JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP)— Senior Daniel Emerson scored a career-high 29 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to help Mercer beat North Florida 84-79 on Monday night.

James Florence added 26 points and E.J. Kusnyer had 11 on 3-for-7 shooting from 3-point range for the Bears (6-8, 2-2 Atlantic Sun), who won their second straight conference game.

The Bears made 32 of 37 free throw attempts and Emerson hit 15 of his 17 tries from the foul line. The Bears saw their 74-69 lead shrink to 76-75 before going 7-for-8 from the foul line in the final 31 seconds to preserve the win.

The loss snapped a five-game winning streak for North Florida (6-8, 1-3).

Brad Haugabrook led four other Osprey players in double figures with 19 points. Jerron Granberry added 15 points, Andy Diaz had 11, and Stan Januska and Germaine Sparks each had 10.

That was a tough game and UNF had a nice crowd.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP)—Brad Haugabrook scored 14 points as North Florida held off Florida Gulf Coast 62-56 on Friday night.

The Ospreys (7-8, 2-3 Atlantic Sun Conference), coming off an 84-79 loss to Mercer on Monday which snapped their five-game winning streak, led 31-23 at halftime.

The Eagles (5-9, 2-3) pulled within a point on three occasions in the second half from 9:29 to 7:33, but could get no closer. Trailing 55-53 with 4:22 left, they scored only three points the rest of the way. The Ospreys scored five straight points, including two baskets by Haugabrook, to build a seven-point cushion with 2:11 left.

North Florida was 8-for-21 from 3-point range while Florida Gulf Coast was 0-for-10 from long range.

Jerron Granberry and Stan Januska scored 12 points each for the Ospreys.

Reed Baker led the Eagles with 15 points on 7-for-10 shooting and Anthony Banks added 14 points.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP)—Matt Sauey scored on a tip-in at the buzzer to give North Florida a 45-43 victory over Belmont on Thursday night.

Brad Haugabrook missed a jumper and Sauey, a sophomore forward, was there for the putback as the Ospreys (9-8, 4-3 Atlantic Sun Conference) won for the eighth time in nine games.

Sauey finished with a team-high 11 points.

Ian Clark gave Belmont (9-8, 4-3) a 43-41 lead on a jumper with 1:09 left, but Haugabrook tied the score at 43 with his jumper with 50 seconds remaining.

Clark missed a 3-pointer with 25 seconds to play and North Florida’s Andy Diaz came down with the rebound to set up Sauey’s heroics.

The Ospreys shot just 26.7 percent from the field (16-for-60), going 1-for-12 from the 3-point line (8.3 percent).

Clark scored 17 points to lead Belmont, which was 4-for-20 from the 3-point line (20 percent).

Sounds like an exciting game and another great win for the Ospreys. The rapid rise of UNF has to be the top "storyline" of A-Sun hoops so far this year and IMO Driscoll should absolutely win Coach of the Year if this continues.