The 84th meeting between Florida State (3-0) and Florida (2-0) happens on Wednesday in the Fresh From Florida Sunshine Showdown at 6 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center. The game will stream live on ACC Network Extra.
Florida leads the all-time series, 45-38. FSU has defeated UF in each of the last six meetings in Tallahassee, with the streak beginning with a 74-72 win on Dec. 28, 2010.
Wednesday’s big game tips off three different visits from the Florida Gators over the next nine days in Tallahassee. Florida State Men’s Basketball hosts UF this Friday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. at the Tucker Center, and the Seminoles and Gators battle it out on the gridiron in a primetime matchup at Doak Campbell Stadium on Friday, Nov. 25, at 7:30 p.m. on ABC.
Both teams are guided by head coaches who excelled in their interim roles and earned their current head coaching tags. Florida Head Coach Kelly Rae Finley led the Gators to their most successful season since 2016 in 2021-22, guiding UF to a 21-11 overall record and defeating five ranked opponents. FSU head coach Brooke Wyckoffwas the Interim Head Coach in the 2020-21 COVID-19 season and led a Seminoles squad predicted eighth in the ACC Preseason Coaches Poll to a fourth-place finish and an NCAA Tournament berth.
Freshman guard Ta’Niya Latson was recognized as the ACC’s Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week on Tuesday. Latson led the conference averaging 27.0 points per game over three games last week. Her 34 points she dropped at Kent State is the highest in the league so far this season.
Florida leads the all-time series, 45-38. FSU has defeated UF in each of the last six meetings in Tallahassee, with the streak beginning with a 74-72 win on Dec. 28, 2010.
Wednesday’s big game tips off three different visits from the Florida Gators over the next nine days in Tallahassee. Florida State Men’s Basketball hosts UF this Friday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. at the Tucker Center, and the Seminoles and Gators battle it out on the gridiron in a primetime matchup at Doak Campbell Stadium on Friday, Nov. 25, at 7:30 p.m. on ABC.
Both teams are guided by head coaches who excelled in their interim roles and earned their current head coaching tags. Florida Head Coach Kelly Rae Finley led the Gators to their most successful season since 2016 in 2021-22, guiding UF to a 21-11 overall record and defeating five ranked opponents. FSU head coach Brooke Wyckoffwas the Interim Head Coach in the 2020-21 COVID-19 season and led a Seminoles squad predicted eighth in the ACC Preseason Coaches Poll to a fourth-place finish and an NCAA Tournament berth.
Freshman guard Ta’Niya Latson was recognized as the ACC’s Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week on Tuesday. Latson led the conference averaging 27.0 points per game over three games last week. Her 34 points she dropped at Kent State is the highest in the league so far this season.
