Gators dragged by Tigers despite Smith’s career-high afternoon
By Grethel Aguila | Feb. 21, 2021Mizzou started off strong with a three within the first 30 seconds of the game — a bad omen of the 40 minutes to come for Florida.
Mizzou started off strong with a three within the first 30 seconds of the game — a bad omen of the 40 minutes to come for Florida.
With just two season games remaining, Florida will travel to Columbia to face Missouri Sunday in a rematch of last month’s narrow home loss.
Florida beats Georgia for the second time in four weeks behind Castleton, Appleby and Mann’s 40 combined points
Star UF guard Kiara Smith’s career-high 27-point performance Thursday night wasn't enough as the Gators lost their ninth SEC game to Alabama.
The Gators must get more offensive production from players beyond Briggs and Smith. And with Briggs out of the picture, there’s no way around it.
The Gators are set to play their first game since Feb. 3 against No. 24 Arkansas Tuesday night at Bud Walton Arena.
Without star guard Lavender Briggs, Florida relied on offensive production elsewhere in its home loss to No. 17 Kentucky.
After relying heavily on the production of star guards Lavender Briggs and Kiara Smith in recent games, Florida’s depth provided the necessary support to lift the Gators to an OT win over LSU
A combined 40-point performance by star guards Lavender Briggs and Kiara Smith lifted Florida to its third conference win of the season as the Gators defeated LSU 73-66.
Saturday’s cancellation marks the third straight game Florida lost from its schedule.
Florida shouldn’t expect a W in Baton Rouge if it repeats the same mistakes it has made the entire season — especially overreliance on Briggs and Smith.
South Carolina finished Saturday’s game on a 13-1 run, earning an upset victory over the No. 22 Gators.
Castleton carried the Gators on his towering shoulders, dropping a team-best 21 points and earning himself a second SEC Player of the Week award of the season.
The Gators were the biggest winners of this weekend's SEC/Big 12 Challenge, moving up into 18th in the NET rankings, 19th in the BPI and 23rd in KenPom.
Through nine SEC games, Briggs and Smith average a combined 38.7 points per game. That’s more than half of the team’s average scoring.
In a scorecard littered with zeros, Briggs and Smith proved to be outliers for Florida, scoring 23 points each. The duo made slightly more than 70% of the Gators’ points Sunday.
Florida’s matchup against WVU center Derek Culver saw UF revive and exorcise demons it has been fighting all season.
The Gators look to get back in the win column Sunday as they face No. 20 Tennessee on the road in their fifth ranked matchup of the season.
The Gators will return to Gainesville with a massive Quad 1 victory, beating West Virginia 85-80 in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge for their fourth-straight win.
Florida’s three leading scorers, Briggs, Smith and Rickards, failed to perform up to par. The trio shot a combined 9-52 from the field.