Live StatsESPN3 Live VideoGame NotesTicket Information JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – For the second-straight year, University of North Florida women's basketball begins the last part of Atlantic Sun play by hosting Jacksonville in the season's second River City Rumble meeting. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m., from UNF Arena. The game will air live on ESPN3 with Brent Martineau and Jessica Blaylock on the call. The game is being presented by Southeast Orthopedic, Brooks Rehabilitation and St. Vincent's Health Care.
"Tomorrow's game will be determined by who controls the glass," said head coach
Mary Tappmeyer. "This is always an exciting game to play, but our focus is going to be on ourselves and our game plan. We have made some adjustments this week and they appear to be very beneficial for our team."
UNF attempts to end a three-game skid and get its second Atlantic Sun win of the season. The Ospreys come off a 61-49 loss at USC Upstate last Saturday.
Bailey Florin paced the Ospreys with 14 points, while
Destinee Smith and
Paulina Zaveckaite each tallied 11 points.
Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for Youth 17-under, Senior Citizens, Military and UNF Faculty/Staff with proper ID. Admission for UNF students with a valid Osprey1 Card and children 2-and-under is free. However, fans can get in for free to Saturday's game by bringing their ticket from Friday night's men's UNF-Jacksonville game.
Tickets are available online at
www.UNFOspreys.com, by phone at (904) 620-BIRD (2473) or at the UNF Arena Ticket Office.
The Start – Part 2: Out of UNF's 10 seasons in the Atlantic Sun, this is the eighth time the Ospreys begin that last half of conference play at home. UNF is 6-3 all-time when starting the second part of A-Sun competition, including 5-2 at home.
Ready to Rumble: A point in the River City Rumble Old Wooden Barrel standings is up for grabs on Saturday. Heading into this weekend's two basketball contests, UNF leads the 2014-15 standings 5-3.
Three Away: Destinee Smith enters Saturday's game with 997 career points and is just three points away from being the eighth Osprey to tally 1,000 career points. The last Osprey to reach the 1,000-point plateau was Jadhken Kerr.
Scouting Jacksonville: Enters Saturday with a 7-13 overall record and 2-5 in Atlantic Sun play… picked up its second conference victory last Saturday by defeating Kennesaw State 78-64… saw five players in double-digit points at Kennesaw State… second in the conference in rebounding margin with +2.3, trailing only UNF (+3.1)… Sherranda Reddick is averaging a team-best 12.6 points per game, while Briona Brown has a 10.8 point-per-game average… Kimberly Dawkins leads the Dolphins with 7.8 rebounds per game, while five-time A-Sun Newcomer of the Week selection Kayla Gordon is averaging 7.2 rebounds.
UNF-Jacksonville Series: Jacksonville leads the all-time series 13-8, but the Dolphins have won the last four meetings… UNF's last win against the Dolphins was a 66-63 triumph on Jan. 19, 2013 at UNF Arena.
