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University of Florida women's basketball team kicked off its 2020-21 season with a convincing win

By World Exposure News Services, 11/26/20, 2:15PM CST

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The University of Florida women's basketball team kicked off its 2020-21 season with a convincing win, dispatching Grambling State 90-47 Wednesday at Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center. Florida's 43-point victory was its largest in a season opener since 2002 and its 90 points scored were its most in a season opener since 2013.

Redshirt senior guard Kiki Smith was terrific, pacing the Gators with 20 points, 11 rebounds and three assists. Preseason All-SEC selection Lavender Briggs, scoring in double figures for the 27th time in her career, came through for 13 points, 12 rebounds and five assists. Smith scored the game's first basket, a left-handed floater that would set the tone for the rest of the game. Florida would never trail in the game and held the lead for 39:44.

For Briggs it was her eighth career double-double, while Smith's was her third.

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