STATESBORO, Ga. - North Florida women's basketball (1-6) went back and forth with USC Upstate (3-5) in what was a game of long scoring runs, but ultimately fell to the Spartans, 73-60, on the final day of the GATA Turkey Throwdown hosted by Georgia Southern on Saturday afternoon.

The Ospreys had Emma Broermann, Jayla Adams and Kaila Rougier all score in the double figures with 11 points each, followed with Selma Eklund and Lyric Swann close to join them with nine a piece. Broermann and Elkund held a strong presence on the boards with 15 rebounds combined between the pair.

USC-U 73, UNF 60

RECORDS

North Florida | 1-6
USC Upstate | 3-5

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

First Half: Lyric Swann and Jayla Adams drained back-to-back three-pointers to open the second game of the weekend...Emma Broermann made a pair of free throws and second-chance bucket to keep the back-and-forth scoring affair early...Ospreys broke out an 11-0 run to end the first period highlighted with the UNF defense allowing no points in the last five minutes...Broermann extended the run to 13 straight with a layup, but the Spartans responded with a 16-2 run right after...Kyla Cain took back the lead for UNF, followed with a trey from fellow freshman Alexa Washington to hold a three-point lead at the half.

Second Half: Broermann continued her strong first half with a layup to go up four to coming out of the break...the fifth-year senior returned with an and-one bucket to keep the four-point lead on the Ospreys' side...USC Upstate went on a 13-2 run to end the third period with a Kaila Rougier layup being the only points scored in the final five minutes of the period...the Spartans run continued in the fourth with seven consecutive points before UNF went on a run of their own with eight straight with threes from Swann and Rougier...Swann returned with another three to go along with an Adams' score to cut the deficit to two points...Spartans finished the game strong on both sides with a 15-4 run to give the Ospreys their second loss of the weekend.

LEADERS BY THE NUMBERS

UNF
Emma Broermann | 11 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals
Jayla Adams | 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists
Kaila Rougier | 11 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists
Selma Eklund | 9 points, 8 rebounds

USC-U
Rebekah Gordon | 18 points, 6 rebounds
Isabell West | 15 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals
Trinity Johnson | 13 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals
AC Markham | 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists

COACH'S THOUGHTS

"We got outworked today. To give up 73 points to a team that averages 52 is all about effort. We need to be more disciplined. We got a lot of good looks today on the offensive end that just didn't fall. We didn't counter that with a strong enough defensive effort."
-- head coach Erika Lambert

NOTES

• Broermann recorded double figures for first time since playing FAU on Nov. 13.
• The Okeana, Ohio, native finished with 11 combined rebounds through both games in Statesboro.
• Eklund notches back-to-back games with eight or more boards and third overall this season.
• Fourth of seven games for Adams with double-digit points, as well as multiple rebounds and assists.
• Rougier also had her fourth double-digit game to combine for 32 points over the holiday weekend.
• Ospreys returned to its season-opening lineup for a second consecutive game.
• UNF narrowly had the edge on points of turnovers, 17-16, and offensive rebounds, 14-9.

UP NEXT

North Florida return home to get ready for a midweek game against Warner on Wednesday, Nov. 29, with tip-off set at 7 p.m., in UNF Arena.