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Junior guard Janesha Green drives in for the layup against Lipscomb, avoiding a defender.
Green posted the first double-double of her career Wednesday night at Stetson.
75
Winner North Florida UNF 13-13, 8-7 ASUN
62
Stetson STET 15-13, 10-4 ASUN
Winner
North Florida UNF
13-13, 8-7 ASUN
75
Final
62
Stetson STET
15-13, 10-4 ASUN
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
North Florida UNF 16 23 16 20 75
Stetson STET 15 15 17 15 62

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | North Florida Athletics

Green's Career High Double-Double Carries Ospreys to Sweep of Hatters

DELAND, Fla. -  Junior Janesha Green netted her first career double-double finishing with 18 points and 10 rebounds, as North Florida earned a season sweep of in-state foe Stetson with a 75-62 road win on Wednesday night.

Green's totals were both career highs while Jazz Bond led the Ospreys with 22 points. Senior Ty Purifoy also made history becoming the program's all-time single season leader for assists after dishing out eight in the victory.

Leaders
UNF Stetson
  • Day'Nesha Banks | 25 points, 9 rebounds
  • Jon'Nita Henry | 12 points, 11 rebounds

Inside the First Half
North Florida blasted out of the blocks, scoring the games first 10 points while holding the Hatters without a point for the first five minutes of the game. Stetson would make  back-to-back threes to slow the Osprey roll and eventually trimmed the deficit to a single point, 16-15, by the end of the quarter. SU closed the first period on a 9-2 surge.

Early in the second stanza, the two squads settled into a basket trading mode until an 8-0 spurt from the Hatters midway through half saw them build their largest lead of the game, 28-23, with 5:31 remaining until intermission. North Florida answered with its second 10-0 run of the night, turning a five-point deficit into a five-point advantage in just two minutes. Green started the rally with a jumper followed by back-to-back treys by Elli Bartley and Lauren Gross and then Purifoy capped things with a lay-up. After a Stetson basket, UNF closed the half with six more points to carry a 39-30 lead into halftime.

Inside the Second Half
The Ospreys scored the first four points of the second half highlighted by a jumper for Ariana Emanuel-Wright that was created by Purifoy's record-setting assist with 8:43 on the clock. The UNF lead would hover near double-figures for much of the third quarter. North Florida led 55-42 with 3:51 left in the quarter but would not score another point before the buzzer as the Hatters mounted a rally by scoring the final five points

The Stetson run expanded to 8-0 early in the final period until Emanuel-Wright dropped in a jumper two minutes into the action. Bond and Green followed with three-pointers and Emanuel-Wright added another bucket to push the Osprey lead back into double digts. Stetson pulled to within 10 at 67-57 before the Osprey put the game away with an 8-0 run keyed by five points from Green.

Osprey Fast Breaks
  • North Florida scored over 20 points in both the second and fourth quarters while holding the Hatters under 20 in every quarter.
  • UNF shot 49 percent from the field and limited Stetson to just 32 percent.
  • Ospreys finished the night 8-of-14 from long distance (57 percent).
  • Teams combined for 33 turnovers (UNF 17, SU 16).
  • Bond notched over 20 points for the third time this year.
  • Green became the fifth different player with a double-double this season for UNF.
  • North Florida claimed its 8th ASUN win of the season, increasing the season high record under Gibbs.
  • The 13 overall victories matches the season high mark of Gibb's tenure and equals the most wins in a season for the Ospreys in the Division I Era .

Thoughts From the Top
"Great win for our group. I thought we came out and executed well on both ends of the floor. We are excited about us continuing to press forward and get better. One thing we still have to address is rebounding the ball better and more consistently. We are shooting the ball well and they are doing a good job of making our in-game adjustments especially on the defensive end. We just have to get ready for our last one and go from there." - Head coach Darrick Gibbs.

What's Next
North Florida will close out its regular season ledger at home against NJIT on Tuesday, Mar. 5 at 7 p.m.
 
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