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Tesh Hanson guards against Webber at JU
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67
Winner Monmouth MONW 2-4
57
North Florida UNF 3-3
Winner
Monmouth MONW
2-4
67
Final
57
North Florida UNF
3-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Monmouth MONW 17 16 15 19 67
North Florida UNF 11 8 17 21 57

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Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Monmouth Takes Down UNF

JACKSONVILLE - North Florida women's basketball fell behind early and never recovered as Monmouth topped the Ospreys, 67-57, on Saturday afternoon in the final game of the Fairfield Inn & Suites Thanksgiving Classic at Jacksonville's Swisher Gymnasium.

QUICK GLANCE
Score: North Florida 57, Monmouth 67
Records: North Florida (3-3) | Monmouth (2-4)
Location: Jacksonville, Fla. (Swisher Gymnasium)
The Short Story: UNF struggled from the line and the field as Monmouth took a lead it never relinquished.

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FINAL BOX SCORE PDF

OPENING TIP
  • Senior Tesh Hanson led the team with 16 points, while also pulling down seven rebounds.
  • Classmate Keonna Farmer grabbed a double-double for the second time this season with 10 points and 10 rebounds. She also picked up three steals.
  • Senior Maiya Rumph missed a double-double by one board as she had 10 points and nine rebounds including six of the offensive kind.
  • Junior Arianna Emanuel-Wright and sophomore Adrienne Jackson each came off the bench and chipped in eight points. 

GAME CAPSULE
First Half Trends
  • After setting the free throw record against Webber on Friday, North Florida struggled from the line with a 1-for-9 outing in the opening 20 minutes.
  • UNF trailed early in the first and it never regained momentum as Monmouth held the 33-19 lead at the break.
  • The Hawks held the Ospreys scoreless from long range, while hitting 2-of-5 for themselves.

Second Half Trends
  • Out of the break, Monmouth took its biggest lead of the game on a three-pointer before the Ospreys got back within 38-25 with 7:27 to play.
  • Despite UNF outscoring the Hawks in the third quarter, 17-15, the closest it would get was 48-36 at the end of the third.
  • In the final frame, North Florida worked its way to a single-digit deficit, 61-53, on a lay up from Emanuel-Wright with 1:24 to play.
  • The Ospreys kept Monmouth from scoring a field goal for the final four minutes of the game, but the Hawks shot 6-for-8 from the line down the stretch to keep the game out of reach.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
  • North Florida took a season-high 75 shots. Its previous high was against Warner with 68.
  • The Ospreys snapped a 67-game streak of hitting a three-pointer as they went 0-for-9 from long range.
  • UNF had just 13 turnovers, while forcing 23 en route to 15 points.
  • The Ospreys struggled from the line, going 7-for-18, to shoot a season-low 38.9 percent.
  • Kayla Shaw led the way for Monmouth with a game-best 19 points.

UP NEXT
North Florida hosts Bethune-Cookman on Thursday at 7 p.m. in UNF Arena. It is the final home game for the Ospreys until December 15.
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Players Mentioned

Tesh Hanson

#12 Tesh Hanson

G
5' 11"
Redshirt Senior
Adrienne Jackson

#4 Adrienne Jackson

G
5' 9"
Sophomore
Maiya Rumph

#24 Maiya Rumph

G/F
6' 0"
Senior
Keonna Farmer

#22 Keonna Farmer

F
6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
UAB
Ta

#11 Ta'Kyla Austin

G
5' 7"
Freshman
Arianna Emanuel-Wright

#1 Arianna Emanuel-Wright

G
5' 8"
Junior
Ty Purifoy

#2 Ty Purifoy

G
5' 1"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Tesh Hanson

#12 Tesh Hanson

5' 11"
Redshirt Senior
G
Adrienne Jackson

#4 Adrienne Jackson

5' 9"
Sophomore
G
Maiya Rumph

#24 Maiya Rumph

6' 0"
Senior
G/F
Keonna Farmer

#22 Keonna Farmer

6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
UAB
F
Ta

#11 Ta'Kyla Austin

5' 7"
Freshman
G
Arianna Emanuel-Wright

#1 Arianna Emanuel-Wright

5' 8"
Junior
G
Ty Purifoy

#2 Ty Purifoy

5' 1"
Junior
G