Monday, February 13
Jacksonville, Fla.
7:00 p.m.
University of North Florida
10-16, 3-8ASUN
61
vs
51
NJIT
10-16, 3-8ASUN
1
2
3
4
F
NJIT
12
12
10
17
51
North Florida
7
21
17
16
61
Team Stats
NJIT
UNF
FG%
.292
.417
3FG%
.278
.333
FT%
.720
.778
RB
34
36
TO
21
22
STL
12
9
Game Leaders
Pts
18
FGM
7
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
G
/ Women's BasketballPG
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's Basketball
F
/ Women's Basketball
G/F
/ Women's Basketball
Photo by: Todd Drexler
Team Effort Lifts North Florida Past NJIT
2/13/2017 9:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball
JACKSONVILLEÂ - North Florida women's basketball dished out 16 assists on 20 baskets en route to its second straight ASUN win as the Ospreys downed NJIT, 61-51 on Monday evening at UNF Arena.
QUICK GLANCE Score: North Florida 61, NJIT 51
Records: North Florida (10-16, 3-8Â ASUN) | NJITÂ (10-16, 3-8 ASUN)
Location:Â UNF Arena (Jacksonville, Fla.)
The Short Story:Â Junior Tesh Hanson and Claire Ioannidis both scored in double figures, while the team shared the ball to get baskets in the 61-51 win.
GAMEDAY MEDIA CENTER
FINAL BOX SCORE PDF
OPENING TIP
First Half Trends
SAY WHAT
"It's great to see our continued growth. We did a solid job on both ends of the floor and battled through adversity with our foul trouble. We shared the ball well and did a solid job executing offensively. We will continue to work and get better as we go through the rest of our schedule. This is the time of yera when you want to be moving towards playing your best basketball and we will continue to work towards that." - Head Coach Darrick Gibbs.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
North Florida heads out on the road for the final ASUN series. It travels to Kennesaw State on Saturday, Feb. 18 before trekking to Nashville to play Lipscomb on Monday. The Ospreys final home game is set for the River City Rumble on Saturday, Feb. 25 against Jacksonville.
QUICK GLANCE Score: North Florida 61, NJIT 51
Records: North Florida (10-16, 3-8Â ASUN) | NJITÂ (10-16, 3-8 ASUN)
Location:Â UNF Arena (Jacksonville, Fla.)
The Short Story:Â Junior Tesh Hanson and Claire Ioannidis both scored in double figures, while the team shared the ball to get baskets in the 61-51 win.
GAMEDAY MEDIA CENTER
FINAL BOX SCORE PDF
OPENING TIP
- This win avenges the earlier season loss to the Highlanders in Newark.
- Hanson tallied a game-high 18 points with eight rebounds and two assists. She hot 7-for-8 from the floor and went 3-for-4 from the line.
- Ioannidis hit double figures for the third straight game with 13 points and four assists.
- Despite having just two points, Jaiveonna Norris was effective in the paint as she recorded four blocks on defense, while also dishing out a career-high five helpers.
- Leah Horton led the way for NJIT with 14 points and six rebounds.
First Half Trends
- It was a slow start to the game as it was 5-3 NJITÂ at the media timeout.
- The visitors took a 9-3 lead before UNF closed the gap to 9-7 on a Hanson bucket.Â
- NJITÂ closed out the quarter, leading 12-7.
- North Florida came out of the quick break ready to fire as Hanson started a 17-7 run capped by an Ioannidis three.
- The Ospreys then stayed out in front for the remainder of the quarter as they took a 28-24 lead into halftime.
- UNF outscored the Highlanders, 21-12, in the second quarter.
- Three straight triples from North Florida followed by three layups gave the Ospreys their biggest lead of the game, 43-28, with 5:07 to play in the third.
- NJITÂ shrank the lead to nine with back-to-back treys, but the team came up empty on its next four possessions.
- After a turnover from the visitors and six seconds left in the frame, Ioannidis took the inbound pass from the back court and drove to the other side where she hit a mid-range jumper to push the Ospreys' lead back to double figures ta 45-34.
- From there, UNF kept its double figure lead for majority of the final quarter.Â
- NJIT got to within nine two times, but the North Florida lead was enough to give the hosts its second straight win.
SAY WHAT
"It's great to see our continued growth. We did a solid job on both ends of the floor and battled through adversity with our foul trouble. We shared the ball well and did a solid job executing offensively. We will continue to work and get better as we go through the rest of our schedule. This is the time of yera when you want to be moving towards playing your best basketball and we will continue to work towards that." - Head Coach Darrick Gibbs.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- North Florida matched its season high with eight blocks including three from Maiya Rumph.
- Freshman Adrienne Jackson recorded a season-best five steals.Â
- Every player who saw the floor recorded at least two points.
- UNF outshot NJIT 41 percent to 29 percent from the field.
- The Ospreys had seven or more three-pointers for the eighth time this season.
North Florida heads out on the road for the final ASUN series. It travels to Kennesaw State on Saturday, Feb. 18 before trekking to Nashville to play Lipscomb on Monday. The Ospreys final home game is set for the River City Rumble on Saturday, Feb. 25 against Jacksonville.
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