Home Stand Continues Monday for @OspreyMBB Against FIU

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JACKSONVILLE -- The North Florida basketball team continues a four-game home stand Monday against in-state foe Florida International at 7 p.m. in UNF Arena.

The Ospreys are 7-4 this season following a program Division I era record 117 point output on Saturday against Coastal Georgia. UNF's historic win also extended the team's current home win streak to 11 games.

Against Coastal Georgia, senior Demarcus Daniels scored a season-high 20 points in leading six Ospreys in double figures. The game featured several career best performances including 15 points by Nick Malonga, eight points for Ismaila Dauda and six points by Karlos Odum. UNF also continued to sizzle from long distance hitting 14 three-pointers to move to the top of the national rankings for total treys and threes made per game.

FIU enters Monday's tilt with a 4-5 record having lost three straight including an 84-76 overtime loss against FGCU in their last outing on Dec. 6. The other defeats in the span include games versus Stetson and Elon. The contest also marks just the second true road game of the season for the Panthers.

Adrian Diaz leads the Panthers in both scoring (15.8 ppg) and rebounding (9.3 rpg) while also ranking first in the nation for blocked shots at 4.44 per game.

Following FIU, North Florida continues its stretch of four games in eight days Wednesday versus Austin Peay before closing the span Saturday against Florida A&M.

Gameday Need to Know
Date	Monday, Dec. 14
Time	7:00 p.m.
Opponent	FIU \| Schedule \| Stats
Live Stats	UNF Live Stats
Live Video	ESPN3 (Watch ESPN app)
Radio	1010XL AM
Twitter	@OspreyMBB (In-game updates)

QUICK HITS
- UNF and FIU will be meeting for the fourth time in program history but the first time since 2006 and also the first time in Jacksonville
- The Panthers have won all 3 previous meetings in the series
- North Florida is 1-10 all-time against current members of Conference USA with the lone victory coming against Southern Miss in head coach Matthew Driscoll's first season
- The Ospreys have made 10+ treys in a game eight times this season

Familiar Faces: A pair of FIU players are extremely familiar to UNF as junior Ray Rodriguez began his career at North Florida and senior Adrian Diaz is the younger brother of former Osprey standout Andy Diaz.

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Players Mentioned

#32 Demarcus Daniels: F; 6' 8"; Senior; Health Science

#15 Ismaila Dauda: C; 6' 9"; Redshirt Senior; Interdisciplinary Studies

#23 Nick Malonga: G; 6' 4"; Redshirt Sophomore; Business Management

#1 Karlos Odum: F; 6' 6"; Redshirt Freshman; Exploratory

Players Mentioned

#32 Demarcus Daniels
: 6' 8"; Senior; Health Science
: F

#15 Ismaila Dauda
: 6' 9"; Redshirt Senior; Interdisciplinary Studies
: C

#23 Nick Malonga
: 6' 4"; Redshirt Sophomore; Business Management
: G

#1 Karlos Odum
: 6' 6"; Redshirt Freshman; Exploratory
: F