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Florida SEC Champs Defeating Kentucky 61-60
The Gators survived a
furious rally by the Wildcats and capped a perfect run through the
Southeastern Conference with a one-point victory to capture the SEC
Tournament Championship 61-60. The Gators (32-2) will be the No.
1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and on the top line in the South
Region bracket. First Half Facts
Florida
opened the game by draining a pair of 3-pointers from Michael Frazier
before a jumper from Andrew Harrison gave UK its first basket of the
game.
The Gators earned its largest lead of the half at 14 points with 4:40 remaining.
Kentucky trailed by 10 at the break by a 40-30 margin. UK is 4-7 this season when trailing at halftime. Second Half Facts
A
pair of Patric Young baskets to begin the half stretched the lead back
to the largest of the game at 14 points. The Gators would eventually
push the lead to 16 at the 18:11 mark.
A 14-0 run over a 4:31 span
brought the Wildcats back to within one at 54-53 with 6:16 remaining.
UK forced the Gators into three turnovers during the spurt.
The
Gators responded by scoring five-consecutive points to once again
stretch the lead to a two possession game at 59-53 with 4:56 to play.
A
Young 3-pointer cut the deficit to just one at 61-60 with 1:31
remaining. UK then forced the Gators into a turnover on the other end.
An Andrew Harrison floater just rimmed out and the Gators claimed
possession. It took three fouls before Florida was in the bonus.
Florida
missed the front end of consecutive 1-and-1s, but UK’s final possession
shot attempt to win the game didn’t get off as the Wildcats lost
control of the ball on a handoff. HOME TEAM: Florida 32-2, 18-0
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
15 Yeguete, Will....... f 0-5 0-1 1-2 1 6 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 25
24 Prather, Casey...... f 4-9 0-0 3-5 4 1 5 1 11 1 2 0 4 31
04 Young, Patric....... c 6-9 0-0 2-4 3 2 5 4 14 0 2 3 0 21
05 Wilbekin, Scottie... g 4-11 3-8 0-3 0 3 3 1 11 6 2 0 2 38
20 Frazier, Michael.... g 5-8 4-6 0-0 0 5 5 3 14 0 2 0 0 30
00 Hill, Kasey......... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 2 3 1 0 1 16
10 Finney-Smith, Dorian 1-5 1-3 0-1 1 5 6 4 3 1 1 0 0 29
23 Walker, Chris....... 2-3 0-0 1-2 2 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1 3
25 Walker, Devon....... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7
TEAM................ 2 2 4 2
Totals.............. 23-53 8-19 7-17 13 25 38 22 61 12 13 3 9 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-30 46.7% 2nd Half: 9-23 39.1% Game: 43.4% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-13 46.2% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 42.1% REBS
VISITORS: Kentucky 24-10, 12-6
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
30 Randle, Julius...... f 1-7 0-1 2-4 2 5 7 2 4 1 2 2 1 29
44 Johnson, Dakari..... c 0-4 0-0 0-0 4 1 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 9
01 Young, James........ g 3-8 1-2 6-7 0 4 4 4 13 2 2 0 0 30
02 Harrison, Aaron..... g 6-17 2-7 2-2 1 1 2 0 16 2 1 0 0 40-
05 Harrison, Andrew.... g 1-5 0-1 8-8 0 4 4 4 10 2 3 0 0 37
00 Lee, Marcus......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
03 Polson, Jarrod...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
15 Cauley-Stein, Willie 4-6 0-0 2-4 3 8 11 2 10 1 0 5 2 34
22 Poythress, Alex..... 3-4 0-0 1-1 1 1 2 2 7 0 2 1 1 13
25 Hawkins, Dominique.. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
TEAM................ 1 1
Totals.............. 18-51 3-11 21-26 12 24 36 19 60 9 12 8 4 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-29 34.5% 2nd Half: 8-22 36.4% Game: 35.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-5 0.0% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 27.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-13 46.2% 2nd Half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 41.2% 2
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