On the afternoon of his 22nd birthday Saturday, Patric Young blew out Texas A&M’s candles.
The Gators were battered bloodied Thursday night in Starkville, Miss., but coach Billy Donovan and company escaped with their 12th straight win despite an ugly first half, defeating Mississippi State 62-51.
The Gators stopped the Crimson Tide from extending its winning streak to three while making threes of their own.
The surging Crimson Tide is rolling into the O’Connell Center tonight.
Chris Walker has finally been freed.
Since Damontre Harris re-enrolled at Florida at the start of the semester, he has so far been successful in his attempts to work his way back into coach Billy Donovan’s good graces.
The Gators are one of the smallest teams in the Southeastern Conference.
Throughout his freshman campaign, point guard Kasey Hill’s shooting touch from beyond the arc has not been the smoothest.
From the day Patric Young stepped on Florida’s campus as a freshman in 2010, the 6-foot-9 center immediately drew comparisons to some of the NBA’s biggest stars, such as Dwight Howard and Amare Stoudemire.
Rebounds are not an issue if you are sinking threes at will. Florida showed that on Sunday against Auburn.
Throughout the 2013-14 season, the Houston Rockets have called Chandler Parsons their “glue guy.”
For the first three games of the season, the Gators’ offense went through Casey Prather. Nearly a third of the team’s total points scored came from the senior forward.
The Gators snapped their three-game skid with authority Sunday afternoon in the O’Connell Center.
Throughout the past few seasons, Florida has earned a reputation as one of the best defensive teams in the country. And Saturday afternoon against Tennessee, coach Billy Donovan’s call for desperation motivated UF to live up to that billing.
Although No. 6 Florida has moved away from being a traditional three-point shooting team this season, it needed to return to its old ways during Thursday night’s 68-62 win over Alabama.
Rebounding the ball was not an issue on Thursday night for the Gators, but rebounding from their current losing streak is.
Florida’s two wins against Alabama last season were not easy victories by any means.
The Gators’ Southeastern Conference schedule comes to a head tonight.
If there ever were a point during Billy Donovan’s tenure at Florida when he needed a deep bench, this would be the year.
Prior to Florida’s 68-61 win at Auburn on Saturday, coach Billy Donovan listed Casey Prather as active but doubted his senior forward would play much.
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