FORT MYERS, Fla. - North Florida men's basketball opened up its three-game road stint with a tall task at FGCU (13-4, 3-2 ASUN) as the Ospreys (7-9, 2-2 ASUN) came up on the short end of things in Fort Myers, 82-57, Saturday, Jan. 7. FGCU established a lead early that it didn't let up as the contest wrapped up a stint of four ASUN games in eight days to open up league play, as well as five contests in 10 days for the Ospreys.

FINAL SCORE
NORTH FLORIDA | 57
FGCU | 82

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
1st Half

• Both teams worked to find their offensive footing early, although the defenses reigned supreme through the first media timeout … Jadyn Parker scored four points off the dribble and Carter Hendricksen drilled a trey as the Ospreys trailed by just one at 8-7 … FGCU would go on a 23-0 run to break things open at the 8:13 mark … Hendricksen and Jose Placer drilled a pair of three-pointers to help slow down the Eagles during an 8-0 run … Placer would finish the first frame with a team-high seven points, but the Ospreys trailed, 47-23, at the intermission.

2nd Half

• FGCU opened up its lead to 55-25, but Oscar Berry and Jarius Hicklen connected on their first treys respectively, bringing the deficit back to the halftime total at the first media timeout … North Florida put up a 34-point half in the second session, including an 8-0 run late, although FGCU stayed in front … all 13 Ospreys earned time.

BY THE NUMBERS

NORTH FLORIDA

• Carter Hendricksen | 12 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist
• Jadyn Parker | 8 points, 3 rebounds
• Trent Coleman | 6 points, 3 rebounds

FGCU

• Andre Weir | 18 points, 15 rebounds
• Isaiah Thompson | 15 points, 4 rebounds
• Chase Johnston | 11 points, 4 assists

NOTABLES

• There were only seven combined free throw attempts in a very fast paced first half
• This was the 34th meeting between UNF and FGCU
• Hendricksen has scored in double figures in eight-straight games and in all but two games this season
• Coleman hit his first-career three-pointer and tied a season-high with six points in just six minutes
• Rasmussen scored a career-best five points in six minutes
• It was Hendricksen's ninth time leading the team in scoring
• All 13 Ospreys earned time
• FGCU did most of its work through Andre Weir as the Eagles scored 48 of their points in the paint
• UNF hit seven three-pointers, with Hendricksen the lone to have a crooked number in that column
• FGCU entered play with a NET ranking of 91, the second-highest in the league

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UNF continues its three-game road stint Thursday, Jan. 12 at Jacksonville State.