Florida female basketball faces # 4 South Carolina – Wruf

Florida’s female basketball will visit Colombia on Thursday night to take No. 4 South Carolina. Both teams go out of losses and strive to improve.

Gamecocks run the series of all time with a record of 22-20 and 16 consecutive wins over Gators. Florida (12-12, 3-7 sec) has not yet defeated South Carolina under the coach Kelly Rai Finley.

Looking back

South Carolina (22-2, 10-1) comes from a loss to displace inertia to Texas No. 3 on Sunday. Longhorns beat the Gamecocks 66-62 by clicking in the regular South Carolina SEC season 57-macing of the season dating from the 2021-22 season. Texas led the whole competition, he did not want to let South Carolina leave Austin unharmed.

Gators had a similar story, as they collided with No. 23 in Alabama on Thursday. Florida raised a match in the first half, entering the half, after which he was five after a draw 17-17 at the end of the first quarter. However, Crimson Tide pulled back into the fourth. Aaliyah Nye of Alabama ended with 27 points and set a school record and the highest career of nine 3-challenging.

Thursday night match

Florida will have to take advantage of the opportunities of the free throw line. There were 20 personal fouls against Texas South Carolina. Gators have set the best season, 85.7%, when shooting free throws against Alabama. If Gamecocks have a similar game with Fouling, Florida will have an easy chance of scoring.

Gators will have to be careful about the security of the sophomore Milania Fulvili. Fulvili led South Carolina in the scoring for two straight matches, lifting 13 against Texas.

However, Florida has a leading guard at freshman Liv McGil, who is an average of 16.4 points per game. Against Alabama, she helped Gators offensively with 22 points, recording her tenth game with over 20 points.

Liv😤@mcgiaivia1 Triple makes this 10th game 20PT of your Gator career

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– Gators women’s basketball (@gatorswbk) February 7, 2025

Defense, Gamecocks will have to keep track of the senior guard of Jeria Warren. Warren had two -digit numbers in fighting Alabama, accumulating ten for Gators. The match on Thursday was her second time this season with ten fights.

Playing time

Florida plays South Carolina on the Colonial Life Arena with a set of tip for 7:00 pm. The game is available for streaming on the SEC network and broadcast on ESPN 98.1-FM/850-AM WRUF at 6:40 pm.