It’s a fair statement to say the Gators women’s basketball team has been dealt a heaping scoop of adversity this season.
The NBA All-Star break is typically regarded as the midway point of the often grueling 82-game regular season schedule — a time when players can relax after 50 games and enjoy the week off.
Luck is seen by some as a cop-out.
The Gators women’s basketball team couldn’t defeat its second-straight ranked opponent, falling 75-62 to No. 13 Mississippi State in Starkville, Mississippi on Sunday afternoon.
Eli Carter had a season-high 22 points, Kasey Hill dished out a career-high-tying 10 assists and the Florida men’s basketball team still couldn’t pull out a win.
The Florida women’s basketball team secured its first win over a ranked opponent this season, defeating No. 24 Georgia 51-48 in Athens on Thursday night.
Dorian Finney-Smith’s three-pointer should have been good enough.
Chris Chiozza is making strides in his first year at UF.
In coach Billy Donovan’s eyes, the Gators truly played like Gators for the first time this season against Kentucky.
The first half of Sunday afternoon’s game against No. 6 Tennessee looked different from most games the Florida women’s basketball team has played this year.
Florida could be without one of its top scorers for the near future.
For one of the few times this season, the Gators women’s basketball team played with fight when it hosted No. 6 Tennessee on Sunday.
Even though Florida (12-11, 5-5 Southeastern Conference) was on the losing end of a 68-61 showdown against No. 1 Kentucky (23-0, 10-0 SEC), coach Billy Donovan saw his team take a step in the right direction.
The Gators almost did the unthinkable.
ESPN College Gameday’s Seth Greenberg has experience with Florida’s Dorian Finney-Smith. The Gators most consistent scorer was once a member of Greenberg’s Virginia Tech Hokies team, averaging 6.3 points per game starting in 30 of 33 games and earning Atlantic Coast Conference All-Freshman Team honors in 2012.
Following Florida’s 67-61 loss to a Vanderbilt team that had lost seven straight Southeastern Conference games, Michael Frazier II said that the team "didn’t come out with any passion or energy."
Less than three weeks after being arrested for reportedly stealing a teammate’s credit card in November a former UF women’s basketball player was charged by the University Police Department with a second, earlier count.
Facing a Vanderbilt team that had lost seven straight Southeastern Conference games, Florida had an opportunity to capitalize on the Commodores’ woes and earn its third straight victory.
Coach Billy Donovan has watched his team struggle more this season than most of his former squads.
When you’re a player at one of the elite programs in college basketball, everyone’s a critic.
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