Game Notes (pdf)WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The North Florida basketball team concludes a busy week of competition with a road tilt against Purdue in Mackey Arena on Saturday at 2 p.m.
The Ospreys (5-3) enter the contest having won four straight following a hard fought 63-56 road victory over Bethune-Cookman on Wednesday night. The Boilermakers are 6-1 on the season and carry a three-game win streak into the contest.
Against BCU, senior
Jalen Nesbitt led the way finishing with 14 points and eight rebounds to go along with a trio of blocked shots. For the season, sophomore
Dallas Moore paces the squad in scoring at 15.3 points per game while fellow sophomore
Chris Davenport is the team top rebounder with 5.8 per contest.
Following the game at Purdue, North Florida will take more than a week off for fall semester exams. UNF returns to the court Monday, Dec. 15 against Tennessee Tech in UNF Arena.
SERIES NOTES* Saturday's game marks the 2nd all-time meeting between UNF and Purdue on the hardwood
* Ospreys dropped the inaugural meeting in the series, 77-57, on Dec. 11, 2010 at Mackey Arena
* UNF is 0-11 all-time against teams from the Big Ten Conference
* This will be the 2nd of 3 games for North Florida against Big Ten opponent (also played Northwestern and will play at Iowa)
TIDBITS*
Dallas Moore scored a career high 27 points in his last visit to the state of Indiana, playing against the Indiana Hoosiers
* Ospreys have held last seven opponents below 70 points
* UNF is 2-1 this season in afternoon games (tip off before 4 p.m.)
TEAM LEADERSScoring:
Dallas Moore (UNF) 15.3 | Vince Edwards (PUR) 13.1
Rebounding:
Chris Davenport (UNF) 5.8 | Vince Edwards (PUR) 7.0
Assists:
Jalen Nesbitt (UNF) 28 | Jon Octeus (PUR) 22
| Team-by-Team Comparison |
| North Florida | Purdue |
| Record | 5-3 (0-0 ASun) | 6-1 |
| Points/game | 70.0 | 79.0 |
| Rebounds/game | 33.8 | 37.0 |
| Assists/game | 14.5 | 17.1 |
| FG Percentage | 47.8 | 48.5 |
| 3PT Percentage | 35.9 | 38.2 |
| FT Percentage | 66.5 | 69.5 |
