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The Florida women’s basketball team is now 7-3 on the year after defeating previously unbeaten Pacific 89-82 on Friday, led by an impressive performance from their reserves. Freshman Sydney Moss scored 11 first half points and had the bulk of Florida’s 13 first half bench points. The Gators also shot 64% from …
Read More »Gator Women’s Hoops Plays Tonight; Two Local Teams In State Football Playoffs, Friday Sports News And Notes…
The Florida women’s basketball team tries to knock a team from the unbeaten ranks tonight; two local high school football teams are in the state football playoffs and more in our Friday Sports News And Notes… ** The Florida women’s basketball team hosts unbeaten Pacific tonight in the O’Connell Center. …
Read More »Two Gators Up For College Football Awards Don’t Win
The 22nd Home Depot College Football Awards are history now after the program took place last night down in Orlando. The Gator football program had two players up for awards in sophomore punter Kyle Christy and redshirt senior placekicker Caleb Sturgis. Sturgis was one of three finalists for the Lou Groza Award for the second consecutive …
Read More »Gator Volleyball Takes On Texas In NCAA Round Of 16
The Florida volleyball team travels to Texas to take on the third seeded Longhorns Friday in the round of 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Gator head coach Mary Wise says her team is taking the same approach in preparation for the Austin Regional as they have all season long. The Big …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Routs Florida State 72-47 In Tallahassee
The sixth ranked Florida men’s basketball team traveled to Tallahassee last night to take on instate rival Florida State; the Gators easily defeated the Seminoles 72 to 47 on the road. With the win, the Gators move to 7-0, their best start since the 2009-2010 season. The 25 point victory …
Read More »UF Assistant Swim Coach Gemma Spofforth Aims To Help Outside of the Pool
On the University of Florida swim team, it would be easy to say new assistant coach Gemma Spofforth is great for the job because of her impressive swimming resume – Former Gator, British Olympian, and world record holder. But Gemma says she doesn’t feel the need to be defined by …
Read More »Charlie Strong Turns Down Offer To Tennessee
Former Gator assistant coach and current Louisville head coach Charlie Strong has declined a contract offer from Tennessee. Strong was offered the contract Wednesday morning but decided to decline it a few hours later. Tennessee fired head coach Derek Dooley after an embarrassing loss to Vanderbilt. There are now reports that they …
Read More »Gator Women’s Basketball Bounces Back Against Troy
The Florida women’s basketball team handily defeated the Troy Trojans on Tuesday night 87-62. The Gators entered the game on a two-game losing streak and head coach Amanda Butler says a 20 point victory on their home court was exactly what her team needed. Florida definitely came ready to play as …
Read More »Gators Men’s Hoops To Face Rival FSU
Coach Billy Donovan will go for his fourth consecutive win over in state rival FSU on Wednesday night. The Gators (6-0) will battle a Seminoles squad that has struggled as of late. The Noles started the season 4-1 but have dropped two straight including an embarrassing loss to Mercer last Sunday. …
Read More »Schools Fill Coaching Vacancies In College Football
The coaching roller coaster has taken an abrupt turn with many vacancies either filled officially or expected to be filled soon. Sources say Arkansas gets a new coach in current Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema while Auburn has officially hired former assistant Gus Malzahn who was the head coach at Arkansas State …
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