Men's Basketball Tips Off 2018-19 Season Wednesday at Dayton

OPENING TIP – The North Florida men's basketball squad opens up play in the 27th season in program history on the road against the Dayton Flyers on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida at Dayton
WHERE: Dayton Arena (13,455)
WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 7 - 7:00 PM (ET)
THE SERIES: Dayton leads 1-0
LAST MEETING: The two squads battled through a tightly contested opening half with the Flyers holding a slim 38-35 edge at intermission | Dayton outscored UNF by 12 points in the second half en route to the 86-71 victory | Beau Beech led the Ospreys with 18 points including 6 treys while Dallas Moore chipped in 15 pts, 7 rebs, 6 assists

FOLLOWING THE ACTION
TV/WEB: ESPN+ ($)
LIVESTATS: DaytonFlyers.com
TWITTER: @OspreyMBB

ABOUT NORTH FLORIDA (0-0 / 0-0 ASUN)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Game Notes

ABOUT DAYTON (0-0 / 0-0 A10)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Game Notes

NOTABLE
- North Florida is 8-18 all-time in season openers including a 2-7 mark under head coach Matthew Driscoll
- Ospreys last opening night victory was in 2015 - 93-81 at Illinois
- UNF returns all five starters and six of its top seven scorers from last season
- This marks the program's third appearance at Dayton Arena having first played in the facility in the 2015 NCAA Tournament First Four
- The Ospreys will play a pair of games in the city of Dayton, making a return trip in just 10 days to face Wright State on Nov. 17
- North Florida plays 6 of its first seven games on the road with the lone home contest set for Nov. 14 against Edward Waters
- Against teams from the Atlantic 10 Conference, UNF owns an 0-4 record (Dayton, Saint Louis, VCU)
- Wednesday's game marks the 59th guarantee game for UNF during Matthew Driscoll's 10-year tenure
- Last season Noah Horchler was named the ASUN Newcomer of the Year along with garnering All-ASUN 2nd team honors | Trip Day was selected a member of the ASUN All-Freshmen squad | Horchler was tabbled the ASUN preseason Defensive Player of the Year while he and Ivan Gandia-Rosa picked up preseason all-conference honors

UP NEXT
North Florida continues its season-opening road trip with a game at Penn State on Friday night.

Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

#2 Beau Beech: G; 6' 8"; Sophomore; Business Management

#14 Dallas Moore: G; 6' 1"; Freshman; Undecided

#22 Trip Day: F; 6' 7"; Sophomore; Sport Management

#10 Ivan Gandia-Rosa: G; 6' 1"; Junior; Sport Management

#0 Noah Horchler: F; 6' 8"; Junior; Criminal Justice

Players Mentioned

#2 Beau Beech
: 6' 8"; Sophomore; Business Management
: G

#14 Dallas Moore
: 6' 1"; Freshman; Undecided
: G

#22 Trip Day
: 6' 7"; Sophomore; Sport Management
: F

#10 Ivan Gandia-Rosa
: 6' 1"; Junior; Sport Management
: G

#0 Noah Horchler
: 6' 8"; Junior; Criminal Justice
: F