On just about any given night, it seems like anyone on UF is capable of scoring as much as she would like.
At least, that's been the case for the Gators since their season-opening loss at Florida Gulf Coast nearly three weeks ago.
In the six games since then, UF (6-1) has had four different leading scorers and has three players averaging at least 9 points per game.
The Gators will take their open-scoring attack on the road tonight when they face Alabama-Birmingham (2-4) at 6:30.
UF has used its options to make it difficult for other teams to prepare for it, something that showed in the Gators upset wins over two ranked teams last week.
"A team doesn't know what to do," senior guard Sha Brooks said. "If they think they can stop me, then Jen (Mossor) will step up. Or if they think they can stop Marshae (Dotson), then Steffi (Sorensen) will step up. It's so many people on the court at one time that can score that there's really nothing they can do to stop us. The only people who can stop us is ourselves."
Brooks, who is averaging 13.1 points per game this season, can speak confidently after coming off a 25-point performance against then-No. 21 Arizona State that led UF to the upset.
That came just six days after posting 24 in UF's win over FSU.
Sorensen, a junior guard, who led the Gators with 14 points in Friday's win against Southern Illinois, knows how important it is to spread the ball around and is aware that anyone is capable of having a big scoring night.
"It just causes problems for the other team," Sorensen said. "When they're scouting us, anyone can have a different game. Anyone can step up and score, and when someone's scouting you, who do you stop? If you stop this person, then this person can step up."
UF coach Amanda Butler said it's difficult to pinpoint how to slow down her team.
"You always hope that you're a hard team to prepare for," Butler said. "I don't think we do a ton of very complicated things that people have to worry about, but when you're thinking about guarding Florida you have to worry about, 'Well, they can shoot the 3, there is Marshae Dotson on the inside, they've got some size on the inside, and then you've got a playmaker on the outside like Sha.'"
It's this variety of attack that has UF on the verge of the top 25.
The Gators are currently No. 26 in this week's AP poll.
But if you ask them, they're not letting the expectations and pressures of the poll affect them that much.
"We know we have to stay hungry because people aren't giving us the respect still that we deserve," Sorensen said. "It doesn't really matter. Rankings, honestly, to me, they don't matter.
"We like being the underdog."
If UF continues to put up the points and defeat top-ranked teams, it won't be able to take on the underdog role for much longer.
