Game Notes (pdf)LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The North Florida basketball team tips off a four-game road swing Saturday at Noon against Louisville in the KFC YUM! Center. The game will also be carried on ESPN3.
The Ospreys hope to remain undefeated on the season having gone 3-0 to start a year for the first time in the program's Division I era and since an 8-0 start in 1994-95. UNF has scored 90-plus points in each of its games this season and is averaging an NCAA leading 16 treys per game.
Today's game marks the third contest of the week for the Ospreys, who topped UT Rio Grande Valley on Monday night (106-84) before beating Edward Waters on Wednesday (98-69). Junior
Dallas Moore averages 24.5 points per game in leading a potent UNF offense that features five players scoring in double digits. Moore, who also owns a 25:1 assist-turnover ratio this season, is joined in double figures by senior
Trent Mackey (18.7), junior
Chris Davenport (15.0) along with seniors
Beau Beech (14.0) and
Demarcus Daniels (13.3).
Against EWC, Moore had 24 points including five three-pointers and Mackey added six treys en route to a career-best matching 22 point effort. Davenport tallied his first double-double of the year finishing with 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Louisville enters Saturday's tilt at 2-0 following home wins over Samford (86-45) and Hartford (87-52). The Cardinals are led in scoring by Damion Lee at 16 points per game, while Chinanu Onuaku averages 14.5 points and a team best seven rebounds per contest.
Following the game vs UL, North Florida continues its road trip Tuesday with a game at Saint Louis.
QUICK HITS- UNF and Louisville will be meeting for the first time in program history
- Ospreys are 0-12 all-time versus current members of the ACC // Florida State (0-3), Miami (0-3), Notre Dame (0-2), Pitt (0-2), Clemson (0-1) & Virginia Tech (0-1)
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Dallas Moore was named the Co-Player of the Week in the Atlantic Sun following his 26 pts/10 rebs at Illinois in season opener // Moore was also named to the Lou Henson Award Watch List, presented to nation's top mid-major player
- With his 23 point effort on Monday, Moore became the 11th member of the UNF 1,000-Point Club
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Chris Davenport had his first double-double of the year and 6th of his career on Wednesday vs Edward Waters finishing with 12 pts/13 rebs
- UNF's 106-point effort vs UTRGV marked the 26th 100-point game in program history // Just 3rd triple digit outing in Division I era
- North Florida ranks 1st in the nation for 3PM/game and are 8th in 3PT% // Moore ranks 8th in assists per game and 11th in scoring - 1st in nation with a 25-1 Assist:Turnover ratio //
Trent Mackey is second in 3PT%
- North Florida is 3-0 to open a season for the first time since the 1994-95 campaign
- Ospreys ranked 9th in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 marking the program's first Top 10 listing
#BirdsOfTrey: UNF leads the country with 48 3PM this season and have matched the program's single game record with 17 3PM twice already this season
