2012-13 NORTH FLORIDA BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Brian Morgan, Director of Athletic Communications • Offi ce: 904.620.4027 • Cell: 904.210.1012 • E-mail: [email protected] Twitter: @UNFOspreys/@OspreyMBB/@UNFBBALL • Facebook.com/North Florida Athletics • www.UNFOspreys.com GAME INFORMATION GAME 7 Jacksonville, Fla. (UNF Arena) Date/Time: Thursday, November 29, 2012 • 7 PM --|-- NORTH FLORIDA ospreys (2-4 | 0-0 Atlantic Sun) Site: Jacksonville, Fla. | UNF Arena (5,800) Head Coach: Matthew Driscoll (Slippery Rock, 1992) Television: --- Career Record: 72-134 (7th season) | UNF Record: 46-57 (4th season) Radio: UNF Sports Network • 1010 XL AM/92.5 FM vs Robert Harper (Play-by-Play) Internet Audio: www.1010xl.com --|-- FLORIDA A&M rattlers (1-5 | 0-0 MEAC) Head Coach: Clemon Johnson Internet Video: ASun.tv Career Record: 39-102 (6th season) | FAMU Record: 11-28 (2nd season) Live Stats: www.UNFOspreys.com Twitter Update: @OspreyMBB / @UNFOspreys Series: Florida A&M leads 2-1 WHAT’S TRENDING... in Jacksonville: 0-1 • The Ospreys are 218-360 all-time in the progam’s 21st season | 66-153 in the 8th season of Division I play... in Tallahassee: 1-1 135-133 at home (39-50 in Division I era)... 66-199 on the road (20-94)... 17-27 for neutral site (7-8) Neutral: 0-0 DRISCOLL ERA: 25-40 away from home including 18-37 mark in true road games (21-17 at home) First Meeting: 12/20/06 | FAMU, 66-65 @ UNF Last Meeting: 12/21/11 | UNF, 90-63 @ FAMU • Tonight’s game marks second straight and third Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) opponents for the Ospreys this year... UNF is 11-10 all-time against the MEAC (Bethune-Cookman: 2-0; FAMU: 1-2; Morgan State: 1-0; N.C. Central: 0-1; Savannah State: 7-7)... UNF fell to Savannah State (54-47) earlier this year and UNF PROBABLE STARTERS won at Bethune-Cookman (71-65) on Tuesday night G • 4 • SR • Ospreys are 46-35 under Driscoll against non-Power 6 Conference foes including a 2-1 mark this year... North Florida owns a 14-3 mark (6-2 away from home) versus non-conference, non-Power 6 foes WILL WILSON PPG ________ 2.8 • Seniors Parker Smith and Jerron Granberry are treating Osprey fans to a “Chase”, similar to Sosa-McGuire, as RPG ________ 3.3 the duo currently ranks 1st & 2nd on the UNF Career List for 3PM... Smith is on top with 213 while Granberry APG ________ 6.2 is at 204... The tandem also moved into the Top 25 all-time in the Atlantic Sun... Smith currently averages FG% _______ 23.8 4.5 3PM game (Tops in NCAA Division I) and has made 27 of UNF’s 50 treys this season (54.0%) • Will Wilson handed out a career high 12 assists in the season opener... Total also matched a UNF single G • 3 • SR game record... Wilson then pulled down a career best and team-high 9 rebounds at Memphis... The senior PARKER SMITH currently leads the ASun in assists (6.2 APG) and assist|turnover ratio (3.1) PPG _______ 17.0 RPG ________ 2.5 • Against Bethune, freshman Cameron Naylor made his collegiate debut scoring eight points and pulling FG% _______ 50.7 down three rebounds in 10 minutes of action... Naylor had planned to redshirt in 2012-13 but depth issues 3PT% ______ 56.3 for UNF changed the plan • After opening the season at home, UNF plays 11 of its next 12 games on the road (or at neutral sites) before G • 2 • FR tipping off Atlantic Sun Conference play at home on Dec. 31. BEAU BEECH PPG ________ 7.3 • The Osprey senior class has a chance to leave as the winngest group in program history... Already with 46 RPG ________ 3.5 wins, the quintet needs just 10 more victories to eclipse the bench mark total of 55 set twice by the groups FG% _______ 39.5 2000-04 and 2001-05... Class is just the second group of players to record increased win totals in each of 3PT% ______ 26.1 their fi rst three seasons UP NEXT: North Florida tips off a six-game road stretch Saturday against No. 21 Minnesota at 1 p.m. (CT) F • 1 • JR TRAVIS WALLACE SCOUTING REPORT PPG _______ 10.7 TALE OF THE TAPE SERIES NOTES (see full series list on p.5) RPG ________ 4.5 UNF Category FAMU • Tonight’s game marks the 4th all-time meeting be- FG% _______ 54.0 2-4 2012-13 Record 1-5 tween the Ospreys and Rattlers on the hardwood... BPG ________ 1.7 0-0 ASun Conference Record 0-0 MEAC UNF claimed the last meeting, 90-63, on Dec. 21, 2011. --- Ranking --|-- The win marked the largest margin of victory for UNF 64.2 PPG 70.7 as a Division I program F • 24 • SR 69.0 Opp. PPG 82.7 • Common Opponents in 2012-13: Stetson, Bethune- -4.8 Scoring Margin -12.0 DAVID JEUNE Cookman, Edward Waters and Savannah State PPG ________ 3.3 41.7 FG% 39.7 APG ________ 3.7 42.2 Opp. FG% 47.9 • Only three players on the FAMU roster participated FG% _______ 37.5 36.0 3FG% 29.8 in last year’s meeting between the two squads while FT% _______ 87.5 26.3 Opp. 3FG% 44.2 the Ospreys have eight players who saw action in 67.1 FT% 65.0 the game Off the Bench: 31.3 RPG 36.3 40.7 Opp. RPG 41.2 • UNF junior Travis Wallace began his collegiate career G • #15 | Jerron Granberry (9.2 PPG / 3.4 RPG) -9.3 Rebound Margin -4.8 at FAMU, transferring to North Florida after his fresh- G • #5 | Charles McRoy (4.3 PPG / 2.3 RPG) 13.5 APG 10.5 man season... Osprey assistant coach Byron Taylor was G • #11 | Ray Rodriguez (2.3 PPG / 1.2 APG) 16.5 Turnovers/game 16.2 a letterwinning guard for the Rattlers from 2006-09 F • #0 | Cameron Naylor (8.0 PPG / 3.0 RPG) -1.8 Turnover Margin +1.3 F • #20 | Andy Diaz (7.0 PPG / 3.7 RPG) - Questionable 7.5 SPG 8.7 • Senior Will Wilson’s grandfather — William “Chicken Shack” Wilson — is a member of FAMU’s Athletic Hall F • #32 | BaeBae Daniels (4.2 PPG / 2.0 RPG / 1.8 BPG) 4.7 BPG 4.0 of Fame (football) 1 • North Florida Basketball Notes | 2012-13 @OspreysMBB AT-A-GLANCE 2012-13 North Florida Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Previous School) UNF Athletic Communications 0 Cameron Naylor F 6-7 175 Fr. Jacksonville, Fla. (Providence HS) Director/MBB Contact Brian Morgan 1 Travis Wallace F 6-6 230 Jr. Marietta, Ga. (Florida A&M) Work | Cell 904-620-4027 | 904-210-1012 2 Beau Beech G 6-8 195 Fr. Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (Ponte Vedra HS) E-mail [email protected] 3 Parker Smith G 6-3 155 Sr. Gainesville, Ga. (Tennessee State) 4 Will Wilson G 5-11 175 Sr. Vero Beach, Fla. (Sebastian River HS) Website UNFOspreys.com 5 Charles McRoy F-G 6-6 205 Jr. Jacksonville, Fla. (Mandarin HS) Twitter @UNFOspreys | @OspreysMBB 11 Ray Rodriguez G 6-1 180 Fr. Miami, Fla. (Hialeah Gardens HS) Assistants Chris Whitehead 12 Aaron Bodager G 6-5 195 Fr. Oviedo, Fla. (Hagerty HS) Colleen O’Connell 15 Jerron Granberry G-F 6-5 225 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Coral Reef HS) Jason Krech 20 Andy Diaz F 6-8 235 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Hialeah-Miami Lakes HS) 23 Jibril Smith G 5-11 165 Fr. Orlando, Fla. (Olympia HS) 24 David Jeune F 6-7 215 Sr. Okeechobee, Fla. (Okeechobee HS) Quick Facts 25 Fred Landers F 6-5 200 So. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Dillard HS) NORTH FLORIDA 32 BaeBae Daniels F 6-7 190 Fr. Ashburn, Ga. (Turner County HS) Location Jacksonville, Fla. Founded | Opened 1965 | 1972 Staff Enrollment 16,622 Head Coach: Matthew Driscoll (4th season, Slippery Rock University, 1992) Nickname Ospreys Associate Head Coach: Bobby Kennen (4th season, Palm Beach Atlantic University, 1993) Mascot Ozzie the Osprey Assistant Coach: Lee Moon Jr. (2nd season, UNC Wilmington, 2002) Assistant Coach: Byron Taylor (4th season, Florida A&M, 2009) School Colors Navy Blue & Gray Dir. of Basketball Ops: Ian Gibson (1st season, North Florida, 2009) Conference Atlantic Sun President John Delaney Pronunciation Guide: Athletic Director Lee Moon Aaron Bodager – Bod-uh-GIRR; BaeBae Daniels – Bay-Bay; Andy Diaz – DEE-az; Jerron Granberry – JA-ron; David Athletic Dept. Phone 904-620-2833 Jeune – June. Athletic Address 1 UNF Drive 2012-13 SCHEDULE Jacksonville, FL 32224 NOVEMBER SWA Melissa Baxendine Date Opponent Location Time (ET)/Result Television NCAA Faculty Ath. Rep. Dr. Jay Coleman 1 Flagler (Exh.) Jacksonville, Fla. W, 100-76 ASun.TV 10 Edward Waters Jacksonville, Fla. W, 79-65 ASun.TV Athletic Tickets 904-620-BIRD (2473) 12 at #17 Memphis Memphis, Tenn. L, 66-81 CSS 14 at Savannah State Savannah, Ga. L, 47-54 18 at Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. L, 55-74 FSN-KC Head Coach Matthew Driscoll 21 at Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. L, 67-75 FSS / ESPN3 Alma Mater Slippery Rock, 1992 27 at Bethune-Cookman Daytona Beach, Fla. W, 71-65 Record at UNF 46-57 | 4th season 29 Florida A&M Jacksonville, Fla. 7:00 p.m. ASun.TV Overall Record 72-134 | 8th season DECEMBER Date Opponent Location Time (ET) Television 1 at #21 Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn.