ASUN Home Stand
Game 27: Jacksonville	Thursday, Feb. 13 | 7 p.m. | Jacksonville | UNF Arena
	TV/Video: ESPN+ ($) | Live Stats
Series History	UNF trails 18-15 | @UNF: 7-8 / @JU: 7-9 / @Neutral: 1-1 | Streak: W2
Last Meeting	UNF 75, JU 69 @ Swisher Gym (Jan. 16, 2020) | Recap / Boxscore
Social Media	@OspreysMBB | #SWOOPLife | Facebook | @UNFOspreys

 

Game 28: North Alabama	Saturday, Feb. 15 | 5 p.m. | Jacksonville | UNF Arena
	TV/Video: ESPN+ ($) | Live Stats
Series History	UNF leads 4-0 | @UNF: 2-0 / @UNA: 2-0 / @Neutral: 0-0 | Streak: W4
Last Meeting	UNF 81, UNA 65 @ Flowers Hall (Jan. 4, 2020) | Recap / Boxscore

JACKSONVILLE - North Florida men's basketball gears up for its penultimate regular season home stand this weekend as the Ospreys welcome crosstown rival Jacksonville for Thursday's River City Rumble rematch followed by Saturday's visit from North Alabama.

1. REWIND
North Florida captured a pair of ASUN road victories to keep a share of the top spot in the conference standings | Ospreys opened their road trip avenging an earlier loss to NJIT by topping the Highlanders 82-75 | UNF closed the trek with a 69-60 victory at rival FGCU earning a season sweep of the Eagles for the first time since 2014-15 | Against NJIT, Wajid Aminu led the way with a near double-double including a season best 21 points, 9 rebs and 5 blocks while Carter Hendricksen chipped in 19 pts/8 rebs | In the game at FGCU, Ivan Gandia-Rosa had 22 pts and 7 assists followed closely by Garrett Sams and is 20 points and 5 rebs | UNF's weekend sweep secured their spot in the upcoming ASUN Championship Tournament

2. #BIRDSofTREY
With 307 3PM this season, UNF leads the nation from beyond the arc and is the only team with 300+ makes | The Ospreys have posted double digit 3PM in 20 games this season and are currently averaging a nation's best 11.8 threes per game | Against Trinity Baptist (Nov. 18) UNF connected on a program record 21 three-pointers | Ten different players have made a trey this season for North Florida while every player on the roster has attempted a three-pointer | North Florida lineup features four players with 50+ 3PM this season

3. RIVER CITY RUMBLINGS
UNF and JU annual meetings and the hardwood have only resulted in split results twice, the first season (2005-06) and last year (2018-19), the remaining seasons have resulted in regular season sweeps by one of the teams | The road team has been victorious in four of the last five contests including a current three-game streak | In the current 2019-20 River City Rumble standings, North Florida owns an 8-0 advantage marking the best start by either school in the competition 

4. MILESTONE MOVEMENTS
Ivan Gandia-Rosa enters Thursday's contest just three assists shy of becoming the program's all-time assist leader with 552, surpassing current record holder Dallas Moore | North Florida's next win recorded will be the 200th Division I victory in program history | A win on Thursday would extend UNF's current win streak to five marking the longest stretch of the season | Ospreys have already matched their win total from a year ago and their next victory would give them them most season wins since 2015-16 (22 wins) | With one more ASUN victory, UNF would reach double-digit league win for the 6th time in the Driscoll Era

5. LAST TIME WE MET
North Florida expanded a two-point halftime advantage by shooting 52% from the floor and limiting Jacksonville to just one three-pointer in a 75-68 road victory | Garrett Sams finished with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists as well as a block and steal to lead the Ospreys, while Carter Hendricksen added 17 points, Ivan Gandia-Rosa scored 13 and Wajid Aminu narrowly missed a double-double with 11 points/9 rebounds | JU got 21 points and 13 boards from David Bell along with 16 points by Aamahne Santos

The Ospreys connected on seven three-pointers in the first half en route to building a 37-29 lead at intermission then held UNA to just 25% (2 of 8) shooting in the second half to earn the 81-65 win | Four of UNF's five starters reached double figures paced by 18 points for Garrett Sams while Carter Hendricksen posted a double-double performance of 15 pts/13 rebs | Christian Agnew finished with 17 points and 7 rebounds to lead the way for the Lions

SCOUTING JACKSONVILLE
- Jacksonville enters the contest with a 12-14 overall record and a 5-6 mark in ASUN competition
- Dolphins are coming off a 65-54 road win at NJIT on Saturday and are looking to snap a streak of five straight games alternating wins and losses
- JU is 6-6 on the road this season and have claimed wins in each of their last two visits to UNF Arena
- David Bell averages a double-double (11.5 PPG/10.2 RPG) and shoots 60.1% from the floor to lead the Dolphins, who also get 12.0 PPG from Destin Barnes
- Jacksonville is one of the league's top defensive squads holding opponent's to just 65.9 PPG and 29.6% shooting from beyond the 3-point arc

SCOUTING NORTH ALABAMA
- North Alabama comes into the weekend at 10-14 overall (5-6 ASUN) and will play at Stetson on Thursday before visiting UNF
- Lions have dropped three straight including a pair of two-point losses to JU and Lipcomb
- UNA is 3-10 on the road this season with all three wins coming in ASUN play
- Christian Agnew (13.3 PPG) and Jamari Blackmon (12.5 PPG) are the Lions top scorers while Emanuel Littles leads the ASUN with 10.4 RPG
- North Alabama has surrendered 70+ points in each of their last four games 


PROBABLE OSPREY STARTERS
G - Ivan Gandia-Rosa (14.3 PPG | 3.1 RPG | 5.9 APG)
G - JT Escobar (11.1 PPG | 1.6 RPG)
G - Garrett Sams (15.3 PPG | 4.5 RPG)
F - Carter Hendricksen (14.7 PPG | 7.7 RPG)
F - Wajid Aminu (10.3 PPG | 6.4 RPG | 2.0 BPG)

UP NEXT
The Ospreys head down the home stretch of the regular season with an ASUN split weekend sending UNF to face ASUN co-leaders Liberty (Thursday, Feb. 20) before closing out the regular season home slate against Lipscomb (Saturday, Feb. 22). North Florida's regular reason finale comes Feb. 27 at Stetson.

FOLLOW THE ACTION: Stay connected with the Ospreys all season long by following @OspreysMBB and @UNFOspreys on Twitter for all of the latest UNF men's basketball updates. Be sure to use the hashtag #SWOOPLife and #BirdsofTrey