![]() After beginning the fourth quarter with a silky finish in the paint, she drilled a deep 3 to fire her squad back up. In the final 10 minutes of play, Correa went back to work. By the end of the third, Florida’s lead had shrunk to 50-43. Florida did not record a single basket for more than four minutes in the period, allowing the Tigers to claw their way right back into the game.Ĭorrea eventually snapped the team’s offensive dry spell with a driving layup near the end of the quarter. While Missouri had finally started to find its offensive rhythm, the Gators had completely lost theirs. Refusing to let the game get away from them, the Tigers responded with a 14-0 run to cut the deficit back down to just six points. “Our offense just comes… I just get fired up.” “I always look to set the pace just by defense, trying to get as many stops as I can,” Matharu said. Correa followed up with a jumper atop the key, while Matharu eventually knocked down a free throw to push Florida’s lead to 20 points. Matharu met junior forward Hannah Linthacum at the rim with a resounding chasedown block, which in turn set up a Warren 3-ball on the other end. In the second half, the Gators initially picked up where they left off. But even after Dembele’s scoring spurt, Florida still held on to a comfortable 42-26 lead at the end of the first half. The Tigers did manage to show resistance as the quarter came to a close with a quick bucket and a pair of free throws from senior guard Mama Dembele. ![]() Rimdal sliced through the paint for another easy layup to cap off another quick 6-0 run for the Gators. On the next play, she found freshman guard Laila Reynolds cutting to the basket for a beautiful reverse lay-in. With less than four minutes to go, Matharu exploded past the Missouri defense for a physical finish at the hoop. Just like that, the Gators had blasted off to a 13-3 run and taken control of the ballgame.įlorida kept piling on as the half came to a close. Rimdal eventually decided to get in on the fun as well, drilling a pair of 3-pointers to extend Florida’s lead to double-digits. On the next possession, she intercepted a pass from Judd and hit Matharu with a dime on the fast break to extend UF’s lead to 21-16. Following a timeout from Missouri, Correa charged down the court and drilled another jumper from the top of the key. Correa led off the action for the Gators with a pull-up jumper atop of the key, while Warren came through with an up-and-under layup on the following possession to give the Gators their first lead of the game.Įven with her squad now in control, Correa was far from finished. Nonetheless, by the end of the period, the Tigers were hanging on to their 16-13 lead by a thread.įlorida had a strong start to the second quarter. After a three-minute offensive dry spell for both sides, sophomore guard Ashton Judd got Missouri back on the scoreboard with a layup over UF junior forward Alexia Diseko. The two squads exchanged blows for the rest of the quarter. ![]() The Florida floor general knocked down a mid-range jumper and a 3-ball to cut the deficit back down to one point. Slaughter scored seven of the Tigers’ first 10 points to power her squad to an early six-point lead in less than three minutes.Īs the Gators scrambled to stay alive, Matharu got the team right back on track. ![]() Senior guard Mama Dembele put up a strong two-way performance for the Tigers as well, finishing with eight points, seven assists and four steals.įlorida initially stumbled out of the gates early in the afternoon. Missouri sophomore guard Ashton Judd led her squad with 17 points and seven rebounds, while freshman guard Grace Slaughter scored 14 on a 6-for-15 clip from the field. Matharu racked up 14 points and nine rebounds, while Warren tallied 10 points and eight boards of her own. Senior guard Aliyah Matharu and junior guard Jeriah Warren each nearly finished the afternoon with a pair of double-doubles. Senior guard Leilani Correa led the team with 15 points on 7-for-12 shooting, while junior guard Alberte Rimdal chipped in with 12 points off the bench. The team that can get to stopping the opponent’s run just a little bit quicker is usually the team that comes out on top.”įour Gators finished the matchup in double-figure scoring. “We’ve talked about it as a team, just limiting their runs and extending ours. “Basketball is a game of runs,” Florida head coach Kelly Rae Finley said. In the end, the team managed to hold on in a tightly contested fourth quarter to come out on top. Florida led by as many as 20 points and trailed by as many as six in the contest. The Gators (15-14, 5-11 SEC) came away with a 66-60 victory over the Tigers (11-19, 2-14 SEC) Wednesday afternoon on Day 1 of the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament.
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