With the No. 27 pick of the 2024 WNBA draft, the Indiana Fever selected Leilani Correa, guard, Florida. Correa is the first Gator to get drafted since Kiki Smith was selected by Connecticut in 2022. This past season Correa was named SEC’s sixth-woman of the year, surpassing 2,000 career points …
Read More »Florida Advances To SEC Tournament Quarterfinals
The Florida women’s basketball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament with a 62-59 win against six-seeded Vanderbilt in Greenville, S.C., on Thursday. First Half Aliyah Matharu, who finished with a career-high 35 points, began the scoring for the 11 seed Gators (16-14) with 11 of Florida’s 17 …
Read More »Florida Falls To Auburn On Senior Day
The Florida women’s basketball team fell to Auburn, 77-74, in the final regular-season game Sunday in the O’Connell Center. Final. #GoGators | Presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/H7RpjaEHS4 — Gators Women’s Basketball (@GatorsWBK) March 3, 2024 Hot Start for Florida Florida (14-14, 5-11 SEC) came out with strong takes to the basket …
Read More »Gators Women’s Basketball on the Road to Alabama
The Gators women’s basketball team will play Alabama in their last away game of the 2023-24 regular season. The Gators (14-12, 5-9 SEC) are coming off a tough road loss to Georgia (12-15, 3-11 SEC) losing 60-76. Alabama (21-8,8-6 SEC) is coming off a win over Mississippi State, 87-75. The …
Read More »Georgia Women’s Basketball Takes Revenge On Florida
After a 78-69 loss in Gainesville last month, Georgia bounced back with a 76-60 win against Florida on Sunday in Athens. Final. #GoGators | Presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/KLqhgfvTe8 — Gators Women’s Basketball (@GatorsWBK) February 25, 2024 First Half The Bulldogs (12-15, 3-11 SEC) scored the first points of the game …
Read More »Florida Women’s Hoops Faces Off Against Georgia
The Florida women’s basketball team travels to Athens to take on Georgia at 1 p.m. Sunday. The Gators defeated Missouri 86-70 in their last outing Thursday night to snap a two-game losing streak. https://twitter.com/GatorsWBK/status/1760829620990214498 Gators Use 36-Point First Quarter to Fuel Win Florida (14-11, 5-8 SEC) opened to a 36-13 …
Read More »Florida Women’s Basketball Rallies To Beat Arkansas
Florida outscored Arkansas 24-10 in the fourth quarter Thursday at the O’Connell Center to pull off an 85-81 SEC women’s basketball win. With outstanding performances from Leilani Correa and Aliyah Matharu, Florida (12-9, 3-6 SEC) found its groove again after a brutal loss to LSU on Sunday. Got the W!#GoGators …
Read More »Nine Gators Sign NIL Deals with OpenLocker
On Friday, nine Florida Gators student-athletes signed NIL deals with OpenLocker. The nine student-athletes include Trevor Etienne and Shemar James in Football; Trinity Thomas, Morgan Hurd and Victoria Nguyen in gymnastics; Aliyah Matharu, Zippy Broughton, and Alex Klatsky in basketball; and Elisha Dees in diving. In addition, the student-athletes would …
Read More »Florida Women’s Basketball Season cut short
The Gators women’s basketball season was cut short after only playing in the first round of the 2023 SEC Tournament Wednesday night. Florida lost to Kentucky 72-57, finishing their time in the tournament. The Gators will have to wait for a potential bid to the NIT Tournament, and the bracket …
Read More »Florida Loses to Kentucky in the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament
The Kentucky Wildcats women’s basketball team defeated the Florida Gators 72-57 in the first round of the 2023 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament. Holding a 50-48 lead with 5:39 to go, the Wildcats outscored Florida 22-9 to conclude the game. Florida’s Nina Rickards led the Gators with 19 points, while Alberte …
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