| First Round of the O'Reilly CBE Classic --- North Florida Ospreys at Maryland Terrapins |
| Nov 11, 2007 | 1ST | 2ND | SCORE |
| North Florida (0-0) | 15 | 28 | 43 |
| #20 Maryland (0-0) | 39 | 55 | 94 |
College Park, MD --- Welcome to the big time Coach Shell.
It is no surprise that North Florida's first game was a loss, it really isn't. New coach, new team tactics to learn and to top it off, you're traveling to College Park to play against the Terps on their home turf.
It's no easy task for even the best teams.
"We just didn't have it, to get down by 25-30 before half, it's tough for any team to come back from," says Shell.
Osprey senior center James Grimball got into foul trouble early in the first half and that limited North Florida's attack of the basket. Grimball only registered 9 minutes and was 1-6 shooting for 2 points and no rebounds.
North Florida freshman forwards Justin Cecil and Devon Jones were arguably the lone bright spots as the two combined for 9-15 from the field for a combined 24 points. Jones came off the bench and scored 13 in only 15 minutes.
"Devon had a good first game, I wish I could say the same for the rest of us," Shell said.
Junior guard Tom Hammonds was 3-11 from the field and 0-6 from deep. It is no rumor that if the Osprey's want to have a good year, then Hammonds needs to be integral in the process.
The Ospreys were a pathetic 2-18 from three-point land and 17-53 from the floor.
Maryland dominated the paint, scoring over 70% of their points from it.
Terrapins freshman forward Cliff Tucker scored 20 points, while every Terp except for 1 player scored at least a basket.
As for coach Shell's opening collegiate game, he had this to say.
"Well, I guess every coach has games this like, I just hope this isn't a reoccurring theme."
In the other tournament game, Tulsa downed Hampton 74-73. North Florida will now play Hampton in the consolation game tomorrow night in College Park.
| North Florida Ospreys at Maryland Terrapins |
| Nov 11, 2007 | 1ST | 2ND | SCORE |
| North Florida (0-0) | 15 | 28 | 43 |
| #20 Maryland (0-0) | 39 | 55 | 94 |
| North Florida Ospreys |
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| C. Timberlake | 23 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| A. Jones | 22 | 1-9 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| T. Hammonds | 25 | 3-11 | 0-6 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Cecil | 23 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 4-6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| J. Grimball | 9 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| D. Jones | 15 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| K. Groothuis | 10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| S. Januska | 13 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Wood | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Sparkes | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Riley | --- | --- | --- | DNP | --- | --- | --- | | | |
| I. Gibson | --- | --- | --- | DNP | --- | --- | --- | | | |
| TEAM TOTALS | 17-53 | 2-18 | 7-17 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 43 |
| Maryland Terrapins |
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| G. Vasquez | 13 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| E. Hayes | 12 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| L. Milbourne | 14 | 4-10 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Gist | 14 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| B. Osby | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| C. Tucker | 17 | 9-13 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| D. Neal | 19 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| B. Dupree | 11 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| A. Bowie | 12 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| J. Burney | 8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| S. Walker | 11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| D. Gregory | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 39-70 | 3-14 | 13-16 | 42 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 94 |