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Florida guard Lavender Briggs was named the SEC Player of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday. Briggs averaged 29.5 points over two games, including a 41-point effort against Arkansas on Thursday. The honor is the first such for Briggs and the first for any Florida player since January 2018 (Haley Lorenzen). The sophomore from…
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Florida may not have had Keyontae Johnson, Scottie Lewis or Colin Castleton Tuesday night, but they had enough to take down the sixth-ranked Tenneessee Volunteers at home, 75-49, behind big performances from Omar Payne and Tyree Appleby. After speculation about whether Lewis would return against the Volunteers after a COVID-19 exposure, it was Castleton who…
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After dropping its first five conference games, the Florida Gators women’s basketball team tallied one for the win column Sunday after beating the Auburn Tigers 68-54. The game got off to a perfect start for head coach Cam Newbauer and his squad. After scoring the first 11 points of the game, the Gators ended the…
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Colin Castleton continued his role as a one-man S.W.A.T. team Saturday against Mississippi with six blocks and Tyree Appleby had his first 20-point performance in a Florida uniform, but it wasn’t enough for a second consecutive victory as the Gators fall to 6-4 on the season and 3-3 in SEC play following the 72-69 loss.…
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The Florida Gators women’s basketball team is now 0-5 in conference play after falling to Arkansas 84-80 on Thursday in Fayetteville. The Gators have opened league play facing four teams ranked in the Top-25 in addition to an 11-1 Georgia squad. The Gators were led by an incredible effort from guards Lavender Briggs and Kiki…
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The Florida men’s basketball team played its fifth conference game Tuesday night, defeating the Ole Miss Rebels, 72-63, to improve to 3-2 in conference play in front of a relieved home crowd. Despite the absence of forward Scottie Lewis, who was unavailable for “healthy and safety protocols” according to the team, the Gators led 24-13…
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The Florida Gators men’s basketball team traveled to Alabama to take on the Crimson Tide in a battle of the final two teams undefeated in conference play. However, the Gators were rebounded and shot into submission before leaving with their first SEC loss, 86-71. The Gators struggled in the opening half, especially on the defensive…
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Florida opened their home conference slate Saturday against LSU with a thrilling back-and-forth battle before eventually defeating the Tigers 83-79. The first half was very even as neither team lead by more than five points. The Tigers started fast, making their first three attempts from beyond the arc. The Gators, however, who came into this…
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The Florida Gators played its first game without star Keyontae Johnson against Vanderbilt Wednesday. The team won its SEC opener handily by a score of 91-72. The teams got off to a fairly even start, deadlocked at 14 apiece through the opening seven minutes, but then Florida clamped down hard defensively. Vanderbilt went nearly six…
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The University of Florida women’s basketball team is off to it’s best start since head coach Cameron Newbauer took over the program before the 2017-18 season. The 7-1 Gators face an enormous task in an attempt to improve that mark as they are now scheduled to face No. 5 ranked South Carolina in Columbia to…
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