Game Notes (pdf)FT. MYERS, Fla. -- For the second time in a week the North Florida basketball team will be facing off against Atlantic Sun rival FGCU on the hardwood. The rematch, which is being carried on ESPN3 and 92.5 FM, will tip off at 7 p.m. in Alico Arena. The Ospreys (18-7, 7-1) are looking to bounce back from their first conference loss after dropping an 86-82 decision to Stetson on Monday night. The loss snapped an 18-game home win streak for UNF and also ended a 12-game regular season A-Sun win streak. Dallas Moore scored 25 points to lead the way for North Florida in the loss.
FGCU (13-11, 4-4) enters Saturday's tilt having dropped four straight including an 83-80 loss at Jacksonville on Monday. The Eagles will be playing just their second home game in their last six. FGCU is 11-4 at home this season and have gone 3-1 against Atlantic Sun foes in Alico. Marc-Eddy Norelia leads the way for the Eagles averaging 16.1 points and 8.7 rebounds per game.In last Saturday's match-up between the pair, the Ospreys posted an 82-76 victory over the Eagles earning the team's third straight win in the series. Beau Beech scored 27 points for UNF highlighed by five three-pointers while Dallas Moore added 18 points and eight assists. Norelia finished with 25 points to pace FGCU. The Ospreys overcame a first-half deficit and led by three points at the half. The Ospreys built a double-digit lead and then fought off a late charge by the Eagles to secure the win.Following the game at FGCU, North Florida continues its current road swing with a pair games at Kennesaw State (Feb. 11) and Lipscomb (Feb. 13).#QuickHits- UNF and FGCU will be meeting for the 22nd time in program history with the owning an 11-10 lead in all-time series / North Florida has won 3 straight including an 82-76 last Saturday in Jacksonville / Ospreys are 4-5 all-time at Alico after a 76-62 win last season
- North Florida is 5-6 on the road this season and the Ospreys have won last 4 road tilts (currently T10th nationally)
- Ospreys tallied a program record 18-game home win streak that was halted on Feb. 2 vs Stetson // UNF also matched the program consecutive win streak at 8 games (also accomlished in 2014-15)
- Ospreys 7-0 start to ASun play marked a program best
- North Florida currently ranked 14th 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
- The tandem of
Demarcus Daniels (61) &
Chris Davenport (49) rank second in the nation with 110 combined blocks / Bethune-Cookman duo has tallied 123
#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 (313) / UNF is 5 3PM shy of 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 21 games including 8 of last 9
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Trent Mackey (83) &
Beau Beech (81) rank 4th & 6th nationally for 3PM
* Mackey/Beech also listed 10th/15th in 3PT% and 11th/19th in 3PT/game
*UNF is 16-2 this year when Mackey hits 3 or more treys in a game
