Game Notes (pdf)JACKSONVILLE -- The Atlantic Sun Conference leading North Florida basketball team tips off second half league play Monday at 7 p.m., in UNF Arena with a rematch against in-state foe Stetson. The game, which is sponsored by Waychoff's Air Conditioning, is being carried on ESPN3 and 92.5 FM. The Ospreys (18-6, 7-0) finished up the first half of ASun Conference play undefeated after outlasting FGCU for an 82-76 home victory Saturday night. Beau Beech led the way for UNF against the Eagles finishing with 27 points and eight rebounds. Beech drilled five three-pointers in helping the Ospreys finish with 13, pushing the team's season total to over 300 treys made. Dallas Moore handed out eight assists and also scored 18 points for North Florida.
North Florida has won its last eight games overall, matching a program best stretch, and owns an 18-game home win streak (11-0 this season) heading into Monday's tilt.
Stetson (8-15, 2-5) has dropped two straight and four of their last five coming into Monday's contest. The Hatters fell 75-60 at Jacksonville on Saturday night. Derick Newton is the squad's top scorer averaging 15.7 points per game, while Brian Pegg is one of the league's top rebounders pulling down 9.7 boards a contest.Monday's game marks a rematch for the two squads who met Jan. 6 in DeLand for the league opener for both teams. In the previous meeting, UNF posted a 97-79 victory behind 30 points from Dallas Moore and a 15 point/16 rebound double-double performance by Chris Davenport.Following the Stetson game, North Florida hits the road for a three-game road stretch beginning Saturday with a rematch against FGCU.#QuickHits- UNF and Stetson will be meeting for the 24th time in program history with the Ospreys leading 13-10 in all-time series / North Florida has won 9 straight including 97-79 at Stetson earlier this season (Jan. 6) / Ospreys have won last 5 meetings at UNF Arena
- Ospreys own a program record 18-game home win streak // 10th longest active home streak in nation
- UNF has won 8 straight overall (T7th longest active streak) / Matches program record of 8 (2014-15)
- Ospreys 7-0 start to ASun play marks a program best / UNF has won 12 straight regular season league games (4th longest streak in nation)
- North Florida currently ranked 18th in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25
- Ospreys are 1 of 8 teams in nation with 5 or more players averaging double digits
- UNF is 1 of only 2 teams with 18 or more wins overall and undefeated in conference play (North Carolina)
- The tandem of
Demarcus Daniels (57) &
Chris Davenport (49) rank second in the nation with 106 combined blocks / Bethune-Cookman duo has tallied 113
#BirdsOfTrey*UNF ranks 1st in the nation for 3PM & 3PM/game while listed 6th in NCAA for 3PT%
*Ospreys are only team in nation with 300+ 3PM (303)
*Set the program's single game record with 20 3PM against NJIT // All 7 players in game made a trey
• Double digit treys in 19 games including 7 of last 8
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Trent Mackey (83) &
Beau Beech (79) rank 3rd & 5th nationally for 3PM
* Mackey also listed 8th in 3PT% and 10th in 3PT/game
*UNF is 16-2 this year when Mackey hits 3 or more treys in a game
