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Emmanuel Lambright strikes a defensive pose in a game
Todd Drexler
70
Florida National FNU 13-5
104
Winner North Florida UNF 6-11
Florida National FNU
13-5
70
Final
104
North Florida UNF
6-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Florida National FNU 26 44 70
North Florida UNF 42 62 104

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

Ospreys Stay Perfect at Home with 104-70 Win Over Florida National

OPENING TIP
Score: North Florida 104, Florida National 70
Records: North Florida (6-11) | FNU (13-5)
Location: UNF Arena (Jacksonville, Fla.)
The Short Story: The North Florida men's basketball team wrapped up it's non-conference schedule with a dominating 104-70 victory over Florida National on Tuesday night. UNF had five players reach double-digits with a pair notching double-doubles.

GAMEDAY MEDIA CENTER
Final Boxscore PDF | Full Game Book

NOTABLE NUMBERS
- JT Escobar led the Ospreys with 18 pts (4 3PM)
- Trip Day (17 pts/10 rebs) and Emmanuel Lambright (10 pts/13 rebs) both finished with their first career double-doubles
- Osborn Blount added 16 points and Brian Coffey II chipped in 11 points
- Terence Johnson scored 20 points to lead Florida National
- #BirdsofTrey made 16 three-pointers in the game with 7 different players connecting from beyond the arc

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half Notes
- Florida National kept things close early connecting on three consecutive treys in the opening five minutes
- North Florida struggled shooting from long distance at the start but eventually found the range and used a 10-2 run to take an 18-11 lead with 12:45 left on the clock
- An 11-2 spurt that included 3PM by Ivan Gandia-Rosa, Brian Coffey II and Osborn Blount gave the Ospreys their largest lead of the half, 36-19, at the 5:00 mark
- The Ospreys maintained a double-digit advantage into intermission, holding a 42-26 halftime lead
- UNF was 6-20 from long distance while limiting FNU to a 3-16 performance

Second Half Notes
- Ospreys used a 10-4 surge to start the closing period, seizing their first 20+ point advantage
- UNF drilled 10 of 23 three-point attempts in the half as they slowly pushed the lead over 30 points
- North Florida held its largest lead of the game, 94-56, with 4:52 remaining and cruised to the comfortable victory
- The Conquistadors shot just 35 percent from the floor in the half including a chilly 1-for-12 (8 percent) performance from the 3-point arc
- UNF finished with 62 points in the period and shot 50 percent from the floor | 9 different players got into the scoring column

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- Ospreys improved to 18-0 against non-DI opponents under Coach Driscoll
- Five UNF players set or matched their career high scoring outputs - Lambright, Blount, Coffey, Day and Benedikt Haid
- 16 3PM marked the team's 11th game this season with double-digit treys
- UNF collected 54 rebounds, one shy of the D1 program record, with three players pulling down double figure boards: Lambright (13), Wajid Aminu (12), Day (10)
- North Florida tallied 23 assists on 34 baskets led by 6 helpers each from Gandia-Rosa and Aminu
- Scored season high 104 points and reached triple-digits for the third time this year
- Posted the largest margin of victory of the season

LAST WORD
"It was nice to finish up our non-conference portion of the schedule with a victory. It's a credit to our guys that they got through this year with more non-conference wins than last year and that's a great accomplishment with their inexperience. We are really, really blessed and it's impressive to have done some of this without Garrett (Sams), who is a key part for us. Tonight we had 23 assists on 34 buckets and that is definitely a delight for a coach. There was a lot of shots taken between the two teams tonight so proud of our guys perserverance to keep battling on the boards and working on the defensive end. We are excited and looking forward to starting conference play on Saturday." -- Head coach Matthew Driscoll

NEXT UP
North Florida opens ASUN Conference play with three consecutive home games beginning Saturday against crosstown rival Jacksonville at 7 p.m. in UNF Arena.

 
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