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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. -- The North Florida basketball team opens a challenging Atlantic Sun Conference road trip on Thursday night against Northern Kentucky at the Bank of Kentucky Center. The game is scheduled to tipoff at 7 p.m. on ESPN3.

The Ospreys (11-9, 3-0 ASun) have moved to the top of the conference standings after starting league play with three consecutive victories including an 80-65 win at Stetson on Saturday. UNF has matched the program's best conference start as a Division I program and are also riding a current four-game overall win streak, the second longest of the season.

Despite shooting just 39 percent from the field against Stetson, the Ospreys posted their third consecutive double-digit margin of victory in the A-Sun behind 12 three-pointers and a decisive 25-5 run in the second half. Jalen Nesbitt and Beau Beech each finished with 17 points to pace the UNF offensive attack while Demarcus Daniels pulled down a career best 12 rebounds and swatted three shots for the Osprey "D".

Sophomore Dallas Moore followed up his career high 27 points and nine assists performance against FGCU with 16 points and four steals at Stetson to earn his second Atlantic Sun Player of the Week honor on Monday.

Northern Kentucky enters Thursday's tilt at 8-10 overall and 2-1 in conference action. The Norse dropped their league opener at Lispcomb before capturing a pair of closely contested games with Kennesaw State (76-72) and USC Upstate (66-65). NKU is 5-3 at home this season having won two of their last three at the BOK Center.

After NKU game, North Florida wraps up its current road stretch on Saturday at A-Sun co-leader Lipscomb.
 

Gameday Need to Know
Date	Thursday, Jan. 22
Time	7:00 p.m. EST
Place	Bank of Kentucky Center
Opponent	Northern Kentucky
Live Stats	NKUNorse.com
Listen	1010 XL (AM)
Live Video	ESPN3 // WatchESPN app
Twitter	@OspreyMBB,(In-game Updates)
Tickets	NKUNorse.com

SERIES NOTES
* Thursday's game marks the 5th all-time meeting between the Ospreys and Norse on the hardwood
* NKU holds a 3-1 lead in the series with Ospreys claiming their first win in the last meeting
* UNF is 0-2 in their visits to the Bank of Kentucky Center

TIDBITS
* Ospreys are the only ASun team with multiple road victories in league play this season
* UNF has reached 80-point mark in four straight games marking the first time that feat has been accomplished as a Division I program and the first time since the 1997-98 season
* With a win vs NKU, UNF would post the best conference start in the program's 10-year Atlantic Sun history
* Sophomore Romelo Banks, a career 56% free throw shooter, has connected on 18 of 22 FTs (81.9%) over the last five games

TEAM LEADERS
Scoring: Dallas Moore (UNF) 17.1 | Tayler Persons (NKU) 12.6
Rebounding: Chris Davenport (UNF) 6.5 | Jalen Billups (NKU) 5.0
Assists: Dallas Moore (UNF) 72 | Tayler Persons (NKU) 70
 

Team-by-Team Comparison
	North Florida	Northern Kentucky
Record	11-9 (3-0 ASun)	8-10 (2-1 ASun)
Points/game	75.0	68.6
Rebounds/game	33.8	33.7
Assists/game	14.8	12.3
FG Percentage	47.3	44.6
3PT Percentage	39.4	31.9
FT Percentage	69.2	65.9