Gators hold off Bulldogs for first SEC win of 2023-24 season
By Jack Meyer | Jan. 14The Florida Gators women’s basketball team survived a close contest with the Georgia Bulldogs Sunday for their first conference win of the season.
The Florida Gators women’s basketball team survived a close contest with the Georgia Bulldogs Sunday for their first conference win of the season.
The Gators women’s basketball team dropped their third consecutive SEC matchup in a close contest against the Tennessee Volunteers.
After a blowout loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks in their Southeastern Conference opener, the Florida Gators women’s basketball team fared much better in their second conference matchup of the season. Nevertheless, they have yet to secure their first SEC win of 2024.
The Florida Gators women’s basketball team (9-4, 0-1 SEC) suffered an 89-66 loss to the No. 1 Gamecocks (13-0, 1-0 SEC) in the team’s 2023-24 SEC opener Thursday night.
With the Gators having concluded their non-conference slate of the schedule, they now turn their attention to their Southeastern Conference foes in 2024.
The Gators (8-3) dismantled the Winthrop Eagles (6-7) in a 73-36 blowout victory on Saturday afternoon. Winthrop kept the game close early on in the first quarter, but the Gators went on cruise control soon after to finish the game off.
Florida (7-3) defeated the Wolverines (9-2) 82-65 Wednesday at the Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Florida Gators (6-2) suffered their second loss of the season to the Marshall Thundering Herd (3-4) 91-88 at the Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, West Virginia, Saturday. Despite Gators senior guards Leilani Correa and Aliyah Matharu combining for 50 points, UF struggled to answer back to a 10-0 three-minute Marshall run to end the game.
The Florida Gators (6-1) took home its third victory in a row, 68-58, against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (5-2) in Atlanta Wednesday.
The Florida Gators (5-1) escaped the Columbia Lions (2-4) 83-81 Wednesday afternoon in the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship.
The Florida Gators (3-1) fell to the No. 12 Florida State Seminoles (3-0) 79-75 Friday night at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Matharu, junior center Ra Shaya Kyle and senior guard Leilani Correa all scored at least 15 points in the loss.
The Florida Gators (3-0) defeated the Florida A&M Rattlers (0-3) 92-54 Monday night in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.
Me’Arah O’Neal, the daughter of former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal, announced her commitment to the Florida Gators women’s basketball team Sunday, according to ESPN.
The Florida Gators (2-0) defeated the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (0-2) 83-69 Thursday afternoon in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.
Florida women’s basketball secured the signing of Alivia “Liv” McGill Wednesday, officially making her the highest-ranked recruit in program history. The Florida men’s basketball team also landed the signing of a top recruit. Four-star guard Isaiah Brown signed with Todd Golden’s Gators Wednesday.
The Florida Gators (1-0) took down the North Florida Ospreys (0-1) 82-65 in their season opener Monday in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. The Gators continually found space down low and scored 54 points in the paint.
Florida senior guard Nina Rickards announced on Twitter Tuesday morning that she plans to enter the transfer portal.
Rickards capped off her fourth season with the Florida Gators March 27. She was one of two players on this past year’s team who spent all four years in Gainesville, and Rickards surpassed 1,000 career points.
Florida senior guard KK Deans announced on Instagram Thursday that she will be entering the transfer portal after one season with the Gators.
The Florida Gators (19-15, 5-11 SEC) fell to the Bowling Green Falcons (31-6, 14-4 MAC) 69-52 Monday night. The loss eliminated the Gators from the Women’s National Invitation Tournament and ended the team’s season.