Game Notes (pdf)KENNESAW, Ga. -- The North Florida basketball team opens an Atlantic Sun road trip weekend Thursday night against Kennesaw State at the KSU Convocation Center. The game will be carried on ESPN3 and 92.5 FM. The Ospreys (18-8, 7-2) are looking to halt a two-game skid after dropping back-to-back games against Stetson and FGCU. Despite the losses, UNF still remains tied atop the conference standings with Jacksonville and enter the matchup having won 13 straight versus the Owls including a 93-78 earlier this season at UNF Arena.
Kennesaw State (7-18, 3-6) come into the tilt after a 78-59 loss at NJIT on Saturday. The Owls have alternated wins and losses over their last four game and feature the highest scoring tandem in ASun with Yonel Brown (18.4 ppg) and Kendrick Ray (18.0 ppg) averaging 36.4 points a contest. UNF's duo of Dallas Moore (19.7 ppg) and Beau Beech (16.1 ppg) are the second ranked pair.
In the first meeting this season, the Ospreys rallied from a first half deficit to earn the double-digit point victory as Beech drilled seven three-pointers en route to a career best 33 point performance. Moore chipped in 24 points in the win while Chris Davenport added a double-double for UNF.Following the game against the Owls, North Florida concludes its current road swing Saturday at Lipscomb.#QuickHits- UNF and Kennesaw State will be meeting for the 38th time in program history with Ospreys holding a 21-16 lead in all-time series / North Florida has won 13 straight including a 93-78 victory on Jan. 16 in Jacksonville / Ospreys are 9-9 all-time at KSU having won their last 6 visits
- Game features top two scoring tandems in ASun: KSU's Brown & Ray (36.4 ppg) / UNF's Moore & Beech (35.8 ppg)
- North Florida is 5-7 on the road this season and the Ospreys have won 4 of their last 5 away from home
- North Florida currently ranked 24th in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25
- UNF went 8-0 in January marking the first undefeated month for an ASun team since 2012 (Belmont, 9-0)
- Ospreys are 1 of 8 teams in nation with 5 or more players averaging double digits
- UNF's 65 points vs FGCU last Saturday marked only 4th time this season Ospreys didn't reach 70 points
- The tandem of
Demarcus Daniels (61) &
Chris Davenport (51) rank second in the nation with 112 combined blocks / Bethune-Cookman duo has tallied 130
#BirdsOfTrey*UNF ranks 1st in the nation for 3PM & 3PM/game while listed 9th in NCAA for 3PT%
*Ospreys are only team in nation with 300+ 3PM (323) / UNF has set program's single season record
*Set the program's single game record with 20 3PM against NJIT // All 7 players in game made a trey
• Double digit treys in 22 games including 9 of last 10
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Trent Mackey (87) &
Beau Beech (83) rank 5th & 7th nationally for 3PM
* Mackey/Beech also listed 10th/24th in 3PT% and 9th/16th in 3PT/game
