Florida vs. Florida A&M When: Monday, 8:00 p.m. (ET) Where: Exactech Arena/O'Connell Center / Gainesville, Fla. Records: Florida (2-0) / FAMU (0-2) TV: SEC Network (Sam Gore and Steffi Sorensen) Radio: ESPN 98.1FM/850AM WRUF TicketMaster info: Click here MONDAY'S CONTEST The Gators will compete Monday night at the O'Dome in hopes of adding another home win to their 2023-24 non-conference record, which currently stands at 2-0. The cross-state foes last met in December 2019, where the Gators collected their largest margin win against the Rattlers at 84-40. THE SERIES Florida will play FAMU for the 16th time in program history. Florida currently leads the series, 10-5 and has won the last three meetings. The last time Florida lost to the Rattlers was in 2009. HISTORY The Florida Gators were most recently defeated by Florida A&M in December 2009. The Gators lost 72-71, which marked their third time loss to the Rattlers by one point. The other one-point losses were in February 1981 (69-68) and December '80 (76-75). LAST TIME OUT The Gators defeated Bethune-Cookman at the O'Dome Thursday night, with guard Aliyah Matharu scoring 25 points to lead the Gators to an 83-69 victory. THE FIRST TIME The first meeting was in December 1980, with the Rattlers winning 76-75. ALIYAH MATHARU 1,000 CAREER POINTS BOUND After last week's 25-point game, Aliyah Matharu has a total of 899 career points. Matharu needs 101 points to hit the 1,000-point milestone. Matharu is on pace to get there in five games. BIG SHAY Ra Shaya Kyle put an emphasis on her nickname, "Big Shay" after collecting back to back double-doubles in the first week of non-conference play. Kyle tallied 15 points and 12 rebounds in both the North Florida and Bethune-Cookman games. Aside from Kyle, the only other player in the Southeastern Conference who has double-doubles in the first two games of the 2023-24 campaign is LSU superstar and 2023 Final Four MVP Angel Reese. GATORS IN THE SEC Florida is one of nine SEC women's basketball programs that are 2-0 in non-conference play. Ole Miss, LSU, Georgia, and Tennessee have all fallen to a non-conference opponent. FAITH DUT RANKED IN SEC CATEGORIES Faith Dut is within the top 20 career rebounders currently competing in the SEC. Dut is ranked 18th snagging a total of 289 rebounds. Her total rebounds stretch from 2019 to present day. Dut also ranks sixth overall in SEC career blocks with 72. LAILA REYNOLDS McDonald's All American Laila Reynolds made her first collegiate start Thursday evening against BCC. With junior guard Alberte Rimdal out with an injury, Reynolds stepped up to the plate forcing offensive opportunities for the Gators. Reynolds has 12 combined for points and five rebounds in her first two games. NONCONFERENCE DOMINANCE Dating back to the 2019-20 season, Florida has a 24-game home winning streak during non-conference competition, the second-longest streak in program history. The last home loss for the Gators in non-conference came on Nov. 26, 2019 when Florida State defeated UF 66-55. Source: Gators Basketball to Host Florida A&M Monday Night - Florida Gators
Game after this is FSU on Friday. Noles have one game so far, Kennesaw I think, so hard to tell. Anybody want to take a stab at how we stack up with them?
