Thursday, December 1
Daytona Beach, Fla.
5:30 p.m.
University of North Florida
at
Bethune-Cookman
From the Jump - Women's Basketball Travels to Take On Bethune-Cookman
11/30/2022 12:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida women's basketball gets back on the road to play in a midweek matchup against Bethune-Cookman on Thursday, Dec. 1, with tip-off set at 5:30 p.m.
Thursday's game will be streamed on The CatEye Network on YouTube with updates made through live stats, as well as on Twitter at OspreyWBB.
G - Brianna Livingston (7.6 PPG | 3.8 RPG | 1.2 APG)
G - Kaila Rougier (5.3 PPG | 4.7 RPG | 3.0 APG)
G - Lyric Swann (16.8 PPG | 5.4 RPG | 2.4 APG)
G - Jaelyn Swann (8.0 PPG | 3.2 RPG | 1.0 APG)
F - Emma Broermann (8.4 PPG | 7.4 RPG | 1.4 APG)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Thanks to a swarming defense and efficient offense in the paint, North Florida women's basketball (6-5) outlasted Bethune-Cookman (2-6) in a 60-47 win Sunday, Dec. 12 from the UNF Arena. The Ospreys led wire-to-wire and blocked 10 shots, tying the program record for blocks in a game.
LAST 5 vs. WILDCATS
Date    Result    Location
12/12/21Â Â Â Â W, 60-47Â Â Â Â Jacksonville, Fla.
12/15/18Â Â Â Â L, 60-76Â Â Â Â Daytona Beach, Fla.
11/30/17Â Â Â Â W, 70-63Â Â Â Â Jacksonville, Fla.
12/15/16Â Â Â Â L, 50-52Â Â Â Â Daytona Beach, Fla.
11/27/15Â Â Â Â L, 49-53Â Â Â Â Jacksonville, Fla.
UNF will take three days to prepare for another road trip down south to face off against Miami (FL) on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m., in Coral Gables, Fla.
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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.
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.
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.
Thursday's game will be streamed on The CatEye Network on YouTube with updates made through live stats, as well as on Twitter at OspreyWBB.
FROM THE JUMP
- Lyric Swann has been the spark on offense for the Ospreys averaging 16.8 PPG with five consecutive double-digit scoring games to start the year.
- Swann is one game away from becoming the first UNF player in D-I history to put up double-digit scoring numbers in the first six games of a season.
- Emma Broermann is coming off her most balanced performance on the year with 16 points and nine rebounds against Saint Joseph's.
- The senior has been great on the boards through five games with at least six rebounds in each game she's played.
- Sarah Taub has been an impact newcomer for UNF, as she is the first freshman under head coach Darrick Gibbs to record a point, a rebound and an assist in each of the first five games of their career.
- Kaila Rougier made her return against SJU after missing both games played in the MAAC-ASUN Dublin Challenge.
- Through five games, UNF holds the second-best steals per game mark in the conference with 9.8 SPG.
- Ospreys will be playing in their first in-state road game.
SCOUTING REPORT
- Bethune-Cookman is still searching for their first win of the season after starting 0-5 on the year.
- Their losses have come to Power Five teams, such as Florida State and Florida, as well as FAU, Georgia Southern, and Jacksonville.
- Their latest home game was only a one-possession game that the Wildcats fell short against to GSU.
- BC-U is coming off a 6-21 season with five conference wins in the SWAC under third-year head coach Janell Crayton.
- Graduate student Chanel Wilson is the name to watch out for on offense for the Wildcats, as she is averaging 16.8 PPG.
- She is coming off a 22-point game in 37 minutes played against Jacksonville earlier this week.
- Wilson has 84 total points through five games played, as no one else on the team has more than 36 points.
- O'Mariyah Tucker, D'Shantae Edwards and Kayla Clark have been big on the boards with all three totaling over 20 rebounds total and averaging around five rebounds per game.
AN OSPREY WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
- Be the first road win of the season for UNF
- Be first win against Bethune-Cookman on the road in program history
- Bring back-to-back wins for UNF against the Wildcats over the past two years
PROJECTED UNF STARTING FIVE
G - Brianna Livingston (7.6 PPG | 3.8 RPG | 1.2 APG)G - Kaila Rougier (5.3 PPG | 4.7 RPG | 3.0 APG)
G - Lyric Swann (16.8 PPG | 5.4 RPG | 2.4 APG)
G - Jaelyn Swann (8.0 PPG | 3.2 RPG | 1.0 APG)
F - Emma Broermann (8.4 PPG | 7.4 RPG | 1.4 APG)
LAST TIME VS. BETHUNE-COOKMAN
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Thanks to a swarming defense and efficient offense in the paint, North Florida women's basketball (6-5) outlasted Bethune-Cookman (2-6) in a 60-47 win Sunday, Dec. 12 from the UNF Arena. The Ospreys led wire-to-wire and blocked 10 shots, tying the program record for blocks in a game.LAST 5 vs. WILDCATS
Date    Result    Location
12/12/21Â Â Â Â W, 60-47Â Â Â Â Jacksonville, Fla.
12/15/18Â Â Â Â L, 60-76Â Â Â Â Daytona Beach, Fla.
11/30/17Â Â Â Â W, 70-63Â Â Â Â Jacksonville, Fla.
12/15/16Â Â Â Â L, 50-52Â Â Â Â Daytona Beach, Fla.
11/27/15Â Â Â Â L, 49-53Â Â Â Â Jacksonville, Fla.
LOOKING AHEAD
UNF will take three days to prepare for another road trip down south to face off against Miami (FL) on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m., in Coral Gables, Fla.Â
OTHER SEASON NOTES
ELEVENThe Ospreys will sport an 11-player roster throughout the 2022-23 season, which is the lowest it has been since the 2017-18 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.
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.
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