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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The University of Florida women's basketball team (0-4) returns to action Wednesday, Nov. 21 when it travels to Indiana (3-0) for a 2 p.m. tilt with the Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

The contest will be streamed live on Big Ten Network Plus with Luke Hawlett and Casey Roehl on the call while Kyle Crooks and Brittany Davis will handle radio broadcast (internet only) on GatorVision.

Florida Game Notes | Indiana Game Notes

The Gators are primed for their second-straight contest against a Big Ten foe as they hosted the Northwestern Wildcats this past Sunday. Despite leading for over 30 minutes and featuring four double-digit scorers, UF fell to Northwestern 83-74 in overtime in its second home game of the season. Florida led 70-59 with just over three minutes remaining in regulation, but Northwestern surged back with a late run to tie the game and it eventually send it into overtime. Redshirt-senior Funda Nakkasoglu continued her strong play to start the season, tallying 26 points on 9-of-13 shooting from the floor while Delicia Washington just missed her seventh career double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds for the game. Forward Zada Williams, appearing off the bench for the first time in 2018-19, added a career-best 14.

After opening the season with three road challenges in their first five games, the Gators return for four-straight home games from Nov. 28 through Dec. 9.

Indiana is yet to lose a game on the young season, registering home wins vs. Milwaukee and North Florida and winning at Oakland. The Hoosiers, the reigning WNIT Postseason Champions, return three starters from last season's unit but also welcome the services of two high-major transfers in Ali Patberg (Notre Dame) and Brenna Wise (Pittsburgh). Patberg and Wise have carried the majority of the scoring load for IU in the early going, averaging 16.3 and 13.3 points per game, respectively. Patberg leads the team in scoring, rebounding (9.7) and assists (4.0) and recorded a double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds in the Hoosiers' most recent action against North Florida. IU is led by former Indiana State and University of Indianapolis head coach, Teri Moren, who has amassed 85 wins in her 4+ seasons at the helm in Bloomington.

Sunday marks just the fourth meeting between UF and IU in a series that dates back to the 1980-81 campaign. The teams have met once in Gainesville and twice at neutral venues as Wednesday's contest will be the first played at Assembly Hall in the series. The Hoosiers hold a 2-1 edge and claimed the most recent matchup which occurred in 2016 as part of the Florida Sunshine Classic in Winter Park, Fla. Then freshman Delicia Washington erupted for 31 points in the matchup, becoming just the fifth Gator rookie to score over 30 points in a game and the first since 1992.

Following Wednesday's battle with Indiana, Florida kicks off its four-game home swing Wednesday, Nov. 28 when it hosts Northeastern at the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.

Florida at Indiana Broadcast Info
Time & Date: Wednesday, Nov. 21 | 2 p.m. ET
Live Stream: Big Ten Network Plus
Live Stats: Link
Radio: Gatorsvision (online only)

Notables

• Funda Nakkasoglu is off to a scorching start this season.
  • Through games as of Nov. 18, SEC Rank
  • No. 1, Scoring (23.0)
  • No. 1, 20-point games (4)
  • No. 1, Three-point field goals made (17)
  • No. 1, Three-point field made goals per game (4.3)
  • No. 1, Three-point field goal percentage (.586)
  • No. 1, Minutes played per game (38.8)
  • No. 2, Field goal percentage (.623), trailing just Mississippi State's Teaira McCowan
  • Through games as of Nov. 18, National Rank
  • No. 4, Three-point field goals made
  • No. 10, Three-point field goals made per game
  • No. 15, Scoring
  • No. 36, Minutes played per game
  • Dating back to last season, Nakkasoglu has knocked down a three-pointer in 27-straight games, the second longest streak in program history. She sits three games behind the leader Brandi McCain (30).
• Newbauer Returns to the Hoosier State
  • Coach Newbauer's sister, Andrea, played basketball at Indiana from 2010-2014.
  • During Cam's first season at Belmont in 2013-14, the Bruins played at Indiana against his sister in the WNIT during Andrea's senior season. The game came down to the final possession as Belmont lost 48-47.
  • His sister's first-ever basket game against him when he was coaching at Georgia in 2010.
  • Cam graduated from IUPU Fort Wayne in 2001 and also played high school basketball in the state.
• The Gators take on a total of three Big Ten teams this season in Northwestern, Indiana and Ohio State. Florida is 10-24 all time vs. Big Ten foes including Sunday's overtime loss to the Wildcats.
• Against Northwestern, Florida featured four players in double figures for the first time this season.
• All four of the Gators' losses have been decided by 10 or fewer points.

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