GAME NOTES (PDF)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida women's basketball returns to UNF Arena for its regular season finale to host NJIT on Tuesday as it vies for a chance to host an ASUN postseason game. With a win and a win from North Alabama, the Ospreys would garner the No. 4 seed and host a quarterfinal game.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Date: Tuesday, March 5
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Jacksonville, Fla.
Opponent: NJIT Highlanders
Coverage: Live Stats | ESPN+ ($)

All-Time Series: UNF leads all-time 5-3
Last Meeting: UNF beat NJIT in Newark 78-59 on Feb. 16, 2019

An Osprey Win Tuesday Would....

• Be the 357th win in program history
• Be head coach Gibbs' 44th win
• Be the second win against NJIT this season & first sweep of the Highlanders since 2016
• Give UNF the most wins under coach Gibbs
• Be the most wins at UNF arena since 2011-12

Last Time Out:
DeLAND, Fla. -  North Florida raced 10-0 lead and never really looked back as it swept Stetson for the first time since 2009 with a 75-62 win in the Edmunds Center. Jazz Bond led the way with 22 points, eight rebounds and five blocks, while Janesha Green recorded her first career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Osprey Fast Breaks:

• With a win and a North Alabama win, the Ospreys would host a quarterfinal as the No. 4 seed. It would be the team's highest seed since the 2012 season when UNF earned a No. 4 spot as well.
• Jazz Bond reached double-figures for the 17th time; Janesha Green recorded her first career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
• Ty Purifoy added to her UNF Division - I single-season record for assists as she now owns 141 on the year.
• Eight ASUN victories marks the most under Darrick Gibbs and is the highest total since 2012-13 (10).
• Since becoming eligible to play in December after transferring in from USF, redshirt-sophomore Jazz Bond has been a force down low for UNF. The Murfreesboro, Tenn., native has scored in double-figures 17 of the 18 games she's played in, averaging 16.2 points per contest.
  • Five times she's notched at least five blocks in a contest, and earlier this year her six blocks tied a single-game school record. The forward has been named ASUN Newcomer of the Week three different times this season.

Scouting NJIT

• NJIT (6-22, 3-12 ASUN) locked up the No. 8 seed with its 58-39 loss to Liberty on Saturday.
• Kelly Guarino leads the team with 12.8 points per game, while Danielle Tunstall is second with 11.4 ppg. She leads the Highlanders off the glass with 7.4 boards per contest.
• Tatianna Torres is the playmaker for NJIT as she has a team-high 67 assists on the season, while also picking up 20 steals.
• NJIT has won just one game since January 19. The only conference opponent it swept this season is Lipscomb.
• In the first meeting against UNF this season, Dez Allen recorded a team-high 13 points off the bench, while Ellyn Stoll added 12 points. Tatianna Torres had eight points, eight assists and eight rebounds.
• For the game, the Highlanders shot just 32.7 percent and were held to 1-of-9 in the final quarter.