OPENING TIP
Score: Texas Tech 89 | North Florida 74
Records: North Florida (0-1) | Texas Tech (1-0)
Location: United Supermarkets Arena (Lubbock, Texas)
The Short Story: North Florida opened the 2021-22 season with a hard fought 89-74 loss at Texas Tech on Tuesday night. The Ospreys connected on 11 three-pointers and had four players in double digits in the contest.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Junior
Carter Hendricksen and newcomer
Jarius Hicklen both finished with 14 points to pace the Osprey offense
- Hicklen, making his UNF debut, went 5-for-6 from the floor including a perfect 3-of-3 performance from the 3-point arc
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Jose Placer and
Jadyn Parker each chipped in 13 points | The total was a career best mark for Parker
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Josh Berenbaum led the way on the glass for North Florida with seven rebounds while Placer paced the squad with four assists
- Texas Tech had three players in double figures topped by 22 point outing from Bryson Williams
- TTU shot 51.5% from the floor for the game (4 of 15 from 3PT) while UNF finished at 46.3% (11 of 25 on treys)
NOTABLE MOMENTS
- Texas Tech was hot early scoring the first nine points of the contest
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Carter Hendricksen ended the Osprey drought hitting the first of his three treys on the night |
Josh Berenbaum and Hendricksen followed with back-to-back three-pointers to keep the game close
- A 12-4 run minutes later by TTU pushed the margin to double-digits midway through the period
- The Ospreys would score on six consecutive possessions to whittle the deficit to six (38-32) late in the opening stanza
- The Red Raiders closed the half on a 10-2 spurt to build a 50-36 halftime advantage
- The margin grew to 20 early in the second half, but UNF answered with a 12-2 surge to cut the TTU lead in half |
Dorian James,
Emmanuel Adedoyin and Hendricksen each hit treys to spark the rally
- With just under 8 minutes remaining, Texas Tech used an 11-0 run to build their largest lead of the game (87-61)
- North Florida closed the game out scoring the final 13 points highlighted by five consecutive points from
Jadyn Parker
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- Game was the first meeting ever between North Florida and Texas Tech on the hardwood
- Marked sixth consecutive season opening loss for UNF
- Ospreys are now 0-6 all-time against Big 12 foes
- North Florida saw 10 players get into the game tonight
- Texas Tech held a 44-23 rebounding advantage and outscored the Ospreys 54-20 in the paint
- UNF's bench outscored TTU reserves, 38-23
NEXT UP
North Florida continues its whirlwind start to the season with a game tomorrow night at Texas A&M. The Ospreys are in the midst of a stretch of 5 games in 9 days.
