FGCU faces North Florida following Anderson's 26-point game

Published Feb. 27, 2024 3:43 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (12-17, 6-8 ASUN) at North Florida Ospreys (15-14, 8-6 ASUN)

Jacksonville, Florida; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: FGCU visits the North Florida Ospreys after Zach Anderson scored 26 points in FGCU's 90-81 victory over the Queens Royals.

The Ospreys have gone 10-4 in home games. North Florida leads college basketball averaging 12.0 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 35.7% from downtown. Chaz Lanier leads the team averaging 3.4 makes while shooting 44.1% from 3-point range.

The Eagles are 6-8 against ASUN opponents. FGCU has a 6-6 record in games decided by at least 10 points.

North Florida is shooting 43.9% from the field this season, 1.2 percentage points lower than the 45.1% FGCU allows to opponents. FGCU averages 70.8 points per game, 4.6 fewer than the 75.4 North Florida allows to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lanier is averaging 19.6 points for the Ospreys. Nate Lliteras is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for North Florida.

Dallion Johnson is shooting 39.4% from beyond the arc with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, while averaging 10.8 points. Anderson is averaging 13.6 points over the last 10 games for FGCU.

LAST 10 GAMES: Ospreys: 5-5, averaging 79.0 points, 31.4 rebounds, 10.3 assists, 4.7 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.8 points per game.

Eagles: 5-5, averaging 73.8 points, 33.0 rebounds, 12.2 assists, 6.5 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 48.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.8 points.

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