JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida women's basketball dropped a tightly-contested game to West Georgia, 79-71, inside UNF Arena on Saturday.
 
In her first career start, freshman guard Jamisyn Stinson scored 14 points behind a 4-for-10 performance from three in 28 minutes. Senior guard Kaila Rougier added 17 points on 6-for-11 from the field in 37 minutes.
 
Freshman forward Jasmynne Gibson neared a double-double with 13 points and eight rebounds in 23 minutes. 

UWG 79, UNF 71

RECORDS

North Florida | 4-17, 0-8
West Georgia | 8-11, 2-6

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

FIRST HALF: North Florida went on a 12-0 run toward the end of the first quarter and through the opening portion of the second quarter to take its first lead of the game at 16-15 at the 7:24-minute mark...after trailing 15-8 at the end of the first quarter, North Florida outscored West Georgia 23-16 in the second quarter to tie the game at 31 heading into the half...Kaila Rougier beat her defender and finished with a layup in traffic to beat the first half buzzer and led all Ospreys with 12 of her 17 points in the first half. 

SECOND HALF: Jazmine Spencer collected a steal and finished in transition to give North Florida its largest lead of the game at 49-41 with 1:31 minutes left in the third quarter...North Florida outscored West Georgia 18-13 in frame to take a 49-44 lead at the end of the third quarter...West Georgia took the lead for the final time at 52-51 with 7:21 minutes left in regulation and held off a late comeback attempt from North Florida...Stinson led the late comeback attempt with 11 points behind 3-6 from three in the fourth quarter. 

LEADERS BY THE NUMBERS

UNF
Kaila Rougier | 17 points
Jamisyn Stinson | 14 points, 3 rebounds
Jasmynne Gibson | 13 points, 8 rebounds

UWG
Zuriyah Davis | 19 points
Mykah Anderson | 15 points, 3 rebounds
Destiny Jones | 15 points, 9 rebounds 

UP NEXT

North Florida hits the road to face Bellarmine on Thursday, Jan. 30, at 6:30 p.m., in Louisville, Ky.