KENNESAW STATE AT NORTH FLORIDA
GAME 22 | JANUARY 29 | 7 P.M. ET
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. | EDMUNDS CENTER

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TALKING POINTS
» The Kennesaw State men's basketball team will travel to Jacksonville to play the number one team in the A-Sun, North Florida at 7 p.m. on Thursday night on ESPN3.
» Up until this week, a Kennesaw State basketball player won a weekly award from the A-Sun three weeks in a row. The first two weeks Yonel Brown and Nigel Pruitt won the Player of the Week and last week Damien Wilson was named Newcomer of the Week.
 
THE COMPETITION
North Florida                            
North Florida has gotten off to a great start in A-Sun play leading the conference at 5-0 with four of those victories coming on the road. The Ospreys lead the conference averaging 75.0 points per game with Dallas Moore being second in the conference averaging 16.6 points per game. UNF also has the top three players in the conference in average rebounds per game.
All-Time Record: 16-18
Last Meeting: L, 87-77
 
Last Time Out
The Kennesaw State men's basketball had their best defensive effort this season against Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday, January 24, but came up just short in the game falling 54-48.
 
» NEWS AND NOTES
This Week in KSU Men's Basketball     
»    The Kennesaw State men's basketball team is back on the road after a three game home stand to play North Florida on Thursday, January 29 at 7 p.m. on ESPN3.
»    On Saturday, KSU will take on the Jacksonville Dolphins at 2 p.m. That game will also be shown on ESPN3.
 
KSU as a Team                                                  
»    With the 88-82 win against Stetson, Kennesaw State notched its sixth win of the season matching last year's total. With one more win it will be the most wins since the 2010-11 team that had eight.
»    KSU is 4-4 on its home court after the win against Stetson. That is the most wins that the Owls have had at home since the 2010-11 team had six. The team has six games remaining on its home floor.
»    In conference play, the the Owls' offense has been averaging 70.0 points per game. In four of the five games the team has averaged 75.5 points per game and until the FGCU game, the team had increased their final score in each contest.
»    The Owls currently lead the A-Sun in free throw percentage at .729. More importantly, the team makes them when they count the most in the final four minutes of the game. In the Owls six wins, the team has sank free throws at a 78 percent clip going 47 of 60 from the line.
»    KSU is the only team in the A-Sun that has two players in the top five of scoring during conference play. Wilson is third averaging 18.6 points per game and Brown is fourth averaging 18.2 points per game.
 
KSU Individually                                              
»    Up until this week, a Kennesaw State basketball player won a weekly award from the A-Sun three weeks in a row. The first two weeks Yonel Brown and Nigel Pruitt won the Player of the Week and last week Damien Wilson was named Newcomer of the Week. Before threse three weekly awards, the Owls hadn't won any since the 2012-13 season.
»    Yonel Brown's consistent scoring has him fourth in the league averaging 15.8 points per game. He has scored 20-plus points in three out of the last four games with 21 points against Lipscomb, 20 points against NKU and 21 against Stetson. Brown just missed the 20-point mark against FGCU as he had 17 points. He has scored in double figures in 12 games in a row and in 18 of the 21 games for the Owls this season.
»    When Pruitt gets going he scores in bunches. There have been three games this season he has led KSU on runs that went at least 9-0. Against Youngstown State he sparked the Owls for 14 straight points and against UMBC and USC Upstate he rattled off nine straight.
»    In four of the past six games, Wilson and Brown have accounted for at least 43 points for KSU. They each have had 20-plus points in the past three of the past four games.
 
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