JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida men's basketball had 10 student-athletes in the scoring column while shooting over 54 percent as a team in a rout of Trinity Baptist, 90-49, Tuesday, Nov. 29 from the UNF Arena.
Also of note in the win was another statistical milestone for North Florida (2-4) guard,
Jarius Hicklen, who surpassed 1,000-career points after registering eight points, six rebounds and six assists.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
1st Half
- UNF doubled up the Eagles (2-5) in the first half, leading 42-21 after the first 20 minutes … Jose Placer was feeling it in the first half, scoring 11 points on 4-for-6 from the field … North Florida put up 26 points in the paint and shot 51.4 percent from the floor to hold the lead for nearly all 20 minutes … 12 different Ospreys saw time in the first half.
2nd Half
- The Ospreys stayed locked in offensively, putting up 48 points in the final 20 minutes to cruise past Trinity Baptist … UNF forced the Eagles into 12 turnovers, scoring 18 points off such occurrences while holding TBC to only four … Carter Hendricksen scored nine of his 15 points in the second half, while Jah Nze was a spark plug with nine of his own … UNF scored 28 points in the paint, while holding TBC to only eight.
BY THE NUMBERS
UNF
TBC
- Marc-Joubert Maisonnet | 6 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists
- Xavier Rose | 6 points, 3 assists, 3 steals
NOTABLES
- It was the 400th game at the UNF Arena
- North Florida is 151-80 all-time at the UNF Arena under head coach Matthew Driscoll
- Hendricksen has scored in double figures 64 times
- North Florida is 6-0 against Trinity Baptist
- UNF is 2-0 at home on the season
- Hicklen eclipsed 1,000-career points. He has scored 445 in his UNF career
- Hendricksen has paced UNF in rebounding in four of the six games this season
- Hicklen has paced UNF in assists in four of the six games
- Nze posted his first double-digit scoring game of his career
- 10 of 12 UNF players got in the scoring column
Postgame Comments
UP NEXT
UNF begins the month of December with a Saturday afternoon game in North Carolina against High Point Dec. 3 at 2 p.m.