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Men's Basketball Visits Lipscomb on Saturday

By: North Florida Athletics
Basketball preview graphic for Lipscomb game with Garrett Sams dribbling a ball in the background

Men's Basketball | 2/9/2018 7:03:00 PM

THE TIPOFF – The North Florida men's basketball team completes its current road swing Saturday at ASUN Conference rival Lipscomb. The Ospreys-Bisons game tips at 4 p.m. CT (5 p.m. ET) in Allen Arena and will be carried on ESPN3.
 
GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida vs Lipscomb
WHERE: Allen Arena (5,028)
WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 10 - 5:00 PM (ET)
THE SERIES: UNF leads the series, 16-10
LAST MEETING: Almost exactly a month ago, the Ospreys outran the Bisons for a 102-96 victory at UNF Arena | All 5 UNF starters reached double digits led by a career best 26 (11-11 FTs) by Ivan Gandia-Rosa | Noah Horchler had 14 pts/15 rebs/4 blks | Ospreys had 14 3PM | Garrison Mathews paced the Lipscomb attack with 32 pts/12 rebs with Rob Marberry chipping in 20 pts | Bisons led 48-46 at half but UNF exploded for 56 pts in 2nd half
 
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
TV/WEB: ESPN3 
LIVESTATS: LipscombSports.com
TWITTER: @OspreyMBB

ABOUT NORTH FLORIDA (11-16 / 5-5 ASUN)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Game Notes

ABOUT LIPSCOMB (16-9 / 6-4 ASUN)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Game Notes

NOTABLE
- #BirdsofTrey have made a three-pointer in 654 consecutive games including every game of their Division I history - a string of 406 straight
- UNF is 3rd in the nation for 3PM and ranks 3rd in 3PA and 8th in 3PM/game | Ospreys have 15 games with double digit 3PMs
- Today's meeting marks 27th all-time between Ospreys and Bisons with UNF holding a 16-10 advantage in the series
- UNF has won 4 straight and 14 of the last 16 contests between the pair, while the Lipscomb captured 8 of the first 10 match-ups
- Coach Matthew Driscoll owns a 15-4 mark against Lipscomb while Coach Casey Alexander is 3-12 versus UNF with in stints at Lipscomb (2-9) and Stetson (1-3)
- The winner in 7 of the last 8 meetings has topped the 90-point mark
- Game pits the ASUN's top two scoring offenses: Lipscomb 81.2 PPG | UNF 80.2 PPG

UP NEXT
- North Florida closes out the

 
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Players Mentioned

Noah Horchler

#0 Noah Horchler

F
6' 8"
Sophomore
Exploratory
Ivan Gandia-Rosa

#21 Ivan Gandia-Rosa

G
6' 1"
Sophomore
Sport Management

Players Mentioned

Noah Horchler

#0 Noah Horchler

6' 8"
Sophomore
Exploratory
F
Ivan Gandia-Rosa

#21 Ivan Gandia-Rosa

6' 1"
Sophomore
Sport Management
G