JACKSONVILLE - Senior
Jazz Bond displayed all of her skills as she led North Florida women's basketball with 30 points in a 72-65 win against Jacksonville on Saturday afternoon in the first game of the River City Rumble.
She becomes the first player since Skye Barber in 2003 to score 30 points. The 30 points are also a career-high and the top for the Ospreys this season. She now sits in seventh in UNF history for single-game points.
Ospreys of the Game
QUOTE FROM THE TOP
"This was a really good team win. It was good to see us adjust and find a different way to have success on the offensive end. We had a lot of people make plays and that really helped us get control of the game in the second half." -
head coach Darrick Gibbs
Turning Point
North Florida (4-6, 2-1 ASUN) doubled up the Dolphins in the third quarter to create a nine-point lead - its biggest of the game. Jacksonville came in striking distance with just over two minutes to play, but missed two crucial shots down the stretch to close the gap.
INSIDE THE GAME
- Neither team reached a double-figure lead and the game featured six lead changes and two ties.
- The opening frame saw the teams trade baskets until the media time out with the score knotted at 10. North Florida then closed the quarter on a 6-3 run to own the 16-13 lead at the break.
- In the second, Jacksonville used a pair of runs to eventually take its biggest lead of the game, 35-27 with less than a minute in the half. Mackins came up on the other side and hit a triple to close out the second and make it 35-30 in JU's favor.
- North Florida used a 16-6 run to regain the lead it never relinquished.
- In the fourth, UNF pushed its lead back to nine on another three-pointer from Mackins, but it was short lived as the Dolphins eventually whittled the lead to just three, 66-63 with 2:41 to play. The Ospreys the went 6-for-6 from the stripe to take the win.
Osprey Fast Breaks
- This was the first win against Jacksonville at UNF Arena since 2013 and just the third since 2013.
- The six three-pointers made is just one more than the Ospreys season-low. UNF hit just five at Florida.
- North Florida committed a season-low 10 turnovers against JU.
- The Ospreys have now scored 70 or more points in seven games including all three ASUN contests.
- Rhetta Moore dished out a team-high five helpers as UNF assisted on 18 of their 24 baskets.
What's Next
The rematch against the Dolphin is set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. North Florida last beat Jacksonville twice in the 2011-12 season.
