Senior day was somber as a late push wasn enough to negate Alabama early dominance. Despite several chances to gain a late edge, buckets wouldn fall and the Gators finished their regular season with a 66 61 loss.

Seniors Steffi Sorensen (nine points, nine rebounds, six steals), Sharielle Smith (nine points, three rebounds), Susan Yenser (two points), Lonnika Thompson (five points, five rebounds, three steals) and Jen Mossor (two points) were honored after the game.

The Tide led by as many as 14 points in the final 12 minutes. The deficit was trimmed to three in the closing minutes as UF missed on four chances to tie the game or trim it to one.

UF Coach Amanda Butler used her seventh different starting lineup in the last eight games while center Azania Stewart remains sidelined with a stress fracture in her left foot. All five seniors got the starting nod, but the lineup was quickly shuffled as Florida found itself down 22 8 after 11 minutes.

lineup was partially because of senior day, but we really thought that lineup gave us the best chance, Butler said. thought that group would give us a quick start, but obviously it didn five quick Alabama points to open the second half made it a 39 26 game, Butler shuffled her lineup again, going with three freshmen and two sophomores. The group played pesky defense and forced several Tide turnovers, but couldn capitalize with points. On the game, UF (14 15, 7 9 SEC) forced 24 Alabama turnovers but was outscored 22 21 off of miscues.

An 11 2 run, led by freshman Jennifer George (game high 16 points and 10 rebounds), cut the deficit to 57 54 with 3:45 left to play. With Florida shots off target, the team Air Jordan 3s did its damage from the free throw line, scoring nine of those points from the stripe.

The Gators were 2 of 7 in the closing two minutes and finished 20 of 63 (31.7 percent) from the field and 2 of 23 (8.7) from long distance. The Tide (12 17, 4 12 SEC) nailed seven of its first 10 shots and finished 26 of 51 (51 percent). Florida held the edge on the boards, out rebounding Alabama 41 34, leading to a 16 4 advantage in second chance points.

The Gators start SEC Tournament play in Duluth, Ga. No. 7 seeded Florida first round opponent is No. Air Jordan 16s 10 seeded Auburn, which lost a 71 68 double overtime decision to the Gators on Jan. 7 in the O Center.

Late run not enough for women’s hoops vs. BamaBy Ray FitzGeraldAlabama’s Tierney Jenkins wrestles the ball away from Florida freshman Jordan Jones on Sunday at the O’Connell Center. The squad could have used a few of those plays in the two hours before the framed jerseys and flowers were handed out.

Senior day was somber as a late push wasn’t enough to negate Alabama’s early dominance. Despite several chances to gain a late edge, buckets wouldn’t fall and the Gators finished their regular season with a 66 61 loss.

Seniors Steffi Sorensen (nine points, nine rebounds, six steals), Sharielle Smith (nine points, three rebounds), Susan Yenser (two points), Lonnika Thompson (five points, five rebounds, three steals) and Jen Mossor (two points) were honored after the game.

The Tide led by as many as 14 points in the final 12 minutes. The deficit was trimmed to three in the closing minutes as UF missed on four chances to tie the game or trim it to one.

UF Coach Amanda Butler used her seventh different starting lineup in the Air Jordan 9s last eight games while center Azania Stewart remains sidelined with a stress fracture in her left foot. All five seniors got the starting nod, but the lineup was quickly shuffled as Florida found itself down 22 8 after 11 minutes.

lineup was partially because of senior day, but we really thought that lineup gave us the best chance, Butler said. thought that group would give us a quick start, but obviously it didn’t. five quick Alabama points to open the second half made it a 39 26 game, Butler shuffled her lineup again, going with three freshmen and two sophomores. The group played pesky defense and forced several Tide turnovers, but couldn’t capitalize with points. On the game, UF (14 15, 7 9 SEC) forced 24 Alabama turnovers but was outscored 22 21 off of miscues.

An 11 2 run, led by freshman Jennifer George (game high 16 points and 10 rebounds), cut the deficit to 57 54 with 3:45 left to play. With Florida’s shots off target, the team did its damage from the free throw line, scoring nine of those points from the stripe.

The Gators were 2 of 7 in the closing two Air Jordan 6 Rings minutes and finished 20 of 63 (31.7 percent) from the field and 2 of 23 (8.7) from long distance. The Tide (12 17, 4 12 SEC) nailed seven of Air Jordan 7s its first 10 shots and finished 26 of 51 (51 percent). Florida held the edge on the boards, out rebounding Alabama 41 34, leading to a 16 4 advantage in second chance points.