Florida Out-Muscles Auburn in the opening round of the SEC women's basketball tournament

In less than two minutes before the end, the Florida Gators were captured on a thread in the Sec tournament opener. After a back and forth affair with the Auburn Tigers all evening, UF had four points in the home route of the game. Florida needed a last spark – one last game – to get the game on hold.

Whenever the gators are confronted with such situations this season, a well -known face has always found a way to answer the call: Freshman Guard Liv McGill. Wednesday evening turned out to be no different when the general in Florida caught a pass and the dish caught in order to edit their usual magic.

McGill pulled up a sweater that was taped from the edge. Then she drove through the defensive front of Auburn, came down with her own rebound and pulled back to the edge. On the way up, McGill collided with a defender and seemed to be injured her ankle. But that didn't get into the phase when the ball sailed through the network to the right when the pipe blew.

Although McGill was visibly shaken after the game, he insisted to stay in the game to turn her free throw. When her teammates crowded around her and helped her to the line, McGill performed and dropped out of the shot. She immediately returned to the bench and sat for the rest of the game, but it didn't matter. The first semester guard had gone through another heroic piece to keep Florida's night season.

“She said to the referee, right there: 'No, I'm fine. I just need my teammates for a second, ”said UF head coach Kelly Rae Finley. “She is a team player, she is a competitor, she certainly gives the sound for us.”

The Gators scored a 60:50 win against Auburn on Wednesday evening. The Tigers shot 20 for 67 (29.9%) from the field and 2 for 13 (15.4%) from the 3-point range.

UF Senior Center Ra Shaya Kyle leads with a 16-point double double double double and a perfect 8-to-8 clip from the open-air line. McGill finished with 11 points, eight templates and two steals at night. After the latter injury late, Finley said that McGills Status for Florida's next game does not have to be determined.

In addition, the Senior Guard from Florida, Jeriah Warren, had another rounded performance with 14 points, five rebounds, two blocks and a steal in the evening. Laila Reynolds, who rounded off the outstanding gators of the Gators, scored the second guard of 12 points and four blocks, while he emphasized Auburn and the striker Deyona Gaston finished from the field to only 16 points on 6-against-20 shooting.

“Everyone played well, but I want to scream Laila Reynolds,” said Finley. “Deyona is an exceptionally good basketball player, but Laila Reynolds played a damn defensive game this evening.”

Florida had a short start and took the first 90 seconds of the game in the game of the game with an early 6-2 lead to 3 for 3. From there, however, the two troops fought for control, since neither more than five points were listed in the opening district.

Auburn went with a 13-12 lead on a Tip-in-Layup from Gaston with a little more than three minutes in time. The tiger shot 1 for 5 from the field to close the quarter, and opened the door so that the gators could briefly crawl back to the driver's seat.

After a timely three pointer from Warren and a few free throws from Kyle, uf kept in the second period at a narrow lead from 19 to 16. This gap remained a little more than three minutes when Florida and Auburn combined for zero points.