Live StatsESPN3 Live VideoGame Notes JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – University of North Florida women's basketball plays its second away conference game on Wednesday when the Ospreys travel to defending Atlantic Sun champion Florida Gulf Coast. Tip-off is set for 7:05 p.m., at Alico Arena and will air live on ESPN3.
"Florida Gulf Coast is a very strong team that is also coming off a close win in its first Atlantic Sun game of the season," said head coach
Mary Tappmeyer. "This is a team that likes to shoot the three-point shot and is very fundamentally sound. We've seen a variety of styles of play during the non-conference portion of our schedule. We did that so it would help prepate us for the teams in the A-Sun. We know that we have to play our game and be defensively sound and mentally strong."
UNF fell in its Atlantic Sun opener on Saturday against cross-town rival Jacksonville at Veterans Memorial Arena. After an Osprey turnover, the Dolphins scored the game-winner with 0.6 seconds in order to get the 54-52 victory.
Down To The Wire: Four of UNF's games this season – Tennessee State, Mercer, UMKC, Jacksonville – have been decided in the last few seconds.
Denied: Beginning at UNC Wilmington on Nov. 28, sophomore Janeá Williams has tallied at least one block in each of the Ospreys' last 12 games. She's compiled 19 total blocks during that span, including two blocks in seven of those 12 contests.
Scouting Florida Gulf Coast: Enters Wednesday with a 14-2 record and 1-0 in Atlantic Sun play… selected as the NCAA's Team of the Week after coming back against Stetson on Saturday to earn its 56th-consecutive Atlantic Sun home win… leads the conference in most categories… averages 76.9 points games and is out-scoring opponents by 16.1 points per game… Whitney Knight, who was named A-Sun Player of the Week on Monday, leads the conference 15.9 points per game and is shooting 46.2 percent (49-for-106) from three-point range… Kaneisha Atwater (14.0 ppg) and Stephanie Haas (11.7) also average double-digit points… Knight leads the team with 6.1 rebounds per game.
UNF-FGCU Series: Florida Gulf Coast leads the all-time series 13-2… UNF has not defeated the Eagles since a 57-56 win on Feb. 13, 2010 at UNF Arena.
