November 17, 2011
 
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- Savannah State out-scored North Florida 9-6 in overtime as the Lady Tigers improved to 2-0 with a 64-61 win over UNF in UNF Arena.
 
The crowd of 3,461 saw the Ospreys battle back from a 10 point second half deficit to send the game into an extra period tied at 55.
 
During the overtime, Ezinnee Kalu scored five of her game-high 35 points while Uba Blessing added four points.
 
SSU jumped out to a 10-2 lead in the first half and led by as many as nine points with six minutes left before the half.
 
The Ospreys answered with a 9-0 run to tie the game at 22 with 2:45 on the clock.
 
A 3-pointer by Kalu and a jumper by Blessing gave SSU a 27-22 edge with 1:23 left but North Florida's Larkira Jones made a free throw with 1:03 left and SSU went into the half with a 27-23 advantage.
 
The Lady Tigers stretched their lead to 34-25 with 17:49 left in the second period and led 43-33 at the 11:30 mark after Kalu hit a 3-pointer.
 
SSU would go without a field goal until the final seconds which UNF battled back to slice their deficit to 43-40 with 8:37 remaining but four free throws from Jasmine Kirkland gave SSU a 47-40 cushion.
 
Trailing 48-41, UNF (0-3) went on a 12-2 run to take a 53-50 with 2:02 remaining.
 
A trio of free throws by Kalu would tie the game at 53 with 44 seconds left.
 
UNF's  Fabiola Josil made a layup with 20 seconds left for a 55-53 lead but Kalu tied the game at 55 with 14 ticks remaining.
 
Brittany Kirkland missed a jumper for the Ospreys at the buzzer and the game went into overtime.
 
Kalu made 10 of 22 shots from the floor, 5 of 10 of her 3-point attempts and 10 of 16 free throw attempts.
 
Blessing added 17 points for SSU.
 
The Lady Tigers shot 43.5 percent from the floor in the first half but slipped to go 7 of 20 from the field in the second period.
 
UNF won the rebounding battle 41 to 25.
 
The Ospreys, who shot 50 percent from the floor in the second half, were led by Josil's 21 points.