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UNF Set for Trip to Gainesville
11/22/2010 5:36:47 PM | Women's Basketball
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The University of North Florida women's basketball team will make the trip to Gainesville, Fla. on Tuesday, Nov. 23 to face the Gators in a 4:30 p.m. tip-off at the O'Connell Center.
UNF (1-2) is coming off a 63-61 win over Florida Atlantic. Junior Brittany Kirkland tallied 23 points in the game while freshman Raneisha Lamar grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
Kirkland leads the team on the season, averaging 15.0 points per game while dishing out a team-best 2.33 assists per game. Senior Juliemay Syquio is adding 8.7 points per game and sophomore Larkira Jones is tallying 5.7 points per game and pulling down a team-leading 6.0 rebounds per game.
The Gators (2-1) are led by Jordan Jones and Azania Stewart. Jones is averaging 12.0 points per game. Stewart is averaging 10.7 points and a team-best 8.0 rebounds per game. Lanita Bartley is dishing out 3.7 assists per game while tallying 3.0 steals per game.
UF fell to DePaul, 74-73 in its last outing in the semifinals of the preseason WNIT.
This is just the second meeting between the two teams. Florida won the first game, 78-37 in 2006 in the season opener for both teams. UNF was in the middle of its transition to full NCAA Division I status.
If you are unable to make it to the game it will be available on internet audio through www.GatorZone.com a free service. It will also be shown on GatorVision.tv via GatorZone.com for a fee.
Following Tuesday's game the Ospreys will remain on the road to face Savannah State on Saturday, Nov. 27 at 1 p.m.
