JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida women's basketball begins a five-game road stint with Clemson tomorrow at 1 p.m. The Ospreys and Tigers meet for the second time in series history as North Florida takes on its second ACC foe of the season.
UNF at Clemson | Clemson, S.C. |
Game 6 |
Wednesday, Nov. 24 at 1 p.m. |
Series History |
Clemson leads, 1-0 |
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SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Clemson: The Tigers are 2-2 to start the season ... Clemson is led by fourth-year head coach Amanda Butler ... she has an overall 40-50 record at Clemson through her first three seasons ... she's had previous head coaching stops at Charlotte for two seasons and Florida for 10 seasons ... Delicia Washington leads the Tigers in total points (53), rebounds (27), and assists (10), over her first four games ... Clemson has won games against USC-Upstate and Penn State, but have fallen to Columbia and No. 1 South Carolina.
FROM THE JUMP
>> UNF is 4-1, off to the program's best start through five games in UNF DI-history. North Florida is 4-0 at home this year and on a four-game winning streak.
>> The Ospreys rank in the top 20 nationally in a number of statistical categories:
-Assists - 105 (5th)
-Assists/game - 21 (7th)
-Steals - 68 (5th)
-FT % - 80.2 (20th)
-Scoring Margin - 29.8 (20th)
-Scoring Offense - 87.2 (12th)
-SPG - 13.6 (14th)
-3PT FG Made - 45 (14th)
-Turnover Margin - 10.8 (7th)
-Turnovers Forced - 25.8 (10th)
>> UNF set the DI-era single-game steals record during a 92-40 win against Warner, while
Summah Evans finished one steal short of the UNF DI-era single-game record for steals with seven. The Ospreys also tied a UNF DI-era mark for assists in a game with 25.
>> UNF begins its longest road stint of the season, playing five in a row on the road. The Ospreys play at Clemson (Nov. 24), Charleston (Nov. 27), Auburn (Nov. 30), FIU (Dec. 4) and Georgia (Dec. 8). UNF isn't back home until Dec. 12 when it hosts Bethune-Cookman.
AN OSPREY WIN WOULD...
- Make UNF 5-1 and give UNF a five-game winning streak, it's first since Jan. 30-Feb. 20 of last season.
-Give UNF its first-ever win against a Power Five team.
-Give the Ospreys their first road win of the year.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Jazz Bond already has three double-doubles, good for the most in the ASUN and tied for the seventh in the NCAA. She was just three assists short of a triple-double in the win against Warner.
FIZZLE SIZZLE
Known as Fizzle per her social media alias,
Jazz Bond sizzled last week, averaging 25.5 points and 11 rebounds per game to earn her fifth-career ASUN Player of the Week honor.
The forward poured in 31 points and went 9-for-10 from the FT line, scoring 12 points in OT as UNF defeated FAU, 85-79.
LOOKING AHEAD
UNF continues its road trek when it goes to Charleston for a 2 p.m. tip-off against the Cougars Saturday, Nov. 27.
LAST TIME VS. CLEMSON
CLEMSON, S.C. – Despite holding Clemson to the fewest points allowed by a high-major in the Ospreys' history, a cold and turnover-plagued second half was the difference maker as University of North Florida women's basketball fell 48-44 at Clemson on Sunday afternoon at Littlejohn Coliseum.
LAST vs. CLEMSON
12/1/13 L, 44-48 Clemson, S.C.