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Final: Mississippi 68, Florida 51 How it happened: Coming off the heels of a 20 point comeback at home against Georgia on Wednesday, Florida traveled to Oxford to take on Ole Miss. Mississippi entered the matchup with an 11-11 record and just a 2-7 mark in league play. Florida and Ole Miss stood tall against…
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Final: Florida 81, Georgia 75 It was truly a tale of two halves on Wednesday as the Florida Gators went from being routed to storming back and taking the lead in less than one half of play. The first half was the Anthony Edwards show as the Georgia freshman recorded 18 points on 7-9 from…
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Final: Florida 70, Kentucky 62 Florida women’s basketball hadn’t beaten a ranked team since Cameron Newbauer took over the program. In fact, the Gators hadn’t done so since February 2016. On Sunday, Florida dominated the second half against No. 13 Kentucky and rode a 20-3 run in the fourth quarter to a 70-62 win at…
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Final: Florida 61, Vanderbilt 55 Cool February weather prevented both Vanderbilt (8-13, 0-8 SEC) and Florida (13-8, 5-3 SEC) from heating up in Saturday’s contest at Memorial Gymnasium. As of late, head coach Mike White has lamented over his team’s inefficiency on the defensive end of the court. Prior to Saturday, the Gators were ranked…
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Bradley Beal is playing the best basketball of his life. The eighth-year veteran is averaging career highs in points (28.7, sixth in the NBA), assists (6.4), free throw attempts (7.9) and free throw makes (6.7). But despite being selected an All-Star each of the last two seasons, Beal was denied an invitation to Chicago for…
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Despite holding a sixteen point lead with six minutes to play in the first half and then point lead at the intermission, the Florida Gators dropped to 12-8 with a 78-71 home loss to Mississippi State. How it happened: Florida came out of the gates firing on all cylinders, just as they did against No.…
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Final: Baylor 72, Florida 61 Gators suffer tenth straight defeat to nation’s number one ranked team. Saturday night showed the best of Florida, and the worst of Florida. Unfortunately, the best of only lasted four minutes and fifty two seconds. It was in that time that the Gators grabbed a 14-7 lead over the number…
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Final: LSU 84, Florida 82 Florida traveled to Baton Rouge on Tuesday to take on the LSU Tigers who entered the night undefeated in league play. Despite trailing by ten with 1:11 to play, the Gators gave themselves a shot and finished 0.1 second short in a thriller. Ultimately, Florida lost 84-82 and fell to…
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Atlanta Hawks forward and former Florida Gator Chandler Parsons was involved in a serious car accident on Wednesday at 2 p.m. He was traveling home from practice when he was struck by a driver who was arrested for driving under the influence. Three cars were involved in the crash, which occurred in a busy intersection.…
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The Gators put on a defensive clinic in front of a rowdy home crowd and absolutely took it to the number four ranked team in the country on Saturday. Florida defeated the Auburn Tigers 69-47 behind the effort of freshman Omar Payne, who recorded his first career double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds. The…
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