Men's Basketball Dominates Late In 113-72 Win

Saturday, December 16

2 p.m.

University of North Florida

7-5,0-0ASUN

113

Trinity Baptist

0-5

Trinity Baptist

North Florida

113

Jasai Miles shooting a three against TBC

12/16/2023 5:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Coach Driscoll Earns 250th Victory of Head Coaching Career

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After holding a close margin to Trinity Baptist (4-3) in the first half, North Florida men's basketball broke out with 70 points scored in the second half to explode for a dominate 113-72 win against the Eagles to close out the calendar year at home on Saturday afternoon in UNF Arena.

The Ospreys had six double-digit scorers, including a career-high 22 points scored from true freshman Jasai Miles. He also notched nine rebounds to be one short of the double-double, while Ametri Moss also had 17 points and nine assists to be one short of a double-double as well.

With the win on Saturday, head coach Matthew Driscoll earned the 250th win of his heading coach career between his stints at La Roche College and North Florida. He currently has 224 wins as the head coach of UNF quickly approaching the quarter-century mark for his time in Jacksonville.

FINAL SCORE

North Florida (7-5) | 113
Trinity Baptist (4-3) | 72

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

First Half
Ospreys took the tip and scored first in the contest with Nate Lliteras making a layup for the first points of the game...after back-and-forth scoring early, Jasai Miles evened the score with an and-one bucket at the 13:50 mark...an 11-2 run broke out for UNF coming out of the media timeout with Jah Nze and Dorian James both making threes for the first scores from beyond the arc...another scoring run of 11 straight points was capped off by a three from Lliteras and a layup from Moss...the Eagles fought back to close out the first half, but not before the Ospreys hit back-to-back deep shots to take a seven-point lead into the break.

Second Half
James and Lliteras started the scoring in the Ospreys' return on the court with a long makes...Lanier got in on the scoring party with a three and layup to keep the lead at 12 points...UNF broke out with its largest scoring run of the game, going 33-4 to extend the lead to 40 points in a matter of six minutes of playing time...TBC hit a couple threes, but Nze responded with a three as well to go along with Miles hitting a three from deep...the Ospreys capped up the win with a Jaylen Smith dunk to secure a 113-72 score in its last home game of 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS

COACH DRISCOLL'S COMMENTS

NOTABLES

Driscoll is now four wins away from becoming the winningest head coach in ASUN history.
Miles went a perfect 7-for-7 from the field with his lifetime best marks in points and rebounds.
Nze matched his career-high in points for a third time with 17 total.
Lliteras also had his season-best in points with 16 total, while Moss reached his best for assists on the year with nine.
UNF dominated for points in the paint, 46-32, points off turnovers, 26-13, second-chance points, 24-4, fast break points, 24-7, and bench points, 53-22.
A total of 12 players received playing time, as 10 scored for the Ospreys on Saturday.

UP NEXT

UNF starts a slate of five consecutive road games, including three Power Five teams, with Florida State up first on Tuesday, Dec. 19, with tip-off set at 8 p.m., in Tallahassee, Fla.