JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida women's basketball will play in its last home game of the 2022 calendar year as the Ospreys take on Trinity Baptist on Friday, Dec. 9, with tip-off set at 7 p.m., in the UNF Arena.
Friday's game will be broadcasted on ESPN+ with updates made through live stats, as well as on Twitter at OspreyWBB.
FROM THE JUMP
- This is the first time that the Ospreys will be playing Trinity Baptist in back-to-back seasons.
- In last season's bout, UNF set new program marks for most team points and assists in a game in a 126-31 win.
- The Ospreys also allowed no second chance points the entire game and had five different players reach double-digit scoring.
- Emma Broermann is the only returner who played in last season's recording-breaking matchup, where she had 18 points and 12 rebounds, as well as a pair of assists, blocks and steals each, doing so in 26 minutes played.
- In their three previous matchups, UNF has never scored less than 97 points, while TBC has never scored more than 40 points.
- Lyric Swann has been the top scorer for the Ospreys in six of their first seven games, while also being the overall minutes leader after matching her season-high in playing time against Miami (FL).
- Swann is also approaching her 40th consecutive game scoring dating back to her time at CCBC Essex last season.
- Broermann continues to be a dominate force in the paint this year averaging 9.1 PPG and 7.6 RPG.
- Brianna Livingston joins Swann and Broermann as the only players to start all seven games.
- Kaila Rougier and Helena Rafnsdottir have also been in the starting lineup that has been used in the previous two games.
SCOUTING REPORT
- Trinity Baptist heads into this matchup with a 3-6 record, including an 0-1 mark in NCCAA D-II South Region play.
- The Eagles are currently on a four-game losing streak with their last win occurring against Wesleyan College on Nov. 17.
- They also lost to Warner earlier this season, 78-38, who the Ospreys beat, 92-63, in their season opener.
- Head coach is in the midst of her 10th season with the Trinity Baptist program and is coming off a 5-16 campaign from the 2021-22 season.
- The leading scorer so far this year for the Eagles has been Emma Parrish, who has been averaging 13.8 PPG in eight starts.
- She also leads the team in minutes played (28.4 MPG), made threes (20 3PT), free throws made (30-for-39) and steals (20 total).
- Katia Bogun also joins Parrish averaging double-digit scoring figures with 10.9 PPG, while being the top rebounder for TBC with 63 total.
- Oceane Tabbak, who leads in the team in assists with 22 total, is the only player on the roster to play and start in all nine games.
- TBC's field goal percentage of 40.6% holds the top spot not only for the South Region, but also in the NCCAA.
AN OSPREY WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...
- Be second win in their last three games played.
- Give UNF its fourth consecutive win over Trinity Baptist.
PROJECTED UNF STARTING FIVE (BASED ON LAST GAME)
G - Brianna Livingston (7.7 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 1.3 APG)
G - Helena Rafnsdottir (1.7 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 0.4 APG)
G - Kaila Rougier (4.8 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 2.6 APG)
G - Lyric Swann (14.6 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 2.7 APG)
F - Emma Broermann (9.1 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 1.0 APG)
LAST TIME VS. TRINITY BAPTIST
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The record book will look much different after Saturday's game as North Florida women's basketball (2-1) set the program record for points and assists in a game in a 126-31 win against Trinity Baptist Nov. 13. Ally Knights put on a display, posting 20 assists, while Rhetta Moore put up 37 points to break teammate Jazz Bond's single-game points record of 35.
LAST 5 vs. THE EAGLES
Date Result Location
11/13/21 W, 126-31 Jacksonville, Fla.
11/13/18 W, 99-40 Jacksonville, Fla.
12/12/15 W, 97-30 Jacksonville, Fla.
LOOKING AHEAD
UNF will have next week off for final exams and will return to action on the road against Auburn on Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 1 p.m. EST.
OTHER SEASON NOTES
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.
