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Delicia Washington was supposed to be the senior leader on a young Florida women’s basketball team next year. Washington, who was instrumental in the team’s first round SEC victory over Ole Miss just five days ago announced via Twitter that she intends to transfer from the Florida program on Monday. Thank you Gator Nation for…
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Final: Kentucky 66, Florida 57 What looked so promising just two weeks ago, has completely fallen apart. The Gators men’s basketball team completed the regular season on Saturday with a 66-57 loss at Kentucky. Florida hung tough and even possessed a 40-39 lead with less than 14 minutes left in regulation. However, as we’ve seen…
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Final: Missouri 87, Florida 56 Greenville, SC- The Gators women’s basketball season is over after a loss to Missouri in the second round of the SEC Tournament. Florida stayed with the Tigers through most of the first half, even ending the first quarter tied at 20. The Gators tied the game at 30 on Delicia…
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Survive and advance. That’s the name of the game this time of year. And that’s exactly what the Florida women did on Wednesday. The 13-seeded Gators defeated 12-seeded Ole Miss 64-57 to open the SEC Tournament on Wednesday behind a strong defensive performance. Florida received major contributions from junior G Delicia Washington and senior G…
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Final: Florida 78, Vanderbilt 66 The Florida Gators earned their first road win of the season in the regular season finale. Florida defeated Vanderbilt by a 78-66 final score largely thanks to a strong second half effort. Funda Nakkasoglu fueled the effort by going off in the third quarter. Nakkasoglu went into the halftime break…
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Freshman point guard Andrew Nembhard paced Florida with 19 points as the Gators defeated Vanderbilt 71-55 on Wednesday. While the win does little to affect the Gators tournament chances, a loss would have put a major damper on their resume. Florida (17-11, 9-6 SEC) has now won five straight for the first time since the…
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Final: Florida 82, LSU 77 KeVaughn Allen sank a pair of three-pointers late in overtime to propel the Gators to an upset of #13 LSU in a hostile road environment. The Gators opened the game with an 8-2 start in the opening five minutes of play. LSU trailed until finally tying the game at 17…
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Florida point guard Andrew Nembhard was named the SEC co-Freshman of the Week, the conference announced on Monday. Per the SEC press release: SEC Co-Freshmen of the Week – Florida guard Andrew Nembhard, a 6-foot-5, 191-pound freshman from Aurora, Ontario, and Vanderbilt guard Aaron Nesmith, a 6-foot-6, 213-pound freshman from Charleston, S.C., were named SEC…
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Final: Florida 71, Alabama 53 The Florida Gators earned an important victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday. Freshman point guard finished with 21 points and couldn’t miss from the field. Nembhard went 9-9 from the floor including 2-2 from beyond the three point line to lead the Gators. Fellow freshman Keyontae Johnson added…
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FINAL: FLORIDA 66, VANDERBILT 57 1st 2nd OT FINAL VANDY 33 24 X 57 FLORIDA 31 35 X 66 Gainesville, FL –Florida narrowly escaped from the clutches of defeat tonight as they knocked SEC East foe, Vanderbilt. In what has been a common theme for the Gators this season, the offense struggled and sputtered along…
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