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The Gainesville High School Hurricanes are now 12-7 after a nearly 40 point win over the South Lake Eagles at home last night. GHS put up 76 points to South Lake’s 39, though the Eagles only brought seven players due to injuries. GHS head coach Kelly Beckham says their opponent, …
Read More »SEC Hoops Preview
The Southeastern Conference is in full flip mode in men’s college basketball. Kentucky Tennessee, and Vanderbilt were the top three seeds in the SEC tourney last year. Now they are 2-6 in conference games. Meanwhile: Auburn, Ole Miss, and Mississippi State are undefeated at 2-0. Those teams will look to keep their fortunes going …
Read More »Santa Fe College Men’s Hoops Dominated
Santa Fe College men’s basketball was stunned by the State College of Florida Manatees 97-80 Tuesday. The Manatees (16-4) snapped the Saint’s five game winning streak, dropping their record 11-5. Bobby Hunter led the Saints with 20 points, followed by Roody St. Germain with 14 points and Deonte Moore with 12. Takija …
Read More »Tennessee-Kentucky Men’s Hoops Play Tonight
The Tennessee Volunteers are in Lexington tonight taking on the Kentucky Wildcats in men’s college hoops action. Both teams have struggled so far this season. The Vols have an 8-6 record and are looking for their first win in the SEC while Kentucky is 10-5 and 1-1 in the SEC. …
Read More »Two High School Hoop Programs Meet Rivals Tonight
The Gainesville High School boys basketball is back in action tonight against South Lake. GHS is coming off a 76-59 win against Buchholz on Thursday night. Junior Isaiah Jackson, averaging 13.4 ppg and 9.3 rebounds, leads the way for the Purple Hurricanes, who have two games on tap every week. Head coach …
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 »Gators Now Top Ten In Men’s Hoops, Armstrong Admits Doping, Sports News And Notes…
The Gator men’s basketball team is now back in the Top Ten, Lance Armstrong admits doping and the Miami Heat and the Orlando Magic lose in our Tuesday Sports News And Notes… ** The Gator men’s basketball team is now back in the Top Ten at number 10 in this …
Read More »NFL Divisional Playoff Recap
The NFL playoffs pressed forward this weekend with the remaining eight teams looking to secure their place for Championship Sunday next week. The excitement began with one of the closest fought postseason battles in recent memory. The Baltimore Ravens, fuelled by the farewell of linebacker Ray Lewis, pulled the upset in double overtime over Peyton …
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 …
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