Florida women’s basketball holds on to beat Chattanooga

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WCJB) - The Florida Gators women’s basketball team defeated Chattanooga 64-58 in its first road game of the Tammi Reiss era.

The six-point victory is the smallest margin of victory so far this season for Florida, after defeating Bucknell 83-60 and UCF 95-65 in its first two games.

The Gators were led by junior forward Vivian Iwuchukwu, who had a game-high 19 points on 7-of-8 shooting, to go along with four rebounds and four assists.

Senior forward Jade Weathersby, the only player who stayed from the previous season, led the team with 12 rebounds.

Florida returns home and will host USF on Thursday in its next contest.

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