Men's Basketball 1/24/2017 5:28:00 PM North Florida Athletics

Ospreys Host FGCU Wednesday in Battle of ASUN Leaders

JACKSONVILLE – The North Florida basketball team hosts in-state rival FGCU on Wednesday night at UNF Arena in a battle between a pair of the ASUN Conference leaders. The game also wraps up the Ospreys current three-game home stand. The game is sponsored by Pepsi.

GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida vs FGCU
WHERE: UNF Arena (5,800)
WHEN: Wednesday, Jan. 25 - 7:00 PM
THE SERIES: FGCU leads 13-10
LAST MEETING: FGCU claimed the rubber-match between the rivals last season handing the Ospreys a 89-56 defeat in an ASUN semifinal game played at UNF Arena... Eagles outrebounded UNF, 49-24, and held the Ospreys to just 30% shooting including 8-31 from the arc... Dallas Moore had 15 pts to pace UNF while Marc-Eddy Norelia finished with 23 pts/13 rebs to lead FGCU

FOLLOWING THE ACTION
TV/WEB: ESPN3 (Watch ESPN app)
RADIO: 1010XL AM
LIVESTATS: UNFOspreys.com
TWITTER: @OspreyMBB
TICKETS: (904) 620-BIRD | Buy Tickets

ABOUT NORTH FLORIDA (9-13 / 4-1 ASUN)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Game Notes

ABOUT FGCU (15-6 / 4-1 ASUN)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Game Notes

LAST TIME OUT...
- North Florida outlasted visiting Lipscomb, 90-84, to win its third straight home game and fifth win in the last six games overall. Dallas Moore finished just shy of his career high scoring 36 points, while Chris Davenport chipped in 15 points along with 11 each from Garrett Sams and Aaron Bodager. Ospreys overcame a halftime deficit to build a double-digit lead in the second half but a late Bisons surge kept the game close to the end.
-FGCU rebounded from their first ASUN loss of the season with an 84-71 home victory over NJIT. Four Eagles reached double digits led by 21 points by Brandon Goodwin.

NOTABLE
- Today's game marks the 24th all-time meeting on the hardwood between UNF and FGCU... Eagles hold a slim 13-10 lead after winning twice last year
- Ospreys and Eagles will play tonight and then meet in the rematch in just 5 days (Jan. 30) in Ft. Myers.
- UNF enters match-up having won 5 of their last 6 while the Eagles have won 8 of last 9 on the season
- Ospreys are 6-3 at home this year including 3 straight wins while FGCU is 6-3 on the road with 5 consecutive road wins including a perfect 3-0 mark in ASUN play
- Next UNF win will be the 300th in program history
- Dallas Moore became ONLY player in ASUN history to surpass 2,000 points and 500 assists in a career... Named ASUN POW 7th career time (2nd this yr)

Series DYK...
- First meeting: Feb. 10, 2003 at UNF
- FGCU has won 7 of last 10 meetings and two in a row in the series to take a 13-10 lead all-time
- Ospreys are 6-5 at UNF Arena having won 2 of the last 3 games
- The series consists of several winning streaks with FGCU taking first 6 followed by 7 straight for UNF and then 5 in a row by the Eagles, 3 for Ospreys and current 2 game win streak for FGCU
- In addition to their annual home-and-home matchups in ASUN play, the pair have met in the ASUN Tournament twice including last year's ASUN Semifinal contest

UP NEXT
- The Ospreys will head to Stetson on the first of back-to-back Saturday meetings between UNF and the Hatters... North Florida will squeeze a rematch with FGCU on Monday (Jan. 30) into the mix as well.

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Players Mentioned

#12 Aaron Bodager: G; 6' 5"; Redshirt Senior; Health Science

#35 Chris Davenport: F; 6' 8"; Senior; Criminal Justice

#14 Dallas Moore: G; 6' 1"; Senior; Criminal Justice

#11 Garrett Sams: G; 6' 6"; Freshman; Business Management

Players Mentioned

#12 Aaron Bodager
: 6' 5"; Redshirt Senior; Health Science
: G

#35 Chris Davenport
: 6' 8"; Senior; Criminal Justice
: F

#14 Dallas Moore
: 6' 1"; Senior; Criminal Justice
: G

#11 Garrett Sams
: 6' 6"; Freshman; Business Management
: G