Basketball

The Gainesville High School Hurricanes girls basketball team provided a statement win, 67-33, against the visiting Trenton High School Tigers on Wednesday night. The ‘Canes (4-1) stormed to the win behind the senior pair of Jamison Cardwell and Jayden Terry. Dynamic Defense Terry was the disruptor on defense. She pickpocketed …

The Gainesville High Purple Hurricanes boys basketball team defeated the Williston Red Devils 68-66 in double overtime Friday, defending the Purple Palace and advancing to 4-0. Intense Game GHS was led by junior Cordarius White, who finished the game with 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting. He hit three 3-pointers in …

The Florida women’s basketball team improved to 6-4 with an 82-63 win Sunday against Marshall at the O’Connell Center for its third consecutive double-digit victory. o’dome dub!#GoGators | Presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/5IzIy4ob01 — Gators Women’s Basketball (@GatorsWBK) December 8, 2024 Back-and-Forth Start Marshall (3-5) got off to a quick start …

The Florida Gators women’s basketball team defeated Clemson 77-64 Thursday night in the SEC/ACC Challenge. It’s Florida’s first road win of the season. The Gators (5-4) were led by freshman guard Liv McGill with 21 points, her seventh 20-point or more performance this season. Senior Ra Shaya Kyle had a …

The No. 13 Florida men’s basketball team is 9-0 to open the season for the first time since 2005 after an 89-67 win Wednesday against the Virginia Cavaliers at the O’Connell Center in the ACC/SEC Challenge. First Half The Cavaliers (5-3) got off to a hot start with an 8-2 …

The Miami Heat started hot Monday night, jumping out to a quick 7-0 lead. However, with Jimmy Butler out due to a sore right knee, Miami was not be able to keep up with the defending champions much longer. Boston was also without stars in Al Horford and Jrue Holiday, …

The Florida Gators women’s basketball team defeated the Hofstra Pride at the O’Connell Center, 75-48, on Monday night to end a four-game losing streak.  Second-Half Dominance The game was a back-and-forth battle for the first four minutes of the first quarter. Just when the Gators (4-4) pulled ahead, the Pride …

No. 13 Florida is ranked No. 6 in the first NET rankings released Monday by the NCAA. NET stands for NCAA Evaluation Tool and it is used by the men’s basketball tournament’s selection committee to evaluate a team’s overall resume. Some factors the NET looks into is schedule strength, efficiency …

Orlando is home to Florida’s best pro basketball team. Sitting at 15-7, the Magic have one of the best records in the NBA and are 3.5 games behind the No 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. Grabbing their sixth consecutive win Sunday and 12th in their last 13, the Magic …

The Florida Gators women’s basketball team will be back in the O’Connell Center tonight against the Hofstra University Pride looking to snap a four-game losing streak. Florida (3-4) is hoping to keep the Pride (2-4), losers of three consecutive games, struggling. back in the o’dome tomorrow https://t.co/qYWfRs8jPJ#GoGators pic.twitter.com/5Gp60qvFh7 — Gators …