JACKSONVILLE - North Florida women's basketball begins a three-game homestand on Friday as it welcomes College of Charleston to UNF Arena for a 7 p.m. game.
GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (5-5) vs. College of Charleston (2-6)
WHERE: Jacksonville, Fla. (UNF Arena)
WHEN: Friday, Dec. 15 - 7 p.m.
THE SERIES: UNF leads 1-0
LAST TIME VS THE COUGARS
- North Florida kept College of Charleston off the board from long range as it went 0-for-15 in last season's meeting.
- Tesh Hanson and Maiya Rumph each grabbed 10 rebounds, while adding four points each.
- UNF grabbed 47 rebounds to the Cougars 39.
- College of Charleston shot just 27 percent from the field.
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ABOUT NORTH FLORIDA (5-5)
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ABOUT COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (2-6)
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OPENING TIP
North Florida has three of its next game at home beginning with College of Charleston on Friday. UNF is looking to stay undefeated at home this season.
AN OSPREY WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...
- Be the 334th win in program history
- Be Head Coach Gibbs 23rd win
- Be the second straight win against College of Charleston
ON THIS DAY
North Florida is 3-3 on December 15 and played on this date last season and lost at Bethune-Cookman by two points. Its last win was in 2002 against Florida Tech.
LOOKING AHEAD
UNF ends its schedule before the holidays with a pair of games at home against Northern Kentucky (Dec. 19) and Edward Waters (Dec. 20). The Ospreys come back from break and have two road games before heading into conference play.
QUICK HITS
- North Florida owns 14 wins under coach Gibbs at home and is 2-0 this season scoring 72.0 points in those contests.
- The Ospreys are 16-2 under Gibbs and 4-1 this season when scoring 70 or more points. With five games above 70 points, North Florida ranks 2nd in the ASUN in points per game.
- With
Keonna Farmer leading the team with 26 steals, North Florida is ranked 67th in the nation in that category.
- North Florida set a program record with 35 made free throws against Webber on November 24.
- Junior
Ty Purifoy recorded a season-high seven assists at Florida A&M and now ranks fifth in the ASUN with 3.6 assists per game and 32 overall.
- Sophomore
Adrienne Jackson hit six treys against Florida A&M (Dec. 10) to become the seventh player in D1 history to accomplish the feat. UNF's single-game record is seven makes from long range.
- For the first time under head coach Gibbs, the Ospreys' are producing a positive turnover margin and rank 43rd in the nation in turnovers forced at more than 20 a game.
