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Gators Journey North for Sunday Showdown with Dayton

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Dayton vs. Florida
Sport Info: Dec. 4 | 1 p.m. ET 
Reside Stream: ESPN+
Radio: 98.1FM/850AM WRUF
Reside Stats: StatBroadcast
Sport Notes: Media Center
 
DAYTON, Ohio – Florida girls’s basketball will head north this weekend for a Sunday showdown with Atlantic 10-foe, Dayton, at UD Enviornment. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET.
 
The sport can be streamed stay on ESPN+ with Alex Mikos and Beth Flach on the decision, whereas Kyle Crooks and Brittany Davis will deal with radio duties on 98.1FM/850AM WRUF.
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Gators and Flyers are assembly for the fourth time in program historical past on Sunday, with Florida holding a 3-0 mark. Throughout their final assembly on Dec. 8, 2021, Florida took down the Flyers in a thriller, 60-57.
 
NONCONFERENCE DOMINANCE
Courting again to the 2019-20 season, Florida is within the midst of a 20-game house successful streak throughout nonconference competitors, the third-longest streak in program historical past. The final loss for the Gators within the nonconference got here on Nov. 26, 2019, when Florida State gained in Gainesville, 66-55.
 
JERIAH ON THE GLASS
After flattening 10 rebounds in opposition to Houston on Nov. 26, Jeriah Warren upped her efficiency in opposition to Prairie View A&M on Nov. 30, grabbing a career-best 15 rebounds. Ten of her 15 rebounds got here within the first half, marking the primary time a Gator has grabbed 10 within the first half since Kiki Smith recorded 10 on Nov. 25, 2020 in opposition to Grambling State. Warren can be the primary Gator to document back-to-back 10-rebound video games since Smith achieved the feat in opposition to Tennessee, LSU and Kentucky on Jan. 31, Feb. 11 and Feb. 15, 2021, ending with 10 every sport.
 
COUNTDOWN TO 800
Florida girls’s basketball is closing in on their 800th victory as a program, at present holding 795 throughout their 49-year historical past. When the Gators accomplish the feat, they would be the thirteenth SEC to cross the 800-win threshold, with Mississippi State additionally chasing the accomplishment, proudly owning 775 victories as a program getting into the 2022-23 season.
 
KK’S 1K
Florida senior guard, KK Deans, is closing in on her 1,000th profession level. The West Virginia switch recorded 788 factors with the Mountaineers and at present holds 106 factors on the season with the Gators, pushing her profession complete to 894. She can be the second 1,000-point scorer on the roster, as Leilani Correa scored 1,272 factors in her three seasons at St. John’s.
 
60: THE MAGIC NUMBER
Underneath the management of Kelly Rae Finley, Florida’s protection will all the time be a degree of emphasis. Serving to to show that time, the Gators personal an ideal 18-0 mark beneath Finely when holding opponents to 60 factors or much less.
 
‘CHOMP DOWN’ DEFENSE

The Orange & Blue have made their defensive id a key ingredient to the 2022-23 season. Following six video games, the Gators are second within the SEC in turnovers compelled per sport, forcing a median of 21.75, which is sweet for twenty ninth nationally as effectively. They’ve additionally compelled 20 or extra turnovers in 5 video games of this season. The Gators are additionally fourth within the SEC with 11.2 steals per sport, additionally forty fourth within the nation.
 
LAST TIME OUT

The Gators used a powerful fourth quarter to place away Prairie View A&M at house, 68-53. Nina Rickards, who scored seven-straight within the last body, ended with 16 factors, as did KK Deans. Jeriah Warren introduced down a crew and career-best 15 rebounds to guide the Orange & Blue.
 
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