Second-Consecutive Top-Five Test on Deck for Gators

No. 5/4 LSU (24-1, 12-1 SEC) vs. Florida (14-12, 3-10 SEC)

Game Information: Feb. 19 | 2 p.m. ET 

Live Stream: SEC Network
Radio: 98.1FM/850AM WRUF
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Game Notes: Media Center
 
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida girls’s basketball, simply three days after a matchup with No. 1 South Carolina, is slated to fulfill No. 5/4 LSU on Sunday, Feb. 19, when the Tigers go to Exactech Arena on the Stephen C. O’Connell Center for a 2 p.m. ET recreation.
 
The recreation will air dwell on SEC Network with Sam Gore and Aja Ellison on the decision. Kyle Crooks and Brittany Davis will deal with radio obligations on 98.1FM/850AM WRUF.
 
CIRCLE OF CHAMPIONS
The Champions of Character program supplies native colleges with a strategy to acknowledge excellent college students at a Florida Gators sporting occasion. One hundred college students, fifth grade and underneath, who exemplify good conduct, sportsmanship, and distinctive work ethic will likely be honored at halftime on Sunday’s recreation.
 
THE SERIES
The Gators and Tigers meet for the forty eighth time on Sunday afternoon, with the all-time collection sitting at 32-15 in favor of LSU. Last season, the squads break up the collection, with UF profitable in Gainesville, 73-72, and LSU profitable in Baton Rouge, 66-61.
 
A LOOK BACK
Sunday will mark the primary assembly between the Gators and Tigers after splitting the season collection within the 2021-22 marketing campaign. In Gainesville, Florida gained a 73-72 thriller over #11/10 LSU, led by Kiara Smith with a formidable 23-point, eight-assist, three-rebound and three-steal efficiency. Jordyn Merritt contributed 16 factors, along with seven rebounds, 4 steals and two blocks. LSU returned the favor in Baton Rouge, nonetheless, holding on for a 66-61 victory.
 
BEST OF THE BEST
Florida will meet back-to-back top-five groups this week once they journey to No. 1 South Carolina on Thursday earlier than internet hosting No. 5 LSU on Sunday, Feb. 19. This marks the primary time at school historical past that the Gators have needed to face-off with two top-five opponents in consecutive video games throughout the common season, and is simply the second time it has ever occurred. Florida met No. 5 Louisiana Tech and No. 2 Old Dominion in back-to-back video games of the 1997 NCAA Tournament.
 
STILL SEARCHING
Florida isn’t any stranger to top-level competitors, having met a top-five opponent 73 instances at school historical past. Against top-five opponents, the Gators maintain a 7-66 mark, with their final victory coming on Feb. 26, 2006 at No. 5 Tennessee in additional time, 95-93.
 
FRESHMAN ON THE RISE
Freshman Myka Perry put on a robust efficiency towards the No. 1 staff, South Carolina, on Feb. 16, scoring 10 factors to go together with a career-best two triples. Perry turned the primary freshman to attain 10 or extra factors towards a No. 1 staff at Florida since Lavender Briggs scored 15 factors towards South Carolina on Feb. 27, 2020.
 
PLAYING WITH PACE
Florida likes to stand up and down the courtroom on offense, at the moment holding the Thirty eighth-fastest tempo within the NCAA with a median of 74.7 possessions per 40 minutes. That tempo places them at third-fastest within the SEC behind Arkansas (75.2) and Kentucky (75.1).
 
TO THE LINE
Florida girls’s basketball is elite in relation to attending to the free throw line, flattening 14.69 per recreation which is fourth within the SEC and thirty third within the nation. They common 20.81 makes an attempt per recreation, sitting at fourth within the convention and thirty second nationally.
 
NET UPDATE
After falling to No. 1 South Carolina on Feb. 16, Florida moved to 91st within the NET rankings. All 14 SEC colleges sit inside the high 118, whereas South Carolina and LSU sit at first and third, respectively.
 
RAINING THREES
KK Deans broke into the top-15 for triples made in a single season at UF, as she at the moment has made 55 to interrupt into the document ebook. Alberte Rimdal can be taking a look at the most effective seasons for a sophomore, needing 49 whole threes to mark the fifth-best output by a sophomore and she or he has at the moment knocked-down 37.
 
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