HOOP SCOOP: Ospreys Welcome Georgia Southern

GAME GLANCE
Game 3: Georgia Southern	Monday, Nov. 11 \| 7 p.m. \| Jacksonville, Fla. \| UNF Arena
Game 3: Georgia Southern	TV/Video: Live Stats \| Watch (ESPN+) $ \| Buy Tickets
Series History	UNF leads 1-0 \| @UNF: 0-0, @GS: 0-0, @Neutral: 1-0 \| Streak: Won 1
Last Meeting	UNF 74, GS 46 \| Nov. 23, 2012 at Las Vegas, Nev. \| Recap - Boxscore
Social Media	@OspreysMBB \| #SWOOPLife \| Facebook \| @UNFOspreys

JACKSONVILLE - North Florida men's basketball continues its current four-game home stand Monday evening against Georgia Southern at 7 p.m. The game features free admission for military members and families.

1. REWIND
The Ospreys opened the home portion of their 2019-20 campaign with a hard fought 89-81 win versus Florida National on Thursday | Carter Hendricksen scored a career high 20 points in leading four UNF players in double figures | Wajid Aminu nearly had a double-double finishing with 16 pts/8 rebs | North Florida connected had 12 3PM with six different players netting a trey | Seven players recorded assists with five players notching three each

2. HOME SWEET HOME
The Ospreys have won five straight at UNF Arena heading into Monday's meeting with Georgia Southern | UNF has boasted 10+ wins at home in each of the last five seasons | North Florida is 45-13 at home the last five years (since start of 2015-16) and own a 93-41 mark under Driscoll in his 11-year tenure

3. PRESEASON HONORS
UNF is a consensus pick to challenge for the ASUN Championship this season | The league's coach's poll and media poll both tabbed the Ospreys to finish 2nd in the conference as did most national basketball publications | North Florida led the ASUN in preseason honorees with Ivan Gandia-Rosa, Wajid Aminu and Garrett Sams all garnering All-ASUN honors | Aminu was also named the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year

4. MILESTONE WATCH
Senior Wajid Aminu enters Monday's match-up needing just 2 points to reach 1,000 points for his career | Aminu would become th 14th member of the UNF 1,000 Point Club (10th in the DI era) | Senior point guard Ivan Gandia-Rosa recently became just the third player in program history to surpass 400 career assists | Senior Garrett Sams climbed to 7th on the All-Time scoring list with 1,134 points

5. LAST TIME WE MET
North Florida claimed a 74-46 victory over Georgia Southern in the championship game of the 2012 Continental Tires Las Vegas Classic (which ironically the Ospreys are playing in again this season) | Former UNF standouts Parker Smith (25 pts) and Travis Wallace (20 pts) led the way with Smith knocking down 7 treys while pulling down 10 rebounds

SCOUTING GEORGIA SOUTHERN
- Georgia Southern enters Monday's clash at 1-1 on the season
- The Eagles are coming off a dominating 109-55 victory against Reinhardt | GS opened the season with a hard fought 83-74 loss at Auburn
- Five players average double figures for the Eagles led by 23.0 PPG from David Viti | Isaiah Crawley leads the squad with 6.5 RPG to go along with 11.0 PPG
- GS is averaging 91.5 PPG this season and shooting 49% from the floor
- Eagles are making 12.0 three-pointers per game and connecting at a 42% clip from the arc

PROBABLE OSPREY STARTERS
G - Ivan Gandia-Rosa (10.5 PPG | 4.0 RPG | 5.5 APG)
G - JT Escobar (12.0 PPG | 1.0 RPG)
G - Garrett Sams (12.0 PPG | 6.0 RPG | 3.0 APG)
F - Carter Hendricksen (14.0 PPG | 7.0 RPG)
F - Wajid Aminu (12.0 PPG | 5.5 RPG)

UP NEXT
North Florida plays its third consecutive home game on Thursday (Nov. 14), welcoming Southern Mississippi to UNF Arena for a 7 p.m. tip

FOLLOW THE ACTION: Stay connected with the Ospreys all season long by following @OspreysMBB and @UNFOspreys on Twitter for all of the latest UNF men's basketball updates. Be sure to use the hashtag #SWOOPLife and #BirdsofTrey

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Players Mentioned

Wajid Aminu

Ivan Gandia-Rosa

Carter Hendricksen

Garrett Sams

Parker Smith

Travis Wallace

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