JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida looks to add another win to its ASUN résumé when it heads to New Jersey for its first matchup against NJIT in the 2019 season.
GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Date: Saturday, Feb. 16
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Newark, N.J.
Opponent: NJIT Highlanders
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All-Time Series: UNF leads all-time series, 5-3
Last Meeting: UNF fell to NJIT, 66-62, Feb. 17, 2018
An Osprey Win Tuesday Would....
- Be the 355th win in UNF women's basketball history
- Be head coach Gibbs' 41st win
- Be the fourth straight win for UNF against Kennesaw State
- Be the second ASUN road win for the Ospreys this year.
Last Time Out:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After a slow start, the North Florida women's basketball team exploded for 51 points in the third and fourth quarters and rallied for a 74-66 victory versus Kennesaw State Tuesday night from the UNF Arena.
Arianna Emanuel-Wright and
Jazz Bond combined for 40 points to lead the charge, scoring 21 and 19 respectively.
Osprey Fast Breaks:
- UNF has had at least one player record a double-double in seven of the last eight games. During that stretch, four different players have reached that mark (Dasha Eremeeva, Jazz Bond, Arianna Emanuel-Wright and Adrienne Jackson).
- Emanuel-Wright topped the 20-point mark for the fifth time this season and third time in the last four games
- North Florida committed a season-low five turnovers in the victory.
- The Ospreys are looking for their first win on a Saturday this year.
- Ty Purifoy recorded her 200th assist as an Osprey in just 49 games play last weekend.
- Five ASUN victories equals the most under Darrick Gibbs.
- Redshirt-sophomore Jazz Bond leads the league in scoring at 16 points per game.
Scouting NJIT
- The Highlanders come in with a record of 5-18 overall and 2-8 in the ASUN, tied for seventh place in the league with six conference games left on their slate.
- NJIT is coming off a 61-42 loss to the streaking FGCU Eagles on Tuesday. FGCU shot 33 three-pointers in the loss, converting only three, but it got to the three throw line 12 more times than the host Highlanders.
- Danielle Tunstall is tied-for-fourth in the league in rebounding at 7.9 rebounds per game.
- NJIT has the second-worst three-point field goal percentage in the league at 28.6 percent.
