Men's Basketball | 2/26/2020 10:00:00 AM

GAME GLANCE
Game 31: Stetson	Thursday, Feb. 27 | 7:00 p.m. (ET) | DeLand, Fla. | Edmunds Center
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Series History	UNF leads 19-12 | @UNF: 10-6, @SU: 9-6, @Neutral: 0-0 | Streak: W6
Last Meeting	UNF 78, SU 65 | Jan. 20, 2020 at UNF Arena | Recap / Boxscore
Social Media	@OspreysMBB | #SWOOPLife | Facebook | @UNFOspreys

DeLAND, Fla. - North Florida closes out the regular season Thursday night with a road clash against in-state rival Stetson in the Edmunds Center at 7 p.m. 

1. REWIND
The Ospreys avenged an earlier season loss at Lipscomb on Saturday night with an 82-74 victory over the Bisons on Senior Night in UNF Arena | All five starters reached double digits and made three-pointers while all five seniors scored in UNF's wire-to-wire win | Carter Hendricksen led all scorers with 22 points including five treys | Ivan Gandia-Rosa tallied his first double-double of the year with 13 points and a season best 12 assists while Wajid Aminu narrowly missed one of his own finishing with 12 points and 9 rebounds | For the game, North Florida netted 15 three-pointers and shot 44% from long distance

2. #BIRDSofTREY
With 357 3PM this season, UNF leads the nation from beyond the arc | The Ospreys have posted double digit 3PM in 23 games this season and are currently averaging a nation's best 11.9 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 all 11 players on the roster have attempted a three-pointer | UNF lineup features four players with 65+ three-pointers made this season

3. BLOCK PARTY
Wajid Aminu has 40 blocked shots in ASUN games this season, which is more blocked shots than 6 teams in the league have total | He has a UNF program record 194 career blocks and leaves him just six swats shy of becoming all the 5th player in ASUN history to amass 200 blocked shots | Prior to this season, Aminu had four games with 5+ blocks and this season he has accomplished the mark 5 times including three of the last seven games

4. MILESTONE MOVEMENTS
A victory Thursday would be the 13th ASUN win for UNF establishing a new program season record for conference wins and would mark just the third time in program history that UNF has won 20 games in the regular season | A win at Stetson would also mark the 7th road "W" of the year marking the most since UNF claimed 7 road wins in 2015-16 | Ospreys current roster features four players that are members of the North Florida 1,000 Point Club (Garrett Sams, Wajid Aminu, Ivan Gandia-Rosa and JT Escobar) | In addition to being UNF's all-time assist leader, Ivan Gandia-Rosa is on pace to become the first player in ASUN Conference history to lead the leage in assists for three consecutive seasons

5. LAST TIME WE MET
The first meeting of the season between North Florida and Stetson pitted a pair of undefeated squads in ASUN play against each other for the early advantage in the standings | UNF started sluggish missing its first eight shots but used a stingy defensive effort to never fall behind in the contest | The Ospreys finished the game with 15 three-pointers led by Garrett Sams' six treys en route to a 24-point outing | Wajid Aminu chipped in a double-double (11 pts/ 10 rebs) and Ivan Gandia-Rosa nearly had one as well tallying 8 pts/8 assts | Stetson saw a quartet of players reach double figures paced by 14 pts/12 rebs from Rob Perry

SCOUTING STETSON
- Under the direction of first-year coach Donnie Jones, Stetson carries a 15-14 (9-5 ASUN) record into Thursday's meeting but have dropped their last two outings
- Stetson has secured a first round home game for the upcoming ASUN Tournament and currently rank third in the standings
- SU boasts a 7-5 mark in the Edmunds Center this season having won four straight at home
- Hatters feature a dynamic freshmen duo of Rob Perry (15. 7 PPG/ 5.0 RPG) and Mahamadou Diwara (12.3 PPG / 6.4 RPG)
- In the series, North Florida has won six straight and 15 of the last 17 meetings | Stetson's last win was 88-74 on Jan. 28, 2017 in the Edmunds Center

PROBABLE OSPREY STARTERS
G - Ivan Gandia-Rosa (14.1 PPG | 3.2 RPG | 6.2 APG)
G - JT Escobar (11.5 PPG | 1.7 RPG)
G - Garrett Sams (15.0 PPG | 4.5 RPG)
F - Carter Hendricksen (14.5 PPG | 7.3 RPG)
F - Wajid Aminu (10.9 PPG | 6.5 RPG | 2.0 BPG)

UP NEXT
North Florida tips off ASUN Championship Tournament play against a to-be-determined opponent on Tuesday (Mar. 3) at 7 p.m. in UNF Arena. In addition, the Ospreys would play a home semifinal game on Thursday (Mar 5) with a win in the opening round. Get your tickets now

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