After a highly competitive game last night, Alabama escaped an upset, defeating South Carolina 78-76. In overtime, Freshman Brandon Miller brought home a win for the Tide after scoring a game-winning shot. Alabama wins it in overtime.#RollTide | #BlueCollarBasketball pic.twitter.com/vxTiMACcao — Alabama Men’s Basketball (@AlabamaMBB) February 23, 2023 First Half …
Read More »Orlando Magic Gear Up For Final Leg Of The Season
The Orlando Magic have struggled finding their footing in recent years. With the team not having made it past the first round of the playoffs since 2010, Orlando has consistently found itself at the bottom of the league standings. While that remains the case this season, the Magic have something …
Read More »Williams’ Big Night Powers LSU Past Vanderbilt
The LSU Tigers defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores 84-77 Wednesday night in Baton Rouge. KJ Williams matched his season high with 35 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help end LSU’s 14-game losing streak. This was the first victory for the Tigers since its only other SEC win of the season …
Read More »Gator Men’s Basketball Fights Hard Without Castleton But Fall to Kentucky
On Wednesday night, the Florida men’s basketball team (14-14, 7-8 SEC) battled the Kentucky Wildcats (19-9, 10-5) but came up short, losing 82-74. Playing again without center Colin Castleton, Florida knew handling the Wildcats inside would be tough and it was as the Cats outrebounded Florida 40-21 in the contest. …
Read More »Gainesville High School Victorious in Regional Semifinal
The Gainesville Hurricanes are moving on to the 6A boys basketball Regional Final. The Canes beat Oakleaf 47-42 after making a miraculous comeback in the fourth quarter. Recap Oakleaf would score the first points of the game. Theo Stephens got the Hurricanes back on track by controlling the offense and …
Read More »No. 2 Alabama takes on South Carolina
The No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide (21-3, 11-0 SEC) on Wednesday travel to South Carolina (10-17, 3-11 SEC). Alabama is 16-point favorites, according to ESPN’s PickCenter. Winners of five of its last six games, the Crimson Tide come off a 49-point win over Georgia. With a perfect 11-0 conference record, …
Read More »Three Gainesville Area Boys Basketball Teams Still Alive in State Playoffs
Three Gainesville area basketball programs are moving on in the FHSAA 2023 playoffs. Gainesville High School (6A), Santa Fe High School (4A) and Hawthorne (1A) will all be fighting for their playoff lives within the next week. Gainesville vs. Ponte Vedra Friday night, Gainesville will travel to Ponte Vedra to …
Read More »Gators Men’s Basketball Looks for Revenge Against Kentucky
Wednesday, the Gator men’s basketball team will look for revenge in its rematch against the Kentucky Wildcats in the O’Dome. https://twitter.com/GatorsMBK/status/1628371246378323971?s=20 History Between the Two The Gators and Wildcats met earlier this season in Rupp Arena. Florida fell to Kentucky 72-67 despite a valiant comeback effort from the Gators. Colin …
Read More »Vanderbilt Travels to Baton Rouge to Face LSU
The LSU Tigers face off with the Vanderbilt Commodores Wednesday night. The Commodores are riding a five-game win streak while the Tigers are looking to snap a 14-game losing streak. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. HOOP DAY 🆚 Vanderbilt 📍 PMAC ⏰ 6 p.m. 📺 SEC Network🔊 98.1 FM🍔 Free …
Read More »Auburn Hosts Ole Miss With Tournament Hopes on the Line
The Auburn Tigers host the Ole Miss Rebels Wednesday at Neville Arena. Auburn is coming off of a heartbreaking loss to Vanderbilt that featured the Commodores making a layup with one second remaining to secure the win. The Tigers are sitting at 18-9 and have lost four out of its …
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