JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Chad Jackson scored 21 points, and Eshaunte Jones had 19 points and nine rebounds to lead Northern Kentucky to a 65-52 victory over North Florida on Wednesday in an Atlantic Sun Conference game.
Ethan Faulkner had 12 points for the Norse (3-7, 1-1), in their inaugural season in the Atlantic Sun and at the NCAA Division I level.
Beau Beech had 17 points and eight rebounds for the Ospreys (6-9, 1-1), and Travis Wallace scored 12 points in the first meeting between the teams. North Florida was 3-0 at home until the loss.
The Norse led 32-25 at the break, but the Ospreys grabbed a 49-47 advantage on Beech's jumper at 7:49. Northern Kentucky regained the lead at 51-50 on Jones' jumper at 5:09 and boosted it to 60-50 on Faulkner's free throws at 1:40. Jones and Faulkner made 9 put of 10 free throws down the stretch.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Northern Kentucky (3-7) « | 32 | 33 | 65 |
| North Florida (6-9) | 25 | 27 | 52 |
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| Northern Kentucky | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| E. Watson, F | 27 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| J. Staley, F | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Faulkner, G | 37 | 3-9 | 4-4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| C. Jackson, G | 34 | 9-17 | 3-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| T. White, G | 30 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| E. Jones, G-F | 29 | 6-10 | 5-7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| N. Snodgrass, G | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Flournoy, F | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Monaco, G | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Rossi, F | 4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 24-57 | 12-15 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 65 | |
| 42.1% | 80.0% | ||||||
| North Florida Ospreys | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| D. Jeune, F | 26 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| T. Wallace, F | 26 | 4-8 | 4-7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| W. Wilson, G | 37 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| B. Beech, G | 33 | 6-9 | 2-2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| P. Smith, G | 32 | 2-12 | 2-4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| A. Diaz, F | 13 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| C. McRoy, G-F | 13 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Naylor, F | 13 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| B. Daniels, F | 4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| R. Rodriguez, G | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 16-49 | 15-20 | 40 | 9 | 14 | 52 | |
| 32.7% | 75.0% | ||||||
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