Women's Basketball Shows Fight In Home Loss To Eastern Kentucky

Thursday, February 20

Jacksonville, Fla.

5 p.m.

University of North Florida

4-24,0-15ASUN

Eastern Kentucky

19-9,9-6ASUN

Eastern Ky.

North Florida

Women's Basketball Shows Fight In Home Loss To Eastern Kentucky

2/20/2025 10:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida women's basketball strung together a competitive effort against one of the top four teams in the ASUN and had Eastern Kentucky on its heels in the fourth quarter, but EKU's strong finish was too much in a 71-58 defeat Thursday evening inside UNF Arena.

Jasmynne Gibson and Jazmine Spencer carried the weight offensively for North Florida. Gibson had a well-balanced performance with 12 points, four rebounds and two blocks.

She was also instrumental in UNF's 9-3 run in the fourth quarter that cut its deficit to just six. Spencer added 11 points, dished out three assists and grabbed three boards. Nia Brown followed with nine points and was 3-for-6 from three-point range.

EKU 71, UNF 58

RECORDS

North Florida | 4-24, 0-15 ASUN
Eastern Kentucky | 19-9, 9-6 ASUN

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

FIRST HALF: Jasmynne Gibson made a pair of 2-point buckets and Nia Brown knocked down a three-pointer to give UNF a 7-5 lead less than two minutes in…Jazmine Spencer buried a long ball of her own at the 4:26 mark of the first quarter to put North Florida ahead 12-7 before EKU took a narrow 17-15 lead into the second…the Ospreys regained a 26-24 lead when Jamisyn Stinson made a layup assisted by Nicole Carreno…EKU went on a 10-2 run in the final minutes of the first half but Kaila Rougier made a layup with two seconds left as UNF trailed 37-33 entering halftime.

SECOND HALF: Rougier got to the rim and scored down low to cut North Florida's deficit to 44-40 with 7:44 remaining in the third quarter…UNF was competitive in the fourth quarter, ripping off a 9-3 run fueled by a pair of layups from Gibson and Helena Rafnsdottir to shrink EKU's lead to 63-57…however, that was as close as North Florida would get as Eastern Kentucky was able to hold off the Ospreys down the stretch.

LEADERS BY THE NUMBERS

UNF
Jazmine Spencer | 11 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds
Jasmynne Gibson | 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks
Nia Brown | 9 points, 5 rebounds, 3-for-6 from three

EKU
Althea Kara Angeles | 17 points, 5 assists, 2 blocks
Jasmine McGinness-Taylor | 12 points, 10 rebounds

NOTES

Eastern Kentucky's lead grew to 13 points, but North Florida cut it to six in the fourth quarter.
North Florida knocked down eight three-pointers with three of them coming from Nia Brown.
UNF forced EKU into 13 turnovers and turned them into six points on the other end.