JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Travis Elliott scored a career-high 14 points in Bethune-Cookman's 68-64 loss to North Florida Saturday night.

The Wildcats (2-13) tied it at 64 on Clemmye Owens's three-pointer with 10.6 seconds to play. UNF's Beau Beech and Jalen Nesbitt each hit two free throws with 0.7 seconds remaining to give the Ospreys (6-7) the victory.

Down 11, B-CU took a 49-47 lead on an Allan Dempster lay-up with 13:11 left. UNF pulled away from a 53-53 tie with a 9-0 run to make it 62-53 with 3:36 left.

Mikel Trapp, Elliott and Malik Jackson combined on 5-6 free throw shooting, than Owens hit a three as B-CU closed to 64-61 with 1:55 left.

Jackson finished with 12 points and a career-high eight rebounds, and Owens scored ten of his 12 in the second half. Trapp had 10.

Beech and Dallas Moore led North Florida with 15 points each.

B-CU returns to action Dec. 30 at Detroit Mercy.

NOTES: Owens had seven steals, tying him for fifth on the all-time single-game list...Jackson has been in double figures the last three games; this was the fourth time he's led the team in rebounding ... B-CU is 27-29 in games decided by five points or less since 2008 ... Alumni in the stands included Bernard Hawk, B-CU football's all-time passing leader and basketball standout Ronnie Weston, one of the program's 28 1,000 point scorers/