{"id":121615,"date":"2026-01-17T05:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T05:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/121615\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T05:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T05:25:11","slug":"mens-basketball-welcomes-jacksonville-for-gold-rush-saturday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/121615\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Basketball welcomes Jacksonville for Gold Rush Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.waff.com\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WAFF<\/a>) &#8211; The University of North Alabama men\u2019s basketball team will close this weekend with a jam-packed day of events Saturday, as the Lions host Jacksonville at 2 p.m. inside CB&amp;S Bank Arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This will be UNA\u2019s annual Gold Rush Game in support of UNA\u2019s \u201cShine On, Gold\u201d comprehensive campaign. Fans are encouraged to wear gold. Gold T-shirts will be available to select fans while supplies last.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The team is wearing \u201cFlorence State\u201d throwback jerseys on Saturday. The jerseys originally debuted in 2024 during a Gold Rush game, marking the 50th anniversary of UNA\u2019s name change from \u201cFlorence State University\u201d to the \u201cUniversity of North Alabama\u201d in 1974.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">North Alabama had one of its best offensive nights of the season, but North Florida had one of its best offensive nights since 2018 in a 105-91 loss for the Lions on Thursday in CB&amp;S Bank Arena. UNF, ranked among the top 10 teams in the nation for made three-pointers per game, went 17-37 behind the arc and 18-19 at the line. UNA had high offense contributions from Corneilous Williams with 28 points and 14 rebounds, Canin Jefferson with 21 points and Kevin de Kovachich with 19 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">UNA has a 6-10 record and a 1-4 mark in Atlantic Sun Conference play. The Lions are led offensively by Donte Bacchus with 13.9 points per game, including 14 in the North Florida game on Thursday. The Lions rank among the nation\u2019s top 100 teams in fewest fouls, fewest turnovers and blocked shots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@waff48news\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@waff48news\">Click Here to Subscribe on YouTube:<\/a> Watch the latest WAFF 48 news, sports &amp; weather videos on our YouTube channel!<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WAFF. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) &#8211; The University of North Alabama men\u2019s basketball team will close this weekend with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-121615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}