Musketeers Hot Shooting Downs Women's Basketball

Tuesday, November 22

Cincinnati, Ohio

7:00 p.m.

University of North Florida

3-2

Xavier

3-0

North Florida

Xavier

11/22/2016 9:12:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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CINCINNATI – ASUN Player of the Week Tesh Hanson scored in double figures for the fifth straight game, but it was not enough as North Florida women's basketball fell to Xavier, 83-46 on Tuesday evening at the Cintas Center.

RECORDS: UNF 3-2 | Xavier 3-0

TOP PERFORMERS
Tesh Hanson – 13 pts, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, 2 steals
Claire Ioannidis – 10 pts, 2 rebounds, 1 block
Jaiveonna Norris – 8 pts, 3 rebounds

QUICK HITS
- The five points in the first quarter are a season-low for UNF. The previous was 9 at USF.
- Hanson and Ioannidis have now reached double digits in each of the Ospreys five games.
- Jaiveonna Norris had a season-best eight points.
- Hanson recorded two blocks for the first time in her career.
- The Ospreys grabbed a season-low 31 rebounds and shot just 19 percent from the three-point line.
- Xavier's 13 triples were the most for the team this season and the most given up this season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Xavier ran out to a 6-0 lead capped by a Raeshaun Gaffney trey before Ioannidis answered with her own long ball to end the Ospreys' drought. North Florida scored one more basket courtesy of Johnson, but held the Musketeers without a basket for more than four minutes until Imani Partlow scored a layup to give the home team a 16-5 lead after one.

In the second, the hosts got out to a 35-12 lead with a 19-6 run thanks to five triples. A three-point play from Johnson closed the gap to 20, but it was short lived as XU hit another three-pointer. The Ospreys outscored Xavier, 7-5 over the last three minutes, but the hosts led 43-22 at the break.

North Florida scored back-to-back baskets to open the third frame and stayed with the Musketeers through the third as XU only outscored the Ospreys 17-15. Hanson added eight of her team-high 13 points.

Xavier outscored the Ospreys 23-9 in the final 10 minutes as UNF hit just four baskets. The Musketeers outshot UNF, 51 to 31 percent from the floor and 61 to 19 percent from long range.

LOOKING AHEAD
North Florida continues its schedule with four games away from UNF Arena. The Ospreys play just up the road at Jacksonville University against South Alabama and Nicholls State on Friday and Saturday, respectively.