The Gator men’s basketball team is back on the road tonight taking on the Texas A&M Aggies in College Station. Both of these programs are not only 2-0 in SEC play, but both teams also enter tonight’s game with big wins over SEC opponents. The Gators defeated LSU in Baton Rouge 74-52 …
Read More »Casey Prather Latest Injury For Gator Hoops
Gator basketball forward Casey Prather is out 10 to 14 days with a high ankle sprain that he sustained inFlorida’s win over LSU on Saturday. The junior, averaging 6.8 points and 3.3 rebounds, was in a boot and on crutches Monday. While the high ankle sprain is a notoriously bad injury to …
Read More »Women’s Hoops Suffers Tough OT Loss Sunday
The Florida women’s basketball team dropped a nail biter at home on Sunday, coming up just short of Tennessee (13-3, 4-0 SEC) 78-75 in overtime. The game was 40 complete minutes of intensity that saw seven lead changes and six tied scores. The Gators (13-5, 2-2 SEC) were led by …
Read More »Gator Hoops Bounces LSU 74-52 In Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE, LA. — The number 11 Florida men’s basketball team (12-2, 2-0 SEC) traveled to LSU (9-4, 0-2 SEC) with myriad medical setbacks and adversity aplenty, but outlasted both the stingy Tiger defense and a tightly contested opening half to pull away and dominate on the road en route to a …
Read More »Gators Men’s Hoops Looks To Tame The Tigers
The Florida (11-2, 1-0 SEC) men’s basketball team travels to the bayou on Saturday for its first SEC road game of the year. After registering 16 assists during Florida’s last two wins, junior point guard Scottie Wilbekin looks to continue dishing out dimes against LSU (9-3, 0-1 SEC). Wilbekin says …
Read More »Florida Gators, Mississippi State Women’s Basketball Preview
The Florida women’s basketball team heads to the road to take on Mississppi State tonight. The Gators are looking to build off a 77-72 win over LSU on Sunday. Florida coach Amanda Butler thinks the team has momentum heading into the matchup on Thursday.. Florida junior guard Jaterra Bonds has been impressive during …
Read More »Gators Men’s Hoops Opens Conference Play With Win
Maybe it was a new starter. Maybe it was the biggest student turnout in seven years (3,200). Maybe it was playing at home for the first time since mid- December. Whatever IT was had the Florida Gator men’s basketball team (11-2, 1-0) in high gear as it dominated the Georgia Bulldogs …
Read More »Gators Men’s Basketball Opens Conference Play Against Georgia Tonight
After rounding out non-conference play with a 10-2 record and a 79-58 win over Yale on Sunday, the Florida men’s basketball team is opening conference play tonight at home against the Georgia Bulldogs. Senior point guard Kenny Boyton had a huge night against Yale, going 9 of 12 from the floor, …
Read More »Records/Career Highs Spark Gator Men’s Hoops Win Over Yale
Throw GPA and SAT scores out the window. Ivy League Yale (5-11) was schooled Sunday as the Florida men’s basketball team (10-2) is now on another win streak after back and forth win/losses in their prior four games. Even without senior forward Erik Murphy who did not play because of sore ribs, …
Read More »Gator Women’s Basketball Gets Big Win At Home
The Florida women’s basketball team took down the Tigers of LSU in a close 77-72 showdown on Sunday in the O’Connell Center. This was a huge confidence booster for the Gators (12-4, 1-1 SEC) who were narrowly defeated by Kentucky, 76-69, earlier in the week. Gator head coach Amanda Butler …
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