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Florida women defeat Mississippi State on 3-pointer at buzzer
By Andrew Olson
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Florida has had an up-and-down women’s basketball season, but the Gators picked up an SEC win in thrilling fashion on Sunday in Gainesville.
Florida and Mississippi State were tied up 66-66 on the game’s final possession. Senior starting guard Jeriah Warren put up a 3-point shot before the buzzer, and got the right bounce off the rim to make it the game-winner.
The 3-pointer was Warren’s only field-goal attempt of the 4th quarter. She finished with 12 points in the game on 5-of-11 shooting from the field, including 2-of-4 from behind the line.
Florida was led by freshman starting guard Liv McGill, the game’s high-scorer with 20 points. McGill was 8-of-14 from the field, making 3-of-7 3-point attempts.
McGill did most of her scoring (17 points) in the 1st half. The Gators had a 37-31 at halftime but saw MSU pull ahead 55-51 at the end of the 3rd quarter.
The Bulldogs were on track to get the road win, but UF finished on a 9-0 run over the final 2:44. MSU made more triples (9-6) and grabbed more rebounds (34-29), but Florida scored more points off turnovers (24-17) and was more productive in the paint (34-20).
Florida improves to 13-13 overall, with a 4-8 mark in conference play. The Gators will try to make it back-to-back wins on Thursday at Texas A&M.
Mississippi State is now 18-9 on the season, with a 5-8 SEC record. MSU will look to bounce back against Texas A&M next Sunday.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
