Moore leads Georgia Southern against North Florida after 30-point outing

Published Dec. 8, 2023 3:42 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Georgia Southern Eagles (0-8) at North Florida Ospreys (5-5)

Jacksonville, Florida; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Georgia Southern takes on the North Florida Ospreys after Tyren Moore scored 30 points in Georgia Southern's 81-79 loss to the Jacksonville Dolphins.

The Ospreys are 4-2 in home games. North Florida averages 11.8 turnovers per game and is 2-2 when it wins the turnover battle.

The Eagles are 0-5 in road games. Georgia Southern is 0-6 against opponents over .500.

North Florida is shooting 43.2% from the field this season, 7.2 percentage points lower than the 50.4% Georgia Southern allows to opponents. Georgia Southern averages 69.5 points per game, 4.1 fewer than the 73.6 North Florida allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chaz Lanier is shooting 50.0% and averaging 15.9 points for the Ospreys. Jake van der Heijden is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers for North Florida.

Moore is scoring 12.1 points per game and averaging 1.8 rebounds for the Eagles. Jamar Franklin is averaging 9.9 points and 2.4 rebounds for Georgia Southern.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.