If the average fan from last season walked into a practice this year, they would be hard pressed to find a familiar face. The team has eight new players.
UNF’s head coach Matthew Driscoll whistled fervently into the dying minutes of the first round game, attempting to call plays for his players as best as he could, but his acute whistle wasn’t enough to stop the Eagles from taking control, and keeping it.
“It’s a confidence builder,” junior guard Travis Wallace said, who notched 4 rebounds in addition to his 12 points. “It allows us to understand what we have to do. It doesn’t matter what team you’re playing, you’ve got to finish.”
Third times the charm for the No. 6 UNF men’s basketball team who avenged two regular season losses to No. 3 Jacksonville University by defeating them 68-64 in the quarter finals of the Atlantic Sun Tournament, Thursday, in the Mercer University Center.
The UNF men’s basketball team used a strong second half to pull away from the University of Wyoming to grab its first win of the season, 76-60, at the Arena-Auditorium Thursday night.