Driscoll at UNF
* Current five game win streak matches longest in Division I era and is third longest all-time for Ospreys
* Ospreys are 2-0 at home this season
TEAM LEADERSScoring:
Dallas Moore (UNF) 16.2 | Charles Jackson (TTU) 14.0
Rebounding:
Chris Davenport (UNF) 5.6 | Charles Jackson (TTU) 10.0
Assists:
Jalen Nesbitt (UNF) 31 | Shirmane Thomas (TTU) 29
| Team-by-Team Comparison |
| North Florida | Tennessee Tech |
| Record | 6-3 (0-0 ASun) | 5-4 |
| Points/game | 70.3 | 72.3 |
| Rebounds/game | 34.3 | 38.9 |
| Assists/game | 14.6 | 13.3 |
| FG Percentage | 47.1 | 43.9 |
| 3PT Percentage | 36.9 | 27.1 |
| FT Percentage | 64.5 | 66.8 |
