Gators women stay unbeaten, hold off Chattanooga 64-58

Florida's women needed a fourth-quarter push to stay unbeaten. The Gators outscored Chattanooga 23-18 over the final 10 minutes Sunday and left McKenzie Arena with a 64-58 win, their first road game of the season.

Florida (3-0) and Chattanooga (1-2) were tied 24-24 at halftime, and the Gators led by one, 41-40, going to the fourth.

Vivian Iwuchukwu led Florida with 19 points on 7-of-8 shooting. Kiyomi McMiller added 16 points, six rebounds and six assists and went 8-of-11 at the free-throw line. Jade Weathersby came off the bench for nine points and a game-high 12 rebounds.

The line was the difference. Florida made 19 of 28 free throws to Chattanooga's 9 of 16, which covered for a 3-of-17 afternoon from 3-point range. The Gators shot 38% from the field (21 of 55), held the Mocs to 33% (22 of 67) and won the rebounding count 46-42.

Izzy McPherson scored 15 for Chattanooga. Attendance was 3,335.

Florida returns home to face South Florida on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 6 p.m. ET on SEC Network+, then visits Florida State on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m. ET on ACC Network Extra.

Source: ESPN box score.

Cover photo: Kiyomi McMiller in a Florida home game (file photo). Photo courtesy UAA.