GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Interstat) — Kiyomi McMiller scored 31 points and Vanessa Harris added 26 as Florida defeated Bucknell 83-60 in a women’s NCAA Division I game at the O’Connell Center on Monday. McMiller, a 5-foot-9 guard from Silver Spring, Md., finished with six rebounds and five assists in 35 minutes. Harris, a 5-foot-10 guard, had six rebounds and one assist in 33 minutes. Florida improved to 1-0. Bucknell dropped to 0-1. Attendance was 1,116.

Florida took control early. McMiller opened the scoring with a pullup jump shot, and after Bucknell tied the game on Anna Kunzwiler’s jumper, the Gators moved ahead through Jordan Jones’s layup and free throw and Aurora Almón’s layup. Harris then scored on a turnaround jumper and a layup while drawing a foul, converting the free throw to push Florida’s lead. The Gators closed the first quarter with 3-pointers from Harris and Taliyah Parker and another Harris 3-pointer before McMiller’s jump shot helped Florida score 27 points in the opening quarter.

Bucknell answered in the second quarter. Elana Weisman hit a 3-pointer and converted a three-point play, while Tessa Liggio made a layup and Mariah Hardy added a jumper before halftime. Weisman led the Bison with 18 points, five rebounds, three assists and one block in 32 minutes. Liggio finished with five points, six rebounds and four assists in 29 minutes. Hardy had nine points, one rebound and two assists in 15 minutes. Florida led 42-25 at halftime.

The Gators extended their lead in the third quarter. Vivian Iwuchukwu opened the second half with a layup and a free throw, Harris added consecutive layups, and McMiller scored on a jump shot as Florida moved ahead 53-30. Bucknell responded with Weisman’s 3-pointer and later got a layup from Kaila Richards and a jumper from Hardy. McMiller closed the third quarter with a layup and free throw to send Florida into the fourth leading 62-42.

Florida put the game away in the fourth. Harris opened the quarter with a layup, McMiller hit two pullup jumpers, and Parker made a 3-pointer. Bucknell got 3-pointers from Ella Kreuzer and Weisman, and Reese Zemitis added a jump shot, but the Bison could not cut into the deficit. Jade Weathersby made a layup and Iwuchukwu added a layup as Florida stretched the lead. McMiller scored on a transition jumper and a driving layup, and Harris capped Florida’s scoring with a layup. Bucknell closed with a 3-pointer from Grace Feeney, a three-point play from Isabella Casey and two free throws from Anna Kunzwiler.

Almón had four points, 10 rebounds and one assist in 21 minutes for Florida. Weathersby had six points and five rebounds in 15 minutes. Zemitis finished with five points, five rebounds and one assist in 28 minutes for Bucknell. Kreuzer added eight points and four rebounds in 26 minutes. Jones had three points, six rebounds and one assist in 21 minutes for the Gators.

Florida shot 34 of 62 from the floor, 5 of 19 from 3-point range and 10 of 14 from the free-throw line. Bucknell shot 22 of 59 from the floor, 7 of 18 from 3-point range and 9 of 13 from the free-throw line. Florida had 11 offensive rebounds to Bucknell’s seven. Bucknell had eight assists to Florida’s seven. Bucknell committed nine turnovers, while Florida committed 12. Bucknell scored 60 points from 67 possessions and finished with an offensive rating of 89.3. Florida scored 83 points from 70 possessions with an offensive rating of 119.2.

Florida is scheduled to host UCF on Thursday. Bucknell is scheduled to visit Brown on Saturday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Florida 64, Bucknell 51. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Florida with a 98.9 percent probability to win.