JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida women's basketball returns home after its trip from Ireland to play against Saint Joseph's on Sunday, Nov. 27, with tip-off set for 12:30 p.m.

Sunday's game will be streamed on ESPN+ with updates made through live stats, as well as on Twitter at OspreyWBB.

FROM THE JUMP

• UNF will play Saint Joseph's for the first time in program history on Sunday afternoon.
• The Ospreys brought down the most rebounds, as well as attempted the most shots, all season in their previous game against Marist.
• Lyric Swann has scored double-digit figures in the first four games to open the season.
• The Swann sisters are the only two players on the roster averaging double-digit points, while also making 19 of the Ospreys' 30 total three-point makes on the year.
• They also average the most minutes played out of the 11 players on the roster, as Lyric Swann leads the team at 34.5 MPG and Jaelyn Swann not far behind at 29.8 MPG.
• Emma Broermann has been a beast on the boards to start the year, totaling at least six or more rebounds in her first four games played.
• Brianna Livingston had a stellar outing overseas, combining for 24 points and 12 rebounds through both games and setting career-best marks in both categories.
• Freshmen Maddie Millar and Sarah Taub each made the first starts of their collegiate careers last weekend at the Dublin Challenge.

SCOUTING REPORT

• Saint Joseph's enters this weekend's contest unbeaten through their first five games, including a win at Vanderbilt.
• This will only be their second road trip on the season and their third game played in eight days.
• Their past four wins have all been by single digits with their most recent game being a nine-point victory over Temple.
• The Hawks boast two Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference Team selections in Katie Jekot and Tayla Brugler.
• They were also voted to finish sixth in their conference among the 15 head coaches in the league.
• Brugler leads the team in scoring with 14.6 points per game, while Mackenzie Smith and Laura Ziegler join her with double-digit scoring averages.
• All three players with at least 10 PPG are underclassman with Ziegler playing as a freshman.
• Jekot averages in the most minutes per game with 35.2, as well as 9.6 PPG, 5.8 APG and 3.6 RPG.
• Ziegler is the Hawk to watch on the boards, as she averages 8.0 RPG and has recorded seven or more rebounds in all five games.

AN OSPREY WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...

• Be their first win against Saint Joseph's in its first career meeting.
• Break a three-game losing streak and their first win since the season-opener on Nov. 7.
• Give them back-to-back wins at home to open the year for a seventh consecutive season.

NEWBIES

The Ospreys have plenty of new faces to go around with six transfers and three freshmen bringing their talents to Jacksonville, Fla.

Elysa Wesolek (South Carolina), Brianna Livingston (Monmouth), Selma Eklund (UNC-Wilmington) come directly from D-I programs, while Kristy Hamze (Queens), Lyric Swann (CCBC Essex) and Jaelyn Swann (CCBC Essex) are additions from D-II/NJCCA institutions. Lyric and Jaelyn Swann do have experience playing at the D-I level, as they previously played for UMBC before transferring to CCBC Essex.

UNF brings in three freshmen after only have one on the roster this past season (Kaila Rougier). Maddie Millar, the only in-state product on the team, and Sarah Taub are guards with stellar shooting abilities. Helena Rafnsdottir also joins as a freshman after playing for her club team in Iceland since she was five years old, as well as the Icelandic Women's National Team.

Assistant coach Myron Brown is also welcomed as a newcomer to the squad, as he joins the Ospreys' coaching staff after being the head women's basketball coach for Thomas University since 2017.

TWIN TIES

Lyric and Jaelyn Swann both transfer in from CCBC Essex in Maryland to join the Osprey roster. They are one of 15 sets of twins playing for the same Division I women's basketball team this season.

This is also the second consecutive year that UNF will sport a set of sisters on the squad, as Jazz and Jaida Bond both played for the Ospreys this past year.

CONFERENCE CONNECTIONS

North Florida makes it two years in a row that they have a player transfer in from another current ASUN squad. Kristy Hamze played for Queens (N.C.) the past two seasons, who will now join the conference in their first year as a Division I team.

Last season, Jaida Bond transferred into UNF to join forces with sister, Jazz, where she came in from North Alabama as a previous all-conference selection.

ELEVEN

The Ospreys will sport an 11-player roster throughout the 2022-23 season, which is the lowest it has been since the 2017-18 season.

INTERNATIONAL FACES

Helena Rafnsdottir (Iceland), Selma Eklund (Sweden) and Brianna Livingston (Canada) all join the Ospreys this season representing three different countries. Rafnsdottir and Eklund both have experience playing for the national teams of their respective countries.

It's the third straight season rostering three or more international players, while it also being the first time since 2014-15 that three or more players come from unique countries outside the United States.

INTERNATIONAL PLACES

UNF will make the trip out the Dublin, Ireland, to compete in the MAAC-ASUN Dublin Challenge, joining Eastern Kentucky as the fellow ASUN member playing against MAAC foes.

They are scheduled to compete against Rider on Friday, Nov. 18, at 2:30 p.m. EST, followed by a matchup against Marist the next day on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 9:30 a.m. EST.

SUNSHINE STATE

UNF plays 17 of their 29 games this season inside the state of Florida, including 13 of the 17 matchups played at UNF Arena.

ROAD RUNNERS

The Ospreys will visit six different states in their travel schedule on the year, along with their pair of games overseas in Dublin, Ireland.

UNF will visit Wisconsin, Ireland and Alabama before Christmas break, and will return with trips to North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas.

Out of this year's road slate, the Ospreys will play against four Power Five opponents in Wisconsin, Miami (FL), Auburn and Alabama.

BROERMANN TIME

Emma Broermann leads this team as the unquestioned leader heading into the 2021-22 season. She enters he senior season as the only player on the team with more than one year of experience playing for UNF.

Last season, she was the only player on the team to start all 30 games played. The Okeana, Ohio, native also had the second-best field goal percentage (.602) and the ninth-most blocks (25) in the conference.

Broermann enters her senior season with the Ospreys sitting in the top spot for field goal percentage (.550), as well as the 10th-most blocks (37), in D-I program history.

LOOKING AHEAD

UNF will make a quick road trip down to Dayton Beach, Fla., to play against Bethune-Cookman on Thursday, Dec. 1, with tip-off time set at 5:30 p.m.