McGill’s Second Straight 27-Point Effort Leads Gators to 65-56 Win over Georgia Tech

Saturday, November 29

Grand Caymans, Cayman Islands

5 p.m.

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Georgia Tech

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McGill’s Second Straight 27-Point Effort Leads Gators to 65-56 Win over Georgia Tech

Saturday, November 29, 2025 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

By: John Maxwell

GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman — The Florida Women's Basketball team overcame some early shooting woes, Saturday evening, to improve its record to 8-1 with a 65-56 victory over Georgia Tech in the final game of the Cayman Islands Classic. Liv McGill led Florida with her second consecutive 27-point effort, and Laila Reynolds added 13 in the win.

KEY RUNS
1st Quarter (Yellow Jackets 16, Gators 14)

Georgia Tech led by as many as five on two occasions in the first, but an old-fashioned three-point play by Laila Reynolds cut the Yellow Jacket's advantage to two at the end of the period. Georgia Tech benefited from nine offensive rebounds in the stanza, which gave them seven more field goal attempts than Florida in the quarter (7 for 22, compared to six for 15). Five different players scored for the Yellow Jackets over the first 10 minutes of action led by Brianna Turnage's and Savannah Samuel's five points apiece.

2nd Quarter (Gators 28, Yellow Jackets 24)

A Laila Reynolds step-back with 8:28 to go in the half knotted the score at 18, but neither team was able to find the bottom of the net for the next three-plus minutes. Reynolds ended the drought on a jumper with 5:05 to go before intermission, and the Gators eventually built a six-point lead, 28-22, before heading into the locker room up four. Florida held the Yellow Jackets to just 3 for 12 shooting in the second, while forcing eight turnovers. The eight points Georgia Tech scored in the period marked the seventh time this season that Florida has held an opponent below 10 points in a frame.

3rd Quarter (Gators 46, Yellow Jackets 32)

Georgia Tech netted the first basket of the quarter, but the Gators scored 18 of the final 24 of the period to lead by 14 heading into the fourth. Liv McGill scored 10 points in the third, while Caterina Piatti added five. The eight points Georgia Tech scored in the period marked the eighth time this season that Florida has held an opponent below 10 points in a frame.

4th Quarter (Gators 65, Yellow Jackets 56)

It was still a 14-point Gators' lead, 52-38, when the Jackets rattled off eight straight to slice the Florida advantage to six. A Me'Arah O'Neal jumper ended the streak and Georgia Tech was never able to get closer the rest of the way. McGill led all scorers with 11 in the quarter, while Talayah Walker's seven paced the Yellow Jackets.

KEY STATS

Florida shot 40.4% from the field (23-57), while the Yellow Jackets shot 34.8% (24-69).
The Gators didn't allow Georgia Tech to make a three-pointer. That marks the 16th time since the 1999-2000 season that a Florida opponent has put up an oh-fer from beyond the arc. The last time the Gators held a team with a three-ball was Dec. 29, 2024 when Alabama State missed all nine of their attempts from distance.
The Yellow Jackets outrebounded Florida, 46-37, including 22-10 on the offensive glass, leading to a 20-4 advantage in second chance points.
The Yellow Jackets went eight for 13 from the free throw line while the Gators went 15 for 19. Florida's Liv McGill went 13 of 14 from the charity stripe.
Florida held Georgia Tech to eight points in both the second and third quarters.
Liv McGill established single-game career highs in free throws made (13) and attempted (14).

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GATOR BITES

The Gators are now 2-1 all-time against Georgia Tech.
Liv McGill scored in double figures for the 10th straight game (27 points), and 20 or more points for the sixth time this season and the 19th time in her career.
Liv McGill's 13 made free throws are the third most in program history—Ronni Williams, 15, at Vanderbilt, Jan. 29, 2017; Aliyah Matharu, 14, vs. Auburn, Mar. 3, 2024; Terry Whitehead, 14, vs. Central Florida, Jan. 28, 1982)
Florida held Georgie Tech to 10 points or less in the second and third quarters (eight points each) which marked the seventh and eighth time this season that the Gators have held an opponent below 10 points in a period, and the third time that they have done do in two quarters in the same game.
Laila Reynolds scored in double figures for the seventh time this season, and the 33rd time in her career (13 points).

NEXT OPPONENT
The Gators head back to Gainesville for two days of practice before making their way to Blacksburg, Va., Thursday, Dec. 4 where they will take on Virginia Tech. Tip against the Hokies is 5 p.m. EST, and the game is being televised on ESPN2.

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