Wednesday, February 13
Jacksonville, Fla.
7:00 p.m.
University of North Florida
80
vs
57
Kennesaw State
1
2
F
Kennesaw St.
28
29
57
North Florida
41
39
80
Team Stats
M-1157
M-2711
FG%
.323
.418
3FG%
.417
.281
FT%
.833
.556
RB
38
54
TO
16
12
STL
7
6
Game Leaders
Pts
19
FGM
7
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
16
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Todd Drexler
Double-Double Duos Help Ospreys Dominate Kennesaw State in Rematch
2/13/2019 10:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball
OPENING TIP
Score:Â North Florida 80, Kennesaw State 57
Records:Â North Florida (11-16, 5-7 ASUN) | Kennesaw State (5-21, 2-9 ASUN)
Location:Â UNF Arena (Jacksonville, Fla.)
The Short Story:Â North Florida never trailed en route to avenging an earlier loss to Kennesaw State getting double-doubles from Noah Horchler and Wajid Aminu in a dominating 80-57 victory on Wednesday night at UNF Arena.
GAMEDAY MEDIA CENTER
Final Boxscore
NOTABLE NUMBERS
- Ivan Gandia-Rosa engineered a well-balanced attack for UNF finishing with a team high 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting (3-4 3PM) to go along with his seven rebounds and eight assists
- Noah Horchler had 16 points and 13 rebounds, while Wajid Aminu netted 11 points and 10 boards
- Garrett Sams chipped in 14 points and surpassed the 1,000-point milestone for his career
- Carter Hendricksen also reached double digits, scoring 10 off the bench
- A trio of KSU players tallied double figures led by 15 from Danny Lewis, who had five treys on the night
- North Florida out-rebounded Kennesaw 54-38 highlighted by 25 offensive rebounds that were converted into 22 second chance points
- UNF got 20 points off of 16 KSU miscues and bounced back from a 24-turnover performance at Kennesaw two weeks ago
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half Notes
- The Ospreys opened the game with a flurry scoring the first 10 points | JT Escobar hit a trey followed by a free throw and lay-up from Wajid Aminu, a dunk for Noah Horchler and a short jumper by Ivan Gandia-Rosa
- The Owls answered with seven straight points
- Gandia-Rosa's jumper tipped off a stretch of 10 consecutive points for him as the two squads went back-and-forth with scoring
- Garrett Sams hit a trey and Carter Hendricksen took the ball coast-to-coast for an uncontested lay-up to push the UNF margin to 9 (23-14)
- Hendricksen's trifecta two minutes later widened the Osprey lead to double digits for the first time
- At the 6:57 mark, Sams drilled a jumper just outside the paint to reach the 1,000-point plateau
- KSU closed the gap to single digits late in the period, but North Florida got a three from Escobar and a dunk by Hendricksen sent the Ospreys into intermission with a 41-28 advantage
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Second Half Notes
- After a pair of quick buckets for UNF, the Owls attempted a rally using a 12-2 run to trim the deficit to eight (48-40) with 15:29 remaining in the game
- North Florida slowed the KSU comeback by scoring a pair of baskets that would turn into a 19-10 run and grow the Osprey lead to 17 points (67-50) at the 7 minute mark
- The teams would trade baskets over the next several possessions before an 11-0 Osprey spurt grew the margin to a game high 25 in the closing minuteÂ
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- North Florida snapped a three-game home skid with the win and also extended its home win streak versus KSU to 11 games
- Kennesaw State remained winless on the road falling to 0-13 on the year
- Horchler collected his 12th double-double while Aminu earned his fifth of the season
- Sams became the 14th player in UNF program history (9th in Division I era) to reach 1,000 career points
- UNF's 54 rebounds marked the highest board total of the season
- Ospreys matched the school record with 11 blocks in the game | Marked the second straight game with 11 blocked shots
LAST WORD
"I'm really proud of our resiliency and consistency that we showed not only tonight but all season. We showed some real strength in withstanding everything that happened the last few weeks. There is so much outside "noise" and people in our guys ears and that makes it a challenge for them to get rid of all that. Everybody has an answer or a way to fix it but if you're not here on a daily basis then you don't know or understand. We've never made excuses and we've always made it just about us and about what we can control. This team can be very dangerous with the ability to be really, really special, but it requires a consistent effort on the defensive end and in rebounding. We held them to 32 percent shooting and out-rebounded them by 16 and that is something we need to strive for every night. One thing has been consistent for us and that's protecting the rim. After the game, somebody asked me "Why" and I told them it was irrelevant why and that is relevant is where we are now. We have to turn our attention to NJIT, a team that beat us at home and snapped our home win streak and got us rolling on a bit of a snide. That's our next focus." -- Head coach Matthew Driscoll
NEXT UP
North Florida hits the road for the third consecutive weekend of ASUN play traveling north to battle NJIT on Saturday at 4 p.m.
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