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Dallas Moore drives to the basket past Jacksonville defender.
ASUN Photos
74
Jacksonville JU 17-15
77
Winner North Florida UNF 14-18
Jacksonville JU
17-15
74
Final
77
North Florida UNF
14-18
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Jacksonville JU 31 43 74
North Florida UNF 32 45 77

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

Ospreys Edge Dolphins 77-74 to Reach ASUN Semifinals

QUICK GLANCE
Score: No. 3 North Florida 77, No. 6 Jacksonville 74
Records: North Florida (14-18) | Jacksonville (18-14)
Location: UNF Arena (Jacksonville, Fla.)
The Short Story: The No. 3-seeded North Florida men's basketball team got 37 points from two-time ASUN Player of the Year Dallas Moore and turned back the upset bid by sixth-seeded rival Jacksonville, earning a 77-74 victory in quarterfinal action of the ASUN Championship Tournament on Monday night in a raucous UNF Arena. With the win, UNF next faces No. 2 seed Lipscomb on Thursday night in Nashville.

GAMEDAY MEDIA CENTER
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OPENING TIP
- Moore, likely playing in his final career game at UNF Arena, saved his best for last finishing with 37 points which matches his previous career high performance at home. He scored the first 10 points of the game for UNF and also shared the team lead with seven rebounds.
- While no other Osprey player reached double digits, a quartet was within a basket of reaching the mark with Wajid Aminu scoring 9 along with 8 each from Romelo Banks, Garrett Sams and Aaron Bodager.
- Sams, an ASUN All-Freshman honoree, scored the final five points of the game for UNF hitting a huge three-pointer and a pair of free throws that helped to seal the victory.
- JU placed three players in double figures led by 26 from Marcel White.
- North Florida shot 51.8% for the game highlighted by a 68% effort in the second half. The Ospreys also won the battle of the boards for the 20th time this season, topping the Dolphins 39-29 on the glass.

GAME CAPSULE
First Half Trends
-  The opening 20 minutes was tightly contested featuring four ties and four lead changes and neither team holding larger than a 5-point advantage
- Ospreys held a slim 32-31 lead at intermission behind 18 points from Dallas Moore... Wajid Aminu, the ASUN Freshman of the Year, also chipped in 7 points/5 rebounds in the first stanza
- The two teams were pretty even statistically, with JU holding a 46% to 41% advantage in shooting from the floor... Ospreys enjoyed a 20-14 edge in paint points.
 
Second Half Trends
- North Florida never trailed in the second half and used a 9-2 spurt around the first media timeout of the frame to build a near double digit margin.
- Moore and Garrett Sams combined to score nine straight points as the Ospreys opened up their largest lead, 53-40, with 11:55 remaining in the game
- The Dolphins continued to battle using a 10-2 spurt to cut into the lead... JU followed it up with a 10-3 surge minutes later to close the gap to one, 66-65, with 4:43 on the clock.
- UNF would push margin back to five with just under four minutes to play but another Jacksonville rally made it a one-point margin, 72-71, with a minute to go.
- Sams drilled a corner three-pointer with the shot clock winding down but Darien Fernandez answered seconds later hitting a contested three-pointer from the top of the key to keep the Osprey lead at 1
- Sams was fouled and made both FTs and the Dolphins last shot rattled out allowing North Florida to earn their ninth consecutive win over their crosstown rivals.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- Dallas Moore has 775 points this season, becoming the ASUN all-time single season scoring leader
- UNF has now advanced to the ASUN semifinals in three consecutive years
- The 2016-17 senior class (Moore, Davenport, Bodager) earned their 75th career victory becoming the winningest class in program history

SAY WHAT...
"This was exactly the type of game I expected. Both teams played with passion and a complete understanding of trying to survive and advance. Credit our guys for withstanding not only the challenge from JU but also making some mistakes of our own. It was truly a great night of college basketball and the atmosphere was electric. I can't be more proud of our guys and their effort especially in rebounding and taking care of the basketball. We have some guys with postseason experience and I'd go play anybody with this group." -- Head coach Matthew Driscoll

NEXT UP
- The Ospreys head to Nashville for an ASUN semifinal clash with No. 2 seed Lipscomb on Thursday at 7 p.m. (CT). The Ospreys earned a sweep over the Bisons in the regular season.
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