Women's Basketball Stumbles in Double Overtime at Bethune-Cookman

Wednesday, December 28

Daytona Beach, Fla.

5:30 pm

University of North Florida

4-8

Bethune-Cookman

2-9

OT 1

OT 2

North Florida

Bethune-Cookman

Women's Basketball Stumbles in Double Overtime at Bethune-Cookman

12/28/2011 8:24:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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By: North Florida Athletics

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Despite getting 22 points from Brittany Kirkland, the road remained unfriendly for the University of North Florida women's basketball team as the Ospreys dropped a 65-63 double overtime game at Bethune-Cookman on Wednesday evening at Moore Gymnasium.

Kirkland, who was one of two players in the game with 22 points, was 9-for-11 from the field, including 4-for-4 from three-point range. She also had a team-best seven rebounds.

Jasmine Elum paced Bethune-Cookman (2-9) with 22 points, while Demetria Frank and Cleniece Roberts added 16 and 14, respectively. Frank also had a game-best eight boards.

UNF (4-8) shot 50 percent for the game, going 24-for-48 from the field. Additionally, the Ospreys were 72.7 percent from three-point range, connecting on 8-of-11 shots. UNF also held a 34-31 advantage in rebounds.

Bethune-Cookman was 39.7 percent from the field (23-for-58) and 50 percent from long-range (5-for-10).

The game remained close throughout the first 20 minutes as there were eight lead changes and three ties. The largest lead from either team was a six-point advantage for the Ospreys. Octavia Langston drilled a three-pointer at 12:09 to put UNF up 16-10. Bethune-Cookman cut UNF's lead down and eventually took a five-point, 25-20 lead with an Elum jumper at 3:52. Three foul shots from Destinee Smith and a Fabiola Josil jumper forced a 25-25 deadlock with 1:38 left. However, Frank sank a pair of free throws in the closing seconds as Bethune-Cookman carried a 27-25 lead into halftime.

In the second half, UNF rallied from an early six-point deficit. Langston swished a three-pointer at 14:48 that sparked a 10-2 Osprey run. That scoring streak put UNF up 39-35 with 12:41 remaining. However, Bethune-Cookman erased the Ospreys' lead, using an 11-1 run to take a 45-40 advantage with at 8:14. UNF chipped away at the Lady Wildcats' advantage and went up by one when Larkira Jones nailed a layup at 2:23 to make it 49-48 in favor of UNF. Two more ties occurred in the closing minutes of regulation, including at 52 seconds when a layup by Roberts knotted the game up at 52-all.

The Lady Wildcats scored the first three points of the first overtime before back-to-back baskets by Taylor Smith put UNF up 56-55 with 2:55 left in the extra session. An Elum gave Bethune-Cookman a two-point advantage at 2:20, but that was short-lived as Jones' layup with 2:00 left deadlocked the game at 58-58.

In the second overtime, UNF overcame a pair of four-point deficits, including at 45 seconds when Jones' layup evened the score at 63-63. However, Bethune-Cookman sealed the win with a layup and a foul shot in the final seconds.

The Ospreys return to UNF Arena on Monday when they host Belmont at 5:30 p.m.