“You have to learn that in the SEC when you get punched you can’t flinch, you can’t falter,” said Gators women's basketball coach Cam Newbauer. “We just kinda flinched a little bit at the wrong time and got away from what our game plan was.”
Alligator File PhotoThe Florida women’s basketball team needed big performances from its two leading-scorers in Funda Nakkasoglu and Delicia Washington to win on Sunday. They didn’t deliver.
Despite the best efforts of sophomore guard Kiara Smith to fill the void, Auburn (13-2, 1-1 SEC) pulled away late at the O’Connell Center to defeat the Gators (4-11, 0-2 SEC) 64-56.