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River City Rumble Rematch Tips Wednesday Night at JU

By: North Florida Athletics
Basketball preview graphic featuring logos for North Florida and Jacksonville along with background photo of a team huddle on the court

Men's Basketball | 2/19/2019 10:00:00 AM

OPENING TIP – Wednesday night at Swisher Gym, the men's basketball edition of the River City Rumble sees North Florida and Jacksonville square off in a key ASUN rematch with seeding in the upcoming conference tournament up for grabs.

GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida at Jacksonville
WHERE: Historic Swisher Gym (1,452)
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 20 - 7:00 PM (ET)
THE SERIES: UNF trails 18-13
CURRENT STREAK: UNF lost 3
LAST MEETING: 1/24/19 - JU, 86-81 | Jacksonville rallied from a halftime deficit to earn the win over rival North Florida in UNF Arena. Both teams shot over 50% from the field for the game but the Dolphins held a 26-8 advantage in FT attempts. Noah Horchler collected a double-double with 23 points/10 rebounds to tlead the Ospreys who also got 23 points from JT Escobar. JU was led by 22 points from JD Notae.

FOLLOWING THE ACTION
TV/WEB: ESPN+ ($)
LIVESTATS: JUDolphins.com
TWITTER: @OspreyMBB

ABOUT NORTH FLORIDA (12-16 / 6-7 ASUN)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Game Notes

ABOUT JACKSONVILLE (12-15 / 5-7 ASUN)
Roster | Schedule | Statistics

NOTEWORTHY
- Tonight's game marks the 32nd all-time meeting between the crosstown rivals | JU has claimed the last three meetings following a 9-game win streak for UNF
- North Florida is 4-12 on the road this year with wins in last two away from home | JU is 5-5 at home including two straight at Swisher
- Ospreys are 5-9 all-time against JU on the road with wins in 4 of their past 5 trips across town
- UNF carries a three-game win streak into the clash while JU is coming off a win over Stetson in their last outing
- 12 games in the series have been decided by 5 points or less including each of the last five meetings
- Game marks the final regular season road game for the Ospreys
- The two rivals have only split regular season meetings in one season (2005-06)
- Matthew Driscoll is 12-10 in his career versus the Dolphins | Tony Jasick is 3-7 against UNF

UP NEXT
North Florida wraps up its regular season slate with back-to-back home games beginning Saturday against Liberty at 5 p.m.
 
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Noah Horchler

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Players Mentioned

Noah Horchler

#0 Noah Horchler

6' 8"
Junior
Criminal Justice
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