Women's Basketball

Popplewell Ties Career-High in Road Loss to North Florida

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Jacksonville, Fla. –  Riley Popplewell tied her career-high of 17 points but USC Upstate was unable to overcome a second quarter run by North Florida in a 79-61 loss to the Ospreys on Monday night.

North Florida improves to 12-16 overall and 5-8 in the ASUN Conference while USC Upstate drops to 10-18 and 5-8.

A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS

  • Popplewell scored 17 points against NJIT on Jan. 6, 2018 and first reached the mark against NJIT on Jan. 7, 2017.
  • Brittney Delva and Tamera Thorpe each finished with 11 points.
  • A'Lexxus Davis and Anda Kuzmina each grabbed six rebounds.
  • Maiya Rumph led North Florida with 15 points.
  • Tesh Hanson and Tiffany Tolbert each scored 13 points while Keona Farmer added 12 points.
  • Both teams finished with 35 rebounds.
  • USC Upstate went 20-for-52 (38.5 percent) from the field. The Spartans finished at 16.0 percent in the first half and 59.3 percent in the second half.
  • North Florida finished 24-for-58 (41.4 percent) from the field.

FIRST QUARTER BREAKDOWN

  • Hanson opened the scoring with a 3-pointer at the 7:41 mark before Swain tied the contest with a 3-pointer with 5:11 left.
  • A Rumph jumper with two minutes left gave the Ospreys a 14-6 edge.
  • North Florida led 18-9 at the end of the period.

SECOND QUARTER BREAKDOWN

  • North Florida outscored USC Upstate 25-7 in the quarter.
  • Five of the Spartans' seven points in the quarter were scored at the free throw line.
  • Rumph's two free throws with 42 seconds left sent North Florida into halftime with a 43-16 lead.

THIRD QUARTER BREAKDOWN

  • A Farmer jumper 51 seconds into the quarter opened the scoring.
  • Rylie Parkhurst's 3-pointer made the score 45-23 with just over eight minutes left in the quarter.
  • Delva's layup with 33 seconds left sent the Spartans into the fourth quarter trailing 63-40.
  • USC Upstate outscored North Florida 24-20 in the stanza.

FOURTH QUARTER BREAKDOWN

  • Rumph gave the hosts a 73-46 lead with just under six minutes left.
  • The Spartans answered with a 12-1 run as a Popplewell jumper brought the Spartans within 16, 74-58, with 2:30 to play.
  • A Delva 3-pointer with 17 seconds left was the final basket of the game.

UP NEXT

  • USC Upstate celebrates Senior Day on Saturday against NJIT at 1 p.m.

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