JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida men's basketball had five players put up double-digit scoring days,
Jadyn Parker tallied a double-double and tied the UNF single game blocks record and the Ospreys took care of Trinity Baptist, 92-44, Saturday, Dec. 18.
The Ospreys (4-9) stayed perfect at home after holding the Eagles (3-6) to just 26.4 percent shooting on 72 field goals.
Parker's monstrous day included seven blocks on top of a 10-point and 10-rebound double-double. The forward ties Wajid Aminu and James Grimball for the UNF single game mark.
Aminu reached the milestone Dec. 11, 2018 at Minnesota, while Grimball did so against Savannah State Nov. 27, 2007.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
1st Half
- Parker came out of the gates with back-to-back blocks in the first three minutes of action.
- Up 23-14, North Florida got into an offensive rhythm with a 13-0 run beginning with a Jose Placer step-back jumper at the 6:08 mark.
- Josh Berenbaum followed with a three-pointer, Jonathan Aybar slammed one home in transition and Jarius Hicklen and Dorian James both found the bottom of the net from deep to complete the run.
- Hicklen paced the team with eight at the break, while Parker tallied six points, eight boards and four blocks in half number one.
- UNF shot 45.5 percent from the floor and outscored TBC 14-0 off of turnovers.
2nd Half
- The Ospreys scored at will in the second, putting up 53 points while holding TBC to 27.
- North Florida converted 7-of-13 three-pointers and shot 18-for-30 from the field in the second half.
- Once again, a 13-0 run was UNF's largest such scoring run of the second frame.
- Aybar scored 16 of his 18 points in the second frame, while also going off for a 10-0 run all by himself from the 4:14 mark and on to just under one minute.
- Parker tied the school single game record with a block at the 6:15 mark.
BY THE NUMBERS
TBC
- Four Eagles scored six points
- Fausto Alvarez | 15 rebounds, 2 assists
- Marc-Joubert Maisonnet | 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals
UNF
NOTABLES
- Parker is one of three players in UNF history to block seven shots in a game.
- North Florida was two blocked shots shy of tying the UNF single game team record.
- Lanier made his first start of the 2021-22 season.
- Head coach Matthew Driscoll moved into third in ASUN history for total wins for men's basketball head coaches with 196.
- Parker nabbed his second-career double-double.
- UNF is 5-0 against Trinity Baptist.
- North Florida is 26-1 against Non-DI schools in head coach Matthew Driscoll's tenure.
- The Ospreys held Trinity Baptist to 44 points, just five shy of the fewest points UNF has allowed in a game.
COACH DRISCOLL'S COMMENTS
"Coming out of finals, I'm really proud of the guys for the week. We've approached it for 13 years in a different manner, and it's been really successful for us from an academia and basketball standpoint. To these guys' credit, it was a really good week for us in our preparation. I thought that because there was no crowd that these guys had to bring a bunch of energy, and I felt that we didn't at all. I felt that we were back on our heels and were very laissez-faire. I didn't think that we did the things that we normally do; sometimes that comes with the three-pointers and then we get a dunk. We should have had one off the opening jump from Jadyn right from the get-go. I felt that we didn't have the energy necessary, especially in these types of games when you're coming out of finals." ---
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JADYN PARKER ON HIS SEVEN-BLOCK GAME
"Me and Coach have been talking about trying to avoid fouls and high-pointing the ball, which I can really do because of my long arms and jumping ability. So it was just about trying to time the shots and high-point it so I'd avoid the foul."
NEXT UP
UNF plays its final road game of the 2021 calendar year when it goes to Florida State Tuesday, Dec. 21 at 7 p.m.
