Pryor Leads Aggies Past Florida, 74-66, For First SEC Win

Thursday, January 8

Gainesville, Fla.

6:00 PM

Texas A&M

8-4,1-2SEC

Florida

12-6,0-3SEC

Texas A&M

Florida

Jan 08, 2026 | Women's Basketball

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By: Brandon Collins, Athletics Communications

GAINESVILLE – The Texas A&M women's basketball team defeated Florida, 74-66, at Exactech Arena Thursday night behind Ny'Ceara Pryor's 18 points, 12 assists, six steals and five rebounds.

On the heels of a tough overtime loss at Georgia, Texas A&M (8-4, 1-2 SEC) capitalized on an early double-digit lead behind Pryor and Fatmata Janneh who scored a season-high 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds. The Maroon & White defense held the nation's fourth leading scorer in Florida's (12-6, 0-3 SEC) Liv McGill to just 16 points on 18 shots. McGill was averaging 24.5 points per game heading into Thursday's contest.

The Aggies were hitting on all cylinders in the first quarter, shooting 64.7% (11-of-15) from the field, including four triples, and taking a double-digit advantage into the second quarter, 26-16. The Texas A&M defense held the Gators to zero made field goals for the final 6:37 of the first frame. Pryor and Janneh dominated in opening quarter, with Janneh scoring nine points and Pryor dishing out six dimes. However, the pair picked up two fouls each in the first 10 minutes.

The Maroon & White and UF played to a stalemate in the second quarter, which benefited the Aggies as they retained their 10-point lead going into the locker room, 39-29. Pryor finished the half with eight points, seven assists and two steals despite the two early fouls. Pitching in huge minutes was Pien Steenbergen who scored eight points in 10 minutes of action during the first half.

The Aggies and Gators traded blows to open the second half and UF cut its deficit to just four with 4:06 left in the third. Texas A&M responded with a 6-0 run and ultimately went into the fourth period up 56-47.

The fourth quarter turned into a free-throw shooting contest down the stretch, where the Aggies hit 10-of-14 shots from the charity stripe to keep UF at bay. Texas A&M won 74-66 to earn its first SEC win of the year.

Texas A&M returns to the hardwood at Reed Arena Sunday to take on No. 7 Vanderbilt at 2 p.m.

POSTGAME NOTES
RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

The Aggies are now 12-6 all-time against Florida and 5-3 in Gainesville.
Joni Taylor's career record moves to 186-131 all-time and to 46-56 in her four seasons with the Aggies.

TEAM NOTES

Texas A&M began with a starting lineup of Ny'Ceara Pryor, Janae Kent, Salese Blow, Lauren Ware, Fatmata Janneh (4-2).
The Aggies had the lead for 39:48 minutes of the game and never trailed.
Texas A&M is 8-1 this season when taking a lead into the fourth quarter and 42-6 during the Taylor era.
The Maroon & White is 40-3 during Taylor's tenure when building a 10+ point lead.

Individual Notes
Fatmata Janneh

Scored a season-high 22 points and surpassed 1,000 for her career.

Ny'Ceara Pryor

Pryor dished out 12 dimes on the night to eclipse the 500 mark for her career. She is 12 points away from surpassing the 2,000-point plateau. She will become just the sixth player in NCAA history to record 2,000 points, 500 assists and 400 steals.
Registered her fourth double-double of the season with 18 points and 12 assists.
Made a season-high 10 FT attempts, converting 10-of-13 in the game.

Emerald Parker

Grabbed a season-high six rebounds off the bench.

Pien Steenbergen

Had a season-high eight points and season-best 18 minutes of action.

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