The Florida women’s basketball team (2-2) gets back to the .500 mark on the season by beating the Wofford Terriers (0-4), 61-47 to end their play in the preseason WNIT Classic. Leading the way for the Gators was veteran Kiara Smith with a team high in points and rebounds. The …
Read More »Gators Fall to Towson in Preseason Tournament
A lack luster start forces the Gators to drop their first road test of the season. Florida women’s basketball team starts off the Preseason WNIT losing to the Towson Tigers, 87-70. After trailing 14-12 heading into the second quarter in their season-opener against Georgia State, the early-game struggles continued Friday for …
Read More »Gators Women’s Basketball Wins Season-Opener
The Florida women’s basketball team wins its season opening game at home against Georgia State on Tuesday, winning 84-70. Gators Starts Slow Both teams experienced early game jitters, combing for 15 turnovers and 38 percent from the field in the first quarter. Nevertheless, both teams started to settle down as the …
Read More »Gator women’s basketball picked to finish12th
Florida women’s basketball has been picked to finish 12th in the Southeastern Conference by vote of the league’s media members in the preseason poll released Tuesday afternoon by the league. The Gator women’s basketball team return with the conference’s two leading scorers from the 2021 season and debut a new …
Read More »Gamecocks WBB Head Coach, Dawn Staley, Highest-paid Black HC
The South Carolina Gamecocks Women’s Basketball coach, Dawn Staley, is now the highest-paid black head coach in NCAA Women’s Basketball following a $22.4 million contract extension. Staley was named the head coach of South Carolina in 2008 following her time as the head coach of Temple. She was the first …
Read More »Three SEC Players Drafted In Top Ten To WNBA
This week the WNBA held its second virtual draft in preparation for its 25th season. Three of the overall nine SEC players made it into the top ten of the draft including Chelsea Dungee, Jasmine Walker, and Rennia Davis. The WNBA announced that their 2021 season will begin May 14 …
Read More »Florida Gators Women Basketball Adds Zipporah “Zippy” Broughton
GAINESVILLE, FLA.- Gators women’s basketball adds former Rutgers Scarlet Knights’ guard Zipporah “Zippy” Broughton to its Roster. Zippy joins the Gators after spending three seasons at Rutgers University. She appeared in 61 games and started 12 contests for the Scarlet Knights. In 2018, she won the Alabama Gatorade Player of …
Read More »Stanford crowned NCAA Women’s Basketball Champions
Twenty-nine years. That is how long Stanford waited to be crowned the NCAA Women’s Basketball Champions. In a year like no other, the Cardinals gave it all they had, and it paid off. A Year Like No Other Stanford has been standing by since 1992, ready for their turn to …
Read More »Arizona Looks to Shock Connecticut and Paige Bueckers in Final Four
The No. 1 seed Connecticut will square off with the No. 3 Arizona in the Final Four of the Women’s NCAA Tournament Friday night. The Huskies find themselves in familiar territory, as the leader in national titles with 11. Meanwhile, the Wildcats enter their first Final Four game in program …
Read More »NCAA President Mark Emmert: “We Failed the Women’s Tournament”
The NCAA has been under scrutiny as of late. Earlier this month, photos of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament bubble in San Antonio caught fire on social media. The image showed the disparity between the women and men’s weight room. Women were provided with a singular dumb bell rack along …
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