NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Hot-shooting Travis Wallace scored 25 points and North Florida shot 59.6 percent from the field in an 85-78 victory over Lipscomb in the regular-season finale for both teams.
The Ospreys were 31 of 52 from the field, with Wallace making 8 of 11 and 9 of 13 from the line.
Ray Rodriguez scored 16 points, Andy Diaz had 11 and Parker Smith 10 for North Florida (13-18, 8-10 Atlantic Sun Conference).
Deonte Alexander had 19 points, Carter Sanderson scored 16, Stephen Hurt 13 and Khion Sankey 12 for the Bison (12-17, 7-11), who had won two straight coming in.
The Ospreys trailed 51-36 with 16:53 left, and Lipscomb led 59-45 with 11:35 remaining, but North Florida went ahead 73-72 on Rodriguez's 3-pointer at 3:30.
Lipscomb's Sanderson tied it a 78 with two free throws, but Wallace's layup with 1:11 left put the Ospreys ahead for good.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Florida (13-18) « | 34 | 51 | 85 |
| Lipscomb (12-17) | 41 | 37 | 78 |
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| North Florida Ospreys | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Wallace, F | 28 | 8-11 | 9-13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| D. Jeune, F | 24 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| P. Smith, G | 36 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| W. Wilson, G | 25 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| B. Beech, G | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. McRoy | 23 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| A. Diaz | 16 | 5-7 | 1-7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| R. Rodriguez | 15 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| B. Daniels | 11 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| C. Naylor | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31-52 | 14-26 | 24 | 17 | 21 | 85 | |
| 59.6% | 53.8% | ||||||
| Lipscomb Bison | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Smith, F | 35 | 1-9 | 6-6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| S. Hurt, C | 22 | 4-7 | 5-6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| K. Sankey, G | 33 | 4-8 | 3-6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| D. Alexander, G | 31 | 8-21 | 2-2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| J. Butler, G | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Sanderson | 29 | 4-11 | 7-8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| C. Johnson | 13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| T. Denny | 10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| O. Garcia | 9 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| M. Smith | 7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 24-62 | 25-32 | 42 | 6 | 24 | 78 | |
| 38.7% | 78.1% | ||||||
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