Gators Defeat Chattanooga 94-52 Behind McGill's Record Breaking Performance

Thursday, November 6

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Gators Defeat Chattanooga 94-52 Behind McGill's Record Breaking Performance

Thursday, November 6, 2025 | Women's Basketball

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By: John Maxwell

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Liv McGill poured in a career-high 38 points, and the Florida Women's Basketball Team outscored Chattanooga 28-4 in the second quarter, en route to a, 94-52, victory over the visiting Mocs Thursday evening. McGill's 38 points were also the most scored in program history in a Gators' home game.

KEY RUNS
1st Quarter (Mocs 24, Gators 19)

The Gators opened the game on an 11-6 run, but Chattanooga scored the next 11 points, and took a five-point lead at the end of the period. The Mocs' Gianna Corbitt scored 12 points in the period as Chattanooga connected on 8 of 15 shots from the field including 4 of 7 from distance.

2nd Quarter (Gators 47, Mocs 28)

It was still a 25-23 Chattanooga lead early in the second, but the Gators turned up the defensive pressure to close the half on a 24-1 run. Florida held the Mocs to 1 of 9 shooting from the field in the quarter, grabbed eight offensive rebounds and forced nine Chattanooga turnovers. The Gators flipped those nine Mocs miscues into 15 points. McGill scored 14 points in the quarter, more than tripling Chattanooga's output on her own.

3rd Quarter (Gators 68, Mocs 43)

Florida extended its lead to as many as 27 on two occasions late in the period. It was a balanced scoring effort for the Gators in the third, as five different players scored between three and six points.

4th Quarter (Gators 94, Mocs 52)

The Gators outscored the Mocs 26-9 in the final period, as McGill scored 19 of her career-high 38 in the stanza.

KEY STATS

The Gators outshot the Mocs from the field, 52.2% (35-67) to 33.3% (14-42).
The Gators outrebounded the Mocs, 46-26, including 20-8 on the offensive glass, leading to a 31-6 advantage in second chance points.
Florida forced Chattanooga into committing 25 turnovers which the Gators flipped into 35 points. Meanwhile, the Mocs scored five points off of 13 Florida miscues.
The Gators outscored the Mocs 44-10 in the paint, and 14-2 in fast break points.

Post Game Press Conference: Head Coach Kelly Rae Finley, Guard Liv McGill and Guard Emilija Dakic

FROM THE GATORS' MOUTHS

Liv McGill on breaking the Gators home single-game scoring record—"As coach keeps saying that basket was just huge. But it's countless hours put in, countless hours with my teammates, countless hours of us drilling, work. I guess the basketball gods were just in my favor today, and we won. And that's what matters. It was a great team win, and everybody contributed. It's a blessing to set a record."
Coach FInley on the secret to the team's early success—"I said this to our team after the game and I meant it. I said it on Media Day, and I meant it then too. The strength of our team is our team. We have great players. We have players who are hungry to win, and want to be great, and that love the game. I'm blessed as a coach, because we have complete and total buy in to whatever it takes to win."
Coach FInley on Alexia Dizeko helping hold the Southern Conference Preseason Player of the Year to nine points on just four field goal attempts—"Alexia Dizeko does a lot of things that don't end up on the stat sheet. This can make me really emotional because in this day and age with social media, with the pressure, with the "ohh, ahh" everybody wants to be posting this, that and whatever, it doesn't matter to Lex. She just wants to win. She wants the Gators to be great, and I would say that is the absolute mindset of our entire roster."
Emilija "Mills" Dakic on Alexia Dizeko—"Lex is the most selfless player I've ever played with on any team. She's there when you need something. She's always the first person you can go to. And having that person, especially as a freshman, to look up to, and you're like 'yeah, that's what I can also be for people coming through for years to come'. She sets an example day in and day out."

GATOR BITES

Florida is now 17-2 at home in November under Head Coach Kelly Rae Finley.
Florida has won its first two games of the season in each of the last four years. In 2024-25, they started the year 3-0, and the year prior, they won their first four games
The Gators are now 3-3 all-time against Chattanooga, and 14-6 against Southern Conference opponents.
McGill scored 20 or more points for the 15th time in her career (38 points), and recorded her first game of 30 or more points as a Gator. The last Florida player to score 30 or more points in a game was Aliyah Matharu who poured in 35 points vs. Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament on March 7, 2024.
McGill's 38 points were the most-ever by a Gators player in a home contest (36 points, Vanessa Hayden, vs. Oakland, November 16, 2001; 36 points, Cheryl Fisher, vs. Miami, February 18, 1980)
McGill connected on a career-high 6 three-pointers on the night. The last Gators player to connect on 6 threes in a game was Jeriah Warren at UNLV on March 23, 2025.
Me'Arah O'Neal recorded the third double-double of her career and her second consecutive double-double to start the season (14 points, 10 rebounds).
Florida's defense held preseason Southern Conference Player of the Year Caia Elisaldez to just nine points on 2 of 5 shooting, and forced her into four turnovers.

NEXT OPPONENT
The Gators remain at home next week, hosting Jacksonville (2-0) on Monday, November 10. Tip is slated for 7 p.m. EST at Exactech Arena at Stephen C. O'Connell Center.

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