HOOP SCOOP: Ospreys at Southern Miss

GAME GLANCE
Game 12: Southern Miss	Saturday, Dec. 14 \| 3 p.m. (ET) \| Hattiesburg, Miss. \| Reed Green Coliseum
Game 12: Southern Miss	TV/Video: Live Stats \| Watch (CUSA.TV) $
Series History	UNF leads 3-0 \| @UNF: 1-0, @USM: 0-0, @Neutral: 2-0 \| Streak: W3
Last Meeting	UNF 66, USM 63 \| Nov. 14, 2019 at UNF Arena \| Recap / Boxscore
Social Media	@OspreysMBB \| #SWOOPLife \| Facebook \| @UNFOspreys

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - North Florida and Southern Miss meet for the second time this season on the hardwood Saturday at Reed Green Coliseum at 3 p.m. (ET). The Ospreys earned a 66-63 victory versus the Golden Eagles exactly a month ago at UNF Arena.

1. REWIND
The Ospreys fell in a back-and-forth contest at Austin Peay last Saturday (Dec. 7), 90-83 | JT Escobar led the way for North Florida with 18 points while Carter Hendricksen notched his third double-double of the year with 17 pts/10 rebs | UNF finished with a season low 7 3PM despite shooting over 50% from the floor

2. #BIRDSofTREY
With 134 3PM this season, UNF leads the nation from beyond the arc | The Ospreys have posted double digit 3PM in 9 of 11 games this season and are currently averaging 12.2 threes per game | Against Trinity Baptist (Nov. 18) UNF connected on a program record 21 three-pointers | Nine different players have made a trey this season for North Florida while all 12 have attempted a three-pointer

3. HONOR ROLL
Carter Hendricksen was named the ASUN Player of the Week on Monday after averaging a near double-double of 20 PPG/ 9 RPG | Hendricksen tallied a career high 23 in UNF's win against High Point followed by his double-double effort at Austin Peay | He becomes the league's first multiple time weekly honoree

4. MID MAJOR MINGLE
UNF is 41-22 (.651) under Coach Driscoll against non-conference D1 mid-major opponents (like sized programs) | Ospreys are 4-2 this year with all three wins coming at UNF Arena against Georgia Southern, Southern Miss and High Point | Five of the six games have been decided by less than 10 points with three wins featuring three-point differentials

5. LAST TIME WE MET
The Ospreys and Golden Eagles squared off a month ago in Jacksonville with UNF claiming a hard fought 66-63 win | Ivan Gandia-Rosa scored 17 points to lead a trio of UNF players in double figures followed by 15 for Carter Hendricksen and 12 from Emmanuel Adedoyin | USM had four players in double-digits paced by 13 points each for Artur Konontsuk and Tyler Stevenson | North Florida made 11 treys while holding Southern Miss to just three | Senior Garrett Sams missed the match-up due to a foot injury

SCOUTING SOUTHERN MISS
- Under the direction of first-year head coach Jay Ladner, Southern Miss owns a 3-7 mark this season
- The Golden Eagles snapped a four-game losing skid in their last outing, topping Southern Illinois 72-69 in Hattiesburg
- All three USM victories have come at home, where they have a 3-1 record
- Boban Jacdonmi (12.4 PPG) and Gabe Watson (11.5 PPG) are the only two Southern Miss players in double figures
- North Florida is 5-12 all-time against against current members of CUSA, having faced six members (FIU, FAU, MTSU, Rice, WKU and USM)

EXTRA, EXTRA
- Saturday's game marks UNF head coach Matthew Driscoll's 55th birthday | Ospreys are 1-1 in previous games on his b'day
- North Florida will be playing a non-conference, home-and-home in a season for just the third time under Driscoll | vs Charleston Southern in 2018 (2-0) & vs Tennessee Tech in 2014 (0-2)

PROBABLE OSPREY STARTERS
G - Ivan Gandia-Rosa (14.0 PPG | 3.5 RPG | 6.2 APG)
G - JT Escobar (12.2 PPG | 1.5 RPG)
G - Garrett Sams (14.0 PPG | 3.4 RPG)
F - Carter Hendricksen (17.5 PPG | 8.6 RPG)
F - Wajid Aminu (9.7 PPG | 5.8 RPG)

UP NEXT
North Florida continues its road trek with a game at No. 21 Florida State on Tuesday (Dec. 17)

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

Players Mentioned

Emmanuel Adedoyin

Wajid Aminu

JT Escobar

Ivan Gandia-Rosa

Carter Hendricksen

Garrett Sams

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