Women's Basketball Drops Sunday Tilt to Saint Joseph's

Sunday, November 27

Jacksonville, Fla.

12:30 p.m.

University of North Florida

1-4,0-0ASUN

Saint Joseph's

6-0,0-0Atlantic 10

Saint Joseph's

North Florida

Photo by: Todd Drexler

11/27/2022 3:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Lyric Swann and Emma Broermann Combine for 36 Points

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida women's basketball (1-4) dropped a Sunday afternoon matchup to Saint Joseph's as the Ospreys fell to the Hawks (6-0), 79-56, in the team's return from Ireland.

The Ospreys found themselves in a hole to the hot-shooting SJU squad that entered the game 5-0. Lyric Swann and Emma Broermann paced the scoring for UNF with 36 of the 56 points scored in the game. L. Swann set a season-high mark of 20 points, while Broermann was one rebound shy of a double-double with 16 points and nine boards.

St. Joe's 79, UNF 56

RECORDS

North Florida | 1-4
Saint Joseph's | 6-0

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

First Half: Broermann got the action going for the Ospreys after receiving a pass into the paint from Kaila Rougier to get the first two up on the board...St. Joe's made back-to-back layups to extend their lead, but L. Swann drained a three to keep it tight early...SJU scored 13 consecutive after the three before Broermann grabbed another feed in the paint to cut the deficit at the end of the first quarter...L. Swann opened the second quarter with a quick layup, followed by Broermann hitting back-to-back layups later in the period...Rougier earned her first points of the game with a left-handed finish with two minutes left in the second quarter...a three on offense and a steal on defense from L. Swann ended the first half with the Ospreys down by 20.

Second Half: Brianna Livingston attacked quickly for UNF to start the second half with a driving layup...L. Swann later pulled up from downtown and returned again with a field goal jumper to respond to SJU's attacks...Rougier went to work in the paint once again driving around multiple bodies to earn the layup...a put-back and-one bucket from Broermann and layup by L. Swann ended the third with the Ospreys down by 29...L. Swann drained her fourth three-pointer of the game to start the fourth quarter...Sarah Taub fed Broermann in the paint, then was returned the favor with a driving layup assisted from Broermann...the other two freshmen, Helena Rafnsdottir and Maddie Millar, made back-to-back threes to cut into the Hawks' deficit, but it wasn't enough in a 79-56 loss at home.

LEADERS BY THE NUMBERS

UNF

Lyric Swann | 20 points, 5 steals, 3 rebounds
Emma Broermann | 16 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists
Kaila Rougier | 6 points, 3 rebounds

SJU

L. Ziegler | 15 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists
O. Mullins | 9 points, 8 rebounds, 5 steals, 4 assists
K. Jekot | 11 points, 3 rebounds

COACH GIBBS' COMMENTS

"This was a really tough game for us. St. Joseph's is a very efficient offensive team and we weren't able to break their rhythm or consistently get stops. We have to continue to work to get better on that end of the floor."
-- head coach Darrick Gibbs

NOTES

L. Swann scored a season-high 20 points, as well as a season-best mark of five steals.
It was her fifth consecutive game with double-digit points, which ties Tesh Hanson for most in D-I history to start a season.
L. Swann and Broermann combined for 17 of the 19 points in the first half.
Rougier made her return in the starting lineup after missing the last two games due to injury.
L. Swann, Broermann and Rougier all played over 30 minutes on Sunday.
Rafnsdottir made the first three-pointer of her collegiate career late in the fourth quarter.
It was the first matchup between UNF and St. Joe's in program history.