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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 …

The Florida women’s basketball team (13-5, 3-2 SEC) will face another road test Thursday  when it heads into Knoxville to take on the 11th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers (14-4, 3-2 SEC) for the 50th matchup in the teams’ history. The Gators will be looking to turn it around on this one-game trip. The team …

The Florida Gator men’s basketball team will travel deep into Tide country in Tuscaloosa Thursday to take on Alabama. The Orange & Blue look to remain undefeated in conference play and extend their current win streak to 10 games.  The Gators (15-2, 4-0 SEC) current nine-game win streak is tied for …

Here’s a look at some things happening in our Thursday Sports Update… ** In SEC men’s basketball, Ole Miss and Georgia move to 4-1 in league play with wins on Wednesday.   Ole Miss downs Vanderbilt 63-52 while Georgia clobbers South Carolina 97-76.  Mississippi State is 3-2 in the league after beating …

Gainesville native and GHS wide receiver Kenric Young verbally committed to the University of Utah today at a ceremony at Gainesville High School. “For the next three to four years I will be taking my talents to Salt Lake City and to the University of Utah to play wide receiver on …

From the Innovation News Center at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications, WUFT/WRUF’s Trevor Sikkema has your one-minute sports update. [jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/Sports-Update-1-21-14.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/Sports-Update-1-21-14.mp4]

A new verbal commitment for Gator football, some former Gator football players in the news and more in our Tuesday Sports Update… ** The Gator football program gets its 21st verbal commitment in the 2014 class when athlete Deiondre Porter verbally commits.   He had been a verbal to South Florida but …

The Florida women’s basketball team in trending in a different direction. After rattling off nine consecutive wins and three straight in the SEC, Florida has now dropped two straight games, the latest coming in a 68-62 defeat against the Lady Bulldogs of Georgia on Sunday in Gainesville. The Gators jumped …

The seventh-ranked Florida Gator men’s basketball team went into a tough environment inside Auburn Arena Saturday afternoon and came away with a 68-61 victory over the Auburn Tigers. The Gators improve their record to 15-2 on the season and 4-0 in SEC play. The Gators now sit as the only …

The seventh-ranked Florida Gator men’s basketball team will look to extend its winning streak to nine games Saturday as it faces off against the Auburn Tigers. The Gators (14-2, 3-0) will play the first of two straight road games in the state of Alabama in Auburn Arena, where the Tigers …