Category: Basketball

  • Florida moves to 2-0 in SEC play despite unraveling in end

    FINAL: FLORIDA 70, MISSISSIPPI 63   1st 2nd OT FINAL Ole Miss 21 42 X 63 FLORIDA 35 35 X 70   GAINESVILLE, FL-  The Florida Gators shot lights out in the home opener against Little Rock, however it appears that as the calendar has turned to a new year, Florida has reverted to it’s…

  • #25 Florida gets the win in KeVaughn Allen’s return home

    FINAL: FLORIDA 81, ARKANSAS 72   1st 2nd OT FINAL FLORIDA 44 37 X 81 ARKANSAS 35 37 X 72   FAYETTEVILLE, AK-  The Florida Gators have raced out to a 1-0 conference record after defeating a very good Arkansas team at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.  For KeVaughn Allen, it was a homecoming.  The…

  • Williams leads Gators in rout of SE Louisiana

    FINAL: FLORIDA 102, SE LOUISIANA 51   1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT FINAL SE LA 10 11 19 11 X 51 FLORIDA 36 19 22 25 X 102   GAINESVILLE, FL-  The Florida Gators celebrated their first home game at the new Exactech Arena with a 102-51 rout of Southeastern Louisiana.  Ronni Williams was the…

  • Florida opens Exactech Arena by dominating Little Rock

    FINAL: FLORIDA 94, LITTLE ROCK 71   1st 2nd OT FINAL LITTLE ROCK 27 44 X 71 FLORIDA 56 38 X 94   GAINESVILLE, FL-  The Florida Gators were eager to see their new home.  Florida has played neutral site and road games for the first eleven games this season.  Head coach Mike White prohibited…

  • FINAL: FLORIDA 87, CHARLOTTE 46   1st 2nd OT FINAL UNC-CHARLOTTE 22 24 X 46 FLORIDA 48 39 X 87   SUNRISE, FL-  The Florida Gators have finally completed their eleven game road/neutral site schedule to open the season.  The new Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center will host Florida basketball on Wednesday…

  • Florida center John Egbunu is out for the Gators Orange Bowl Classic matchup with UNC-Charlotte. Egbunu has been nursing a hamstring injury since Tuesday’s practice.   6’9 F/C Keyvarrius Hayes will take the five spot in the lineup for Egbunu. Freshman Gorjok Gak is also expected to see some playing time.  Walk-on Schuyler Rimmer is…

  • PANAMA CITY, FL- The Florida Gators women’s basketball team suffered a huge blow Sunday afternoon. It was announced by the school that leading scorer Eleanna Christinaki has quit the team.  Christinaki, who is from Athens, Greece and is a member of the Greek national team, was averaging 17.6 points and 4.7 rebounds as a sophomore. …

  • FINAL: FLORIDA 67, NORTH CAROLINA A&T 38 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT FINAL NC A&T 8 12 16 2 X 38 FLORIDA 11 12 21 23 X 67   PANAMA CITY, FL-  The Florida Gators fought through three tough quarters against North Carolina A&T, before a fourth quarter rout led the Gators to their seventh…

  • FINAL: DUKE 84, FLORIDA 74   1st 2nd OT FINAL #21FLORIDA 31 43 X 74 #5 DUKE 41 43 X 84   NEW YORK, NY-  The Florida Gators played against one of the top teams in the country on Tuesday night.  And for the most part, Florida went toe-to-toe with #5 Duke.  Florida allowed the…

  • FINAL: FLORIDA 91, NORTH FLORIDA 60   1st 2nd OT FINAL FLORIDA 45 46 X 91 N. FLORIDA 25 35 X 60   JACKSONVILLE, FL-  The Florida Gators defeated the North Florida Ospreys in their first true away game of the 2016-17 season.  In a rematch of last season’s NIT opening round game, Florida dominated,…