University of North Florida
FLORIDA
UNF falls in opener to Florida
11/10/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 10, 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Nov. 10, 2006) - The
University of North Florida women's basketball team
suffered a loss in its first-ever meeting with Florida
on Friday night, falling to the Gators 78-37.
With the loss a young UNF team that features eight
newcomers fell to 0-1 and saw its 12-game winning
streak in openers snapped.
"I'm not completely disappointed," UNF head coach
Mary Tappmeyer said. "We met some of our
expectations tonight and some of them we didn't
meet. They are a physical team and rebounded well
in the second half."
The Lady Ospreys came out of the gates strong in
both the first and second half, hanging with the
Gators until runs midway through each half gave
Florida an advantage UNF could not overcome.
Tamara Hubbard helped spark UNF in each half,
hitting a 3-pointer to give the Lady Ospreys a 3-0
advantage before starting the second half with her
second 3-pointer of the contest.
Hubbard led the Lady Ospreys with eight points,
while Antoinette Reames pulled down a career high
11 rebounds.
Three different freshmen tallied points for the Lady
Ospreys, with Tiffany Williams and her five points
leading the way.
Turnovers proved to be the Lady Ospreys' downfall,
as they tuned the ball over 30 times compared to 14
for UF.
"As UNF gets more experienced the mistakes they
made tonight won't be an issue," Florida head coach
Carolyn Peck said. "As they continue to mature they
will get better and better. They caused issued for
us."
Three separate Gators scored in double figures with
Kim Dye's 13 points leading the way. She hit four 3-
pointers on the night, as UF was 6-of-22 from long
range. Kim Dupree followed Dye with 11 points, while
Briana Phillips had 10.
Florida led 37-17 at the half, hitting 48 percent of its
shots. UNF won the battle of the boards in the first
half, outrebounding the Gators 22-16.
UNF came out of the gates in the second half on an
11-8 run before Florida countered after a timeout.
The Gators took over from there to win their 13th
opener in their last 14 outings.
The Lady Ospreys will remain on the road for the
next month and a half. UNF is back in action on Nov.
17 when it travels to Longwood to take on New
Jersey Tech in the first round of the Lancer
Invitational.
