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Second Quarter Drought Costly for Gators in Loss at Auburn

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AUBURN, Ala. – A second quarter drought proved too much for Florida to overcome on Monday evening at Auburn, as the Gators fell to the Tigers, 66-55 inside Neville Arena.
 
Leilani Correa led the Gators (13-8, 2-6 SEC) with 16 points off the bench and was the lone Florida athlete in double-figures. Both KK Deans and Alberte Rimdal ended with nine points on an evening where the Gators shot 18-of-67 (26.9%) from the field, but were feeling it from deep at 10-of-22 (45.5%).
 

Both squads turned the ball over 14 times, which led to a 13-12 advantage in points off turnovers for the Orange & Blue. The Gators ended the night with four steals, one each from Correa, Deans, Faith Dut and Jordyn Merritt.
 
On the glass, Auburn (13-8, 3-6 SEC) held a 52-40 edge that included a 16-14 advantage on the offensive boards. For the second-straight game, Dut led UF’s rebounding efforts with seven, while Nina Rickards and Alberte Rimdal each grabbed five.
 
Auburn was led by Aicha Coulibaly with 14 points and 11 rebounds, as the Tigers shot 26-of-69 (37.7%) from the floor and just 2-of-8 (25%) from three-point range.
 
The Gators got started with a bang in Neville Arena, with KK Deans converting a four-point play on the opening possession of the game for the Orange & Blue. Auburn responded with a four-point spurt of their own before Dut caught a cutting Rickards through the lane to make it 6-4. With the game knotted at six, Dut put…

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