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North Florida Closes Out Home Games vs. USC Upstate

Women's basketball previews USC Upstate

Women's Basketball | 2/18/2018 5:34:00 PM

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida women's basketball wraps up its regular season home slate against USC Upstate on Monday, Feb. 19.
 

GAME DAY CENTRAL

WHAT: North Florida (11-16, 4-8 ASUN) vs. USC Upstate (10-17, 5-7 ASUN)
WHERE: Jacksonville, Fla. (UNF Arena)
WHEN: Monday, Feb. 19 - 7 p.m.
THE SERIES: Upstate 16-17
LAST MEETING: North Florida W, 65-61 at Upstate (1/15/18)


FOLLOW THE ACTION

LIVE STATS: UNFOspreys.com
WATCH: ESPN3
TWITTER: @OspreyWBB


ABOUT NORTH FLORIDA (11-16)

Roster | Schedule | Statistics 


ABOUT UPSTATE (10-17)

Roster | Schedule | Statistics 


FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
>> North Florida is looking for its second sweep of the ASUN season as it looks to take a win against USC Upstate.
>> UNF earned its fourth win to have its best ASUN record since 2012-2013 when the Ospreys were 7-11.
>> The Ospreys look to win their next two games to improve to fifth place in the ASUN standings. 
>> Senior Keonna Farmer is just 31 points away from matching the UNF Division I single season scoring record. 
>> The Ospreys are fourth in the conference in 3PT Defense - holding teams to a 31 percent clip from long range.

AN OSPREY WIN ON MONDAY WOULD...
- Be the 343rd win in program history
- Be Head Coach Gibbs 29th win
- Be the second straight sweep of USC Upstate

LAST TIME VS THE SPARTANS
  • Keonna Farmer led the team for the 11th time in scoring with 18 points. 
  • Junior Arianna Emanuel-Wright scored in double figures in back-to-back games with 10 points, while pulling down a team-high eight rebounds and tallying two blocks. 
  • After scoring six points in the opening half, senior Maiya Rumph added to her total in the second half to tally 10 for the game on 5-for-6 from the field.
  • Every player who saw the floor hit at least one basket.
  • The Ospreys shot 44 percent from the floor marking the ninth time the team hit above 40 percent.


RUN LIKE YOU STOLE SOMETHING
Senior Keonna Farmer is just three steals away from breaking into the top 10 in UNF single-season records. She is second in the ASUN and is ranked in the top 75 in the nation in swipes.

LOOKING AHEAD
North Florida closes out the regular season at crosstown rival Jacksonville on Saturday, Feb. 24.
 
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Players Mentioned

Maiya Rumph

#24 Maiya Rumph

G/F
6' 0"
Senior
Keonna Farmer

#22 Keonna Farmer

F
6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
UAB
Arianna Emanuel-Wright

#1 Arianna Emanuel-Wright

G
5' 8"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Maiya Rumph

#24 Maiya Rumph

6' 0"
Senior
G/F
Keonna Farmer

#22 Keonna Farmer

6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
UAB
F
Arianna Emanuel-Wright

#1 Arianna Emanuel-Wright

5' 8"
Junior
G