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Florida Gators women’s basketball opens season with a win over Georgia State

Special report on the Florida Gators women’s basketball team:

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Veteran point guard Kiara Smith dropped 23 points on Tuesday evening to help Florida women’s basketball to a season-opening victory over Sun Belt-foe, Georgia State, 84-70.

Smith was one of four Gators (1-0, 0-0 SEC) to finish in double-digit scoring as LaVender Briggs (16), Jordyn Merritt (15) and Nina Rickards (11) all contributed at least 10 points. For the game, Florida finished a steady 29-of-58 (50%) from the floor.

controlled the rebounding battle for the second time in as many games, outrebounding GSU 44-29.