What happened
Starkville, Miss. – in the second year Thomas HAUGH Flirted with a triple-double second year guard Denzel Aberdeen Equaled his Career High of 20 Points and the Wounded, Third-Ranked Florida Gators used a wicked blitz of defense and 3-pointers to start the second half and overtake 22nd-rranked mississippi state for a 81-68 Victory in their Southeastern Conference Game Tuesday Night in Humphrey Coliseum.
HAGH, which was spectacular on the bench in the upheaval on Saturday at N ° 1 Auburn, made two special performances in a row. He scored 16 points, seized nine rebounds and carded a career summit of eight career assists 37 minutes. He needed to be great too. Only 30 seconds from the game, starting and reigning the dry player of the week Alex Condon went with an ankle injury when he landed at the foot of Msu RJ melendez when While trying to jump for a basic incoming pass. Condon was transported in the locker room by team coaches, letting the Gators manage without two starters – fifth year guard Alijah Martin (Hip Pointer) was a scratch on the day of the match – with an average of 26 points combined and 13 rebounds per game.
Condon was diagnosed with a high cycle sprain and did not return, the Gators seeming to have dodged an injury ball.
Aberdeen, making his third consecutive departure and corresponding to the 20 points he scored against Texas A&M during the dry tournament last season, made a trio of 3s and took four rebounds in a career 36 minutes. Main guard Walter Clayton Jr. had 19 points and nailed four 3s for a second consecutive match. Main guard Will Richard had 10 points, with three 3s and a second year student Rueben ChinaiLu Intensified for the beaten front field with 10 points and six rebounds.
The UF, which won its third consecutive match, pulled 46% for the match – but 55 in the second period – and made 14 out of 36 of Deep (38.9%), while totaling 19 assists (giving them them 61 in the last three games).
The first half was a defensive game, the two teams pulling 36% and the state taking an advance of 34-33 in the locker room. The Gators have not lost time to take control in the second half. Aberdeen and Richard both hit 3S to start 9-0 run and force an expiration time for the Bulldogs. Out of the judgment, Clayton and Hagh hit 3S, then Aberdeen rinsed a run-out at the break, forcing another dead time from MSU. The UF push was 17 points. The Gators’ advance was 16, 50-34, and quickly swollen at 20 (and finally up to 24 years), the Bulldogs pursuing the rest of the game.
Second -year guard Josh Hubbard led the state with 19 points, but the bulldogs, who came as offensive n ° 19 in the country in global efficiency, were held by the Gators underloaded to 41.4% of the prosecution, seven on 27 (25.9%) remotely and hired 15 reversals that have turned into 20 UF points.
What it means
Bottom on back wins teams classified against Martin, then losing Condon. This team is really something in terms of mental tenacity. Make a fifth Victory of Quadrant 1, according to the NCAA (net) assessment tool, for the CV in the playoffs, with at least four other opportunities of this regular season. When the rest of the dry matches will be over on Wednesday evening, UF will not be worse than on equal in terms of third place in the League classification, because he jockeys for the sowing of dry and ncaa tournament.
Under the spotlight
Quick healing prayers for “condo”. And while you are there, the same for “A-Mart”, too.
Amazing statistics
Gators have defeated classified adversaries consecutive on the road for the first time Associated Press The classification era, which dates from the 1948-49 season. The two victories on the teams classified far from the house are the first time since the UF beat Virginia No. 24 in Orlando and No. 25 of Wisconsin in New York in the second and third rounds, respectively, of the NCAA tournament 2017.
The next
Florida (21-3, 8-3), after playing three of the last four on the road, obtains two home rights, starting with the call of the South Caroline House on Saturday evening (10-13, 0-10), which lost 10 consecutive (all in the league) before its date at home Wednesday evening against Ole Miss of the 19th. The Gators beat the Gamecocks, one of their three home and home opponents awarded for 2025, on a driving bank drawn by Richard with 4.2 seconds which raised a 70-69 victory on the road Last month. The state of the Mississippi (17-7, 5-6) welcomes Ole Miss on Saturday.
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