GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After three-consecutive road games, Florida women’s basketball returns home on Thursday, Feb. 17, when they welcome Arkansas to Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center for their Play4Kay game.
The game will be steamed live on SEC Network+ beginning at 6 p.m. ET with Kyle Crooks and Brittany Davis on the call. Radio responsibilities will be handled by Tom Collett and Kelly Davis on 98.1FM/850AM WRUF.
Thursday will mark the 42nd meeting between the Gators and Razorbacks, with Florida leading the series, 29-12. At home, UF has a 13-4 advantage. Last season the two squads split, each picking up a victory on their homecourt.
Most recently, Florida completed the season-sweep of Auburn on Monday, defeating the Tigers 83-77 in Auburn Arena. With five Gators in double figures, Zippy Broughton led the way with 18 points while Kristina Moore posted a career-best 15 points. After claiming the victory, UF has now won five in-a-row against the Tigers and has reached 19 wins the fastest since the 2015-16 campaign when they also began 19-6.
The victory over Auburn gave the Orange & Blue their ninth Southeastern Conference win of the season, marking the earliest the Gators have reached nine wins in conference season since the 2000-01 season when they began 9-2 in the league. Florida has also now won nine SEC games, for the first time since the 2015-16 season when they finished with 10 conference wins. Six of Florida’s wins have come on the road in SEC play, the most road-SEC wins for the Gators since the 2000-01 season.
After entering the top 25 for the first time since the 2015-16 season a week ago, the Gators continue to climb in the rankings, coming in at No. 17 in the AP poll and #21 in the Coaches poll this week.
An interesting SEC note, Florida’s victory over Mississippi State last Thursday solidified the first time in school history that Florida has defeated Kentucky, Mississippi State, LSU, Tennessee and Georgia in the same season.
Arkansas enters Thursday’s contest with a 16-8 (6-5 SEC) record, winning five of their last seven contests. The Razorbacks are coming off of a dominant 88-71 win on the road against Missouri on Sunday.
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