JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida women's basketball competed in its first home game of Atlantic Sun Conference play, but fell against Florida Gulf Coast, 89-54, on Thursday evening.

The Ospreys had three players reach double figures scoring led by junior guard Sarah Taub going a perfect 4-for-4 from the field. Jamisyn Stinson and Selma Eklund each scored 10 points off the bench with efficient shooting numbers as well.

FGCU 89, UNF 54

RECORDS

North Florida | 4-12, 0-3
Florida Gulf Coast | 12-3, 3-0

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

First Half: Jasmynne Gibson got the action started for UNF with a three from the top of the key...a Jazmine Spencer and-one bucket kept a low margin against the Eagles to start the opening period...free throws and a layup, courtesy of Eklund, brought the Ospreys within two points with three minutes left in the first...after a short scoring drought, Stinson nailed her first points from range to get UNF back on track...another three was made, this time from Carreno to take the team into the break.

Second Half: Out of the half, Taub made back-to-back layups, followed with scores from Ekund and Helena Rafnsdottir...Stinson made her second trey of the game with another pair of Osprey layups to get the 36 total team points through three quarters...a drive down the lane from Stinson added more points to her total to start the fourth period...Jazmine Spencer was smooth with her first trey of the game, along with an easy Eklund score right after...a trio of layups in the winding minutes put an end to the team's defeat against FGCU.

LEADERS BY THE NUMBERS

UNF
Sarah Taub | 11 points, 4 rebounds
Jamisyn Stinson | 10 points, 2 rebounds
Selma Eklund | 10 points, 2 rebounds

FGCU
Emani Jefferson | 23 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, 3 steals
Lauryn Taylor | 13 points, 14 rebounds
Casey Santoro | 13 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists
Dolly Cairns | 12 points, 6 assists

NOTES

• Fourth game in double figures scoring for Taub and her first since Nov. 23 against Winthrop.
• Stinson hit at least 10 points for the fourth time in six games, as well as 24 points in the past two matchups.
• Both Stinson and Eklund reached 10 points off the bench with a pair of boards for each of them.
• Seventh instance on the season with at least three Ospreys scoring in double figures.

UP NEXT

North Florida looks to shake off the defeat against Stetson on Saturday, Jan. 11, with tip-off set for 2 p.m., at UNF Arena.