At the start of the week, both the Gulf Coast men's and women's teams were prepping for a huge Panhandle Conference showdown at the Billy Harrison Field House against Chipola.
GC vs. Chipola game rescheduled to January 17th at 5:30pm and 7:30pm
The Gulf Coast men's basketball team picked up a much-needed 81-68 road victory over Pensacola State on Thursday night, while the No. 19 Commodore women suffered a heartbreaking 72-71 overtime loss to the No. 16 Pirates.
PANAMA CITY — Leading 60-59 with just under five minutes left, No. 19 Gulf Coast had a golden opportunity to get a signature victory in its Panhandle Conference opener against No. 1 Northwest Florida State.
Through his first 15 games as Gulf Coast coach, Rory Kuhn has faced nearly as many nationally-ranked opponents (seven) as not, as the No. 19 Commodores have navigated their way through a difficult pre-conference schedule with a respectable 11-4 record....
A 10-2 record through the first two months of a season has typically been nothing to get particularly excited about for a Gulf Coast women's basketball team over the past two decades.
While the end result was the same, Gaffney said Saturday's performance was a positive step for the Commodores after Thursday.
Given how late Rory Kuhn took over the Gulf Coast women's program and how hastily he had to put together an almost entirely new roster, some early season struggles would be more than understandable, they would be expected.
The Gulf Coast men's and women's basketball teams were again on the road this weekend, with the women winning a pair of games in Marianna and the Commodore men taking their first loss of the season in St. Petersburg.
The Gulf Coast men's and women's basketball teams opened hit the road Friday and Saturday in Niceville and Melbourne, respectively, with the men winning twice and the women splitting a pair of games.