South Carolina Upstate Spartans @ North Florida Ospreys
North Florida survives USC-Upstate 81-78
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Dallas Moore had 14 points and nine assists and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 30 seconds left in North Florida's 81-78 win over South Carolina-Upstate on Saturday night.
Demarcus Daniels led the Ospreys (20-10, 9-4 Atlantic Sun) with 23 points. Beau Beech added 18 and Chris Davenport 13 as North Florida moved alone into first place with a one-game lead in the conference standings.
Beech grabbed the rebound after Michael Buchanan missed both from the foul line for USC-Upstate (9-21, 3-10) with 12 seconds left. Beech split a pair of free throws and the Spartans missed a pair of 3-point attempts in the final seconds.
Buchanan finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Neither team held a double-digit lead. The Spartans had the largest lead at 71-62 with 8:45 left. The Ospreys closed the gap with an 8-2 run and that set up a back-and-forth finish with five lead changes in the final 1:44.
Game Information
Jacksonville, FL
Referee:Hassiba Braggs
Referee:Tom Kenny
Referee:Art Vaulk
2025-26 Standings
| Big South ConferenceBig South Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | 15-1 | - | 31-5 |
| Winthrop | 13-3 | 2 | 23-11 |
| Radford | 9-7 | 6 | 16-16 |
| Longwood | 8-8 | 7 | 16-16 |
| UNC Asheville | 8-8 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Presbyterian | 7-9 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Charleston Southern | 6-10 | 9 | 15-17 |
| South Carolina Upstate | 5-11 | 10 | 13-19 |
| Gardner-Webb | 1-15 | 14 | 4-29 |
| Atlantic Sun ConferenceAtlantic Sun Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Peay | 15-3 | - | 22-9 |
| Central Arkansas | 15-3 | - | 22-12 |
| Queens University | 13-5 | 2 | 21-14 |
| Lipscomb | 12-6 | 3 | 19-13 |
| Florida Gulf Coast | 8-10 | 7 | 16-18 |
| West Georgia | 8-10 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Bellarmine | 7-11 | 8 | 13-19 |
| Jacksonville | 7-11 | 8 | 12-20 |
| Stetson | 7-11 | 8 | 12-21 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 7-11 | 8 | 11-21 |
| North Florida | 5-13 | 10 | 7-25 |
| North Alabama | 4-14 | 11 | 9-21 |
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