North Florida 72, Florida A&M 47

North Florida 72, Florida A&M 47

Published Nov. 29, 2012 10:19 p.m. ET

Parker Smith scored 18 points and Charles McRoy had 14 to lead North Florida to a 72-47 victory over Florida A&M on Thursday.

Travis Wallace and Ray Rodriguez had 12 points each for the Ospreys (3-4) in their lone home game in a 12-game stretch.

The Rattlers (1-6) were led by Reggie Lewis with 13 points.

North Florida opened the second half with a 7-2 spurt for a 46-32 lead on David Jeune's layup 1:42 in and pushed it 59-36 on Wallace's layup midway through the half.

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The Ospreys' lead never dipped below 19 points from there.

Florida A&M made the first bucket, but when North Florida's Cameron Naylor made two foul shots, the Ospreys led 18-8 with 12:50 left. North Florida maintained at least an eight-point lead and made it 39-23 on Charles McRoy's dunk with 1:45 left.

The Rattlers cut it to 39-30 at halftime.

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