University of North Florida
CAMPBELL
Lady Ospreys hold off Campbell
1/4/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 4, 2007
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The
University of North Florida women's basketball team
put together its best offensive output of the season,
shooting 43 percent from the field in a 59-53 victory
over Campbell in the team's Atlantic Sun home
opener.
The Lady Ospreys led by as many as many as 19
before fending off a second-half surge by the
Fighting Camels.
Tamara Hubbard led a group of three Lady Ospreys in
double figures, scoring a season high 16 points.
Jennifer Bowen followed her with 15 points, while
Shandrea Moore chipped in 10 for her second-
straight game in double figures.
"We haven't been in many close games and haven't
been able to work on time and possession this year,"
UNF head coach Mary Tappmeyer said. "I thought we
really held our composure at the end of the game."
The Lady Ospreys built a 19-point advantage in the
opening half, but watched that slip to 12 at the
break. Campbell pulled within three when Adrienne
Rieley hit a jumper with 2:22 remaining. That's all the
closer Campbell would get, however, as Moore
answered that basket with a baseline jumper from
the left corner that Bowen fed her on a drive to the
lane.
"Shandrea hit a couple of really big shots,"
Tappmeyer said. "She's not afraid to take that shot."
Moore helped ice the game for UNF, scoring six of the
Lady Ospreys' final seven points.
Campbell began to knife into the UNF advantage with
a 13-4 run that started with an Octavia Blackwell 3-
pointer and ended with Rieley's basket at the 2:22
mark. Rieley almost single-handedly brought the
Fighting Camels back, scoring 10 of the team's 13
points in that run. She finished the contest with a
team high 14 points, and did most of her damage
with starting center Marlena Murphy on the bench
with five fouls. Murphy led all players with 12
rebounds, as Campbell outrebounded UNF 43-31.
The UNF defense was able to overcome that
rebounding deficit in the opening half by holding
Campbell to only 18 points.
That defense created points on the offense end, as
the Lady Ospreys came out of the gates sizzling,
building a 22-5 advantage. Bowen scored six of those
points, while Hubbard had four. Denisia Andrews also
chipped in with a couple of baskets off the bench.
She finished the night with five points, while Willonda
Windham had three points off the bench.
Campbell pulled within 12 at the break after Taylor
Oliver was fouled on a 3-point attempt and nailed all
three of her fouls shots.
UNF finished the game with 14 turnovers and seven
steals, while Campbell had 20 turnovers and eight
steals.
Andrews and Jennifer Guldager led the Lady Ospreys
with five rebounds apiece, while Guldager also
contributed three steals to the victory.
Fans can catch a replay of the game on CSS-TV Friday night at 7 p.m.
UNF is back in action on Saturday when it hosts
Gardner-Webb for a 2 p.m. contest.
