Shooting Down Critics
By EUGENIO TORRENS | Mar. 22, 2010Steffi Sorensen stood at the free-throw line.
Steffi Sorensen stood at the free-throw line.
Amanda Butler’s third season as head coach of the UF women’s basketball team wasn’t the charm she was looking for.
Amanda Butler cautioned her team against the athletic, guard-oriented play Miami posed.
Faced with a win-or-go-home game in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, Florida unleashed a barrage of three-pointers while barely containing USF’s Jessica Lawson in a 61-54 win.
It’s not the NCAA Tournament, but the Women’s National Invitation Tournament will at least offer the Gators a shot at redemption tonight at 7.
One year following a second-round loss in the NCAA Tournament, Florida missed out on the tourney altogether.
UF topped Auburn in a double-overtime rollercoaster-type game in early January, but the Tigers brought the Gators’ ride to a screeching halt Thursday.
The start of the Southeastern Conference Tournament means a clean slate, and the Gators are hoping they can return to the form they showed when SEC play opened in January.
Florida honored its five seniors Sunday after the game, but the post-game mood was a blend of disappointment and celebration.
Jennifer George played one of the best offensive games of her young career, but it was Vanderbilt’s Hannah Tuomi who had a career night.