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Tiffany Tolbert R-Sr. G 5-8 Orlando, Fla. (Dr. Phillips

FROM THE JUMP

>> UNF is coming off a loss to Central Arkansas Thursday. After leading by 17, the Sugar Bears held UNF to just 20 points in the second half to come from behind and win.

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>> North Florida is 2-5 in the month of January and subsequently 2-5 in the ASUN.

>> Saturday's game finishes out the first half of ASUN play. North Florida has three more games against ASUN West Division teams.

>> The Ospreys are fifth in the ASUN East Division, one game behind Stetson and one game ahead of Kennesaw State.

FEAR THE SEABIRD OF PREY

We are the Ospreys - which is Os-PRAYS - not Os-PREES, as in the candy.

AT THE BREAK

UNF is 9-3 when leading at the break and 0-7 when trailing.

WHEN WINNING

In UNF's nine wins, Emma Broermann, Rhetta Moore and Jazz Bond are all averaging double-digit points. Moore is shooting 45.6 percent from the floor while averaging 17.3 points per game. Jazz Bond is averaging 19 and 10.1 boards and Broermann is shooting 73.8 percent from the floor for 12.4 ppg.

THE BASICS

>> Kaila Rougier is the lone true freshman on an experienced Ospreys program.

>> UNF comes in ranked second in the ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll, its highest-ever preseason ranking.

>> North Florida also racked up a third-place position in the ASUN Preseason Media Poll.

>> UNF started 4-1 through its first five games, its best start through the first five in the program's DI history.

>> The Ospreys' 13-player roster combines to come into the season with 609 total games of experience at the Division I level returning this year.

FOR THE RECORD

>>UNF swatted 10 shots at FIU, setting the program Division I-era single game record. The mark ties UNF's program record, previously set against Valdosta State, Dec. 4, 1994. UNF followed that up two games later by matching the mark with 10 against Bethune-Cookman.

>>Jazz Bond did the remarkable and blocked 12 percent of FIU's field goal attempts Saturday at Florida International. Bond's eight blocks ties a UNF single-game record, previously set by her in 2020. On 19 different occasions, Bond has blocked at least five shots. She ranks fourth in all divisions of NCAA Women's Basketball in career blocks with 236. She ranks fourth among active Division I women's basketball players in that category as well.

>> UNF set the DI-era single-game steals record during a 92-40 win against Warner, while Summah Evans finished one steal short of the UNF DI-era single-game record for steals with seven. The Ospreys also tied a UNF DI-era mark for assists in a game with 25. >> UNF did a lot of editing of the North Florida women's basketball record book in a 126-31 win against Trinity Baptist Saturday, Nov. 13. The Ospreys set a program record for points, breaking the previous mark (110 vs. Warner Nov. 9, 2019). Ally Knights became the first player in NCAA Division I Women's Basketball to reach 20 assists since 2002, breaking the UNF program record. Rhetta Moore poured in 37 points to set the UNF record, while also breaking the field goals made record with 15. North Florida also broke a single-game field goal percentage against TBC at 68.4.

As a team, UNF dished out 43 assists, 10 more than the previous UNF record and just two assists short of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball record. Of UNF's 50 FGs, 43 were assisted on.

AN OSPREY WIN WOULD...

-Bring UNF back to .500. -Give the Ospreys their 21st win against Lipscomb. -Make UNF 3-5 for the month of January. -Make the Ospreys 7-3 at home. -Give UNF a 3-3 mark on Saturdays this year.

OSPREYS GO AS THE SHOTS FALL

North Florida is 9-3 when reaching 40 percent from the floor. UNF is 0-7 when held below 40 percent shooting.

During Head Coach Gibbs' tenure, UNF is 69-27 when shooting better than 40 percent. North Florida is 15-74 when held below the 40 percent clip during Gibbs' time at UNF.

LAST TIME OUT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - In a game of runs that saw both teams post a double-digit scoring run, it was Central Arkansas' (8-10, 3-4 ASUN) run that decided the game as North Florida women's basketball (9-10, 2-5 ASUN) had a two-game winning streak snapped in a 56-53 loss to UCA Thursday, Jan. 27 from the UNF Arena.

LENDING A HAND

Point guard Ally Knights has consistently distributed offensive opportunities for the Ospreys this year. Knights reached six assists Thursday vs. UCA, marking the sixth time Knights has notched six assists in a game this season.

100

After appearing in Saturday's game at EKU, Erin Jones became the third active Osprey to reach the 100-games played milestone. Jones joins Jazz Bond and Rhetta Moore in that category.

FIVE ON IT

Forward Jazz Bond blocked five shots against UCA Thursday, helping North Florida to eight as a team. Bond has blocked five or more shots three times this season, doing so against UCA, FAMU and FIU.

YOU HAVE BEEN BLOCKED

UNF has been all over its opponents when it comes to blocked shots. UNF has swatted 101 shots, already 10 more than all of last season. The Ospreys rank 14th in the country in blocks and 16th in blocks/game at 5.3.

UNF's 5.3 blocks/game is a UNF season record. North Florida is eyeing a program single season blocks record, standing just 27 swats shy of the mark.

Jazz Bond has blocked 48 shots this season, the fourth season she's racked up at least 40 blocks during her UNF tenure. She is the only Osprey to have reached that feat. She is 39 blocks shy of her all-time UNF record of 87, set in the 2019-20 campaign.

UNF leads the league in blocks and blocks/game, as does Jazz Bond. Bond is 9th in the country in total bocks.

21-22 GIBBS ERA AT HOME 6-3 50-35 ON THE ROAD 3-7 30-68 AT NEUTRAL SITES 0-0 5-5 IN OVERTIME 1-0 4-1 IN ASUN GAMES 2-5 44-59 IN ASUN TOURNEY 0-0 4-6 POSTSEASON 0-0 4-6 IN NON-CON. GAMES 7-5 39-48 VS. RANKED TEAM 0-2 1-14

IN GAMES DECIDED BY... 5 POINTS OR LESS 0-3 17-22 6-10 POINTS 3-1 21-16 11-15 POINTS 2-3 10-29 16-20 POINTS 1-0 8-12 OVER 20 POINTS 3-3 20-33

0 IN DOUBLE-FIGURES 0-1 1-3 1 IN DOUBLE-FIGURES 0-5 0-16 2 IN DOUBLE-FIGURES 2-2 16-38 3 IN DOUBLE-FIGURES 3-3 27-34 4 IN DOUBLE-FIGURES 2-1 29-12 5+ IN DOUBLE-FIGURES 1-0 11-1

LEADING AT THE HALF 9-3 57-15 TRAILING AT THE HALF 0-7 20-86 TIED AT THE HALF 0-0 4-2

SHOOT 40% OR BETTER 9-3 69-27 SHOOT LESS THAN 40% 0-7 15-74 OPP. 40% OR BETTER 0-6 17-70 OPP. LESS THAN 40% 9-4 62-29 SHOOT > THAN OPP. 9-5 76-16 SHOOTING < THAN OPP. 0-5 8-89 40% OR BETTER ON 3PT 3-2 34-14 LESS THAN 40% ON 3PT 6-8 47-98

OUTREBOUNDING OPP. 6-2 55-25 OPP. OUTREBOUNDS UNF 3-8 25-81 REBOUNDS TIED 0-0 3-3

70% OR BETTER ON FT 6-4 46-57 LESS THAN 70% ON FT 3-6 37-50 MORE FT ATT. THAN OPP. 3-2 56-33 LESS FT ATT. THAN OPP. 5-7 26-71 SAME FT ATT. THAN OPP. 1-1 2-4

MORE TO THAN OPP. 2-8 32-69 FEWER TO THAN OPP. 7-1 47-29 SAME TO AS OPP. 0-1 5-8

SCORING 70+ 6-1 53-9 SCORING 60+ 3-2 32-31 SCORING 50-59 PTS 0-6 3-43 SCORING 49 PTS OR LESS 0-1 0-22

ALLOWED 80+ POINTS 0-2 3-21 ALLOWED 70-79 POINTS 2-3 13-37 ALLOWED 60-69 POINTS 1-2 23-38 ALLOWED 50-59 POINTS 2-3 26-10 ALLOWED > 50 PTS 4-0 17-0

ON MONDAY 0-0 11-17 ON TUESDAY 0-2 10-13 ON WEDNESDAY 1-4 6-11 ON THURSDAY 3-1 8-8 ON FRIDAY 0-0 12-11 ON SATURDAY 2-3 28-38 ON SUNDAY 3-0 9-11

IN NOVEMBER 5-3 24-22 IN DECEMBER 2-2 13-24 IN JANUARY 2-5 19-29 IN FEBRUARY 0-0 16-29 IN MARCH 0-0 7-5

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