On Thursday night in the O’Connell Center, Florida cruised to victory in its first conference game of the season, beating Mississippi State 82-72.
When Florida was down, senior Jaterra Bonds stepped up.
Florida powered its way to its fourth consecutive Gator Holiday Classic championship with a 90-74 win over Florida International on Saturday night.
SUNRISE – Four days after a big win against Memphis at Madison Square Garden, Florida made sure it wouldn’t follow up with a letdown against Fresno State.
SUNRISE – Any chance of Damontre Harris returning to the Gators is out of the question.
The wins are starting to pile up for the Gators.
The Murphy family tree will continue on at Florida.
More than two weeks ago against FSU, Dorian Finney-Smith stood at the line with 1.3 seconds remaining with a chance to win the game for the Gators. Patric Young leaned in to give his teammate words of encouragement, which were enough for Finney-Smith to sink his final free throw.
For the first time in three weeks, Florida returned to action at home in the O’Connell Center.
It’s not every day that a high-profile college athlete like Andrew Wiggins visits the O’Connell Center.
If it were up to Jayhawks coach Bill Self, the game would have ended when his team jumped out to a 10-3 lead. Instead, it ended with No. 19 Florida (7-2) defeating No. 13 Kansas (6-3) at home 67-61.
For the first time this season, both Kasey Hill (high ankle sprain) and Scottie Wilbekin (sprained ankle) will be available for No. 19 Florida (6-2) when it squares off against No. 13 Kansas (6-2) on Tuesday night at 7 in the O’Connell Center.
Contrary to previous thought, No. 15 Florida will have at least one point guard available when it squares off against No. 6 Kansas on Tuesday night in the O’Connell Center.
For the first time in over a decade, the Gators hit the century mark.
When it comes to the injury bug, Florida has not had any luck this year.
Rather than play limited minutes for the Gators on a hobbled right leg, guard Eli Carter will sit out the remainder of the season and earn a medical redshirt, according to SNY.tv.
James Naismith, basketball’s creator, said in 1936, “Basketball really had its beginnings in Indiana, which remains today the center of the sport.”
With his team trailing by one in the waning seconds, No. 12 Connecticut’s Shabazz Napier sunk a game-winning mid-range jumper to beat No. 15 Florida 65-64 on Monday night.
Casey Prather has been Florida’s most productive player through seven games.
It was a chaotic weekend for the Gators in the Bahamas.
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