Here come the Ospreys of Jacksonville. They love to shoot the 3-pointer.
What: North Florida (4-3) at Iowa (4-2), men’s basketball
When/where: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Carver-Hawkeye Arena
TV: BTN (Jeff Levering, Jess Settles)
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Live stream: FoxSports.com or Fox Sports app
Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network
Series: Iowa leads, 2-0
What to know: The Hawkeyes are coming off a two-game split in San Diego last week against major-conference competition. They lost 79-67 to now-No. 25 Oklahoma, then beat Seton Hall, 85-72.
Iowa’s Ben Krikke has averaged 19.8 points on 64.7 percent shooting over his last four games. He also had five assists against Seton Hall.
Hawkeye freshman Owen Freeman has averaged two blocked shots over his last five games
The North Florida Ospreys of Jacksonville are coming off a 75-63 loss at LSU last Friday. They trailed by 30 points at one point in the second half.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the Ospreys of the Atlantic Sun Conference were seventh in the nation in 3-point attempts per game (31.3) and tied for 12th in made 3s per game (10.9).
Iowa’s next game is Monday at No. 1 Purdue.