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Category: Basketball
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The Florida Gators cruised to a dominant win over No. 7 Tennessee at Exactech Arena on Thursday. A 9-0 run midway through the first quarter saw the Gators gain separation and the lead never wavered. The final score: 84-59. Florida’s defense was suffocating as they forced 18 turnovers and held the Lady Vols to 37.5%…
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By Florida standards, Gainesville was basically the frozen tundra over the weekend with the cold front that swooped in. The cold found its way onto the Exactech Arena court and into the Florida Gators Sunday. The Gators women’s basketball team fell to the No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks 62-50. UF dug a huge hole in…
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LSU head coach Kim Mulkey entered Sunday’s matchup with the Gators searching for win number 650. Instead, Florida pulled off the upset of the nation’s No. 10 ranked team and earned interim head coach Kelly Rae Finley her fifteenth career win. The Gators improved to 15-5 overall and 5-2 in SEC play. Florida started out…
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The Florida Gators have now won four straight games following a 77-52 win at Kentucky on Thursday. It’s the first time the program has won four consecutive games in conference play since 2011. Overall, the Gators improved to 14-5 on the season and 4-2 in the SEC. Florida was led by a dominant offensive showing…
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Florida big man Colin Castleton was unavailable for Wednesday’s game after suffering an injury in practice the previous day, but that didn’t stop the Gators from winning their second straight SEC contest. Anthony Duruji feasted in Castleton’s absence as the Gators defeated Mississippi State, 80-72. Much of the first half was played with neither team…
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Final: Florida 85, Alabama 77 With their thirteenth win of the season, the Gators women’s basketball team has exceeded all of last year’s total. Florida defeated Alabama 85-77 in Tuscaloosa on Sunday and moved to 3-2 in conference play (13-5 overall). The first quarter saw the two teams play back and forth with neither team…
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Another night, another new starting lineup for the Florida Gators (their sixth of the year), except this time, it seemed to work. Instead of the usual shooting woes to open the game, lineup newcomers Kowacie Reeves and Phlandrous Fleming promptly made the first two attempts of the game. The Gators would go on to defeat…
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Following Florida’s 68-63 win over Auburn on Thursday, Gators head coach Kelly Rae Finley announced that star guard Lavender Briggs has entered the transfer portal and is no longer with the team. “[Briggs] has chosen to transfer and we support her and respect her decision. She’s obviously had a tremendous impact on our team and…
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Just a week ago, it seemed as if the sky was falling on top of the Florida Gators women’s basketball program. The team was forced to play against Ole Miss short-handed (missing five key players) then learned star guard Lavender Briggs would miss the remainder of the season with an injury. With all the animosity…
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For the first time since 1981, the Florida Gators are 0-3 to open its conference slate One thing is for certain about Florida’s 64-58 loss at home to LSU: it wasn’t the referees’ fault. Instead, this game followed a similar formula as many of the Gators’ losses this year: pitiful shooting early (and often), a…
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