North Florida Falls to ETSU Rally, 68-58

Thursday, February 25

UNF Arena

5:30 p.m.

University of North Florida

East Tennessee State

Photo by: Sideline Sports/UNF Athletics

2/25/2010 9:23:41 PM | Women's Basketball

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The University of North Florida women's basketball team fell as East Tennessee State University rallied late in the second half to pick up the 68-58 win in Atlantic Sun Conference action on Thursday, Feb. 25, at UNF Arena.

The Ospreys drop to 9-19 overall and 6-13 in Atlantic Sun play, while ETSU improves to 19-8 and 17-2 in league play. The Bucs have clinched the No. 1 seed in next week's A-Sun Conference Tournament.

Sophomore guard Brittany Kirkland led UNF with 15 points, while freshman forward Jadhken Kerr added 10 points. Senior forward Arlande Cherizol grabbed a team-high six rebounds for the Ospreys.

UNF and ETSU went back and forth in the opening half with eight ties and six lead changes. The Ospreys took the largest lead of the half, up six (26-20), with just under four and half minutes remaining in the period. The Bucs responded with a 7-3 run to close out the half as UNF took a 29-27 lead in to the break.

ETSU came out strong in the second half to take a five point (36-31) lead at the 16:45 mark. The Ospreys went on an 18-6 run over the next seven minutes to take a 49-42 lead. ETSU went on a 25-8 run to go up 67-57 with 1:39 remaining as the Bucs held on for the win.

North Florida shot 37.7 percent (23-61) from the field, while ETSU shot 43.6 percent (24-55). The Ospreys shot 20.0 percent (4-20) from behind the arc and 72.7 percent (8-11) from the free throw line. The Bucs shot 14.3 percent (2-14) from 3-point range and 75.0 percent (18-24) from the line. TaRonda Wiles and Siarre Evans led the Bucs with 15 points each, while Gwen Washington added 12 points. Evans led on the boards with eight rebounds.

The Ospreys will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 27, when they host Campbell in the 2009-10 regular season finale. The game will mark Senior Day for the Ospreys. Game time is set for 4:30 p.m. at UNF Arena. If you are unable to attend the game it can be seen on ASun.tv.