University of North Florida Athletics

Ospreys Battle Bisons Thursday in ASUN Semifinals

By: North Florida Athletics

Men's Basketball | 3/1/2017 3:59:00 PM

NASHVILLE – The North Florida men's basketball team continues play in the ASUN Championship Tournament with a semifinal game at Lipscomb on Thursday at 8 p.m. (ET)

GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida vs Lipscomb
WHERE: Allen Arena (5,500)
WHEN: Thursday, Mar. 2 - 8:00 PM (ET)
THE SERIES: North Florida leads 14-10
LAST MEETING: The Ospreys snapped the Bisons six-game win streak with a 93-82 victory at Allen Arena on Feb. 16... Dallas Moore led the way for UNF tallying a career high 39 points... The freshmen duo of Wajid Aminu (19) and Garrett Sams (17) also reached double digits for UNF... Rob Marberry had 26 pts/10 rebs to pace Lipscomb in the contest... The loss was one of just two for the Bisons at home in ASUN play

FOLLOWING THE ACTION
TV/WEB: ESPN3 (Watch ESPN app)
RADIO: 1010XL AM
LIVESTATS: LipscombSports.com
TWITTER: @OspreyMBB

ABOUT NORTH FLORIDA (14-18 / 8-6 ASUN)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Game Notes

ABOUT LIPSCOMB (20-12 / 11-3 ASUN)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Game Notes

NOTABLE
- Today's game marks the 25th all-time meeting between UNF and Lipscomb... Ospreys hold a 14-10 lead in the series with wins in 6 of the last 7 including a 93-82 win two weeks ago in Allen Arena
- Ospreys are 3-12 on the road this year with all 3 wins coming against ASUN squads... Lipscomb has posted an 11-4 home mark with wins in 4 of last 5
- Marks 2nd times the teams have met in ASUN Tournament (UNF won 71-57 in 2015 event)
- ASUN Postseason Honors: Dallas Moore (Player of Year/1st team All-ASUN), Wajid Aminu (Freshman of the Year/All-Freshman), Garrett Sams (All-Freshman)

Series DYK...
- First meeting: Jan. 9, 2006 at UNF
- UNF is 10-3 all-time against HC Casey Alexander, who has coached at Lipscomb (7-2) and Stetson (3-1)
- Ospreys are 6-6 all-time at Allen Arena with wins in 5 of their last visits to the Music City
- North Florida has topped 90-point mark in 4 of the last 6 games with Lipscomb
- Three of Dallas Moore's top 4 scoring performances have come against Lipscomb (37.5 PPG vs Bisons this year)
- Matthew Driscoll has guided UNF to a 13-4 mark against the Bisons in his career

UP NEXT
- The winner of this semifinal advances to Sunday's ASUN Championship game against the winner of the No. 1 FGCU vs No. 5 Kennesaw State semifinal.

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Players Mentioned

#33 Romelo Banks: C; 6' 11"; Redshirt Junior; Anthropology

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

#2 Wajid Aminu: F; 6' 7"; Freshman; International Business

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

Players Mentioned

#33 Romelo Banks
: 6' 11"; Redshirt Junior; Anthropology
: C

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

#2 Wajid Aminu
: 6' 7"; Freshman; International Business
: F

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