JACKSONVILLE – The North Florida basketball team turns its attention to ASUN Conference play with their league lid-lifter on Saturday night against crosstown rival Jacksonville in Historic Swisher Gym.
GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida at Jacksonville
WHERE: Historic Swisher Gym (1,500)
WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 7 - 7:00 PM
THE SERIES: JU leads 15-10
LAST MEETING: UNF edged JU 81-80 at Swisher Gym as Trent Mackey made 2 FTs with :04 left to ice the win for the Ospreys... North Florida led 49-38 at half before Dolphins mounted a late comeback attempt... UNF had 5 players in double digits led by 22 from Dallas Moore... Ospreys connected on 13 treys... Kori Babineaux led JU with 24 pts followed by 23 from JR Holder
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
TV/WEB: ESPN3 (Watch ESPN app)
RADIO: 1010XL AM
LIVESTATS: JUDolphins.com
TWITTER: @OspreyMBB
ABOUT NORTH FLORIDA (5-12 / 0-0 ASUN)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Game Notes
ABOUT JACKSONVILLE (12-5 / 0-0 ASUN)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Game Notes
LAST TIME OUT...
- North Florida ended a three-game skid with a dominating 102-67 victory over Palm Beach Atlantic on Monday night at UNF Arena... Dallas Moore led a group of 6 players in double figures finishing with 23 points while becoming the first player in UNF history to eclipse the 2,000-point mark... UNF also collected a program record 13 blocked shots led by six from freshman Wajid Aminu
- Jacksonville earned its third straight win and 6th in their last 7 after topping Middle Georgia State, 124-85, on Tuesday night in Swisher Gym. The Dolphins had 5 players in double digits led by a career-high 41 from Darius Dawkins, who drilled an ASUN single game record 13 three-pointers as part of JU's record setting 21 treys on the night.
NOTABLE
- Today's game marks the 26th all-time meeting between the River City rivals with Jacksonville holding a 15-10 edge in the series... UNF has won last 6 match-ups between the squads
- Ospreys are 6-5 all-time in ASUN openers and carry a 6-game win streak in league lid lifters into the tilt... UNF is 6-1 in ASUN debuts under Matthew Driscoll and will start conference play on the road for 3rd straight year
- Next UNF win will be the 150th of Driscoll's all-time coaching career
- UNF is winless (0-8) on the road this season while JU owns a 5-1 mark in Swisher Gym including four straight wins
- Block Party: Ospreys swatted a program single game record 13 shots vs Palm Beach Atlantic led by 6 from
Wajid Aminu... UNF's lineup features 3 players (Aminu,
Romelo Banks,
Chris Davenport) averaging 1.0 BPG or better this season
- UNF has two freshmen starters (
Garrett Sams/
Wajid Aminu) for the first time since 2013-14 season (
Dallas Moore/
Chris Davenport)
- Ospreys have out-rebounded 10 opponents this season including three games with 50-plus
- North Florida has already played a game on each of the days of the week including multiple games on every day except Tuesday
- Ospreys are 31-15 under Driscoll against non-conference D1 mid-major opponents (like size programs)
- Turnover Troubles: UNF is averaging 17.3 per game and has had 20+ miscues 5 times this season, after only having 20+ just once last year (21 vs Florida in NIT) and a total of four times the previous 3 seasons combined... Additionally, Ospreys have not had less turnovers than an opponent in any game this season
Series DYK...
- The first meeting came on Dec. 23, 2004 at JU
- Dolphins claimed 13 of 14 to start the series with UNF having won 9 of the last 11 including a current 6-game win streak... JU's last win came Feb. 15, 2013 (70-68) at Veterans Memorial Arena
- 4 of the last 7 games in the series have been decided by 5 points or less
- Head coach Matthew Driscoll has guided the Ospreys to a 9-7 record against the Dolphins
UP NEXT
- The Ospreys continue their road swing to open up ASUN play with a pair of games at USC Upstate (Jan. 12) and NJIT (Jan. 14). UNF hosts Kennesaw State on Jan. 19 in their ASUN home debut.
