OPENING TIP
Score: Lipscomb 85, North Florida 73
Records: North Florida (12-10, 5-2 ASUN) | Lipscomb (8-13, 3-5 ASUN)
Location: Allen Arena (Nashville, Tenn.)
The Short Story: Despite Ivan Gandia-Rosa's career-high 30 point effort and 13 three-pointers made, North Florida was unable to muster its fourth straight road win as the Ospreys fell 85-73 Saturday evening at Lipscomb. 


GAMEDAY MEDIA CENTER
Final Boxscore

BY THE NUMBERS
- Ivan Gandia-Rosa scored a career best 30 points, going 10 of 17 from the floor including five three-pointers and a perfect 5-of-5 at the FT line
- Garrett Sams added 18 points as the the only other Osprey in double digits
- Ahsan Asadullah posted a 23-point, 18 rebound double-double performance to lead the Bisons | Also handed out eight assists
- Michael Buckland chipped in 20 points for LU
- Lipscomb out-rebounded UNF, 47-31
- Bisons led 44-20 for points in the paint

NOTABLE MOMENTS
- Score seesawed over the opening minutes of play until back-to-back-to-back threes from Ezekiel Balogun, Carter Hendricksen and Ryan Burkhardt built a 5-point margin for the Ospreys
- UNF's lead would grow to six before a 9-0 run from Lipscomb created a four-point deficit
- Ivan Gandia-Rosa netted the last five points for the Ospreys en route to his 14-point effort in the first half but the Bisons held a 45-43 halftime advantage
- North Florida appeared to regain the momentum at the start of the second half, taking a 52-48 lead following a 9-3 spurt
- Ospreys would fall into an eight minute scoring drought that included missing 10 straight shots mixed in with five turnovers | Lipscomb capitalized on the slump as the Bisons scored 15 consecutive points for a 63-52 advantage
- UNF kept fighting and eventually mounted a charge that trimmed the gap to five points (75-70), with 2:48 showing on the clock, after a 12-4 surge
- Lipscomb connected on several free throws in the closing minutes to maintain the lead and earn the win
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- North Florida upped its nation-leading 3PM total to 263 for the season and posted its 17th contest with 10+ 3PM
- Loss marked UNF's fourth in a row to Lipscomb
- Gandia Rosa became first Osprey to reach 30-point mark since Noah Horchler at NJIT last season (Feb. 9, 2019)
- UNF is now in a three-way tie atop the ASUN standings with Liberty and Stetson at 5-2

LAST WORD
"Lipscomb seemed like the more passionate team. They looked like they understood what was at stake and their offensive rebounding in the first half really killed us. Have to give credit to (Ahsan) Asadullah because anytime you can score 23, have 18 rebounds and eight assists as a center really speaks volume. We did a poor job and I did a poor job. I've got to continue figuring out ways to help our guys be more successful in these situations. Thursday night is another game for first place and we just have to stay the course and not allow one loss to lead to two." -- Head coach Matthew Driscoll

NEXT UP
North Florida has a two-game home stand beginning Thursday against league co-leader Stetson followed by the start of the second half of the ASUN slate Saturday against Kennesaw State