MORGANTOWN, W.V. - Freshman Tiffany Tolbert led the North Florida women's basketball team with 19 points and the Ospreys held the Mountaineers below 100 points for the first time this season, but it was not enough as No. 12 West Virginia grabbed the 87-59 win on Sunday evening in WVU Coliseum.

QUICK GLANCE
Score: North Florida 59, West Virginia 87
Records: North Florida (2-2) | West Virginia (3-0)
Location: Morgantown, W.V. (WVU Coliseum)
The Short Story: West Virginia dominated off the glass and from beyond the arc as the Mountaineers grabbed their third straight victory.

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OPENING TIP

• For the third straight game, Tolbert recorded a team-best 19 points on 7-of-15 from the floor and landed the team's only three-pointer of the night.
• Senior Tesh Hanson also scored in double figures with 17 points and team-high five rebounds. 
• Coming off the bench, junior Arianna Emanuel-Wright chipped in eight points, while grabbing two rebounds.
• It was the first time this season West Virginia did not score more than 100 points and the 59 points were the most scored by an opponent this season.

SAY WHAT
"WVU is a good team that is going to win a lot of games this season. I am pleased at how much we are competing and growing. Challenges like this are helping us learn what it is going to take for us to consistently have success. I'm excited to see how wee take these lessons and apply them to our next stretch of games." - Head coach Darrick Gibbs

GAME CAPSULE
First Half Trends

• West Virginia took an early 10-3 lead before UNF pulled within 12-7 after holding the hosts scoreless for just under three minutes.
• Destiny Harden and Katrina Pardee hit back-to-back baskets to push the lead to 17-7.
• The Ospreys chipped away at the advantage with buckets from Tolbert and Hanson, but West Virginia went to the line with four successful makes to own a 21-13 lead at the first break.
• Tolbert got North Florida on the board quickly in the second frame, but the Mountaineers quickly ballooned their lead to 37-21. 
• The home team eventually took its biggest lead of the half, 43-24, on a lay-in from Pardee and eventually owned a 44-27 halftime lead.
• West Virginia dominated the inside, holding a 26-10 edge off the glass in the opening 20 minutes and grabbed 11 offensive boards while UNF without.

Second Half Trends

• WVU eventually pushed its lead to as many as 30 in the fourth quarter aided by an 80 percent clip in the third frame. 
• The Mountaineers scored a game-high 25 points in the third frame, while UNF also hit its game-best with 17.
• In the final quarter, the Ospreys held the hosts without a field goal for more than four minutes down the stretch. 

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

• North Florida shot 46.2 percent in the opening two quarters before dropping off in the third quarter to just 29 percent. For the game, the Ospreys went 40 percent from the floor, shooting 24-of-60.
• WVU committed a season-high 16 turnovers leading to 18 points for UNF, while UNF had a season-low 12 miscues.
• The Mountaineers pulled down 47 boards to the Ospreys' 22 including 16 of the offensive variety that led to 17 second-chance points.
• Katrina Pardee and Teana Muldow each had 20 points, while Chania Ray grabbed a game-high 11 boards with 10 assists.

UP NEXT
The Ospreys return back to Jacksonville, but head over to crosstown rival, JU, for a pair of neutral site games. UNF faces off with Webber on Friday before taking on Monmouth on Saturday. Both games are set for noon at Swisher Gymnasium.