Gators Women’s Basketball

The Florida women’s basketball team tried to match their male counterparts in reaching the Sweet Sixteen of their respective NCAA Tournaments. Sadly, the Florida women were denied by a team with a considerable height and home-court advantage. The 11-seed Gators (20-13, 8-8 SEC) fell to the third-seed Penn State Lady Lions (24-7, 13-3 …

The Florida women’s basketball team advances to a second round game in the NCAA Tournament after beating Dayton 83-69 Sunday in State College, Pennsylvania. The 11th seeded Gators had to come from behind to beat the sixth seeded Flyers, and they did just that in the second half, wiping out a …

The Florida women’s basketball team (19-12, 8-8 SEC) is preparing to take on the Dayton Flyers (23-7, 14-2 A-10) in the opening round of the 2014 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship. The 11-seed Gators will face off against the sixth-ranked Flyers, who lost to Fordham in the Atlantic-10 conference tournament …

Florida women’s basketball senior guard Jaterra Bonds has been awarded a spot on the Associated Press All-SEC Second Team. In her final season in a Gator uniform, Bonds has been a do-everything player. Bonds lead the team in scoring at 15.6 points per game and was the leading distributor on …

The University of Florida’s women’s basketball team received an at-large bid to play in the upcoming NCAA Division-I Women’s Basketball Tournament.  The Gators earned a No. 11 seed after going 19-12 in the regular season, and will be facing a sixth-seeded Dayton team on Sunday that finished the season with a 23-7 mark. Florida finished fifth …

The Florida women’s basketball team (17-7, 7-4 SEC) scored 86 points to defeat the 15th ranked Kentucky Wildcats (17-6, 5-5 SEC) 86-80 in a high-scoring affair in Gainesville on Sunday.  The win gives the Gators the season series sweep over Kentucky. The two teams went in to halftime tied at 40, …

The Florida women’s basketball team (16-7, 6-4 SEC) takes a 55-49 road loss at Arkansas (16-7, 3-7 SEC) Thursday night in SEC action as the teams split two games against each other this season. Florida had trouble taking care of the ball all night, committing 25 turnovers and head coach Amanda Butler talked about her …

The Florida women’s basketball team (16-6, 6-3 SEC) travels to Fayetteville, Ark. to face the Arkansas Razorbacks (14-7, 2-7 SEC) on Thursday. This will be the second meeting of the two teams this season. Florida captured a tight 59-52 win on January 9 in Gainesville. Florida head coach Amanda Butler weighed in on …

The Florida women’s basketball team breaks a three game SEC losing streak with an 87-69 win over Auburn Sunday in Gainesville. The 18 point win over Auburn (11-9, 2-5 Southeastern Conference) by Florida (14-6, 4-3 SEC) was its biggest spread since December 20th and the first win since Christin Mercer’s indefinite suspension on Jan. …

The Florida women’s basketball team dropped its third consecutive game in an 89-69 defeat to the 11th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers Thursday in Knoxville. The Gators now sit at 13-6 on the season and 3-3 in the SEC. One of the stories of the game was the three-point shooting by both teams. The …