Lavender Briggs is moving on from Florida basketball. The junior was the Gators’ leading scorer and rebounder through her first 14 games.
Florida is still winless in SEC play after the No. 12 LSU Tigers survive the Swamp.
Standout performances from Kiki Smith and Zippy Broughton helped Florida erase a 19-point deficit and claim their first SEC victory of the season at Texas A&M.
Florida‘s struggles with offensive efficiency and turnovers now threaten a promising start to the season.
Florida fell to Auburn 85-73 as the Gators could not keep up with the 11-man Tiger rotation used to its maximum potential, which featuring 35 points from the AU bench.
The Gators committed 25 turnovers and allowed 42 points in the interior, failing to capitalize on a poor shooting night from Ole Miss and dropping their second-straight SEC game 74-56 at the O’Connell Center Thursday night.
Florida walked off the courts with their head low after the clocks hit zero and the score read as an 83-70 triumph for the Crimson Tide.
Florida defended the O’Dome with a 87-62 win over Stony Brook Wednesday.
Florida beat Murray State 67-51 on Tuesday to move to 6-0 at home on the season.
“Wasn’t perfect, but it's a good W. Ready to get back home,” said Florida head coach Mike White following the Gators win over USF.
Guard Tyree Appleby knew this feeling all too well, but this time, his last-second shot didn’t go in as Florida fell to Maryland 70-68 Sunday.
Florida women’s basketball defends its home court with a 69-55 win over Florida State Sunday, snapping a five-game losing streak against the Seminoles tracing back to 2016.
“That wasn’t us on Monday,” said Florida guard Myreon Jones following the Gators’ blowout victory over UNF.
The Gators narrowly avoided a fourth-quarter collapse against Dayton but held on to earn a 60-57 win at the O’Dome.
The No. 20 Gators were shown no southern hospitality as the Texas Southern Tigers pummeled them on home court.
Florida defeated TCU 63-54 for its third win in its last four road games, moving to 7-3 for the season after the road swing.
Florida hopes to shake off a nail-biting loss to George Mason with a Sunday afternoon match-up against TCU.
“Tough, tough, tough road game. The atmosphere was crazy,” Florida guard Phlandrous Fleming Jr. said following Florida’s 74-67 loss to Oklahoma Wednesday.
Amaya Scott scored 25 as George Mason defeated Florida on Wednesday night, 75-71.
No. 14 Florida looks to improve to 7-0 on the season for the first time since 2012-13, but it must first encounter Oklahoma on its home court.
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