From the Jump – Women’s Basketball Travels for Conference Battles in Kentucky

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – North Florida women’s basketball gets back on the road with back-to-back conference matchups starting with Bellarmine on Thursday, Jan. 19, at 6:30 p.m., followed with another game in the Bluegrass State against Eastern Kentucky on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 2 p.m.

Both Thursday and Saturday’s conference matchups will be broadcasted on ESPN+. Updates for each game will be made through live stats, as well as on Twitter at OspreyWBB.

FROM THE JUMP

• Coming off a split home weekend where they defeated Liberty but dropped rematch against Queens.
• Second pair of road games played in the same state, as they’ve played in Alabama twice earlier this season.
• UNF holds undefeated records against both Bellarmine and Eastern Kentucky since they’ve joined the ASUN.
• First and only matchup against Bellarmine this year, while this will be the first of two games against EKU with the second occurring in the home regular season finale.
• Have held all five ASUN opponents thus far at 70 points or lower on the year.
• Played best defensive conference game against Liberty by holding them to 58 points.
• Will be first time facing off against former Osprey Marissa Mackins since transferring to the Colonels.
• Elysa Wesolek and Maddie Millar made five three-pointers against Liberty, while Jaelyn Swann accomplished the feat against Queens.
• Both Wesolek and Millar set career-high scoring totals in the win against the Flames combining for 39 total points.
• J. Swann was the only player to score double-digits in both games this past weekend.
• The Ospreys also had three players score double-digit points for a fourth consecutive game.
• In both games against the Flames and the Royals, UNF was down to seven active players due to injuries on the 10-player roster.
• Kaila Rougier has been great all-around in ASUN play averaging 11.4 PPG, 5.4 APG and 4.6 RPG.
• Emma Broermann now remains the only player this year to start in all 15 games, while Helena Rafnsdottir, Sarah Taub and J. Swann join her with 15 appearances this season.

SCOUTING REPORT

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