2019-20 Schedule & Results
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15 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | 11 WBCA ALL-AMERICANS | 12 WNBA PLAYERS 2019-20 SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME 24 MATCHUP Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center OVERALL RECORD: 12-11 (HOME: 7-6 | AWAY: 4-4 | NEUTRAL: 1-1) Gainesville, Fla. VS. SEC: 3-7 (HOME: 1-4 | AWAY: 2-3) Thursday, Feb. 13 | 6 p.m. ET Date Opponent TV/Video Time/Result Ole Miss (7-16, 0-10) ALL-TIME SERIES: 22-19 OCTOBER Last Meeting: 3/6/2019 (W, 64-57) Tue. 30 VALDOSTA ST. (EXH) N/A W, 84-38 BROADCAST INFO Home: 9-10 | Away: 12-7 | Neutral: 1-2 NOVEMBER TV: SEC Network+ Tue. 5 at Grambling State YouTube W, 72-65 TV TALENT: Kyle Crooks & Brittany Davis Sun. 10 LONGWOOD SECN+ W, 71-54 RADIO: ESPN 98.1FM/850AM WRUF Sat. 16 SAMFORD SECN+ W, 84-48 RADIO TALENT: Tom Collett & Kelly Davis Mon. 18 PRESBYTERIAN SECN+ W, 60-46 LIVE STATS: fl oridagators.com Fri. 22 No. 18 INDIANA SECN+ L, 73-49 THE JUMP Tue. 26 No. 12 FLORIDA STATE SECN+ L, 66-55 Playing its second of back-to-back home STAT CAST contests, Florida is set to host Ole Miss DECEMBER Thursday night. UF OM Sun. 1 FLORIDA A&M SECN+ W, 84-40 Thu. 5 at Prairie View A&M TBA W, 51-44 HISTORY OF SUCCESS VS. OLE MISS 62.0 < SCORING OFFENSE 55.0 BIG 12/SEC CHALLENGE Florida's .536 winning percentage against 62.8 < SCORING DEFENSE 64.7 Sun. 8 at Kansas ESPN+ L, 76-66 Ole Miss is its second-best against any SEC Tues. 17 MERCER SEC Network W, 71-50 opponent, trailing just Arkansas (.702). -0.8 < SCORING MARGIN -9.6 WEST PALM BEACH INVITATIONAL Fri. 20 vs. Xavier KUSeahawks W, 67-64 OH SO SWEET MEMORIES AT THE O'DOME 40.0 < FG% 37.5 The last meeting between the teams in Sat. 21 vs. Wake Forest KUSeahawks L, 73-68 40.0 < FG% DEFENSE 40.1 Sun. 29 DAVIDSON SECN+ W, 55-50 Gainesville was a memorable one. On Jan. 21, 2018, Florida overcame a 13-point defi cit 28.5 3FG% > 29.8 JANUARY to start the fourth quarter by outscoring Ole Thu. 2 at No. 15 Mississippi St.* SECN+ L, 93-47 Miss, 18-4, in the fi nal period to post a 61-60 30.2 3FG% DEFENSE > 28.4 victory at the O'Dome. The Gators opened Sun. 5 VANDERBILT* ESPNU W, 68-60 5.7 < 3FG MADE/GAME 5.0 Thu. 9 at Auburn* SECN+ W, 83-63 the fourth quarter with a 14-0 run and Haley Lorenzen blocked a layup with nine seconds 57.7 FT% > 61.8 Sun. 12 NO. 14 KENTUCKY ESPNU L, 65-45 left to seal the win. Thu. 16 NO. 24 TENNESSEE SECN+ L, 78-50 40.4 < REBOUNDS 33.8 Sun. 19 at No. 12 Texas A&M* SEC Network L, 69-42 LAV IS ON ANOTHER LEVEL Sun. 26 at No. 21 Arkansas* SECN+ L, 79-57 Freshman guard Lavender Briggs leads the 13.1 OFF REBOUNDS > 10.1 Thu. 30 RV LSU* SECN+ L, 77-68 Gators in scoring at 13.8 points per game. +3.9 < REBOUND MARGIN -7.5 She is just the 17th freshmen in program FEBRUARY history to score over 300 points in a season. 10.9 ASSISTS > 12.3 Sun. 2 at No. 13 Kentucky* SEC Network W, 70-62 She is on track to crack the program's top Sun. 9 GEORGIA* SEC Network L, 49-43 10 freshmen scoring list. 16.3 < TURNOVERS 18.3 Thu. 13 OLE MISS* SECN+ 6 p.m. ET 0.7 < ASSIST/TO RATIO > 0.7 Sun. 16 at Missouri* SECN+ 3 p.m. ET The Utah native scored 10 or more points in Thu. 20 at Alabama* SECN+ 8 p.m. ET 14 straight games (snapped vs. UK on Jan. 6.3 STEALS > 7.6 12) - UF's longest streak since the 2000-01 Sun. 23 ARKANSAS* SEC Network 4 p.m. ET BLOCKS > Thu. 27 SOUTH CAROLINA* SECN+ 6 p.m. ET season. She's scored in double fi gures in 19 1.9 2.9 of her 22 games played. MARCH Sun. 1 at Georgia* SECN+ 1:10 p.m. ET GATORS AND REBS SPLIT IN 2018-19 Thurs. 4-8 SEC Tournament$ SEC Network TBD Ole Miss claimed the fi rst meeting between the squads on its home turf, 76-66 in late January. The Gators returned the favor in March, posting a 64-57 win in the LAST GAME'S STARTERS vs. Georgia (2/9/20) opening round of the SEC Tournament. ZADA ZONING IN Over her last three games redshirt-senior Zada Williams is 16-of-22 from the fl oor. She's averaging 12.0 points and 8.7 rebounds during the span; posting two double-doubles. GATORS PLAY LOCK DOWN D IN FIRST HALF VS. UGA Florida allowed just 15 fi rst half points vs. Georgia, the fewest its conceded in a #1 KIKI SMITH #15 NINA RICKARDS #3 LAVENDER BRIGGS #14 KRISTINA MOORE #12 ZADA WILLIAMS half this season. It was the lowest amount of fi rst half points allowed by the Ga- G | R-Jr. | 5-10 G | Fr. | 5-9 G | Fr | 6-1 G | So. | 6-1 F | R-Sr. | 6-2 District Heights, Md. Queens, New York Provo, Utah Sydney, Australia Lake Wales, Fla. tors since they conceded the same number to South Alabama on Nov. 11, 2015. PPG: 12.2 PPG: 6.0 PPG: 13.8 PPG: 6.1 PPG: 10.4 BUILT FOR THIS RPG: 5.2 RPG: 4.3 RPG: 6.3 RPG: 3.9 RPG: 7.4 With 12 wins, UF has already surpassed its win total from each of the last two APG: 3.3 APG: 1.3 APG: 2.1 APG: 1.1 APG: 0.3 seasons and with three SEC victories, the Gators have matched their total from FLORIDA GATORS ROSTER the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. 2017-18: 11-19, 3-13 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Last School 2018-19: 8-23, 3-13 1 Kiki Smith G 5'10 RS-JR District Heights, Md. ASA College 2019-20: 12-11, 3-7 3 Lavender Briggs G 6'1 FR Provo, Utah Provo HS 10 Danielle Rainey G 5'10 RS-JR Washington, D.C. TCU UNDERCLASSMEN OVERPERFORMING 11 Emanuely de Oliveira G 5'10 SO Criciuma, Brazil Wasatch Academy TThehe GGatorsators lleadead tthehe SSECEC iinn ggamesames pplayedlayed bbyy uunderclassmennderclassmen (146)(146) aandnd areare thirdthird 12 Zada Williams F 6'2 R-SR Lake Wales, Fla. Miami iinn ggamesames sstartedtarted ((68).68). TTruerue ffreshmenreshmen aandnd ssophomoresophomores aaccountccount fforor 6633 ppercentercent ooff 14 Kristina Moore G 6'1 SO Sydney, Australia Abbotsleigh School tthehe GGators'ators' ooffff eense.nse. 15 Nina Rickards G 5'9 FR Queens, NY Christ The King HS 22 Brylee Bartram G 5'8 FR Tampa, Fla. Seffner Christian HS SEC GRIND IN FULL EFFECT In their fi rst nine SEC games, the Gators took on six of the top seven teams in the 25 Faith Dut F 6'4 FR Vancouver, B.C. Semiamhoo Secondary standings (UK twice). For the fi rst time since the 2002-03 season, Florida battled 32 Ariel Johnson G 5'9 SO Tracy, Calif. St. Mary's HS six top 25 foes in its fi rst nine league games. 44 Paige Robinson F 6'4 SR London, England Midland College NUMBERS OF NOTE COACHES CORNER Cam Newbauer 1,459 Florida notched its fi rst win over a top 32-53 // 3rd season at Florida SOCIAL MEDIA CENTER 25 team in 1,459 days when it upset No. 13 Kentucky 110-103 // 7th season overall Women's Basketball Twitter: @GatorsWBK on Feb. 2. IUPU Fort Wayne, 2001 Women's Basketball Instagram: @GatorsWBK 61.5 UF shot a season-best 61.5 percent from Yolett McPhee-McCuin Women's Basketball Facebook: @GatorsWBK the fl oor at Auburn (highest-ever mark in SEC play). 16-38 // 2nd season at Ole Miss 110-101 // 7th season overall 19 Zada Williams hauled in 19 boards vs. FAMU, Rhode Island, 2004 the most by a Gator in 17 years. STREAKS Florida: L1 Contact: Sam Stolte | [email protected]fl .edu | 352-318-6876 51 UF scored 51 points in the second half at Kenutcky, its most in a second half all season. Ole Miss: L10 2019-20 FLORIDA GATORS // OLE MISS REBELS 2019-20 FLORIDA GATORS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CAREER HIGH SEASON HIGH #1 KIARA “KIKI” SMITH - R-JR - GUARD - 5'10 Pts 21 Mercer 12/17/19 21 Mercer 12/17/19 • 8 rebounds vs. Georgia, most since Dec. 17 vs. Mercer.; averaging 4.4 assists in wins, 2.0 in losses Rbs 11 Alabama 2/7/19 10 Mercer 12/17/19 • Scored 10 or more points in 16 games; 11 double-fi gure scoring games all of last year Ast 8 at Vandy 3/3/19 6 (3x) LSU 1/30/20 • Scoring up from 7.1 ppg in 2018-19 to 12.2 ppg in 2019-20 (72% increase) Stl 5 at Auburn 1/9/20 5 at Auburn 1/9/20 • One of the biggest personalities on the squad and a team leader Min 41 Northwestern 11/18/18 40 (3x) LSU 1/30/20 • Willing passer but can also slash and fi nish around the rim CAREER HIGH SEASON HIGH #3 LAVENDER BRIGGS - FR - GUARD - 6'1 Pts 23 Wake Forest 12/21/19 Same • Double fi gures in 19 of 22 games played; career-high 13 rebounds at Kentucky.