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Women's Basketball Falls to Florida in Double Overtime Thriller
Despite 20-point efforts from Qadashah Hoppie and Kayla Wells, the Aggies fell to Florida in double overtime, 89-97.

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Zipporah Broughton scored a career-high 28 points, Kiki Smith added 27 and they combined for 11 of Florida's 13 points in the second overtime to lead the Gators over No. 25 Texas A&M 97-89 on Sunday.

Jordyn Merritt added 17 points with a career-high five 3-pointers for the Gators (11-5, 1-2 Southeastern Conference), who overcame a 19-point third-quarter deficit.

Qadashah Hoppie scored 25 points, Kayla Wells 23, Maliyah Johnson 13 and Aaliyah Patty added 10 plus 16 rebounds for the Aggies (10-5, 0-3), who have lost three straight and fell to the Gators for the first time in the teams' last seven meetings.

Broughton and Smith each had buckets to open the second overtime and Florida led the rest of the way with seven free throws in the final minute securing the win.

Two free throws by Hoppie with two seconds left in the first overtime tied it at 84-all

Florida had the ball under its basket with 17.5 seconds left in regulation but Hoppie stole the inbounds pass, though she missed a fast-break layup and the Aggies missed two more shots.

Florida didn't make a 3-pointer in a loss Ole Miss on Thursday, ending 131-game streak, but sank a season-high 13-of-30 on Sunday.

Florida announced Friday that its leading scorer and rebounder through the Gators' first 14 games, Lavender Briggs, would miss remainder of season due to a stress reaction in her lower leg.

Florida is host to Auburn and the Aggies are at South Carolina on Thursday.

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POSTGAME NOTES
RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

• Texas A&M falls to 10-5 overall this season and 0-3 in conference play.
• The Maroon & White is now 11-2 against Florida all-time.

TEAM NOTES

• This is the first double-overtime game for the program since November 17, 2001, against Portland State, and just the fourth overall. The Aggies are 1-3 in double-overtime contests all-time.
• Texas A&M outscored its opponent in the paint for the eighth time this season, scoring 40 in the painted area compared to Florida's 28.
• The Aggies led the rebounding margin 49-40. Texas A&M is now 10-1 when registering more rebounds than their opponents.
• Texas A&M utilized a starting lineup of Jordan Nixon, Qadashah Hoppie, Aaliyah Patty, Kayla Wells and Jada Malone for the first time this season (0-1).
• This is the 10th different starting lineup the Aggies have used this season.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

• Qadashah Hoppie led the Aggies in scoring for the first time this season, pouring in a season-high 25 points, going 10-of-20 from the field and draining two 3-pointers in a career-high 46 minutes.
• Kayla Wells has scored in double digits every game this year, after scoring 23 points against the Gators. She has now scored 10-or-more points in 79 games throughout her career.
• Wells has played in 139 games for the Aggies, which is five games from breaking Karla Gilbert's program record of 143.
• Wells set a career-high in minutes played, competing on the court for a game-high 49 minutes.
• Wells has scored 20-or-more points in six games this season.
• Aaliyah Patty hauled in 16 rebounds and scored 10 points for her third double-double of the season.
• Patty logged a career-high 37 minutes of game time.
• Maliyah Johnson went 4-of-6 from the field and scored a career-best 13 points while notching the most minutes played of her career (28).
• Women's Basketball Hall-of-Famer Gary Blair falls to 848-338 in his career with a 440-175 record at Texas A&M.

Postgame Quotes
Head Coach Gary Blair
On her performance…
"As a coaching staff and as a basketball team, we lost our composure during the ballgame. I've got a great bunch of kids. We played too one-dimensional out there on the court. You run out of options sometimes to call and try to get to their strengths. Or we wouldn't wait until we could get to our strengths and be composed enough to run an offense. I think when you blow a 19-point lead in the second half at home, that's totally on us and I give them a lot of credit. They never gave up because they have two great guards. [Zipporah] Broughton hadn't been starting a majority of the year. She's in there because [Lavender] Briggs is out, their best player. I give [Kiara] Smith a lot of credit. We talked about this at halftime, that whenever it comes down to it, Smith is going to have the ball in her hands. The only way you could do it is to deny back. We'd sit there and ball watch, the ball would reverse back to her, and she'd make a play for herself or someone else. The key layups that we missed; we can't get them back. The key free-throws or the key stops, you name it, it was all there. We gave a lot better effort, a lot of energy and a lot of effort to make up for our lack of execution when you start to ballgame 3-for-17. The stats don't lie."

On taking advantage of key opportunities…
"I thought when Jordan [Nixon] opened up with a three and then I think we got a two, so we were up five or three. We had the layup on the steal, which we called, because they like to chest pass it in. We got the steal, couldn't make the layup. You name it, it happened."

Junior Guard Jordan Nixon
On double over-time play…
"It's not about talent. It doesn't really come down to that because every team in this league is talented. Those little things are everything in the first quarter and in double overtime. It's not even about the better team per se."

On bouncing back...
"I think there is so much to be said about the resilience that we've shown. To circle back to the Tennessee and LSU topic, every experience is a learning experience. I think we just need to go back and just keep moving forward. Go back, look at it, see what it is, break it down and take it into the rest of the season."

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Game Recap: Women's Basketball | Sunday, January 9, 2022 | Andrew Hile
Gators Earn Gritty Double Overtime Victory Over No. 25 Texas A&M

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – For the first time in program history, Florida women's basketball earned a victory over Texas A&M in College Station, overcoming a 19-point deficit in the third quarter to earn a 97-89 double overtime victory.

In her first game back for the Gators, Zippy Broughton led the offensive effort with a career-high 28 points, in addition to a career-best seven rebounds. Graduate veteran Kiara Smith contributed 27 points, nine rebounds and seven assists while Jordyn Merritt added 17 points and five rebounds.

Florida had a strong offensive day, ending 34-of-75 (45.3%) from the field and 13-of-30 (43.3%) from deep. The 13 made threes is the third-best shooting performance from Florida in program history. Texas A&M, the third-best three-point shooting team in the nation heading into Sunday's action, ended just 4-of-11 from deep.

The UF defense managed to make the Aggies uncomfortable all game, forcing 21 turnovers in addition to 11 steals, led by Broughton with four. The Aggies did, however, control the boards with a 49-40 advantage. Florida held a 22-21 advantage in points off of turnovers.
It was a slow start for both squads offensively, as Broughton converted on the only jumper from either team through the first three minutes. The defense remained strong for the Gators, holding the Aggies to a 0-for-9 start from the field while forcing seven turnovers during that span.

After opening up an 8-2 lead, the Aggies would respond with an 8-0 run of their own to take a 10-8 lead. Freshman Alberte Rimdal would put an end to the run, knocking down a jumper with 2:00 on the clock to draw even with the Aggies. Streaking across the middle of the lane, Smith knocked down a jumper to give the Gators the lead once again before Broughton connected on two free throws late to take a 14-11 advantage into the second quarter. Texas A&M was held to just 3-of-17 shooting during the opening frame.

The Aggies connected on their first triple of the game to open the second quarter, evening the game at 14. Florida, however, remained in control with Kristina Moore dropping a dime to Broughton in the lane for an easy bucket, followed by another Broughton jumper, to force a TAMU timeout with 7:14 left.

Broughton would continue to provide the offensive spark for the Gators, knocking down triple at the 6:33 mark to extend the UF lead to 21-16. The opposition would again pull within one, but Merritt, at the top of the key, converted on her first triple of the game to push the lead back to four. The Aggies would end the half on a 14-3 run to take a 34-27 lead at the break. Broughton led all scorers with 14 points in the opening half.

A quick 6-0 spurt from the Aggies to start the third would quickly extend their lead to the biggest of the evening so far at 43-29, but the Gators would quickly fight their way back within 10 after a three-pointer by Rimdal with 8:09 on the clock.

After falling behind by 19, the Orange & Blue would use a 9-0 run, capped off by a steal from Moore and layup from Smith, to pull within 55-45 with 2:06 on the clock. After a missed free throw and jumper by Smith on the following possession, Florida would pull within nine for the first time since the 9:49 mark of the third. Both squads would exchange baskets late before the Aggies took a 61-52 lead into the final frame.

Neither team would find the bottom of the bucket until Merritt close the gap to just three points following back-to-back triples with 6:55 remaining in the game. A steal and score on the next possession from Broughton would pull UF within one at 61-60. After exchanging a pair of buckets, Moore would finally give the Gators the lead at 64-62 with 5:04 on the clock. Smith would extend the UF run to 15-2, converting an and-one with 3:56 left in the game to give the Gators a five-point lead.

The Aggies would respond with a 5-0 run of their own to even the game at 67, but Smith would again slice through the lane to give the Gators an advantage. Texas A&M's Maliyah Johnson would even the game following a jump with under two minutes remaining, before again tying the game following a Merritt layup with under one-minute remaining. The Aggies would have several looks at the basket in the final seconds, but the UF defense managed to force important stops to send the game to overtime at 71.

Both squads exchanged triples to open the overtime period, knotting the game at 74 before a quick 4-0 spurt gave the Aggies a 78-74 advantage. After Smith knocked down two free throws and the Aggies converted on one, Broughton muscled up in the lane for a tough runner to draw within one at 79-78. Florida would tie the game at 82 after falling behind by four with one-minute remaining, before Smith drained two free throws to take the lead with eight seconds remaining. A&M's Qadasha Hoppie would match Smith's effort at the charity stripe with two seconds remaining, sending the game to a second overtime.

Florida opened the second overtime period on a 4-0 run, immediately taking an 88-84 lead after forcing turnovers on back-to-back Aggie possessions. The Aggies would manage to cut their deficit to two on multiple occasions, but the Gators would answer each time, earning a 97-89 victory. Florida held the Aggies to just one triple between both overtime periods.


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