PROBABLE OSPREY STARTERS
G -
Jose Placer (9.3 PPG | 1.8 RPG | 3.8 APG)
G -
Emmanuel Adedoyin (6.3 PPG | 2.5 RPG | 2.8 APG)
F -
Dorian James (5.7 PPG | 6.3 RPG | 2.0 APG)
F -
Josh Endicott (6.3 PPG | 6.3 RPG | 1.7 APG)
F -
Jonathan Aybar (6.0 PPG | 4.5 RPG | 1.2 BPG)
HIGH POINT, N.C. - North Florida men's basketball wraps up its five-game road stretch to open up the 2020-21 season on Saturday at 2 p.m. against the High Point Panthers in the Millis Center. The game will be carried on ESPN+ and feature no fans in attendance.
1. REWIND
The Ospreys battled their third consecutive ACC opponent on Wednesday, dropping a hard fought 86-58 decision to No. 22 Florida State in Tallahassee | UNF had a trio of players in double figures led by a season best 13 from
Dorian James to go along with his team best 7 boards | Freshman
Jacob Crews connected on 4 three-pointers en route to his first double digit (12 pts) performance while
Jose Placer netted his third double figure outing (11 pts) of the year | North Florida made 11 treys for the game including 8 in the second half but were hampered by 24 turnovers
2. #BIRDSofTREY
With 391 3PM last season, UNF led the nation from beyond the arc for the second time in program history (2016 was the other season) | The Ospreys posted double digit 3PM in 25 games and averaged a nation's best 11.8 threes per game | This season, North Florida owns double digit 3PM outputs in 3 of 4 contests including a season high 12 versus Miami | All 12 players that have played this season have attempted a trey with 9 different players making one
3. ON EQUAL FOOTING
North Florida faces its second mid-major foe of the season having lost in a neutral site season opener against Eastern Kentucky of the OVC | Ospreys are 42-23 (65.5%) versus non-conference D1 mid-majors during Coach
Matthew Driscoll's 12-year tenure
4. PRESEASON PICKING
The league's coach's poll and media poll both tabbed the Ospreys to finish 4th in the conference | North Florida junior
Carter Hendricksen was a unanimous choice for preseason All-Conference after finishing his sophomore campaign ranked amond the league leaders in scoring and rebounding
5. LAST TIME LOOK BACK
The Ospreys and Panthers met on the hardwood for the first time last season, when HPU visited UNF Arena on Dec. 2 | North Florida had four players in double digits paced by a pair of 20+ performances from
Carter Hendricksen (23 pts) and
JT Escobar (22 pts) | Hendricksen and Escobar combined to account for 11 of the squad's 17 treys made in the game | UNF shot 52% from the floor (48% from 3-pt arc) in the game and led 48-35 at halftime | HPU was led by 14 points from Eric Coleman, Jr.
SCOUTING HIGH POINT
- High Point owns an 0-2 record this season after some tough in-state road clashes at Davidson (82-73) and Elon (76-75)
- The Panthers will be playing their first home game of the season in the Millis Center but no fans will be in attendance
- Coaching legend Tubby Smith, in his third season leading his alma mater, owns 622 career victories and won a National Championship at Kentucky
- HPU returned four starters from last season
UP NEXT
North Florida is scheduled to to make its long awaited home debut on Monday (Dec. 7) against in-state foe FAU at 7 p.m. in UNF Arena.
FOLLOW THE ACTION: Stay connected with the Ospreys all season long by following
@OspreyMBB and
@UNFOspreys on Twitter for all of the latest UNF men's basketball updates. Be sure to use the hashtag #SWOOPLife and #BirdsofTrey
