GAINESVILLE — With four players hitting double figures in scoring, the Florida women’s basketball team defeated Florida A&M 92-54 on Monday night.
The Gators (3-0) were led by Aliyah Matharu with 22 points, followed by Laila Reynolds’ first 20-point game.
“We’ve been doing a lot of focusing on getting everybody involved in the paint and outside of the paint,” said Matharu, a Texas transfer. “With me not playing for a year I’m pretty hungry on both ends of the ball. It’s clicking for me. It’s working for me.
“My teammates are finding me I’m trying to find them and do my best with that. I’m also in a new position so just getting different looks and getting comfortable with them has made a big difference.”
The 3-0 start marks the 10th time Florida has accomplished that.
Florida leads the series with Florida A&M 12-5, including five wins in a row.
The Gators are on a 25-game home winning streak during non-conference competition, the second-longest such run in school history.
“I’ve started to get really comfortable on the court and that’s because of my teammates helping me out,” Reynolds. “Being able to get this type of confidence is something I have been working on at practice and also just being able to push myself to better the team has always been my motivation to work harder.”
The Gators close their season-opening four-game homestand Friday vs. No. 12 Florida State. That matchup is the first in a UF-FSU with the men’s team.
The Seminoles enter 2-0 after a 92-91 home win against then-No. 11 Tennessee on Thursday.
