Women's Basketball Competitive at Home, Falls to North Alabama

Thursday, February 6

Jacksonville, Fla.

5 p.m.

University of North Florida

North Alabama

Women's Basketball Competitive at Home, Falls to North Alabama

2/6/2025 10:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Stinson Led With 15 Points, Four Other Ospreys Finish With Double Figures

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida women's basketball took North Alabama down to the wire and showed fierce competitiveness in the second half despite narrowly falling to UNA, 73-68, inside UNF Arena on Thursday evening.

It was a well-balanced scoring attack for the Ospreys with freshman guard Jamisyn Stinson leading the way with 15 points and two steals, while shooting 6-for-11 from the field with three three-pointers. Freshman forward Jasmynne Gibson posted a 14-point, 10-rebound double-double and junior guard Sarah Taub followed with 14 points of her own.

Senior guards Kaila Rougier and Jazmine Spencer rounded out the double-digit scorers for UNF with 12 points and 10 points, respectively.

UNA 73, UNF 68

RECORDS

North Florida | 4-20, 0-11 ASUN
North Alabama | 12-10, 7-4 ASUN

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

FIRST HALF: North Florida fought back from a 9-2 deficit in the opening minutes with a three-pointer by junior guard Helena Rofnsdottir and a pair of free throws from Taub to cut UNA's lead to 16-7 with 3:47 left in the first quarter…Rougier made back-to-back shifty layups that saw UNF trail by just seven entering the second period…Stinson banked in a layup that cut it to 24-21 at the 6:01 mark, then sunk a 2-point jumper with under two minutes left before North Alabama took a 35-27 lead into halftime.

SECOND HALF: The Ospreys came out firing…Spencer, Stinson and Taub all buried three-pointers in the first four-plus minutes as North Florida trailed 44-36…from there, UNF went on an 11-2 run capped of by another three-pointer by Spencer…Gibson got a tip-in layup to go to give the Ospreys a 55-53 lead entering the fourth quarter…Stinson sunk a three to regain a two-point lead with 8:30 left in regulation…North Alabama took a 64-60 lead with 5:26 to go on a free throw and was able to hold off the Osprey's fiery push down the stretch.

LEADERS BY THE NUMBERS

NOTES

Gibson was a perfect 4-for-4 from the charity stripe.
UNF was on fire from distance in the second half, shooting 6-for-12 from three.
The Ospreys outscored UNA 28-18 in the third quarter
Stinson was hot from three once again, shooting 3-for-7.
North Florida didn't trail by more than four points for the first nine-plus minutes of the fourth quarter.
Maddie Millar saw action for the first time in 726 days after fighting back from multiple knee injuries.