For the first 27 minutes, Miami and Florida went back-and-forth, trading runs in a game that looked primed for a final possession finish.
Seven games, zero losses.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. had only played for about three-and-a-half minutes in the first half of Tuesday’s game before he was pulled due to foul trouble.
Florida guard Kiara Smith had a forgettable start to Monday’s game against Presbyterian despite playing every second of the opening half.
The 2019-20 season for the UF men’s basketball team has had an ominous beginning not many (if any) expected just a couple of weeks ago.
Florida forward Zada Williams caught the ball in the paint. She took one dribble to her right and then went up for a layup as she got pushed in mid-air to draw a foul.
More than 1,000 elementary school kids come to the O’Connell Center once a year to watch Florida Women’s basketball on field trip day. And this year, they’ll watch an undefeated Gators team for the first time since the 2016-17 season, when Florida began 4-0.
Keyontae Johnson had the look.
Florida guard Ariel Johnson baited Samford’s Charity Brown. The Bulldogs point guard thought she had an easy chest pass to fellow guard Sarah Myers. But she was wrong.
For Florida, Thursday night’s game was supposed to produce a get back-on-track type of performance at the O’Connell Center.
For the first time since 2016, Florida women’s basketball has won its first two games of the season.
The UF men’s basketball team likely had plenty on its mind after dropping its sixth-straight game to the Florida State Seminoles on Sunday. It was unlikely that any of it was positive.
Coach Cam Newbauer reached a personal milestone Sunday afternoon, but he didn’t know it until after Florida’s women’s basketball team defeated Longwood 71-54 at the O’Connell Center.
One by one, the basketballs sailed through the air, launching off the fingers of UF shooters from all over the court.
To say that Florida’s women’s basketball team struggled on the road last season is an understatement.
Florida-Florida State hasn’t been much of a rivalry on the hardwood lately, and UF coach Mike White is the first to admit that.
Florida’s women’s basketball team was engaged in a back-and-forth battle with Grambling State on Tuesday night.
Silence spread throughout the O’Connell Center.
Florida’s women’s basketball team has the opportunity on Tuesday to do what it only did once last season: win a road game.
The UF men’s basketball team readily handled Lynn University last week, but that won’t show up on the official record.
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