Florida women’s basketball dominated in its home opener against UNF. Eight Gators contributed to the scoring column, with five reaching double figures.
Florida sophomore guard Liv McGill was named to the 2025-26 Preseason All-SEC Second Team after an impressive freshman campaign with the Gators.
At the beginning of March, the season looked all but over for the Florida women’s basketball team. It had a 14-15 record and sat at 5-10 in SEC play. But after the Gators’ senior night loss on Feb. 27 to Oklahoma, head coach Kelly Rae Finley remained optimistic, saying, “It’s not the end of our season by any stretch of the imagination.”
For most teams, facing a top-ranked opponent in their final game of the regular season would be as daunting of a task as they come – especially if their last ranked win came in 2022. However, UF head coach Kelly Rae Finley and her Gator squad viewed this challenge as a “cool opportunity.”
Tennessee squandered Florida’s nine-point halftime lead, scoring 37 points in the third quarter to secure a comeback victory 86-78 at the O’Dome.
The Gators were unable to snap the Gamecocks’ 70-game winning streak at home, marking UF’s eighth loss in conference play
The Florida women’s basketball team falls 84-66 to No. 23 Alabama after a competitive battle. The Gators could not stop the Crimson Tides’ second-half shooting display, costing them their seventh SEC loss.
Florida entered Monday night desperately in need of a victory after four straight losses. It got just that, as the Gators leveled Arkansas on the road.
Following a bittersweet 2023-24 campaign, the Florida Gators women’s basketball team is ready to put itself back on the map and make some noise this season.
Florida Gators standout guard Leilani Correa was selected by the Indiana Fever with the 27th overall pick in Monday night’s WNBA Draft.
The Gators women’s basketball team’s 2023-24 season came to an end following a 79-60 loss to the St. John’s Red Storm in the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament.
The Gators’ Cinderella run came to an end in an 84-74 loss to the Rebels, Friday night. In a game featuring all kinds of hits, twists and everything in between, Ole Miss bullied its way to victory in an extremely physical outing from start to finish.
Senior guard Aliyah Matharu powered the Florida Gators women’s basketball team to an upset victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores in the second round of the SEC Tournament, Thursday night.
The Gators women’s basketball team opened up the 2024 SEC Tournament with a down-to-the-wire 66-60 victory over the Missouri Tigers.
In the Florida Gators women’s basketball team’s “Unlaced” documentary series, senior guard Aliyah Matharu has a mindset that she feels sets her apart from the rest of the pack: she sees herself as a dog, and anyone standing in her way is dog food. After initially starting her collegiate career with a pair of stints at Mississippi State and Texas, Matharu transferred to UF in 2022. Although she had to wait a year to take the court for the Gators due to NCAA transfer rules, Matharu could already tell she found her home.
The Tigers (19-10, 8-8 SEC) defeated the Gators (14-14, 5-11 SEC) 77-74 Sunday afternoon in Florida’s final matchup before the 2024 SEC Tournament.
The Gators (14-13, 5-10 SEC) dropped a 76-73 loss to the Crimson Tide (22-8, 9-6 SEC) on Thursday evening. After trailing for the vast majority of the ball game, Florida nearly strung together a last-second comeback in the fourth quarter, but to no avail.
The Gators (14-12, 5-9 SEC) were defeated by the Bulldogs (12-15, 3-11 SEC) in a 76-60 loss, Sunday afternoon. Georgia took a 22-point lead into the halftime break and went on cruise control for the remainder of the game to swiftly leave Florida in the dust.
The Gators (14-11, 5-8 SEC) took home a massive 86-70 victory over the Tigers (11-15, 2-11 SEC) following a pair of bitter losses in the last week.
The Gators women’s basketball team dropped to 4-8 in conference play following an 81-77 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats on Sunday afternoon.
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