Five Players in Double Digits Push Ospreys Past Edward Waters, 98-71

Monday, December 21

Jacksonville, Fla.

7:00 p.m.

University of North Florida

2-8,0-0ASUN

Edward Waters

0-1

Edward Waters

North Florida

Photo by: Todd Drexler

Five Players in Double Digits Push Ospreys Past Edward Waters, 98-71

12/21/2020 11:09:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: North Florida Athletics

OPENING TIP
Score: North Florida 98, Edward Waters 71
Records: North Florida (2-8) | Edward Waters (3-1)
Location: UNF Arena (Jacksonville Fla.)
The Short Story: North Florida men's basketball closed its non-conference slate with a 98-71 win over Edward Waters, getting double-digit efforts from five players highlighted by a double-double for Josh Endicott.

BY THE NUMBERS
- Junior Josh Endicott scored 18 points and pulled down 11 rebounds earning his second career double-double to lead the Osprey attack
- Sophomore Emmanuel Adedoyin added a personal best 17 points while also dishing out 7 assists
- Ryan Burkhardt drilled four three-pointers to score 12 points off the bench with Jacob Crews and Jose Placer each chipping in 10 points
- Edward Waters had a pair of double-digit scorers led by 25 from Maurice Johnson who also led the way 9 rebounds
- Ospreys matched a season best with 15 three-pointers on the night
- North Florida dished out a season best 21 assists and overcame 21 turnovers
- UNF outrebounded the Tigers, 50-28

NOTABLE MOMENTS
- North Florida raced out of the gates, opening with a 16-2 run that included a stretch of 10 consecutive points | Four different players contributed to the run that included a trio of treys including a pair for Emmanuel Adedoyin
- Ospreys would maintain a double-figure advantage and eventually extended it to over 20, with eight minutes left in the period
- A late 8-2 spurt by Edward Waters but into the margin but Adedoyin beat the halftime buzzer with a driving layup to send UNF into the break up 53-32
- After trading baskets over the first several minutes of the second half, North Florida used an 11-3 spurt to grow their advantage to 30 (75-45)
- UNF was hot from long distance early in the stanza as 6 of first 7 buckets were from outside the arc
- The margin would get as large as 36 points with just over 3 minutes remaining but the Tigers closed the contest on a 10-1 run against the Osprey reserves to make the final deficit

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- 98 points was the most scored by UNF this year
- Win marked the Ospreys 11th straight versus EWC
- North Florida moved to 2-2 at home this season
- Both times UNF has made 15 treys, the squad also shot over 40% from the arc
- 11 Ospreys netted points with 10 players scoring 5 or more points
- 53% shooting from the floor marked the best effort of the season for the Ospreys
- Marked the first time that UNF has hauled down 50 rebounds since recording 54 vs Trinity Baptist in November 2019
- In the second half, North Florida tallied 10 treys in the 15 shots they made
- All 11 Tigers got into the scoring column on the night
- First loss of the season for EWC

LAST WORD - Head Coach Matthew Driscoll
"It's been an interesting last 48 hours going back to the Flagler loss but to these guys credit they came out tonight with the right approach, the right energy. I thought the first 10 minutes of the game, we were really locked in on what we needed to do defensively and the offense just took care of itself. I thought we shared the ball well and were just doing a lot of things well. Our inexperience showed a little late in the first half as we lost our focus on what we had been doing. I was disappointed and shared that with the guys at the half. We did some nice things. Having five guys in double figures and Josh (Endicott) with a double-double is nice. We did have some turnover issues and that is an area that we need to clean up. Over the break, we are going to figure some things out, figure out some rotations and prepare for ASUN play. Hopefully, we will also get to bring Carter (Hendricksen) back into the mix as well which can help shore some things up."

NEXT UP
North Florida will take 10 days off from competition over the holiday break before returning to action in the New Year with ASUN play starting Jan. 1-2 against in-state foe Stetson in DeLand, Fla. UNF tips off home ASUN play on Jan. 8-9 versus Kennesaw State.