Multiple JU football players seek legal help to leave program
Jacksonville University is finished serving its Pioneer Football League punishment for player financial aid irregularities and has moved on from the contract termination of coach Kerwin Bell, but...
View ArticleBasketball preview: Marist at JU
MARIST AT JACKSONVILLE When: 7 p.m. Tuesday. Where: Swisher Gymnasium. Radio: None. PROBABLE STARTERS Red Foxes (4-6) 44 Eric Truog, C, 6-10 Avg.: 3.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg. 13 Kristinn Palsson, F, 6-6 Avg.:...
View ArticleDarien Fernandez plays big role in JU's victory over Marist
Practice hard and you’ll play more. That’s been the belief of Jacksonville University coach Tony Jasick since he took over the reins at JU last year. Count diminutive guard Darien Fernandez among those...
View ArticleBethune-Cookman at Jacksonville
BETHUNE-COOKMAN AT JACKSONVILLE When: 2 p.m. Thursday Where: Swisher Gymnasium Radio: None. PROBABLE STARTERS Wildcats (4-9) 3 Laron Smith, F, 6-8 Avg.: 6.6 ppg, 7.8 rpg. 23 Mario Moody, F, 6-7 Avg.:...
View ArticleJacksonville University grants releases to three football players
Eight days after three football players threatened legal action against Jacksonville University for not releasing them to transfer without restrictions, the school relented Wednesday and granted a...
View ArticleJU basketball ends 2015 on high note
Jacksonville University’s basketball team closed out 2015 with two victories in the last three days. Kori Babineaux scored 20 points and Marcel White added 19 with 10 rebounds as the Dolphins held off...
View ArticlePreview: JU at Western Michigan
JACKSONVILLE AT WESTERN MICHIGAN When: 1 p.m. Saturday. Where: University Arena, Kalamazoo, Mich. Radio: WJXL (92.5 FM). PROBABLE STARTERS Dolphins (7-8) 5 Darius Dawkins, F, 6-7 Avg.: 15.4 ppg, 4.1...
View ArticleJU falls short in road loss to Western Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MICH. | Two key turnovers in the final minute proved costly for Jacksonville University in a 76-72 loss to Western Michigan on Saturday. In a back-and forth game, JU took a 70-69 lead on a...
View ArticleJU Dolphins bury Trinity Baptist 84-45
Jacksonville University served notice that there are two pretty good 3-point shooting teams in the city. The Dolphins tied a school record with 15 3-point baskets and led by a career-best six 3s from...
View ArticleJU, UNF hoops ready for Saturday's River City Rumble
Threes, threes and more threes. Fans who are enamored with college basketball’s long-range shot will want to be at Saturday’s River City Rumble at UNF Arena when North Florida and Jacksonville try to...
View ArticleDeMarcus Daniels scores 22 as UNF defeats rival Jacksonville
North Florida used a balanced scoring attack with five players in double figures to offset a one-man show by Jacksonville’s Kori Babineaux as the Ospreys won their seventh consecutive Atlantic Sun...
View ArticleJU adds local flavor, wealth of experience to coaching staff
The new football staff at Jacksonville University added an influx of experience on Thursday, including a former major college head coach and a big name from the high school ranks. First-year head coach...
View ArticleJU notches another home win despite injury to Darius Dawkins
Kori Babineaux scored 13 of his team-high 21 points in the second half and Jacksonville University used solid shooting from 3-point range to post an 83-70 win over Kennesaw State on Thursday night. And...
View ArticleJacksonville basketball icon Rex Morgan dies after battle with cancer
Rex Morgan, a First Coast-area basketball fixture — first as a player, then as a coach — for much of the past six decades, died Friday following a protracted battle with cancer. Morgan died surrounded...
View ArticleJosh Adeyeye scores 24 to lead Jacksonville past Lipscomb
Josh Adeyeye tied a career-best of 24 points and made a pair of free throws with four seconds left in the game, helping the Jacksonville Dolphins clinch a 76-73 win over the Lipscomb Bisons on Saturday...
View ArticleBalanced attack powers Jacksonville past USC Upstate
SPARTANBURG, S.C. | J.R. Holder scored 21 points, and Kori Babineaux added 16 and seven assists as Jacksonville topped South Carolina-Upstate 77-68 for its third win in four games on Saturday. Marcel...
View ArticleRex Morgan remembered as family man, leader of fabled Jacksonville University...
Rex Morgan experienced some of the best days of his basketball career on the floor at Swisher Gymnasium. Sunday, the former Jacksonville University All-American, who led the Dolphins to the...
View ArticleJosh Adeyeye scores 35 in JU's win over Florida Gulf Coast
FORT MYERS | Josh Adeyeye scored 35 points to lead Jacksonville University to a 78-69 victory over Florida Gulf Coast in Atlantic Sun action on Wednesday night. Adeyeye went 13 of 21 from the field,...
View ArticlePreview: Stetson at Jacksonville
STETSON AT JACKSONVILLE When: 7 p.m. Saturday Where: Swisher Gymnasium. Radio: None. PROBABLE STARTERS Hatters (8-14, 2-4 A-Sun) 41 Brian Pegg, F, 6-7 Avg.: 11.8 ppg, 9.7 rpg. 22 Derick Newton, F, 6-7...
View ArticleJU holds off Stetson behind J.R. Holder's 3-point shooting
Stetson knew the 3-point shot would be Jacksonville University’s weapon of choice Saturday night. They just didn’t know who would fire it. JU forward J.R. Holder made four 3s on a 15-point night and...
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