Nice start to what I hope will be a long and glorious career for Cam Newbauer at Florida.
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker PARKS Real Estate Services 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 [email protected] Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: November 11, 2017 at 10:13:47 PM CST > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Newbauer’s debut a success for UF women’s > basketball > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Newbauer’s debut a success for UF women’s basketball > By Graham Hall (Gainesville SUN) - November 11, 2017059 > In the start of a new era under the first male coach in program history, the > Florida women’s basketball team tipped off the season Saturday afternoon with > a 82-66 win over Georgia State in the Exactech Arena at the O’Connell Center. > > “We’ve talked as a staff recently about our resilience that I felt we’ve > lacked. And today our players showed we have resilience,” UF coach Cameron > Newbauer said. “We got down and they punched us in the face, but we stayed > the course, we stayed calm and we stuck together and we fought back.” > > Florida appeared hesitant from the opening tip, and Georgia State > capitalized. The Panthers opened the first quarter on an 8-0 run as UF > struggled with both defending the perimeter and increasing the pace on the > offensive end. The Gators would begin clawing back into the contest, and > Funda Nakkasoglu’s layup as time expired pulled UF and Georgia State into a > 20-20 deadlock heading into the second quarter, but Florida couldn’t maintain > the momentum to open the ensuing period. Florida would go nearly four minutes > without a bucket to open the ensuing period as Georgia State continued to > push the tempo and stay in front. However, Florida appeared to once again > flip a switch as the period wound down. An 11-0 run over the final three > minutes of the first half led the Gators to their first lead of the game just > before the break. > > “I felt like we had kind of taken their best shot, how they started out on > fire in the first quarter,” Newbauer said. “I told them just stay the course, > now let’s give them our best shot, let’s throw our punches rather than being > on our heels. And I think they responded to that.” > > UF took a 38-31 lead into halftime, and it appeared Newbauer’s message > corrected Florida’s issues to open the previous quarters. The Gators upped > the tempo from the get-go in the second half, pushing the lead to14 by the > midway point of the third quarter on a layup by senior Haley Lorenzen. The > Iowa City native would finish the game with 18 points and 12 rebounds, the > 40th double-digit scoring game of her UF career. > > “I think I just focused on having fun tonight, I wasn’t worried about making > shots tonight or doing anything. I was just focusing on what I could control, > and I think that’s what we all try to do,” Lorenzen said. “We know what bar > we have to set going forward.” > > Nakkasoglu, who sat out last season after transferring from Utah State, > provided nine points and six rebounds, graduate transfer Paulina Hersler > poured in a career-high 15 points and senior Dyandria Anderson finished the > game with 18 points, seven rebounds and eight assists. > > UF is back in action Tuesday when the Gators return to their home court to > host Arkansas State at 7 p.m. > > “As a head coach, I’ve been able to rest in knowing that often times our > players are going to put me at ease,” Newbauer said. “And that’s what they > did today.” > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > ALPCA #8756 > Europlate #1045 > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
