#8 Florida Outruns Ospreys on Hardwood

By: North Florida Athletics

Tim Casey

Men's Basketball | 11/16/2017 11:34:00 PM

Box Score QUICK GLANCE
Score: North Florida 68, #8 Florida 108
Records: North Florida (0-4) | UF (2-0)
Location: Exactech Arena/O'Connell Center (Gainesville, Fla.)
The Short Story: The No. 8 Florida Gators used a fast start to outpace the North Florida men's basketball team in a 108-68 victory on Thursday night at Exactech Arena. Four Ospreys finished in double digits led by 13 freshman Trip Day.

GAMEDAY MEDIA CENTER
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OPENING TIP
- Freshman Trip Day tallied his first career double-figure performance (13 pts) while also grabbing a team best 8 rebounds
- Ivan Gandia-Rosa hit a pair of treys en route to finishing with 12 points along with three assists
- Wajid Aminu and Noah Horchler both posted 10 points on the night, with the total marking Horchler's second straight double-digit outing
- Florida saw six players reach double figures paced by 18 from KeVaughn Allen
- UF hit 11 three-pointers in the game while limiting the Ospreys to a season low 7 treys

GAME CAPSULE
First Half Trends
- Florida made 10 of its first 11 shots in building a 24-8 lead just nine minutes into play
- The Gators would expand their lead to as much as 25 (39-14) in the opening stanza before the Ospreys made a late surge to trim the gap for a 45-23 halftime deficit
- Snapshot Stats: FG: UF 18-36 (50%)/ UNF 7-26 (26.9%) | 3PT: UF 6-16 (37,.5%) / UNF 2-14 (14.3%) | FT: UF 3-6 (50%) / UNF 7-8 (87.5%)

Second Half Trends
- UNF fell behind by 30 early in the second half as Florida continued its strong play
- Gators closed the game making 15 of their final 17 shots to reach triple digit total for the second straight game
- Snapshot Stats: FG: UF 24-39 (61.5%)/ UNF 14-27 (51.9%) | 3PT: UF 5-9 (55,.6%) / UNF 5-14 (35.7%) | FT: UF 10-13 (76.9%) / UNF 12-18 (66.7%)

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- Brian Coffey II and Ryan Burkhardt both scored their first career baskets
- Florida outrebounded Ospreys, 44-29, and outscored UNF in the paint 58-16
- The Gators also turned 17 North Florida miscues into 25 points
- Ospreys made the same amount of FTs as UF attempted -- 19
- All 11 players that saw action for UNF attempted a FG

FROM THE TOP:
"Want to give credit to Florida for playing a solid game. On film they were impressive but in person they were even more impressive. I thought they played with pace and purpose and were also extremely unselfish. They also hurt us with their relentlessness on the glass. We didn't do what we needed to do in order to get the shots we needed to take. This is my fault as we changed up our pre-game preparation. Because of our recent travel schedule, I decided to have the guys stay for class yesterday and this morning so we didn't have our normal prep routine and that probably hurt us tonight. We just need to look at the film and make adjustments because we have some important games this weekend." -- Head coach Matthew Driscoll

NEXT UP
- North Florida concludes play in the Maui on the Mainland event with games this weekend in Spartanburg, S.C., against Mount St. Mary's (Saturday) and Wofford (Sunday)

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Players Mentioned

#10 Osborn Blount: G; 5' 10"; Redshirt Senior; Educational Leadership

#11 Garrett Sams: G/F; 6' 6"; Sophomore; Business Management

#0 Noah Horchler: F; 6' 8"; Sophomore; Exploratory

#12 Ryan Burkhardt: G; 6' 4"; Freshman; Exploratory

#20 Brian Coffey II: G; 6' 1"; Freshman; Business Management

#21 Ivan Gandia-Rosa: G; 6' 1"; Sophomore; Sport Management

#22 Trip Day: F; 6' 7"; Freshman; Exploratory

Players Mentioned

#10 Osborn Blount
: 5' 10"; Redshirt Senior; Educational Leadership
: G

#11 Garrett Sams
: 6' 6"; Sophomore; Business Management
: G/F

#0 Noah Horchler
: 6' 8"; Sophomore; Exploratory
: F

#12 Ryan Burkhardt
: 6' 4"; Freshman; Exploratory
: G

#20 Brian Coffey II
: 6' 1"; Freshman; Business Management
: G

#21 Ivan Gandia-Rosa
: 6' 1"; Sophomore; Sport Management
: G

#22 Trip Day
: 6' 7"; Freshman; Exploratory
: F