Florida high school girls basketball Class 5A Semifinal: Gainesville vs Northeast (Oakland Park) live updates

The 2025 Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) girls' basketball state championships resume with the Class 5A semifinal between the Gainesville Hurricanes and Northeast Hurricanes. High School on SI will be providing live coverage throughout the day.

Newberry Panthers guard Brandy Whitfield (1) pressures Gainesville Hurricanes Jamison Cardwell (0) in the first half. The Gainesville Hurricanes hosted the Newberry Panthers at Gainesville High School in Gainesville, FL on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. The Hurricanes defeated the Panthers 67-41. [Doug Engle/Ocala Star Banner] / Doug Engle/Gainesville Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Florida High School Athletic Association's (FHSAA) high school girls basketball state championships resume with the Gainesville Hurricanes taking on the Northeast (Oakland Park) Hurricanes.

Follow along at High School On SI for live updates throughout the afternoon to see who will be representing in the Class 5A championship game on Friday.

Gainesville is in the Final Four for the first time since 1987.

Northeast is in their first Final Four in program history.

(Keep refreshing page for live game updates)

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Gainesville	19	18	7	10	54
Northeast	7	15	14	16	52

PREGAME

The Class 5A semifinal between Gainesville and Northeast (Oakland Park) will tip-off at 1:02 p.m.

Gainesville Starting Lineup: Jamison Cardwell, Kendall Ruise, Jayden Terry, Sarah Collins, Mayah Gordon

Northeast Starting Lineup: Nykeria Flowers, Jazmine Jones, Summer Williams, Haline Bunbury, Ya'Niyah Young

1ST QUARTER

We are underway... Northeast wins the opening tip

Gainesville starting out 2-for-2 from behind the arc... 6-2 Gainesville

Five minutes left in the first quarter... 9-5 Gainesville

Midway through the first quarter... 12-5 Gainesville

Under two minutes left in the first quarter... 17-7 Gainesville

Timeout Northeast... 19-7 Gainesville with 22 seconds left in the opening quarter

End of 1st Quarter: Gainesville 19, Northeast (Oakland Park) 7

2ND QUARTER

Mayah Gordon (Gainesville) already in double figures, with a game-high 10 points... 21-9 Gainesville

Five minutes left in the second quarter... 26-11 Gainesville

Midway through the second quarter... 30-11 Gainesville

Jayden Terry (Gainesville) hits the seventh 3-pointer in the first half for the Hurricanes... 33-13 Gainesville

Timeout Gainesville... Gainesville leading 33-17 with 2:28 left in the opening quarter

Under two minutes left in the first half... 35-20 Gainesville

Halftime: Gainesville 37, Northeast (Oakland Park) 22

3RD QUARTER

Second half is underway

Six minutes left in the third quarter... 39-25 Gainesville

Timeout Northeast... Gainesville leading 41-29 with 3:58 left in the third quarter

Three minutes left in the third quarter... 41-29 Gainesville

Under two minutes left in the third quarter... 42-31 Gainesville

Timeout Gainesville... Northeast has cut the deficit to single digits, trail 42-35 with 1:01 left in the third quarter

End of 3rd Quarter: Gainesville 44, Northeast (Oakland Park) 36

4TH QUARTER

Six minutes remaining... Gainesville leading 50-38

4:39 left in the fourth quarter... Gainesville leading 50-43

Timeout Gainesville... Northeast on a 7-0 run, trail 50-45 with 4:16 left

Three minutes left in the fourth quarter... 52-45 Gainesville

Timeout Northeast... Gainesville leading 54-45 with 2:11 left

Timeout Gainesville... Northeast not going away trailing 54-49 with 1:06 left

54-49 Gainesville with 40 seconds remaining.

Timeout Northeast... 54-51 Gainesville with 22 seconds remaining

Final Score: Gainesville 54, Northeast 52: Gainesville advances to the Class 5A Championship on Friday at 5:00 p.m.