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Noah Horchler pulls down a rebound
Todd Drexler
51
North Florida UNF 5-8
85
Winner Mizzou MU-M 9-2
North Florida UNF
5-8
51
Final
85
Mizzou MU-M
9-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
North Florida UNF 19 32 51
Mizzou MU-M 46 39 85

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Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | North Florida Athletics

Cool Shooting Plagues Ospreys in Loss at Missouri

QUICK GLANCE
Score: North Florida 51, Missouri 85
Records: North Florida (5-8) | Mizzou (9-2)
Location: Mizzou Arena (Columbia, Mo.)
The Short Story: A sluggish first half of shooting hurt the North Florida men's basketball team in an 85-51 loss at Missouri on Saturday night. Noah Horchler led the way for UNF finishing with his second consecutive double-double performance.

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OPENING TIP
- Noah Horchler collected his third double-double of the season and second in a row with 10 points and 12 rebounds
- Wajid Aminu (13) and Ivan Gandia-Rosa (10) joined him in double digit scoring
- Missouri saw five players in double figures paced by 18 points/11 rebounds by Jordan Barnett
- Ospreys shot 30 percent from the floor for the game including a frigid 21 percent (7-for-33) in the first half

GAME CAPSULE
First Half Trends
- After a closely played opening few minutes that saw the Ospreys take a slim lead, 6-5, Missouri seized control of the contest  with a 20-0 surge that included an 0-12 shooting stretch from the floor for UNF over nearly eight minutes of action
- When Horchler connected on the team's first trey of the game with 8:45 left in the period, North Florida trailed 25-9
- The Ospreys attempted a late push but the Tigers answered with the final eight points of the period to own a 46-19 advantage at the half
- Mizzou shot 48 percent from the floor in the opening stanza and hit six three-pointers while limiting UNF to just three treys

Second Half Trends
- The Ospreys scored a quick five points to start the second half but nine consecutive points from the Tigers allowed them to push the margin to over 30
- The squads settled into a back-and-forth affair for much of the rest of the game before MU closed the game with an 11-6 spurt for the final score
- UNF improved from the field making 40 percent in the second half, but Mizzou connected at a 53 percent clip

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- Loss snapped a four game win streak for the Ospreys
- UNF falls to 0-20 all-time against SEC teams
- North Florida's five 3PM marked a season low
- The team's 19 first half points marked the lowest total since an 18-point effort at Northern Iowa in 2014-15 (the season UNF won the ASUN Championship and went to NCAA Tournament)
- Ospreys committed a season low 10 turnovers and won the battle of the turnovers, 12-10
- Missouri out-rebounded the Ospreys, 52-31

DRISCOLL DABBLINGS:
"Give Missouri a lot of credit for doing what they did. They were very physical and able to get up into guys and also had the ability to make passing lanes tough and difficult to put the ball on the floor. We did a good job of taking care of the ball but they were able to just get us out of sync and we were unable to find a rhythm. Additionally, they have good length on the interior which is sometimes hard to finish over. So adding all that up, it can make for a very challenging night. We then compounded that with an inability to get consistent, consecutive, timely stops on the defensive end. Early on we were doing a pretty good job defending them, we just weren't making shots and then next thing you know that exploded for some points. It is something we have to grow with and wash it out because we play again on Tuesday. We have to stay focused and not let one loss lead to two." -- Head coach Matthew Driscoll

NEXT UP
North Florida continues its week-long three-game road trip on Tuesday against Ball State in Muncie, Ind. The road trek concludes on Friday (Dec. 22) at LSU.
 
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Noah Horchler

#0 Noah Horchler

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6' 8"
Sophomore
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Ivan Gandia-Rosa

#21 Ivan Gandia-Rosa

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Players Mentioned

Noah Horchler

#0 Noah Horchler

6' 8"
Sophomore
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Ivan Gandia-Rosa

#21 Ivan Gandia-Rosa

6' 1"
Sophomore
Sport Management
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