Wednesday, November 15
Spokane, Wash.
9 p.m.
University of North Florida
at
Gonzaga
FROM THE JUMP - West Coast Road Test at Gonzaga
11/14/2023 11:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida women's basketball makes the quick turnaround out west to take on Gonzaga Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 9 p.m. ET, in Spokane, Wash.
Wednesday's matchup will be broadcasted on ESPN+. Updates for the game will be made through live stats, as well as on Twitter at OspreyWBB and on Instagram at OspreysWBB.
G - Jayla Adams (8.0 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 6.0 APG)
G - Kaila Rougier (11.3 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 2.0 APG)
G - Sarah Taub (7.7 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 1.7 APG)
F - Selma Eklund (9.3 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1.7 APG)
F - Emma Broermann (11.0 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 0.3 APG)
This will be the first matchup between North Florida and Gonzaga in program history.
The Ospreys continue its road stretch, as they head back to Florida for a road test at USF Sunday, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m., in Tampa, Fla.
Wednesday's matchup will be broadcasted on ESPN+. Updates for the game will be made through live stats, as well as on Twitter at OspreyWBB and on Instagram at OspreysWBB.
FROM THE JUMP
- Will be first game played by UNF west of the Mississippi since December of 2018 in Colorado.
- Four Ospreys have scored in the double figures through the first three games of the season for the first time in D-I program history.
- First of four road games over the next 11 days with stops to Spokane, Wash., Tampa, Fla., and Statesboro, Ga.
- Coming off the 26th overtime game against FAU on Monday evening, as they record moves to 14-12 in such games.
- Alexa Washington continues to lead in scoring with 13.7 points per game shooting .417 (10-for-24) from deep.
- Lyric Swann, Kaila Rougier and Emma Broermann all join Washington with over 11.0 PPG as well.
- Broermann has been a bully on the boards with 7.0 rebounds per game, including 13 total defensively.
- Selma Eklund has earned the most minutes on the court through three games averaging 29.3 MPG, followed by Jayla Adams closely behind at 28.7 MPG.
- Adams also has been efficient dishes out assists with 18 total, as no other Osprey has reached the double-digit mark.
- UNF is averaging 85.3 PPG as a team with 229 total field goal attempts in the three games to start the year.
SCOUTING REPORT
- Gonzaga has started their 2023-24 campaign with a 2-1 record with wins against Montana and Toledo, while their lone loss was to No. 24 Washington State on the road.
- This will be the second of a three-game home stand for the Bulldogs after beating Toledo, 91-70, on Sunday.
- Back-to-back seasons hosting an ASUN opponent, as they defeated Queens (N.C.), 73-49, in Dec. 2022.
- Coming off a 28-5 year last season with only one conference loss and an undefeated record at home.
- They ended the year with back-to-back losses in the WCC Championship game and the first round of the NCAA tournament.
- Five Zags are averaging double digits in scoring including Yvonne Ejim (19.0 PPG), Kaylynne Truong (16.0 PPG), Kayleigh Truong (15.0 PPG), Eliza Hollingsworth (10.7 PPG) and Brynna Maxwell (10.7 PPG).
- Gonzaga's head coach Lisa Fortier was recently named to the 2024 Kathy Delaney-Smith Coach of the Year Award preseason watch list.
- The Bulldogs were selected first overall in the WCC preseason poll, as they received eight first-place votes and totaled 64 points.
- The Truong sisters, as well as Ejim and Maxwell, were also selected to the WCC Preseason Team.
AN OSPREY WIN AGAINST GONZAGA WOULD...
- Be the first win against Gonzaga in the first matchup between the two teams.
- Give UNF its first road win of the season to start a four-game road stretch.
- Be first victory on the West Coast in D-I program history.
- Give Gonzaga its first home loss since Feb. 5, 2022, against BYU.
- Also hand the Bulldogs their first home loss in non-conference play since Dec. 8, 2021, against Washington State.
PROJECTED UNF STARTING FIVE (BASED ON LAST GAME)
G - Jayla Adams (8.0 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 6.0 APG)G - Kaila Rougier (11.3 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 2.0 APG)
G - Sarah Taub (7.7 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 1.7 APG)
F - Selma Eklund (9.3 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1.7 APG)
F - Emma Broermann (11.0 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 0.3 APG)
LAST TIME VS. GONZAGA
This will be the first matchup between North Florida and Gonzaga in program history.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Ospreys continue its road stretch, as they head back to Florida for a road test at USF Sunday, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m., in Tampa, Fla.
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