TEMPE, Ariz. -- North Florida visits Arizona State on Monday night for the squad's fourth consecutive road contest to open the 2021-22 campaign. The game is scheduled to tip at 9 p.m. (ET) and be carried on the Pac 12 Network family.  
 

PROBABLE STARTERS

G - Jose Placer (7.0 PPG | 2.7 RPG | 2.3 APG)
G - Emmanuel Adedoyin (4.3 PPG | 1.3 RPG | 1.7 APG)
F - Carter Hendricksen (15.3 PPG | 3.3 RPG | 3.3 3PM/g)
F - Dorian James (6.7 PPG | 4.0 RPG | 1.7 BPG)
F - Jonathan Aybar (3.3 PPG | 2.7 RPG | 0.7 APG)
 

HARDWOOD DRIBBLINGS

- North Florida and Arizona State will be meeting for the first time on the hardwood | Game also marks the first match-up for the Ospreys against a member of the Pac 12 Conference
- ASU game will be UNF's fourth of five road games to open the 2021-22 season
- Ospreys will be playing their second straight contest in the Valley of the Sun area after battling with Grand Canyon on Friday night
- Marks the second straight season that North Florida opens its ledger with five consecutive road tilts
- The Texas Tech & Texas A&M games to tipoff the year marked the third time the Ospreys have started a season with back-to-back games on consecutive nights in different locations | 2017-18 opened with games at Michigan State & Michigan | 2010-11 began with games at Florida State & Pittsburgh
- North Florida will amass 5,854 miles of air travel in their season-opening trek and play games in three different time zones (Central, Mountain, Pacific)
- Entering the Arizona State game, UNF has played 83 guarantee games during the Driscoll Era (2009-present) including 67 versus Power 5 opponents
- Junior Carter Hendricksen is leading the Ospreys in scoring at 15.3 PPG and is the lone player to have reached double figures in every game this season
- UNF has seen 11 different players earn playing time this year thru three games | 10 have scored and pulled down rebounds this year
- Osprey reserves have outscored opponent's reserves 61-59 this season | Bench has accounted for 40% of UNF's scoring so far
- North Florida (AKA: "Birds of Trey") have connected on 25 three-pointers this year including making 11 in the season opener at Texas Tech | Ospreys led the nation for 3PM in 2020 and 2016, ranked 14th in the nation last season with 10.0 per game (229 3PM)
- Of the 11 Ospreys to see playing time this year, 9 of them have attempted a trey with 7 connecting from long range | 10 have a 3PM in their UNF careers

SNAPSHOT
- UNF finished 8-15 last season (6-6 ASUN)
- Ospreys were picked to finish 7th of 12 teams in the ASUN preseason coaches poll | UNF has finished in Top 4 of the ASUN in each of the past eight seasons
- Nine players return for the Ospreys this season including four starters
- Five of UNF's top six scorers from last year return led by the duo of junior Carter Hendricksen (14.9 PPG) and redshirt-sophomore Jose Placer (14.5 PPG) 
- Hendricksen, a preseason All-ASUN selection, was named All-ASUN (1st team) last year while Placer garnered All-ASUN (2nd team)
- Jonathan Aybar, who ranked second in the ASUN for blocked shots, earned ASUN All-Freshman accolades in 2020-21

MILESTONE WATCH
- Hendricksen needs 83 points to become the 18th player in program history with 1,000 points and is 50 rebounds shy of 500 (Would be only 10th player in program history with both)
- With 192 wins at UNF, Driscoll is just 8 victories shy of 200 and needs just four victories to move into 3rd all-time in ASUN coaching history

SCOUTING REPORT | Arizona State
- Arizona State is 1-1 on the season and looking to rebound from a 66-65 loss on a buzzer beater by UC Riverside on Friday night
- ASU posted an 11-14 record in the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season
- Kimani Lawrence tops the Sun Devils in both scoring and rebounding, averaging a double-double with 19.0 PPG and 11.0 RPG
- Four of ASU's starters are averaging double digits
- Head coach Bobby Hurley is in his seventh season with the Sun Devils and owns an 103-84 record | Hurley has a career mark of 147-014 in 9 seasons as a head coach
 
DRISCOLL CONFIDENTIAL
"We have been able to grow and develop during this trip. Not only from playing games, but also from a couple days of practice. Video has really helped us clean up some little things that we all know make the biggest difference. Arizona State, like each our previous opponents, has a lineup full of transfers with a great deal of athleticism, length and an ability to score the ball in bunches. Our habits and focus will be tested again for 40 minutes."
-- Head coach Matthew Driscoll

UP NEXT
North Florida closes out its 10-day cross country journey Wednesday night in California against #2 UCLA.

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