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Road Trip Begins for Men's Basketball at Kennesaw State

By: North Florida Athletics
Basketball preview graphic for KSU game with team huddle in the background
Todd Drexler

Men's Basketball | 2/7/2018 9:28:00 PM

THE TIP-OFF: The North Florida men's basketball opens up play in its final regular season road trip on Thursday at Kennesaw State. The game tips at 7 p.m. at the KSU Convocation Center and will be carried on ESPN3.
 
GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida vs Kennesaw State
WHERE: KSU Convocation Center (4,600)
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 8 - 7:00 PM (ET)
THE SERIES: UNF leads the series, 23-18
LAST MEETING: Ospreys outlasted Owls, 85-78, in first meeting of season on Jan. 13 in Jacksonville | UNF led by a point at half and stretched lead late | All 5 North Florida starters reached double digits (scoring 72 of 85 pts) and were led by 18 from Trip Day | Noah Horchler had a dbl-dbl with 15 pts/13 rebs | Nick Masterson paced KSU with 24 pts (5 3PM) | Teams combined for 60 FTA
 
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
TV/WEB: ESPN3 
LIVESTATS: KSUOwls.com
TWITTER: @OspreyMBB

ABOUT NORTH FLORIDA (11-15 / 5-4 ASUN)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Game Notes

ABOUT KENNESAW STATE (7-17 / 3-6 ASUN)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Game Notes

NOTABLE
- #BirdsofTrey have made a three-pointer in 653 consecutive games including every game of their Division I history - a string of 405 straight
- UNF is 2nd in the nation for 3PM and ranks 2nd in 3PA and 8th in 3PM/game | Ospreys have 15 games with double digit 3PMs
- Today's meeting marks 42nd all-time between Ospreys and Owls with UNF holding a 23-18 advantage in the series | This is UNF's longest running series with an opponent
- UNF has won 15 of the last 17 contests between the pair, but both KSU wins have come in the last two games played in the Convocation Center
- Coach Matthew Driscoll owns a 15-2 mark against Kennesaw while Coach Al Skinner is 2-3 versus UNF


UP NEXT
- North Florida concludes its ASUN weekend road trek on Saturday at Lipscomb

 
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Players Mentioned

Noah Horchler

#0 Noah Horchler

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6' 8"
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Trip Day

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Players Mentioned

Noah Horchler

#0 Noah Horchler

6' 8"
Sophomore
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Trip Day

#22 Trip Day

6' 7"
Freshman
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