{"id":80917,"date":"2025-08-14T00:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/80917\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T00:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:51:12","slug":"shaquille-oneals-daughter-puts-world-on-notice-with-intense-workout-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/80917\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaquille O&#8217;Neal&#8217;s daughter puts world on notice with intense workout sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Shaquille O\u2019Neal\u2019s daughter, Me\u2019arah O\u2019Neal, is preparing for her sophomore year with the Florida Gators women\u2019s basketball team. While the men\u2019s squad conquered Division I basketball last season, O\u2019Neal and Co. ended the season with a 19-18 (5-11 in the conference) record after the Minnesota Golden Gophers beat them 66-52 in the semifinals of the Women\u2019s Basketball Invitational Tournament.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">O\u2019Neal felt a strong connection with the university since her visit in November 2023. The 6-foot-4 guard explained that she felt the Gators would give them the best opportunity to shine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">\u201cI went on the Florida visit, and I had a feeling that\u2019s where I belonged, and that I was going to be most successful if I went to go play at Florida,\u201d Me\u2019Arah said, via ESPN.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Heading into her second season in<a href=\"http:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/college-basketball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\"> college basketball<\/a>, O\u2019Neal is working hard to improve her game. She averaged 4.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per outing in 35 games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shaquille O\u2019Neal\u2019s daughter isn\u2019t running away from the grind\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">On Saturday, Me\u2019arah O\u2019Neal shared a series of photos on her Instagram profile, which included pictures of herself hitting the gym and lifting weights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">\u201csummers over\u2014 but i\u2019m just gettin started,\u201d she captioned the post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"break-word\">O\u2019Neal explained the influence coach Kelly Rae Finley has had on her, which is another factor why she feels playing for the Gators was the right decision for her career. Although she isn\u2019t a dominant as her father, Me\u2019arah O\u2019Neal is writing her own story, and this season could be the start of something good.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"leading-none\" href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/staff\/ecova\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/28922ba4-b8a7-4602-9c17-69523f2714ee.webp.webp\" alt=\"ernesto cova\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rounded-full\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-[14px] leading-[20px] min-h-[72px] md:min-h-[52px] mt-[10px] font-authorSignatureDescription hidden md:block\">Ernesto Cova is a bilingual (English-Spanish) sports writer with over eight years of experience covering major leagues such as the NBA, NFL, MLB, College Basketball, and international soccer. He rejoined Bolavip US as a collaborator after initially contributing to the platform since its inception in 2020, where he also served as a sub-editor in 2023. Ernesto specializes in daily sports news, producing 100% original content that includes trade rumors, player and team rankings, and more. Before returning to Bolavip US, he contributed to Fadeaway World and The Cold Wire, with a primary focus on the NBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shaquille O\u2019Neal\u2019s daughter, Me\u2019arah O\u2019Neal, is preparing for her sophomore year with the Florida Gators women\u2019s basketball team.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[402,398,400,401,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-80917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}