OPENING TIP
Score: North Florida 115, Trinity Baptist 39
Records: North Florida (4-1) | Trinity Baptist (0-5)
Location: UNF Arena (Jacksonville, Fla.)
The Short Story: Living up to their "Birds of Trey" moniker, the North Florida men's basketball team made a program record 21 three-pointers in a dominating 115-39 win versus Trinity Baptist on Monday night at UNF Arena.

GAMEDAY MEDIA CENTER
Final Boxscore

NOTABLE NUMBERS
- Ospreys had seven players reach double figures led by 23 for senior JT Escobar, who was 7 of 11 from the 3-point arc
- Starters Carter Hendricksen (19), Dorian James (12) and Wajid Aminu (13) all joined Escobar in double digits
- Emmanuel Adedoyin (12), Ryan Burkhardt (12) and Josh Endicott (11) also netted 10+ points
- Senior Ivan Gandia-Rosa collected 9 of the team's 29 assists while fellow senior Ezekiel Balogun paced the team with 10 rebounds in 15 minutes of action off the bench
- Trinity Baptist had no players in double figures, as Kenton Bibbs was the top scorer with nine points
- North Florida's 21 treys marked a program game record and was the third time the team has tallied 20 or more in a game
- UNF outrebounded the Eagles, 54-28, and also forced 21 turnovers that resulted in 31 points | Ospeys finished with a season low six turnovers of their own
- Ospreys scored 66 first half points and then allowed just 13 points by TBC in the second half

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half Notes
- North Florida led from the opening tip and got the hot shooting from long distance started early as four of its first six baskets were from long range including three from JT Escobar
- The Ospreys doubled up the Eagles, 18-9, five minutes into play and then seized control minutes later with a 14-0 run that extended the lead to 39-13
- Wajid Aminu mounted a 9-0 run of his own to help UNF continue controlling the momentum
- UNF closed out the opening half scoring the final 11 points en route to a 66-26 halftime leadj
- North Florida went 14-of-25 (56%) from the three-point line in the period | 14 3PM set a new program single half record for treys
 
Second Half Notes
- The aggressive play continued in the second half as North Florida pushed the lead over 50 with a 21-4 run to start
- Osprey defense held TBC to 19% shooting (4-of-21) in the frame including an 0-6 showing from long distance
- With 3:08 remaining, Ryan Burkhardt drilled his fourth trey of the night which also was the record-setting 21st three of the game

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- North Florida remained undefeated at home (4-0) this season and extended its current home win streak to eight games
- Ospreys improved to 4-1 on the season, marking the best start in the program's D1 era and matching the second best start all-time
- 39 points allowed set a new program record for points surrendered in a game
- 115 points was just two shy of the program's D1 scoring record (117 vs Coastal Georgia in 2015)
- 54 rebounds was one shy of D1 single game mark
- 29 assists was one short of D1 benchmark
- All 11 Ospreys that got into the game attempted a three-pointer with 7 different players making a trey
- Dorian James & Josh Endicott both posted career highs while Emmanuel Adedoyin matched his career high


LAST WORD
"I'm really proud of this team tonight. Leading up to this game our focus was on defending and rebounding first, and secondly was to take care of the ball and not turn it over. We really shared the sugar and had so many assists and lots of great plays where they gave the ball to each other. We take threes and we make threes and that's our DNA and how we are wired. We have guys that can score at the rim but we are built to make threes. What happens is that when we make threes, the drives to the basket become easier. I'm extremely proud of the guys were understanding what our DNA is and not backing down from it.." -- Head coach Matthew Driscoll

NEXT UP
North Florida hits the road for four straight and 11 of their next 12 contests beginning Thursday at Iowa.