Florida's Sarah Lowe may not have slept much last night, but at least she has a good reason. She hit two free throws with 3.2 seconds left in overtime to give the Gators a 79-78 victory over LSU. This was the first loss in SEC play for the Tigers this season and ended their 24 game regular season conference win streak.

LSU led 61-53 with just under six minutes left in regulation, but Florida ended the game on a 12-2 run to tie the score at the end of regulation.

Seimone Augustus scored a career high 35 points, including 13-19 from the floor and 8-8 from the line. Sylvia Fowles added 23 points, 16 rebounds, blocked five shots and had five steals. But the rest of the Tigers combined for only 20 points and hit only 9 of 28 attempts. The Gators were effective with their box and one on Augustus in limiting her scoring in the last part of regulation.

The Tigers' usual offensive spark outside their superstars is Scholanda Hoston. But she missed the last 31 minutes of the game with an injured ankle. Fowles injured her right knee and while she was able to return to the game, she was limited in her mobility.

Freshman Sha Brooks led the Gators with a career-high 25 points hitting 4-of-7 from the three-point range. Dalila Eshe scored 22 points, including 8 in overtime and Lowe finished with 17 points.

“It was a tremendous game,” head coach Carolyn Peck said. “Our whole team wanted it, and our underclassmen especially wanted it for our seniors. I asked them to use the emotion in a positive way and it was just an amazing win for us.”

Pokey Chatman credits both the offensive rhythm established by the Gators and their defense that forced 22 Tiger turnovers. “I thought early on Florida established an offensive rhythm that we could never quite counter,’’ Chatman said. “And we, on the other hand, never got into an offensive rhythm and I credit their defense.’’