North Florida 55 - 53 USC Upstate
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North Florida holds off S.C.-Upstate 55-53

Jan 28, 2010 - 2:26 AM SPARTANBURG, S.C.(AP) -- Matt Sauey and Stan Januska scored 11 points each and North Florida held off South Carolina-Upstate in the closing seconds for a 55-53 victory on Wednesday night.

Trailing 54-51, S.C.-Upstate missed six shots from the field in a 38-second span before Mezie Uzochukwu finally grabbed an offensive rebound and scored to cut the deficit to 54-53 with 6 seconds left.

North Florida's Jerron Granberry hit a free throw to push the lead to 55-53 with 3 seconds left and Uzochukwu missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Brad Haugabrook's jumper gave the Ospreys (10-11, 5-6 Atlantic Sun Conference) a 54-46 lead with 2:33 remaining.

Andy Diaz had 11 rebounds to help North Florida snap a three-game losing streak.

Uzochukwu led S.C.-Upstate (3-17, 3-8) with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Ryan LeGates added 12 points for S.C.-Upstate, which was 20-for-24 from the line (83.3 percent).






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    North Florida 55, USC Upstate 53  FinalJan 29 1:47 PM


  • NCAA BB
    FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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    NORTH FLORIDA 25 30 55
    SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE 22 31 53 FINAL

    HIGH SCORERS: NORTH FLORIDA - STAN JANUSKA 11, MATT SAUEY 11, TWO
    PLAYERS WITH 9
    SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE - MEZIE UZOCHUKWU 15, RYAN LEGATES 12,
    NICK SCHNEIDERS 8

    HIGH REBOUND: NORTH FLORIDA - ANDY DIAZ 11, MATT SAUEY 5, BRAD
    HAUGABROOK 3
    SO

    Jan 27 9:30 PM


  • NCAA BB
    NORTH FLORIDA 25
    USC UPSTATE 22 HALFTIME

    Jan 27 7:48 PM

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