@OspreyMBB Visit VCU Wednesday Night

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RICHMOND, Va. -- Following a brief holiday break, the North Florida basketball team returns to the hardwood against VCU, Wednesday night at Stuart C. Siegel Center.

The Ospreys (10-5), who have won four of their last five games, look to snap a three-game road skid. UNF dropped a tough 97-72 loss at Arkansas in their last outing before the break.

Junior Dallas Moore leads the Atlantic Sun in scoring at 19.7 points per game while four other Ospreys are also averaging double digits including Beau Beech (15.2 ppg), Trent Mackey (13.3), Demarcus Daniels (12.2) and Chris Davenport (12.0).

UNF currently leads the nation in three-point shooting making 12.9 treys per game. The Ospreys have made 194 three-pointers this season, 30 more than any other team in the country, and also ranks 5th in percentage at 44.1. Mackey leads the nation with 55 three-pointers made, a higher total than 19 Division I teams.

Wednesday's game marks the first all-time meeting between UNF and VCU. This will be the third contest this season against an Atlantic 10 squad with UNF having faced Dayton and Saint Louis earlier this season. Those game marked the first in program history versus A-10 squads.

VCU enters the game at 7-5 following back-to-back wins over Buffalo and Liberty. The Rams are 6-1 at home this season with their lone loss to Cincinnati. Melvin Johnson leads VCU at 17.9 points per game and is sixth in the nation with 45 three-pointers made.

North Florida closes out its non-conference slate on Saturday (Jan. 2) at Eastern Michigan.

Gameday Need to Know
Date	Wednesday, Dec. 30
Time	7:00 p.m.
Opponent	VCU \| Schedule \| Stats
Live Stats	VCU Live Stats
Live Video	CBS 6.1 ($$)
Radio	1010XL AM
Twitter	@OspreyMBB (In-game updates)

QUICK HITS
- UNF and VCU will be meeting for the 1st time in program history
- The Rams are one of 12 first-time opponents for the Ospreys this season
- North Florida is 0-2 all-time against A-10 teams having played both St. Louis and Dayton earlier this year
- UNF's 10 non-conference victories is a program Division I era record and matches the all-time mark set in 1993-94 (10 games)
- North Florida currently ranked 18th in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25
- UNF owns a program record 14-game home win streak // Tied for 19th longest active home streak in nation
- Game features 3 of the nation's top 6 shooters for 3PM
- Ospreys have dropped their last 3 road games

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Players Mentioned

Beau Beech

Demarcus Daniels

Chris Davenport

Trent Mackey

Dallas Moore

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