Charleston Southern Buccaneers at North Florida Ospreys
· NCAA Men's Basketball
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North Florida rallies past Charleston Southern 68-61
Horchler finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season and Aminu pitched in with 13 points and 10 boards for his second. J.T. Escobar scored 14 for the Ospreys (5-7), while Garrett Sams had 10 rebounds and six assists but eight of North Florida's 27 turnovers.
Dontrell Shuler had 11 points in the first half to help the Buccaneers (4-6) take a 26-24 lead into intermission. Horchler hit a jumper to open the second half, Escobar and Sams added 3-pointers in an 8-0 run and the Ospreys never trailed after the 18:53 mark.
Shuler, a freshman, paced Charleston Southern with 20 points off the bench. Deontaye Buskey and Christian Keeling scored 10 apiece but the pair combined to make just 8 of 26 shots as the Buccaneers made just 29 percent from the floor (22 of 75) and 4 of 23 from distance (17 percent).
North Florida avenged a 76-70 loss to the Bucs in Charleston two weeks ago. It was North Florida's only home game of December.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 61 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 61 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Wajid Aminu Defensive Rebound. | 61 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Deontaye Buskey missed Three Point Jumper. | 61 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:06 | Ty Jones Offensive Rebound. | 61 - 68 |
Statistics
 CHSO |
 UNF |
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|---|---|---|
| 22-75 | FG | 22-50 |
| 29 | Field Goal % | 44 |
| 4-23 | 3PT | 7-25 |
| 17 | Three Point % | 28 |
| 13-17 | FT | 17-25 |
| 76 | Free Throw % | 68 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 18 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 37 |
| 8 | Assists | 20 |
| 18 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 27 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 16 | Total Turnovers | 27 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 26 | Points Off Turnovers | 22 |
| 8 | Fast Break Points | 20 |
| 22 | Points in Paint | 28 |
| 22 | Fouls | 15 |
| 6 | Largest Lead | 13 |
Game Information
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Attendance: 1,282 | Capacity:
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| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | 15-1 | - | 31-5 |
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| Radford | 9-7 | 6 | 16-16 |
| Longwood | 8-8 | 7 | 16-16 |
| UNC Asheville | 8-8 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Presbyterian | 7-9 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Charleston Southern | 6-10 | 9 | 15-17 |
| South Carolina Upstate | 5-11 | 10 | 13-19 |
| Gardner-Webb | 1-15 | 14 | 4-29 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Queens University | 13-5 | 2 | 21-14 |
| Lipscomb | 12-6 | 3 | 19-13 |
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| Bellarmine | 7-11 | 8 | 13-19 |
| Jacksonville | 7-11 | 8 | 12-20 |
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