JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Thanks to 10 three-pointers and clutch play down the stretch the Ospreys (10-8, 3-2 ASUN) defeated Jacksonville, 70-64, from the Historic Swisher Gymnasium Monday, Jan. 20.
The win snapped a 14-game losing skid to the Dolphins (10-8, 2-3 ASUN) and marked the first win against JU during head coach
Darrick Gibbs' tenure.
Ospreys of the Game
Turning Point
Senior forward
Dasha Eremeeva converted a driving layup with 48 seconds left to put UNF ahead for good, 65-64, before the Ospreys held JU scoreless for the final 48 ticks.
SWOOP of the Game
UNF's bigs were dominant Monday night, with Bond and Eremeeva posting a pair of double-doubles while combining to tally 36 points and 24 boards.
INSIDE THE GAME
- UNF traded points with JU's Shekayla Nevitt in the first quarter, although the Dolphins edged ahead for a 15-8 lead after one.
- Green heated up in the second frame, finishing the half with a team high 10 points as the Ospreys trailed only 33-31 at the break.
- JU would create a 50-42 lead in the third quarter, its largest advantage of the game. Green hit a huge three-pointer with 2:52 remaining in the third frame as the Ospreys closed the third on an 8-2 run.
- Things were neck and neck in the fourth, with the largest lead being only three. Adrienne Jackson came off a pick and tied the game, 62-62, with a trey at the 3:14 mark.
- There were two more lead changes before Eremeeva's game winner with 48 seconds left.
- UNF was 4-for-5 from the line during the final minute.
Osprey Fast Breaks
- UNF was 10-for-24 from beyond the arc, tying a season high.
- It was head coach Darrick Gibbs' 55th win as a head coach.
- It's UNF's most points scored in Swisher Gymnasium during the regular season.
- It was UNF's most points scored in a victory against the Dolphins in series history.
- Eremeeva's 12-rebound night ties a season and career high.
- Bond's five blocks was one shy of a career high.
- Green has played all 40 minutes twice this year.
- Neither bench factored into the offensive side of the game, with UNF outscoring JU's bench, 3-0.
- North Florida converted 18 second chance points to JU's nine.
- There were four tie scores and 10 lead changes.
- Green and Nevitt both tallied 22 points.
From the Top
"This is huge, it's one of the top games in my time here. To be able to come out in this environment and respond the way we did was great. We talk about where we want to end up and what we want to do in league play, and we have to win games like this. I think we rebounded very well, and that's something we stressed early in the game. It was a matter of calming down offensively and executing, and that's what we ended up doing." -- Head Coach
Darrick Gibbs
What's Next
North Florida will stay on the road Saturday when it goes to Lipscomb for a 2:30 p.m. tip-off against the Bisons.
