Men's Basketball | 2/25/2018 5:37:00 PM

QUICK VIEW – No. 5-seed North Florida men's basketball team faces No. 4-seed NJIT in quarterfinal action Monday night in Newark, N.J.. The game tips at 7:30 p.m. at the NJIT Wellness & Event Center (WEC) and will be carried on ESPN3.
 
GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida vs NJIT
WHERE: NJIT WEC (3,500)
WHEN: Monday, Feb. 27 - 7:30 PM (ET)
THE SERIES: UNF leads the series, 5-2
LAST MEETING: The two teams met just over a week ago in Jacksonville with the Ospreys outlasting the Highlanders for an 86-75 victory | Ivan Gandia-Rosa led all scorers with 23 points while senior Osborn Blount netted a career high 17 (4 3PM) in his final appearance at UNF Arena | NJIT's Anthony Tarke and Abdul Lewis both tallied 20 points and grabbed double-digit rebounds, 11 and 10, respectively | Game was tied at halftime before UNF defense held NJIT to 39% shooting in the second half
 
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
TV/WEB: ESPN3 
LIVESTATS: NJITHighlanders.com
TWITTER: @OspreyMBB

ABOUT NORTH FLORIDA (13-18 / 7-7 ASUN)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Game Notes

ABOUT NJIT (14-15 / 7-7 ASUN)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Game Notes

NOTABLE
- North Florida is the No. 5 seed and NJIT is the No. 4 seed in this quarterfinal matchup of the ASUN Championship Tournament
- UNF is 8-7 all-time in the ASUN Tournament having advanced to the final game three times and winning it once in 2015
- Ospreys have won their opening round tournament game in each of the last 3 seasons
- UNF is 3rd in the nation for 3PM and ranks 5th in 3PA and 9th in 3PM/game | Ospreys have 18 games with double digit 3PMs
- Today's meeting marks 8th all-time between Ospreys and Highlanders with UNF holding a 5-2 advantage in the series | Pair has split the regular season series this year and last year
- Coach Matthew Driscoll owns a 4-2 mark against NJIT while Coach Brian Kennedy is 2-2 versus UNF
- In 12 of 13 wins this season, Ospreys have reached 80-point mark... Also 7-1 when holding opponent under 80
- The UNF-NJIT game pits the league's top 2 rebounders against each other: Noah Horchler (8.8 RPG) | Abdul Lewis (8.5 RPG)
- 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

UP NEXT
- The winner of this game advances to the ASUN Semifinals against the winner of No. 1 FGCU vs No. 8 USC Upstate. Game will be played Thursday at the site of the highest remaining seed.