Lady Gators add 5-star PG to 2024 class

The Florida Gators women’s basketball team added five-star point guard Alivia McGill to its 2024 recruiting class on Monday, according to an announcement video she posted to social media.

The 5-foot-7-inch tall Hopkins (Coon Rapids, Minnesota) product is ranked No. 19 overall on ESPN’s 2024 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings, also known as the Super 60. It’s the second-straight year that Florida has locked down a five-star recruit for the women’s basketball team. Laila Reynolds, the team’s five-star signee in the 2023 cycle, will join the team this upcoming season, and McGill is set to arrive in Gainesville for the 2024-25 campaign.

McGill averaged 14 points and three assists per game as a junior. She led Hopkins to a second-place finish in Minnesota’s Class 4A state championship and is likely looking to win it all next year before heading off to college.

Women’s basketball head coach Kelly Rae Finley has changed the program dramatically over the past few years. Two seasons ago, Florida was still dealing with a coaching abuse scandal that put a cloud over the program for some time. Then, superstar Lavender Briggs transferred to Maryland, and things looked bleak for the Gators.

Now, Finley has two five-star recruits headed to the Swamp and things look like they are taking a turn for the better. Here’s hoping they do.

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