TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Senior Keonna Farmer led the North Florida women's basketball team in scoring as the Ospreys fell to No. 14/18 Florida State, 109-51, on Friday evening at the Donald L. Tucker Center.

QUICK GLANCE
Score: No. 14/18 Florida State 109, North Florida 51
Records: North Florida (0-1) | FSU (1-0)
Location: Donald Tucker Center (Tallahassee, Fla.)
The Short Story: North Florida stayed close to the nationally-ranked team in the first quarter before Florida State got on a roll in the second frame and never looked back en route to its eighth straight win against the Ospreys.

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OPENING TIP

• Farmer scored 17 in her North Florida debut going 5-for-5 from the line.
• Sophomore Adrienne Jackson tallied 10 points, while Arianna Emanuel-Wright tossed in nine off the bench.
• Five Florida State players scored in double figures with Chatrice White scoring a game-high 21.
• After not scoring a single 3-pointer in the opening quarter, Florida State came back to land 11 triples to North Florida's four.

SAY WHAT
"We played hard and battled, but their combination of 3-point shooting and size were really hard to overcome. We did some good things that we can build on as we head into our next game." - Head coach Darrick Gibbs

GAME CAPSULE
First Half Trends

• Junior Ty Purifoy scored the first basket of the season to give the team its only tie of the game at 8:53.
• Florida State took control of the game, but by the first media timeout, both teams went without a field goal for more than two minutes with the home team leading, 13-4 at the break.
• Ospreys held FSU to 1-for-9 in the final four minutes of the first quarter, but Florida State held the 18-6 lead after the first 10.
• The visitors whittled the score to 18-8 on a basket from Keonna Farmer, but it was short lived as the Seminoles hit three straight triples to go on an 18-2 run.
• Florida State eventually took its biggest lead on a three-pointer from Imani Wright to give the home team a 43-16 lead at the break.
• North Florida was held without a three-pointer in the opening 20 minutes and also did not go to the line for free throws.

Second Half Trends

• Florida State came out firing in the third quarter and never looked back. The Seminoles shot a game-best 60.9 percent from the floor in the frame.
• The Ospreys shot their best from the floor in the final quarter with a 41 percent clip. 
• In the second half, the Seminoles went 11-for-13 from the line, while UNF took just seven freebies for the game.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

• Freshman Tiffany Tolbert scored her first collegiate basket at 6:05 in the first half.
• Classmate Ta'Kyla Austin grabbed her first points of her career with a basket at 1:02 in the second quarter.
• Florida State owned a 62-22 edge off the glass with the Seminoles pulling down 23 offensive boards leading to 30 second chance points.
• North Florida limited its turnovers to just 15, while forcing 13 on the other end of the floor.

UP NEXT
North Florida returns home to play in its annual Elementary School Day on Monday, Nov. 13 at 11 a.m. against Webber. After their opening home game, the Ospreys do not return back to Jacksonville until November 30.