Florida A&M women’s basketball is on the brink of a breakthrough.
At least that’s what newly-extended head coach Bridgette Gordon expects as she enters her fourth season at the helm this winter.
FAMU tasted success during the 2026 season, winning its first-ever Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament game by beating Bethune-Cookman in the first round of March’s tournament. Then the eight-seed Rattlers felt heartbreak a day later, being eliminated by top-ranked Alabama A&M in a closely contested 72-68 loss in Atlanta, ending with a 9-22 record.
But Gordon’s Rattlers may have gotten the biggest win of all.
They graduated four players, and did something unheard of in the current state of college athletics ― no NCAA Transfer Portal departures. That means FAMU will have key players from the 2025 season, headlined by its All-SWAC second-team point guard, Tahyjia Purifoy.
At least that’s what newly-extended head coach Bridgette Gordon expects as she enters her fourth season at the helm this winter.
FAMU tasted success during the 2026 season, winning its first-ever Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament game by beating Bethune-Cookman in the first round of March’s tournament. Then the eight-seed Rattlers felt heartbreak a day later, being eliminated by top-ranked Alabama A&M in a closely contested 72-68 loss in Atlanta, ending with a 9-22 record.
But Gordon’s Rattlers may have gotten the biggest win of all.
They graduated four players, and did something unheard of in the current state of college athletics ― no NCAA Transfer Portal departures. That means FAMU will have key players from the 2025 season, headlined by its All-SWAC second-team point guard, Tahyjia Purifoy.
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