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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The North Florida men's basketball team opens up the home portion of its 2016-17 schedule versus in-town foe Edward Waters, Monday at 7 p.m. in UNF Arena. The Ospreys look to rebound from a tough season-opening loss (83-66) Friday night at Auburn.
#Notable
- The 2016-17 campaign marks the 25th season in North Florida program history highlighted by back-to-back national postseason appearances the last two years// UNF owns a 290-416 all-time record (138-209 in DI play)
- North Florida and Edward Waters will be meeting for the 19th time in program history with Ospreys owns a 15-3 lead in the series including 7 consecutive wins // This will be the fifth straight season the two Jacksonville programs will mee on the hardwood
- UNF has topped 90-point mark in 5 of last 6 contests versus the Tigers including last year's 98-69 decision
- Ospreys are 18-6 all-time in home debuts with Driscoll guiding UNF to wins in 6 of his 7 home lid-lifters
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Romelo Banks recorded the first double-double of his career in season opener at Auburn finishing with 16 points and 10 boards
- UNF opens the season playing 4 games in the first 8 days followed by a 4 game in 7 days stretch over Thanksgiving (Marking 1/4 of the team's season schedule)
- Against Auburn, UNF committed 28 turnovers which eclipsed the amount tallied in any game last year... Ospreys topped 20 turnovers just once last year (21 vs Florida in NIT 1st Rd)
#LastTimeWeMet
- UNF won 98-69 on Nov. 18, 2015 in UNF Arena
- Ospreys led 57-41 at halftime and shot 50% from 3PT line during the period (9-18)
- North Florida fnished with 14 treys and handed out 20 assists
- UNF out-rebounded EWC, 48-31
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Dallas Moore (24) &
Trent Mackey (22) both topped 20-point mark while
Chris Davenport chipped in a dbl-dbl (12 pts/13 rebs) and 7 assists
- Oceann Maddox led the Tigers with 24 pts and 7 rebs, making 10 of 13 FGs
