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Florida women’s basketball fell 72-64 to Tulsa Sunday afternoon, marking the Gators second road loss of the 2023-24 season.  Florida took a one-point lead at halftime and pushed that to a six-point margin in the start of the fourth. Tulsa fought back in the last ten minutes of play holding the Gators to eight points […]

Florida women’s basketball was edged by Marshall 91-88 on the road Saturday afternoon. The loss marked Florida’s first road deficit of the 2023-24 season.  Despite the outcome, Florida held the lead for the game’s first three quarters before Marshall scored 28 points in the fourth with a 61.5 shooting percent from the field.  Three Gators reached double […]

Florida women’s basketball will continue their away stretch on Saturday afternoon at Marshall University. The Gators will tip-off at 1 p.m. in Huntington and are looking to remain undefeated on the road this season.  MARSHALL (2-4, 0-0 SBC):Date: Saturday, Dec. 2Time: 1 p.m. ETSite: Cam Henderson CenterStream: ESPN+Radio: ESPN Gainesville 98.1 FM / 850 AMStats: StatBroadcast SERIES […]

 Florida women’s basketball will face Georgia Tech Wednesday night in the 2023 ACC/SEC Challenge. The Atlanta based contest will be Florida’s first away game of the 2023-24 season after competing on neutral grounds last week in the Baha Mar Tournament. GEORGIA TECH (5-1, 0-0 ACC)Date: Wednesday, Nov. 28Time: 5 p.m. ETSite: McCamish PavilionStream: ACC NetworkRadio: ESPN Gainesville 98.1 FM […]

Florida women’s basketball defeated Columbia 83-81 Wednesday afternoon at the Baha Mar Tournament. The win against Columbia pushes Florida’s record to 5-1 this season. The final four seconds saw three lead changes, with Aliyah Matharu hitting a three-pointer to give the Gators the win. Matharu led the Gators with 26 points, followed by Ra Shaya Kyle with 18. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz9rLsbR3bU/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=14&wp=675&rd=https%3A%2F%2Ffloridagators.com&rp=%2Fnews%2F2023%2F11%2F22%2Fwomens-basketball-gators-defeat-columbia-to-in-bahamas-tournament.aspx#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A11569.299999998882%2C%22ls%22%3A2411.7999999988824%2C%22le%22%3A6055.199999999255%7DIN THE FIRST: […]

Florida women’s basketball pulled out a 52-49 victory Monday afternoon against the Purdue Boilermakers. The contest was the Gators first of two at the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championships. The Gators held the lead going into every quarter of the game and were led by Aliyah Matharu in scoring with 15—points. Ra Shaya Kyle led Florida on the boards […]

Florida women’s basketball was edged by No. 12 Florida State 75-79 Friday afternoon at the Exactech Arena. It was Florida’s first loss of the early season and the Seminoles were the Gators first ranked opponent. Florida took a one point lead at halftime and pushed that to a nine-point margin early in the fourth quarter. […]

Point guard Aliyah Matharu led all scorers with 22 points and paced three other Florida teammates into double-figure scoring Monday night, as the Gators defeated Florida A&M 92-54 at Exactech Arena to remain unbeaten three games into the 2023-24 season. Matharu, the senior transfer from Texas, hit nine of her 18 field-goal attempts, including a trio of 3-pointers, to […]

Head Coach Kelly Rae Finley has announced the signing of the highest-ranked recruit in Florida’s program history, Alivia “Liv” McGill. Hailing from Finley’s home state of Minnesota, McGill currently sits as the seventh-best women’s basketball recruit in the country (ProspectsNation). The signing of McGill marks the second consecutive year that Coach Kelly Finley and the Gators have landed […]

The Florida women’s basketball team led from the opening basket to begin the 2023-24 season with a 82-65 win over North Florida Monday evening at the Exactech Arena. GATORS IN OPENERSFlorida is now 31-19 all-time in season openers.Since 2000, UF owns of 19-5 record in season openers.In home openers, the Gators are now 39-11. SERIES RECORDFlorida […]