JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The road trip continues Saturday when North Florida heads south on I-95 to face FIU in Miami at noon. 
 

UNF at FIU | Miami, Fla.
Game 9	Saturday, Dec. 4 at noon
Series History	UNF leads, 3-2
Social Media / Coverage	@OspreyWBB | #SWOOPLife | @UNFOspreys

 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
FIU: FIU is coming off a two-point loss in a defensive struggle against Jacksonville this past Tuesday ... the Panthers fell to JU, 35-33, snapping a two-game winning streak ... FIU is 4-3 on the year, earning wins against Florida Memorial, Kennesaw State, Chicago State and Eastern Michigan ... FIU is led by second-year head coach Jesyka Burks-Wiley ... Ariel Colon is the team's leading scorer, averaging 13.4 points per game ... she is the lone player in double figures ... FIU is holding teams to 26.7 percent shooting from beyond the arc ... nine of FIU's student-athletes are upperclassmen.

FROM THE JUMP
>> UNF is 5-3 on the year, winning against Warner, Trinity Baptist, Webber, FAU and Charleston.
>> UNF started 4-1 through its first five games, its best start through the first five in the program's DI history.
>> The Ospreys rank in the top 20 nationally in a number of statistical categories:

-Assists - 152 (5th)
-Assists/Game - 19.0 (14th)
-Field Goal % - 48.2 (13th)
-Scoring Offense - 82.4 (15th)
-3 PT FG Att. - 206 (10th)
-3 PT FG Made - 73 (9th)
-3 PT FG/Game - 9.1 (20th)

AN OSPREY WIN WOULD...
-Give UNF its second road win of the year.
-Make UNF 4-2 all-time against FIU.
-Give UNF its fourth consecutive win against FIU.
-Make UNF 5-0 in the state of Florida this season.
-Make the Ospreys 2-0 against C-USA teams this year.

WHEN WINNING
UNF is 2-0 on Saturday this year ... when UNF has fewer turnovers than its opponents the Ospreys are 4-0 ... North Florida is 4-0 when grabbing more boards than the other team ... UNF is 5-0 when holding foes to less than 40 percent shooting ... the Ospreys are 5-0 when leading at the half.

LAST TIME OUT
AUBURN, Ala. - Tatiana Thompson drilled a three-pointer to give UNF a 63-60 lead at the 5:27 mark in the fourth quarter, but the host Auburn Tigers (4-3) rattled off a late run to take the lead for good as North Florida (5-3) came up short, 72-65, Tuesday, Nov. 30.

ALL THAT JAZZ 'N MOORE
Rhetta Moore and Jazz Bond have scored in double-figures in all eight games this year. Bond and Moore are scoring over 18 points per game and rank in the top 10 in the nation in field goals made.

LAST TIME VS. FIU
JACKSONVILLE - North Florida women's basketball was led by a trio of 20-point scorers in Jazz Bond, Marissa Mackins and Rhetta Moore as the Ospreys won their home opener, 84-66, against FIU on Thursday evening. The Ospreys have now won six straight home openers.

LAST vs. FIU
Date Result Location
12/3/20 W, 84-66 UNF Arena
11/15/19 W, 64-49 Miami, Fla.
12/11/18 W, 62-53 UNF Arena
11/11/12 L, 44-63 Miami, Fla.
11/24/06 L, 46-86 Miami, Fla.

DEBUT
Freshman guard Kaila Rougier became the 12th Osprey to see time this year after making her UNF and collegiate debut Tuesday night at Auburn. Kaila scored three points in nine minutes of play.

Rougier from up I-95 where she attended Beach High School in Savannah, Ga. The lefty was a dominant scorer, pouring in 22.0 points/game.

FIZZLE SIZZLE
Jazz Bond moved into third in UNF's total-points chart (1,295), moving past UNF Hall of Famer and former assistant UNF women's basketball coach, Nancy Miller. 

Bond also ranks in the UNF all-time record books:
-FG made - 470 (4th)
-3 PT FG made - 124 (6th)
-3 PT FG % - .378 (5th)
-FT made - 231 (5th)
-FT % - 82.2 (3rd)
-Rebounds - 656 (4th)
-Def. Rebounds - 495 (3rd)
-Blocks - 219 (1st)
-Blocks/Game - 2.7 (1st)
-MPG - 29.7 (8th)