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JACKSONVILLE -- The No. 1 seed North Florida basketball team carries a program record seven-game win streak into Sunday's Atlantic Sun Conference Championship game against No. 3 seed USC Upstate in UNF Arena at 2:30 p.m. The game is being televised live on ESPN2.

The Ospreys, who improved to 22-11 on the season with their semifinal victory over Lipscomb on Thursday night, will be making just the program's second appearance in the A-Sun title game. USC Upstate reached their first A-Sun Championship game following a road win over No. 2 seed Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday.

Sophomore Dallas Moore led the way for UNF in Thursday's win scoring a career best 36 points while Chris Davenport chipped in 15 points and  nine rebounds.

USC Upstate swept the regular season meetings with the Ospreys, winning 79-74 in UNF Arena on Jan. 31 and handing UNF a 80-63 loss in Spartanburg on Feb. 12. In the game in UNF Arena, Atlantic Sun Player of the Year Ty Greene netted a career high 39 points in helping the Spartans to the victory.

The winner of Sunday's game earns the league's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament field, which will be announced next Sunday (Mar. 15)
 

Gameday Need to Know
Date	Sunday, Mar. 8
Time	2:30 p.m. EST
Place	UNF Arena
Opponent	USC Upstate
Live Stats	UNFOspreys.com
Listen	1010 XL (AM)
Live Video	ESPN2 / WatchESPN app
Twitter	@OspreyMBB,(In-game Updates)
Tickets	UNFOspreys.com / 904-620-BIRD (2473)

SERIES NOTES
* Sunday's game marks the 25th all-time meeting between the Ospreys and Spartans on the hardwood
* USC Upstate holds a 16-8 advantage in the series including wins in five straight and 8 of the last 9 games
* North Florida's lone win in the recent span was a 77-53 decision on Feb. 13, 2013
* Ospreys are 5-7 vs the Spartans at UNF Arena
* The marks the second consecutive postseason meeting for the pair, with Upstate earning an 80-74 win in quarterfinal action in Spartanburg last season

TIDBITS
* Ospreys are 11-2 at home this season
* UNF's current win streak is 10th longest active streak in the country and has matched the program's all-time record
* North Florida (76.1 ppg) and USC Upstate (72.7 ppg) are the A-Sun's top two scoring teams

TEAM LEADERS
Scoring: Dallas Moore (UNF) 16.0 | Ty Greene (UPST) 20.2
Rebounding: Chris Davenport (UNF) 6.4 | Michael Buchanan (UPST) 6.0
Assists: Dallas Moore (UNF) 121 | Fred Miller (UPST) 134
 

Team-by-Team Comparison
	North Florida	USC Upstate
Record	22-11 (12-2 ASun)	23-10 (8-6 ASun)
Points/game	76.1	72.7
Rebounds/game	34.5	38.0
Assists/game	14.5	15.2
FG Percentage	47.2	44.5
3PT Percentage	39.5	34.2
FT Percentage	72.7	65.8