OPENING TIP
Score: North Florida 103 | Edward Waters 57
Records: North Florida (2-7) | Edward Waters (4-4)
Location: UNF Arena (Jacksonville, Fla.)
The Short Story: North Florida led wire-to-wire in a dominating 103-57 home victory over Edward Waters on Thursday night as five players reached double-digits and the Ospreys connected on 16 three-pointers to remain undefeated in UNF Arena this season.
BY THE NUMBERS
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Jadyn Parker notched the first double-double of his career after netting 14 points and 11 rebounds to go along with four blocked shots
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Carter Hendricksen led a group of five Ospreys in double figures, finishing with 19 points and narrowly missed a double-double, pulling down 9 rebounds
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Jarius Hicklen drilled a team bestt four treys en route to 13 points followed by 12 for
Jonathan Aybar and 10 by
Jose Placer
- Edward Waters had two players in double digits, paced by DeAndre Barton's 14 points and 7 rebounds
- North Florida finished with 16 three-pointers as eight different players connected from long range in the contest
- UNF recorded 22 assists on 33 baskets in the game with 10 of the 12 players that got into the game tallying a helper | Hendricksen led squad with five assists
- Ospreys boasted a 49-34 rebounding edge and posted eight blocks and seven steals
- The Tigers shot just 34% from the floor including a 1-for-16 performance (6%) from the 3-point arc | North Florida shot 49% overall and 48% from long distance
NOTABLE MOMENTS
- North Florida opened the game with an 8-2 spurt and never looked back
- Edward Waters kept things close for the first 10 minutes of action but a 20-4 run by UNF midway through the period made the score 38-18 | The Ospreys scored 10 straight points in the flurry and twice saw
Emmanuel Adedoyin and
Carter Hendricksen hit back-to-back treys
- The Tigers tallied the final four points of the half to trim the halftime margin to, 45-30
- Early in the second half, the teams settled into a back-and-forth flow with the lead hovering between 15-20 points
- Following a very lethargic offensive stretch, the Ospreys turned things up on both ends and grew their lead to 40 (88-48) on the strength of a 22-3 run |
Jadyn Parker opened the surge with a pair of free throws followed by back-to-back triples for
Jose Placer and
Dorian James | Hendricksen posted a putback dunk and then
Jonathan Aybar scored five consecutive points capped by a three-pointer | A
Josh Berenbaum basket, a three for
Jarius Hicklen and another Aybar lay-up closed the run
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Jacob Crews dropped in back-to-back threes in the closing minutes to give the Ospreys the final margin
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- Parker's double-double was just the second of the season for UNF | His points and rebounds were both career high marks
- Hendricksen notched a season high with his 19 points and moved to within 15 points of becoming UNF's 18th 1,000-Point scorer
- Aybar posted his first double figure performance of the season
- Ospreys have made double-digit threes in three of their last four contests
- Triple digit total marked the second of the season and 44th all-time in program history | UNF is averaing 103.0 PPG at home this year
- Win upped the Ospreys all-time record vs Edward Waters to 20-3
- Marked the highest shooting percentage of the season for the Ospreys and best 3-point performance
- Eight blocked shots matched a season high for UNF
NEXT UP
North Florida hits the road for a pair of in-state battles beginning Sunday at FAU followed by a match-up with #14 Florida on Wednesday (Dec. 8).
