North Florida Ospreys vs Miami Hurricanes Match Player Stats On Nov 25, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Nov 25, 2017

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Guards Bruce Brown and Anthony Lawrence scored 14 points each to lead five players in double figures as No. 11 Miami cruised to an 86-65 victory over North Florida on Saturday.

It was the Hurricanes' final tune-up before heading to an Atlantic Coast Conference-Big Ten Challenge matchup at 14th-ranked Minnesota on Wednesday night.

The Hurricanes (5-0) led by double digits throughout the second half after going to the locker room up by 13 points. Their biggest lead was the final margin.

Guard JT Escobar led the Ospreys (1-7) with a game-high 16 points.

Brown scored 12 of his points in the first half as the Hurricanes went on a 16-2 run that gave them a 26-9 cushion with just over seven minutes left in the period.

But the Ospreys responded with a 14-4 spurt that featured a trio of 3-pointers and got them to within 30-23 with 2:42 left in the half before Miami closed out the period with an 8-2 surge to go to the locker room up 38-25.

The Hurricanes shot 50 percent from the field to the 39.5 percent for the Ospreys and forced the visitors into 14 turnovers while being charged with half that many in the opening 20 minutes.

NOTES: This is the third time in seven seasons under coach Jim Larranaga that Miami has won its first five games. The 2015-15 Hurricanes started 8-0 and the 2015-16 team won its first five before losing to Northeastern. ... With the Ospreys shooting only 39.0 percent, the Hurricanes have held four of their first five opponents under 40 percent from the field. Florida A&M shot 40.7 percent in Miami's 90-59 win. ... North Florida has hit at least one 3-pointer in all 387 games it has played as a NCAA Division I program. The Ospreys extended that streak when guard Ivan Gandia-Rosa hit a corner 3 to open the scoring.