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Ozzie shines during River City Rumble and on YouTube

Spinnaker Feb 4, 2009

OK, I haven’t written anything in a while, so let’s recap a bit. The River City Rumble on the hardwood didn’t go as planned on many accounts. There were a few bright spots in the doubleheader...

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Sports in Brief – Jan. 21

Spinnaker Jan 21, 2009

Volleyball signs Bolduc UNF volleyball head coach Kevin Campbell announced the signing of Kristen Bolduc to a Letter of Intent for the 2009 season Jan. 16. A former club teammate of the current Osprey...

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Dolphins shut down UNF shooters

Spinnaker Jan 21, 2009

The UNF women’s basketball team made several line-up changes Jan. 15 in its home-game loss to Jacksonville University 61-42. The Ospreys trailed almost the entire game after the Dolphins added 34...

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Team falters under pressure

Spinnaker Jan 21, 2009

The UNF men’s basketball team lost 78-38 Jan. 15 to cross-town rival Jacksonville University in the biggest home loss in the program’s history. Tip-off was about the only thing UNF won Thursday...

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Coach goes barefoot on sidelines for a global cause

Spinnaker Jan 21, 2009

No shoes, no shirt, no problem. Men’s basketball head coach Matt Kilcullen went shoeless Jan. 15 at UNF’s home game against cross-town rival Jacksonville University hoping to create attention...

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Ospreys set highest margin of victory

Spinnaker Jan 14, 2009
The UNF men’s basketball team defeated Atlantic Sun rival Kennesaw State University Jan. 9 66-44 for its first win in conference play and largest margin of victory against an NCAA Division I opponent. UNF (3-12, 1-4 A-Sun) snapped a four-game losing streak and kept Kennesaw State to 16 points in the second half. Four of UNF’s starters scored in double figures led by freshman forward Matt Sauey, who scored 15 points. UNF out-rebounded Kennesaw State 48-33 and pulled down 20 offensive rebounds, which accounted for 19 second-chance points. Junior guard Germaine Sparkes led the way for the Ospreys with a career-high 13 rebounds. Jonathan Whipple also collected a team high six rebounds for Kennesaw State.
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Owls defense shuts down Ospreys

Spinnaker Jan 14, 2009

The UNF women’s basketball team lost 60-50 to Kennesaw State University Jan. 8 after controlling the lead for most of the first half. UNF made 16 of its 32 shots in the first half to finish with...

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Staff Blog: UNF receives attention from ESPN

Spinnaker Dec 18, 2008
After visting ESPN’s website on December 17, I was taken aback to see the UNF men's basketball team featured on the website’s homepage. Unfortunately, I quickly realized that the article, which centered around a 76-36 UNF loss to No. 25 Clemson, had little to do with any improvements UNF has made on the court. Rather than focusing on UNF’s attempt to keep up with Clemson Whelliston’s article had a much different objective: explaining the $80,000 paycheck UNF received to get crushed by Clemson. However, the author, Kyle Whelliston, did have a few words of praise to say about UNF’s effort.
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Missed free throws send Ospreys into overtime, game ends in loss

Spinnaker Dec 3, 2008
The UNF men’s basketball team had a game on a platter for them the day after Thanksgiving, but gave it away at the charity stripe. In its 68-60 loss against Charleston Southern University Nov. 28, UNF had the lead throughout the majority of the game including the final minutes of regulation. UNF started the game off quickly by taking a 13-point lead in the first 10 minutes, but Charleston Southern was able to cut the lead down to two points with the score 27-25 at the half.
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