What happened: A sexy showdown between Florida and its former standout keyyonte johnson It never happened, but he was certainly a factor in No. 5 Kansas State’s 64-50 victory over the Gators in Bram Raj Colism. Johnson had 13 points and 11 rebounds in 35 minutes. , but the real damage to the visitors came from the Wildcats’ 5-foot-8-point electric point guard. Mark Kiss Nowellhad a raucous sell-out crowd on hand for the SEC/Big 12 Challenge, which didn’t see a very competitive game after posting a nearly triple-double of 13 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists K-State had their best start in the last decade with an 18-3 record, scoring the first five points of the game and never being seriously threatened. The Wildcats had his 7th consecutive point and his 3rd consecutive fielding his goal, but the Gators over his 4 minutes he missed 8 straight shots (and 9 out of 10) and had 8 goals. Before the minute mark he was 14 behind. UF missed their final six shots of the period, but KSU scored the final 11 points to give the locker room a 37-16 lead, while the Gators shot just 20.7% (6 of 29). rice field. To their credit, the Florida players put up a second-half battle, scoring the first 10 points out of the locker room and coming close to within 11, despite limiting K State to just 31% in the second half. After starting the half with 8 of the first 16 shots, the Gators scored 4 of the remaining 13 shots. A -digit loss for the season while holding the Gators to their lowest points total in three years. UF led by fifth-year senior forward Colin Castleton 13 points, 8 rebounds, 4 block shots.five years guard Milleon Jones (11 points, 5 rebounds) and sophomore guard Will Richard (11 points, 6 rebounds) joined Castleton in double digits, but the team only shot 31% of the game and finished 4-of-22 (18.2%) from the 3-point line .
UF 5 year guard Milleon Jones active on Saturdays.
Its meaning: Another quadrant 1 opportunity, another loss. The Gators dropped to 1-7 in his Q-1 game, and that mark is another of his SEC/Big 12 games to Oklahoma (so far he lost Q2) to his No. 2 Alabama. It can be 1-8 after going to Clearly, losing to a top 5 team in a frenzied setting is nothing to be embarrassed about. Considering the Gators have never beaten a non-conference opponent in the top five on the street (now he’s 0-10). Regardless, they go to the next challenge of the hardest stage of the season. Probably the hardest for any team in college basketball. That concludes the SEC/Big 12 event (next season will see his SEC/ACC challenge debut), and UF finishes 6-4 in the game.
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Incredible stats: The last time Florida scored those few points was in a 63-51 home loss to Florida State on November 10, 2019. The Gators are now 2-31 against the top five teams on the road, and their final win is back. They faced No. 4 Kentucky in 1988 and won 58-56.
next: Florida (12-9, 5-3) returns to conference play and advances to second place in a four-game paddle wheel against national powerhouses. Next up, Tennessee’s No. 4 player (18-3, 7-1) visited Exactech Arena/O’Connell Center on Wednesday night. After beating No. 10 Texas 82-41 in the challenge matchup, the Volunteers are coming to town armed with one of the nation’s top defenses, with three league victories in a row.
