JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – North Florida women’s basketball (6-9, 0-1) went down to the wire in a second-half push against Stetson (6-9, 1-0), but ultimately fell late against the Hatters, 61-57, to open up conference play on Thursday evening in UNF Arena.
The Ospreys fought back from down six with four minutes left in the game after a Jayla Adams’ three-pointer brought them with one. An offensive foul with 13 seconds remaining and multiple offensive rebounds from the free throw line from Stetson ended a short comeback attempt for UNF in its first ASUN game of the year.
SU 61, UNF 57
RECORDS
North Florida | 6-9, 0-1 ASUN
Stetson | 6-9, 1-0 ASUN
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
First Half: Ospreys started off hot with a pair of scores from Kaila Rougier and Selma Eklund before Stetson scored six straight points of their own…Lyric Swann joined the party with a three followed by Rougier making one from range to keep it within one possession through one…the Hatters went on a run to start the second period, but Taub stopped the bleeding with a made jumper just before the media timeout…Rougier drained her second three of the night, as the Ospreys went into the half down 12 points.
Second Half: Swann started the third with a jumper followed by a trio of made free throws from UNF…an 11-2 was sparked by an Adams trey and finished with Eklund’s second make from downtown…Broermann executed on a score in the paint, while Adams and Swann came back…
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