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JACKSONVILLE - North Florida women's basketball upset No. 25 FGCU to snap a 17-game skid against the Eagles as the Ospreys won, 75-73, on Thursday evening at UNF Arena.

QUICK GLANCE
Score: North Florida 75, No. 25 FGCU  73
Records: North Florida (10-12, 3-4 ASUN) | FGCU (20-4, 6-1 ASUN)
Location: Jacksonville, Fla. (UNF Arena)
The Short Story: The Ospreys shot a season-high 50.9 percent from the field as UNF knocked off a ranked team for the first time in Division I program history.

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SAY WHAT
"This was a great win for our program! I am really excited with how we battled and competed. Everybody contributed and made plays. This was the first time we have been locked in for 40 minutes. I'm really proud of this group." -Head Coach Darrick Gibbs

OPENING TIP

• Senior Keonna Farmer scored a game-high 28 behind 11-for-19 from the field, while also pulling down a team-high nine boards. 
• After scoring just five first-half points, senior Tesh Hanson came back in the second to finish with 16 points, while grabbing eight boards.
• Junior Ty Purifoy chipped in a career-best 13 points, while dishing out three assists. She went 3-for-3 from the long range.
• Freshman Tiffany Tolbert dished out a season-high six helpers, while classmate Ta'Kyla Austin hit two clutch triples off the bench.
• UNF hit a season-high eight three-pointers and shot 72 percent from the field.

GAME CAPSULE
First Half Trends

• North Florida jumped out to a 7-2 lead before FGCU got back within one, 7-6 at the first media timeout.
• Farmer capped an 8-2 run with a triple to give the Ospreys their biggest lead of the game,15-8.
• FGCU responded on the other end of the floor, before Farmer hit another trey as time ticked down to give UNF a 18-13 lead heading into the second.
• The teams traded baskets and eventually knotted the score at 20 and again at 29 with two minutes left in the frame.
• The Ospreys went out front, 33-29, before the Eagles answered with a three to make it a 33-32 UNF lead heading into halftime.

Second Half Trends

• Coming out of the break, FGCU took its biggest lead as it led by seven twice in the third. The final time came on a three-pointer from Taylor Gradinjan to make it 52-45 with 2:05 on the clock.
• The Ospreys closed the gap to three with a triple from Austin before FGCU hit a bucket on the other end to give the Eagles a 55-50 lead.
• The Eagles held the advantage for the first four minutes of the final frame before a three-pointer from Purifoy, followed by a layup from Hanson put the Ospreys out front, 65-61, with 4:19 to play.
• The teams knotted the score and traded leads three more times before back-to-back baskets and a pair of free throws put UNF out front where it stayed for the remainder of the game.
• FGCU got to within two on a three-pointer, but Elli Bartley came down to hit two freebies and put the game out of reach.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

• It was Farmer's 13th time leading in scoring and has now scored in double figures in 17 of the last 19 games.
• Farmer also has scored 20 points in four of the last six contests.
• The Ospreys owned a 36-26 edge off the glass with Maiya Rumph also pulling down nine boards.
• This was the first win against the Eagles since 2010 and just the third win overall.
• North Florida is now 6-2 when at least three players score in double figures, while moving to 7-1 when scoring 70 or more points.

UP NEXT
North Florida opens the second half of ASUN play against Stetson on Saturday at 2 p.m.