2020-21 GAME NOTES @GATORSWBK 15 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | 11 WBCA ALL-AMERICANS | 12 WNBA PLAYERS 2020-21 SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME 8 MATCHUP OVERALL RECORD: 6-1 (HOME: 5-0 | AWAY: 1-1 | NEUTRAL: ) Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. VS. SEC: (HOME: | AWAY: ) O'Connell Center Date Opponent TV/Video Time/Result Gainesville, Fla. NOVEMBER Mon. Dec. 21 | 2 p.m. ET ALL-TIME SERIES: 5-0 Wed. 25 GRAMBLING St. SECN+ W, 90-47 Last Meeting: 12/28/14 (W, 63-51) Sun. 29 at Florida State ACCN PPD BROADCAST INFO Home: 5-0| Away: -- | Neutral: -- DECEMBER TV: SEC Network+ Tues. 1 at Florida State ACCN Xtra L, 81-75 TV TALENT: Kyle Crooks & Brittany Davis Wed. 2 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN SECN+ W, 67-52 RADIO: ESPN 98.1FM/850AM WRUF Sat. 5 CINCINNATI SECN+ W, 81-58 RADIO TALENT: Ryan Urquhart & Bree Maxwell Mon. 7 FAU SEC Network W, 88-76 LIVE STATS: FloridaGators.com Wed. 9 at UNC Asheville TBA W, 70-48 Sun. 20 at Dayton TBA Canceled THE JUMP Mon. 14 TARLETON STATE SECN+ W, 84-52 Florida (6-1) will look to push its winning Mon. 21 NORTH FLORIDA SECN+ 2 p.m. streak to six games and complete its STAT CAST Thu. 31 at Vanderbilt* SECN+ 4 p.m. non-conference slate undefeated at home JANUARY UF UNF Sun. 3 TEXAS A&M* SEC Network 1 PM Monday, when it welcomes North Florida < SCORING OFFENSE Thu. 7 MISSISSIPPI STATE* SECN+ 6 PM for an afternoon matchup to the O'Dome. 79.3 73.8 Sun. 10 at Georgia* SEC Network Noon 59.1 < SCORING DEFENSE 77.0 Thu. 14 at Arkansas SECN+ 8 PM LOOKING TO END NON-CON ON HIGH NOTE Sun. 17 AUBURN* SEC Network 1 PM With a win Monday, Florida would have +20.2 <SCORING MARGIN -3.2 Sun. 24 at Ole Miss* SECN+ 3 PM its best winning percentage (.875) in non- 44.8 < FG% 44.7 Thu. 28 MISSOURI* SECN+ 6 PM conference play since it posted a 12-1 record Sun. 31 at Tennessee* ESPNU 2 PM (.923) during the 2015-16 season. 38.8 < FG% DEFENSE 39.7 FEBRUARY Thurs. 4 VANDERBILT SECN+ 6 PM 32.4 3FG% > 37.2 Thurs. 11 at LSU* SECN+ 7 PM ENJOYING THE HOME COOKIN' < 3FG% DEFENSE Mon. 15 KENTUCKY* SEC Network 7 PM Playing fi ve of its fi rst seven games at 18.0 31.0 Thurs. 18 ALABAMA* SECN+ 6 PM home, the Gators have taken full advan- 6.7 3FG MADE/GAME > 10.7 Sun. 21 at Missouri* SEC Network 2 PM tage of their friendly confi nes, winning all Thurs. 25 at South Carolina* SEC Network 7 PM fi ve contests. For the fi rst time since the 69.6 < FT% 65.4 Sun. 28 GEORGIA* ESPNU 1 PM beginning of the 2015-16 campaign, Florida 40.7 < REBOUNDS 37.8 MARCH has opened with a 5-0 record at home. The Wed. - Sun. 3-7 SEC Tournament TBA TBA Gators, whose average margin of victory at 12.9 < OFF REBOUNDS 8.7 home so far is 25 points, with a win Monday +5.6 < REBOUND MARGIN -6.8 PROJECTED STARTERS would extend their record to 6-0 at home for the fi rst time in fi ve years. 12.7 ASSISTS > 16.8 13.1 < TURNOVERS 19.3 KIKI SMITH OFF TO SMASHING START Kiki Smith has enjoyed a smashing start to 1.0 < ASSIST/TO RATIO 0.9 her season campaign, leading the team in 8.4 < STEALS 5.8 scoring (17.6), rebounding (6.7) and assists #1 KIKI SMITH #15 NINA RICKARDS #3 LAVENDER BRIGGS #14 KRISTINA MOORE #25 FAITH DUT (3.9). Smith is the only player in the SEC to 1.9 BLOCKS > 2.2 G | R-Sr. | 5-10 G | So. | 5-9 G | So. | 6-1 G | Jr. | 6-1 F | So. | 6-4 District Heights, Md. Queens, New York Provo, Utah Sydney, Australia Vancouver, Canada lead her team in all three of those catego- ries. The left-handed lead guard also leads PPG: 17.6 PPG: 10.1 PPG: 16.9 PPG: 5.2 PPG: 7.4 RPG: 6.7 RPG: 6.6 RPG: 5.9 RPG: 3.3 RPG: 3.4 the team in steals (3.0) and has already recorded two double-doubles in which she APG: 3.9 APG: 1.6 APG: 3.0 APG: 1.7 APG: 0.1 scored 20 or more points. Smith, who increased her scoring production by nearly 70% from her sophomore to junior season, is on track for another big leap forward FLORIDA GATORS ROSTER as a senior. Her play has elevated her into the conversation as one of the best point No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Last School guards in the conference. 1 Kiki Smith G 5'10 RS-SR District Heights, Md. ASA College 2 Emily Sullivan F 6'4 GS Evansville, Ind. North Carolina TAKING A CLOSER LOOK 3 Lavender Briggs G 6'1 SO Provo, Utah Provo HS The Gators are scoring 79.3 points per game and limiting opponents to just 59.1 10 Danielle Rainey G 5'10 RS-SR Washington, D.C. TCU points on average, both marks rank Florida near the top of the SEC. Through seven 11 Emanuely de Oliveira G 5'10 JR Criciuma, Brazil Wasatch Academy games a season ago, UF averaged just 67.9 points per game. Four times, the Gators 12 Jordyn Merritt F 6'3 FR Plano, Texas Plano HS have scored over 80 points a game after doing so four times all of last year. 13 Floor Toonders F 6'4 FR Wageningen, Netherlands Calandlyceum Amsterdam 14 Kristina Moore G 6'1 JR Sydney, Australia Abbotsleigh School GATORS LOCKING DOWN, DEFENDING THE THREE 15 Nina Rickards G 5'9 SO Queens, NY Christ The King HS The Gators over the past few seasons have been known as an impressive long- 22 Brynn Farrell G 6'0 FR Ortley Beach, N.J. St. Rose HS range shooting team, but in 2020-21 they have shown they are deft at defending 24 Yasmeen Chang G 5'9 RS-SO Naples, Fla. Miami the three-point arc. Florida is limiting opponents to just .181 shooting from distance, 25 Faith Dut F 6'4 SO Vancouver, B.C. Semiamhoo Secondary a top 10 mark nationally. UNF enters the game averaging 10.7 made three-pointers. 32 Cydnee Kinslow F 6'2 GS Oakley, Calif. Long Beach St. RICKARDS CAN REBOUND At just 5'9, Nina Rickards ranks second on the team in rebounding (6.6 per game) and last time out against Tarleton State she corralled a career-high 17 rebounds. CONSISTENT BRIGGS CARRYING GATORS Sophomore standout Lavender Briggs enters the game averaging 16.9 points to go with 5.9 rebounds. She has scored 20 or more points four times already this year. FINAL TUNE UP BEFORE CONFERENCE PLAY UF has won fi ve-straight non-conference fi nales including the previous three under Coach Newbauer. A season ago, Florida downed Davidson 55-50 on Dec. 29. EYES ON THE SEC Florida's SEC opener will take place Thursday, Dec. 31 at Vanderbilt as the Gators, for the fourth-straight season, begin their conference campaign away from home. Florida has picked up fi ve-consecutive wins against Vanderbilt, its longest active streak against any SEC opponent. 2020-21 FLORIDA GATORS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CAREER HIGH SEASON HIGH #1 KIARA “KIKI” SMITH - R-SR - GUARD - 5'10 Pts 27 Florida Atlantic 12/7/20 27 Florida Atlantic 12/7/20 • Leads team in scoring (17.6), assts (3.9), rebs (6.7) & steals (3.0); double fi gures in all 7 GP Rbs 11 (3x) Florida Atlantic 12/7/20 11 (3x) Florida Atlantic 12/7/20 • After 2 knee injuries before her time at UF, has developed into dependable PG and scorer Ast 8 (3x) at Vandy 3/3/19 8 at FSU 12/1/20 • Already two double-doubles with 20+ points; Increased PPG from 7.1 in 2018-19 to 11.9 in 2019-20 Stl 6 Charleston So. 12/2/20 6 Charleston So. 12/2/20 • One of the biggest personalities on the squad and taking on bigger leadership role as SR Min 41 Northwestern 11/18/18 40 at FSU 12/1/20 • Willing passer but can also slash and fi nish around the rim; tremendous quickness CAREER HIGH SEASON HIGH #2 EMILY SULLIVAN - GS - FORWARD - 6'4 Pts 12 Alabama State 11/11/16 2 (2x) at UNC Asheville 12/9/20 • First season with the Gators after spending four seasons at the University of North Carolina Rbs 9 NC Central 12/8/19 2 (2x) Tarleton St. 12/14/20 • Scored her fi rst points at UF in win vs. Grambling; Season-high 12 minutes vs. Tarleton St. Ast 2 NC Central 12/8/19 1 Grambling St. 11/25/20 • Signed in spring signing period on April 17; played in 52 games at UNC, averaging 2.2 pts and 1.8 rebs Stl 2 Alabama State 11/11/16 -- • In 19-20, she saw time in 8 of UNC's fi rst 9 games but missed the remainder of the year due to injury Min 28 vs. Syracuse 3/2/17 12 Tarleton St. 12/14/20 • Working towards her master's in journalism and comm. with a concentration in social media CAREER HIGH SEASON HIGH #3 LAVENDER BRIGGS - SO - GUARD - 6'1 Pts 23 (2x) Ole Miss 2/13/20 22 Cincinnati 12/5/20 • 20+ points in 4 of first 7 games to start season; 2020-21 Preseason All-SEC 2nd team pick (coaches poll) Rbs 13 at Kentucky 2/2/20 12 Grambling St.