Game 32 | March 11 | Fort Myers, Fla. | Alico Arena
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GAME 32 | MARCH 11 | FORT MYERS, FLA. | ALICO ARENA SCHEDULE #2 JACKSONVILLE #1 FLORIDA GULF COAST NOVEMBER AT 10 @NC STATE L, 64-44 DOLPHINS EAGLES 13 IONA W, 71-62 24-7, 12-2 ASUN 29-4, 13-1 ASUN 16 @ALABAMA L, 75-60 18 @NICHOLLS STATE W, 69-61 FAIRFIELD INN THANKSGIVING TOURNAMENT POSSIBLE STARTING FIVE 24 MONMOUTH W, 74-65 25 WEBBER INTERNATIONAL W, 64-43 28 @FLORIDA L, 69-59 DECEMBER 1 @TROY L, 89-88 3 @ SOUTH ALABAMA W, 60-58 10 FLAGLER W, 79-52 17 @BETHUNE-COOKMAN W, 68-58 #4 #5 #15 #21 #24 UNF CHRISTMAS CLASSIC 19 EDWARD WATERS W, 79-58 BRANDI NAQAIYYAH KAYLA LINDSAY JASMYN 20 NORTHERN KENTUCKY W, 61-49 BUIE TEAGUE GORDON JOHN BROWN 28 @FLORIDA STATE L, 82-50 31 SAVANNAH STATE W, 74-46 QUICK HITS JANUARY 6 @NORTH FLORIDA^ W, 66-48 13 LIPSCOMB^ W, 70-48 JU’S LAST OUTING 15 KENNESAW STATE^ W, 84-49. IT’S ONLY FITTING THAT MAKING HISTORY HAS BEEN THE IMPROMPTU THEME ALL SEASON LONG FOR 20 @NJIT^ W, 88-58 JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL. THE #2 DOLPHINS SET A NEW SINGLE-SEASON 22 @USC UPSTATE^ W, 71-45 27 @FLORIDA GULF COAST^ L, 63-58 PROGRAM RECORD WITH ITS 24TH WIN EN ROUTE TO AN 83-77 DECISION IN OVERTIME OVER #6 NORTH FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY EVENING AT SWISHER GYM. THE DOLPHINS MAKE THEIR SECOND APPEARANCE IN FEBRUARY THREE YEARS IN THE ASUN TOURNAMENT FINAL. 1 STETSON^ W, 73-63 3 FLORIDA GULF COAST^ L, 65-63 7 @STETSON^ W, 61-54 TO SOME, AN UPSET LOOKED ON THE HORIZON AS THE OSPREYS LED BY AS MANY AS 10, 68-58, WITH 10 @KENNESAW STATE^ W, 67-49 3:59 LEFT IN REGULATION. HOWEVER, THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND MCCUIN’S “NO CEILINGS” PHILOSO- 12 @LIPSCOMB^ W, 70-63 17 USC UPSTATE^ W, 65-49 PHY, LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES WAS PLENTY OF TIME TO STAGE A COMEBACK. A DRAMATIC ENDING 19 NJIT^ W, 73-53 FOLLOWED, AS JACKSONVILLE ALLOWED JUST FOUR POINTS FROM NORTH FLORIDA EN ROUTE TO A 14-4 24 NORTH FLORIDA^ W, 64-43 RALLY HIGHLIGHTED BY SENIOR BRANDI BUIE’S GAME-TYING FREE THROWS WITH 14 SECONDS REMAIN- MARCH ING TO SEND THE GAME INTO OVERTIME TIED AT 72. 2 KENNESAW STATE ! (First Round) W, 79-52 7 NORTH FLORIDA ! (Semifinal) W, 83-77 (OT) THE DOLPHINS LEFT NO DOUBT IN EXTRA TIME, DESPITE THE OSPREYS COMING WITHIN TWO, 76-74, 11 FLORIDA GULF COAST ! (Final) 3 pm WITH 1:48 TO GO. BUIE’S FOUR POINTS THEREAFTER SERVED AS THE CATALYST TO PUT THE GAME AWAY, ^ASUN CONFERENCE BEGINNING WITH A LAYUP WITH 0:59 REMAINING. ! ASUN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT WITH THE VISITORS COMING DOWN THE FLOOR, BUIE SWATTED THE BALL AWAY FROM AN OSPREY FOLLOW THE ‘PHINS GUARD AND WAS FOULED. SHE THEN DRAINED BOTH FREE THROWS TO GIVE THE DOLPHINS A SIX-POINT LEAD WITH 23 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK. AT THE END OF THE OVERTIME, JACKSONVILLE DOUBLED UP THE TWITTER - @JU_WBB INSTAGRAM - @JU_WBB OSPREYS 11-5 AND FINISHED 7-OF-10 AT THE FREE THROW LINE TO PUT THE GAME AWAY, 83-77. #NOCEILINGS #JUPHINSUP PRONUNCTIATIONS QUICK HITS ROLANDA HAYES ............................................ROW-LAWN-DUH 1,000 & 1,000 BRANDI BUIE ...............................................................BOO-WE YOU COULD SAY KAYLA GORDON IS HAVING A GREAT YEAR. ON MARCH 2, GORDON BECAME THE ONLY NAQAIYYAH TEAGUE ...............................................NUH-KI-UH DOLPHIN IN PROGRAM HISTORY TO REACH BOTH 1,000 POINTS AND 1,000 REBOUNDS IN HER CAREER. SHALONDA NEELY ......................................... SHUH-LAWN-DUH HER 10 REBOUNDS PUSHED HER OVER THE 1,000-CAREER REBOUND THRESHOLD TO CONTINUE HER KHADIJAH BROWN ..............................................KUH-DEE-JUH HISTORIC SEASON. LA’KARIS SALTER .................................................LUH-CARE-IS YOLETT MCPHEE-MCCUIN……….. ..................................YO-LET EARLIER IN THE YEAR, GORDON BECAME JACKSONVILLE’S ALL-TIME LEADING REBOUNDER AS HER 14 BOARDS AT LIPSCOMB ON FEB. 12 LIFTED HER OVER FORMER DOLPHIN KAT SUNGY (956) WITH 961 THE UNIVERSITY REBOUNDS. LOCATION ................................................ JACKSONVILLE, FLA. CONFERENCE HONORS FOUNDED ...........................................................................1934 KAYLA GORDON WAS NAMED ASUN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, WHILE SHE AND JASMYN BROWN ENROLLMENT ...................................................................3,936 EARNED A SPOT ON THE ALL-ASUN FIRST AND SECOND TEAMS, RESPECTIVELY, AT THE LEAGUE’S VIRTUAL NICKNAME .............................................................. DOLPHINS BANQUET LAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON. COLORS ...................................................... GREEN AND WHITE GORDON LEADS THE ASUN WITH 9.7 REBOUNDS PER GAME AND 292 TOTAL REBOUNDS, AND RANKS CONFERENCE .....................................................ASUN (DIV. I) SECOND IN THE LEAGUE SHOOTING 52.3 PERCENT FROM THE FLOOR (138-264). SHE IS ALSO AVERAGING ARENA ................................... SWISHER GYMNASIUM (1,500) 12.2 POINTS PER GAME, 1.4 STEALS PER GAME, AND 0.8 BLOCKS PER GAME. PRESIDENT ............................TIM COST (JACKSONVILLE, ‘81) DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS ...................ALEX RICKER-GILBERT NAMED TO THE ALL-ASUN SECOND TEAM, BROWN RANKS IN THE TOP FIVE IN THE LEAGUE IN SEVERAL SWA ....................................................................LAUREN CEVIS CATEGORIES, INCLUDING THIRD IN FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (76.6) AND FIFTH IN BOTH THREE-POINT ATHLETIC DEPT. PHONE ................................(904) 256-7400 FIELD GOALS MADE (57) AND POINTS PER GAME (13.7). THE HAINES CITY, FLA. NATIVE IS ALSO AVERAG- ING 3.8 REBOUNDS PER GAME, 2.0 ASSISTS PER GAME, AND 1.4 STEALS PER GAME. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF 250 AND COUNTING … HEAD COACH ...................................YOLETT MCPHEE-MCCUIN JACKSONVILLE ONCE AGAIN MADE HISTORY THIS SEASON AS ITS 73-53 VICTORY OVER NJIT ON FEB. 19 RHODE ISLAND (FIFTH SEASON) AT SWISHER GYM MARKED THE 250TH ALL-TIME WIN IN THE PROGRAM’S 18-YEAR HISTORY. TO PUT (93-61) IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, 91 OF THOSE 250 WINS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE FIVE-YEAR TENURE THAT HEAD COACH YOLETT MCPHEE-MCCUIN HAS LED THE DOLPHINS. ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH ..............................DARNELL HANEY FLORIDA A&M (FIFTH SEASON) 1,000-POINT CLUB ASSISTANT HEAD COACH ......................LAQUANDA DAWKINS SENIOR CAPTAINS BRANDI BUIE AND KAYLA GORDON ETCHED THEIR NAMES IN DOLPHIN PROGRAM UNC (FIRST SEASON) HISTORY AFTER THE PAIR BOTH SCORED THEIR 1,000TH CAREER POINT JAN. 13 AGAINST LIPSCOMB. BUIE AND GORDON JOIN JUST EIGHT OTHER DOLPHINS TO REACH THE 1K MILESTONE. ASSISTANT HEAD COACH ....................STEPHANIE EDWARDS JACKSONVILLE (SECOND SEASON) THE LAST TIME JACKSONVILLE WELCOMED TWO PLAYERS TO THE 1K CLUB IN A SINGLE SEASON WAS IN THE 2015-16 CAMPAIGN (BRIONA BROWN & SHERRANDA REDDICK). BASKETBALL HISTORY BROWN CURRENTLY RANKS FOURTH ALL-TIME IN POINTS AND IS THE OLDER SISTER OF CAPTAIN FIRST SEASON ........................................................1999-2000 ALL-TIME RECORD ................................252-312 /17 SEASONS JASMYN BROWN. REDDICK GRADUATED A YEAR AGO, AND IS THE DOLPHINS’ ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER. TEAM INFO WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU? 2016-17 RECORD ................................................................23-9 WHEN THE GAME IS ON THE LINE, THE DOLPHINS CAN CALL ON JUNIOR CAPTAIN JASMYN BROWN TO 2016-17 ASUN RECORD ...........................................11-3 (3RD) KNOCK DOWN THE BIG SHOT. BROWN UNLEASHED 27 POINTS, INCLUDING 11 FIRST-HALF POINTS. PLAYERS RETURNING/LOSS ................................................8/5 STARTERS RETURNING/ LOSS.............................................3/2 BROWN WAS NAMED ASUN PLAYER OF THE WEEK AFTER AVERAGING 19.0 PPG IN WINS AT NJIT AND USC NEWCOMERS ............................................................................6 UPSTATE. WITH HALF OF HER 22 POINTS IN THE FOURTH-QUARTER - INCLUDING THREE OF HER FOUR THREE-POINTERS - BROWN HELPED THE DOLPHINS PUT THE GAME OUT OF REACH IN A 70-48 VICTORY MEDIA RELATIONS OVER LIPSCOMB. BROWN EMBARKED ON A 10-0 RUN – HIGHLIGHTED BY THREE THREE-POINTERS – TO HELP THE DOLPHINS CRUISE TO A 68-58 VICTORY AT BETHUNE-COOKMAN, AND RECORDED THE WBB CONTACT ...................................................MAURA PARKS GAME-WINNER AT SOUTH ALABAMA ON A LAY-IN WITH 3.3 SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK. OFFICE ......................................................................................(904) 256 - 7444 CELL ................................................................ (301) 697-0302 A GAME PRIOR, SHE POSTED A CAREER-HIGH 29 POINTS AT TROY, A MARK THAT RANKS THIRD MOST IN EMAIL .........................................................MPARKS1@JU.EDU DOLPHIN HISTORY IN A SINGLE GAME, AND NEARLY RECORDED THE GAME-WINNER ON A THREE-POINTER WITH 1.2 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK BUT A TROJAN LAY-IN NEGATED THE EFFORT. QUICK HITS SEC ACTION JACKSONVILLE PLAYED ITS SECOND SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE (SEC) OPPONENT OF THE SEASON IN A 69-59 SETBACK AT FLORIDA. THE DOLPHINS TRAILED BY 22 POINTS WITH 5:17 REMAINING IN THE THIRD QUARTER, AND PULLED WITHIN EIGHT IN THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME. WITH THE SCORE AT 61-44, JACKSON- VILLE BEGAN TO MAKE ITS RUN, SCORING 13 OF THE NEXT 17 POINTS. BRANDI BUIE LED THE DOLPHIN CONTINGENT IN SCORING WITH A SEASON-HIGH 25 POINTS. IN THE DOLPHINS’ SECOND ROAD GAME OF THE YEAR, THEY FACED ALABAMA. DOWN BY EIGHT AT THE START OF THE FOURTH QUARTER, THEY WENT ON TO DROP THE CONTEST, 75-60. SEC KUDOS “LIKED THE GAME BECAUSE WE KNEW JACKSONVILLE IS A VERY TOUGH, GRITTY, HARDNOSED TEAM. COACH YO DOES A GREAT JOB GETTING THOSE KIDS TO PLAY HARD. THOSE YOUNG LADIES ARE RELENTLESS IN EVERYTHING THEY DO. THEY GAVE US A LOT OF FITS TONIGHT.” – GATOR HEAD COACH CAMERON NEWBAUER “I THOUGHT JACKSONVILLE CAME OUT AND