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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Category: Basketball
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The Florida Gators (11-5) desperately needed a win at the O’Dome Saturday evening in Gainesville, Florida. After a rough stretch of SEC play with losses against Kentucky and Ole Miss, Florida bounced back with a commanding win over another fellow SEC opponent, the Arkansas Razorbacks (9-7). With a daunting 18-point loss to the Ole Miss…
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For the second straight night, the Florida Gators defeated the Michigan Wolverines on the hardwood in Charlotte, NC. Following the double-overtime victory by the UF men, the Lady Gators dominated the action against the Wolverines to claim their eighth win of the 2023-24 campaign. Florida point guard Aliyah Matharu tied her career high with 27…
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The Florida Gators secured a major victory Tuesday in the Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte Tuesday. Florida and the Michigan Wolverines played a marathon affair that spanned two overtimes before the Gators finished victorious, 106-101. Forward Tyrese Samuel led Florida with a double-double, 21 points and 11 rebounds. In all, five Gators scored double digits points…
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The Florida Gators (7-3) swept the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs (1-10) with a 110-37 blowout victory Sunday afternoon in Boiler Springs, North Carolina. Florida kept the Bulldogs record at a low as they faced their first win against Appalachian State Friday, but Gardner-Webb head coach Scott Merritt could not pull his weight in his first season as…
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Backed by 26 points from Walter Clayton, the Florida Gators defeated Merrimack 77-57 Tuesday in the first matchup between the two programs. Clayton led the charge, making ten of his fifteen attempts, including 4-7 from three-point range, for the Gators, who struggled early to make shots and turned the ball over far too frequently to…
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A strong third quarter propelled Florida past Georgia Tech in the ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge Wednesday, 68-58. The Gators improved to 6-1 on the season while the Yellow Jackets fell to 5-2. The start was ominous enough as neither team managed to score for more than two minutes before Tech’s Kayla Blackshear finally made a jumper…
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The No. 13 Baylor Bears hit their stride from beyond the three-point arc, knocking down 14 of 25 attempts, en route a 95-91 win over Florida in the NIT Season Tip-Off title game. The Gators fell to 4-2 on the season with the loss while Baylor improved to 6-0. The game started out as well…
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Walter Clayton, Jr. put on a show for the audience in Brooklyn to lead Florida past Pitt, 86-71, Wednesday night. The Gators improved to 4-1 on the season and will take on No. 13 Baylor in the tournament championship Friday afternoon. Florida started slowly, allowing the Panthers to score the first seven points of the…
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The Florida Gators (3-1) fell to the No. 12 Florida State Seminoles (3-0) 79-75 Friday afternoon in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. “I know our team, and I know that we are resilient, tough, and this loss is only going to make us this much better,” Florida head coach Kelly Rae Finley said. The Seminoles…
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The Florida Gators (3-0) dominated the Florida A&M Rattlers (0-3) 92-54 Monday evening in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Secured the win✅#GoGators | Presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/obtEQHpvF4 — Gators Women’s Basketball (@GatorsWBK) November 14, 2023 Florida took a slow start against the Rattlers as they reached a slim 6-5 lead early into the first quarter.…
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