Gators end nine-game losing streak to SEC-rival Bulldogs
Jan. 19, 2009UF had a lot to prove Sunday against Georgia, and the team sure played like it.
UF had a lot to prove Sunday against Georgia, and the team sure played like it.
UF had a lot to prove Sunday against Georgia, and the team sure played like it.
It might be used as added motivation, or it might just be a painful memory from last season.
After winning 15 games in a row, losing becomes an afterthought.
Forget about their record. Forget about what they've done over the past two months.
For close to two hours, UF made the third-largest crowd in women's basketball history forget they had come to view the BCS National Championship in the O'Connell Center following the basketball game.
Not many saw this kind of start to the season coming, maybe not even the UF women's basketball team.
Sometimes the sign of a good team is winning easily against lesser opponents.
It wasn't much of a contest for UF on Wednesday night against Coppin State.
For a team looking to avenge its season-ending blowout loss at North Carolina State last season, UF was led by seniors and sparked by newcomers to help it seek revenge Sunday.
UF hasn't forgotten the way last season ended.
In a game that didn't look too frightening on the schedule, UF got more than a scare Wednesday night at Alabama-Birmingham and had to survive late.
On just about any given night, it seems like anyone on UF is capable of scoring as much as she would like.
It seemed like everything was working against the UF women's basketball team during the weekend, but the Gators didn't care.
If UF wants to be successful in the postseason, then it knows it will have to win back-to-back games at some point.
Playing its second game in as many days wasn't much of a problem for UF on Monday night.
With a showdown at No. 22 FSU looming, the UF women's basketball team is starting to figure out what it needs to do defensively to win games.
It appears Susan Yenser's time at UF has finally arrived.
When put to the challenge of having to respond to adversity Monday night against Jacksonville, the UF women's basketball team did in a big way.
The UF women's basketball team's season opener on Friday night didn't go as well as the team had hoped, thanks to a feisty underdog.