Five Score in Double-Digits, Ospreys Clip Cougars on Road

Friday, November 29

Edwardsville, Ill.

7 p.m.

University of North Florida

5-2,0-0ASUN

SIU Edwardsville

5-4,0-0OVC

North Florida

SIUE

Harris scored 20 points on 9-for-11 shooting.

Photo by: Brock Borgeson

11/29/2024 9:27:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Josh Harris Goes For 20 Points, Jasai Miles Tallies Double-Double

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - From down 11 to up by as many as nine, North Florida men's basketball (5-2) earned its third road win of the season thanks to five Ospreys with double-digit points in a 78-73 victory against SIU Edwardsville (5-4) Friday, Nov. 29.

Jasai Miles went for his second double-double of the season and Josh Harris scored a game-high 20 points on 9-for-11 shooting to pace North Florida. UNF's bench outscored SIUE by ten and UNF drained seven more three-pointers.

FINAL SCORE
SIUE | 73
UNF | 78

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
1st Half

Miles drained consecutive treys as UNF and SIUE were even at eight at the first media timeout … Jaylen Smith and Harris added their own from deep to keep UNF within three at the second media timeout … SIUE's lead grew to 11, but three-straight UNF buckets, including a layup and three-pointer from Liam Murphy got UNF within four at the 5:09 mark … UNF's three-point shot found the bottom of the net a few more times, with Murphy finding another and Kamrin Oriol getting in on the action to tie things at 36-36 … UNF took its first lead since the 13:19 mark with a pair of Oriol free throws, but SIUE regained the advantaged with a buzzer-beating three-pointer before the break.

2nd Half

Oscar Berry hit a three-pointer from the top of the key, giving UNF a quick lead to start the second half … Oriol hit another corner pocket three-pointer with under nine minutes to go, giving UNF a 62-56 lead, its largest of the game up to that point … Harris earned a big second-chance layup and Nate Lliteras drained a timely three-pointer after a stop, putting UNF up by a game-best nine points with 1:40 to go … SIUE hit a three-pointer to cut things to five with 50 seconds to go before Lliteras hit the front end of a one-and-one from the line … he would miss the second but gather the rebound and drain the next two free throws as UNF held on late.

BY THE NUMBERS
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