Weekend Road Trip Ends for #WBB With ESPN3 Game at Florida Gulf Coast Saturday

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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Another tough opponent awaits University of North Florida women's basketball as the Ospreys face Atlantic Sun leader Florida Gulf Coast Saturday night at Alico Arena. Tip is set for 7 p.m., and the game will air live on ESPN3.

"Tomorrow is a big challenge for us, but I think our team is up for it," said head coach Mary Tappmeyer. "Florida Gulf Coast has proven to be a force to reckon with since joining the Atlantic Sun, but we look forward to facing them on their home floor."

The Ospreys had their first 40-point first half of the season in their most recent outing. UNF put up 41 points at Stetson on Thursday, but were unable to hold off a late Hatter surge and fell 75-67. The eight-point difference is the fewest points Stetson, who is the Atlantic Sun's top scoring team, has won a conference game this season.

Destinee Smith posted her second-consecutive 20-point game on Thursday night. After tallying a career-high 23 points against Lipscomb last Saturday, Smith put up 21 at Stetson. Smith's recorded 20-or-more points in five games throughout her Osprey career with the first 20-point game of her career coming against Florida Gulf Coast on Feb. 2, 2012 at UNF Arena.

Florida Gulf Coast is the Atlantic Sun's only remaining undefeated team in league play after knocking off Jacksonville on Thursday night to improve to 6-0 in the conference for the season. The Eagles own a 42-game winning streak during regular-season conference games. Florida Gulf Coast has not lost a regular season conference game since falling 75-74 at USC Upstate on Feb. 28, 2011. However, the last loss to an Atlantic Sun team came in last year's conference championship game when Stetson downed the Eagles 70-64.

Sarah Hansen averages a team-best 13.7 points per game, while Whitney Knight (13.2 ppg) and Stephanie Haas (12.6 ppg) are also averaging points in the double-digits. Hansen also has a team-best 6.7 rebounds per game. Knight has made 45 blocks this season.

Florida Gulf Coast leads the all-time series 11-2 and won the most recent meeting 73-44 in the Atlantic Sun semifinals at Hawkins Arena in Macon, Ga.

Weekend Road Trip Ends for #WBB With ESPN3 Game at Florida Gulf Coast Saturday

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