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Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: February 9, 2013 9:51:47 AM CST > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [Gainesville SUN]: UF seeks defensive rebound vs. > Mississippi St. > Reply-To: [email protected] > > UF seeks defensive rebound vs. Mississippi St. > > Florida head coach Billy Donovan wants to see defensive improvement after his > team gave up a season-high 80 points in Tuesday's loss at Arkansas. > > Matt Stamey/Staff photographer > By Kevin Brockway > Gainesville SUN Staff writer > Published: Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. > Last Modified: Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 12:36 a.m. > Even after giving up a season-high 80 points against Arkansas on Tuesday, > Florida remains second in the nation in scoring defense at 52.4 points per > game. > > Facts > Saturday's game > Who: No. 2 Florida Gators (18-3, 8-1 SEC) vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs > (7-14, 2-7 SEC) > When: 5 p.m. > Where: O'Connell Center, Gainesville > Gainesville-area TV: Sun Sports > Gainesville-area radio: AM-850, 103.7 FM > But Florida coach Billy Donovan doesn't want to hear about rankings after a > flat defensive effort on the road against the Razorbacks. > > “As of today, we are a really bad defensive team,” Donovan said. “Right now, > because that was our last game, we are a bad defensive team.” > > No. 2 Florida will try to regain its lost defensive focus today at home > against Mississippi State. Signs of UF's defensive slippage started in its > 78-64 win over Ole Miss last week. Though the Gators held the Rebels to 38.2 > percent from the floor, Ole Miss also shot 41.2 percent (7-of-17) from > 3-point range. > > The 3-point line was again a problem in UF's 80-69 loss Tuesday at Arkansas. > The Razorbacks started the game hot, making seven of their first nine 3-point > attempts, and finished 8-of-18 from that range. > > “It comes to that point in a game you can't do anything about that, but just > focus on just trying to make them feel uncomfortable and try to have them > take tough shots,” Florida senior guard Mike Rosario said. “I felt that we > let them get too comfortable from the beginning of the game, shooting the > ball from behind the arc and they took advantage of that.” > > Donovan said he felt like his players could have challenged more Arkansas > 3-point attempts early by getting their hands up. Also, Arkansas consistently > beat Florida defenders off the dribble. > > “We were a little bit loose on the defensive end as far as keeping those guys > out of the paint,” Rosario said. > > With the loss of one of its top defensive players, Florida will have a > tougher time regaining its defensive swagger. Junior forward Will Yeguete > underwent surgery Friday to remove bone chips in his knee and is out for four > to six weeks. Without the 6-foot-7, 240-pound Yeguete in the post, Donovan > said the Gators may be forced to play more double-teams in the post when > freshman DeVon Walker or junior Casey Prather play at the power forward spot. > > “A lot of it is probably going to be more based on who we are playing against > and where help needs to come from on certain matchups,” Donovan said. > > Florida is facing Mississippi State for the second time in two weeks. In the > first matchup in Starkville, Miss., on Jan. 26, Florida downed Mississippi > State 82-47, handing the Bulldogs their second-worst loss at Humphrey > Coliseum. Yeguete had four points and eight rebounds in the game. > > Mississippi State has lost seven straight and is rebuilding under first-year > coach Rick Ray. But given the upsets in college basketball this week, > including No. 1 Indiana losing at Illinois and No. 5 Kansas falling at TCU, > Florida players are wary of overlooking any team at this point in the season. > The Gators have responded from their previous two losses this season with > wins. > > “They're a college team that's capable of beating us so we have to approach > them just as we would approach any team, with a level of respect,” Florida > freshman guard Michael Frazier II said. “We have to look at film and see > where we could get better and go into that game mentally prepared.” > > FLORIDA PROBABLE STARTERS > > G Kenny Boynton 6-2 Sr. 13.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg > > G Mike Rosario 6-3 Sr. 12.2 ppg, 2.5 rpg > > G Scottie Wilbekin 6-2 Jr. 9.5 ppg, 5.0 apg > > F Erik Murphy 6-10 Sr. 12.7 ppg, 4.8 rpg > > C Patric Young 6-9 Jr. 11.0 ppg, 6.6 rpg > > MISSISSIPPI STATE PROBABLE STARTERS > > G Jalen Steele 6-3 Jr. 9.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg > > G Trivante Bloodman 6-0 So. 5.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg > > G Craig Sword 6-3 Fr. 9.9 ppg, 3.0 rpg > > F Colin Borchert 6-8 Jr. 7.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg > > F Gavin Ware 6-9 Fr. 8.6 ppg, 6.8 rpg > > Notes: Florida is 10-0 in the O'Connell Center this season. … The Gators are > 59-49 all-time against Mississippi State and 12-8 vs. the Bulldogs under > Billy Donovan. … Florida ranks second in the nation in scoring defense, > holding opponents to 52.4 points per game. The Gators have held 11 opponents > under 50 points and 15 opponents under 60 points. … Florida senior Kenny > Boynton has made at least one 3-pointer in 15 straight games. … Florida > freshman Michael Frazier II is 9 of his last 14 from 3-point range. … > Mississippi State freshman guard Fred Thomas is the Bulldogs' leading scorer, > averaging 10.6 points per game. … Mississippi State is shooting an SEC-worst > 28.3 percent from 3-point range. … The Gators are shooting 49.2 percent from > the floor and 39 percent from 3-point range. … Florida coach Billy Donovan > will be presented with a painting at halftime commissioned by the NCAA and > NABC that honors him as one of the 75 national champion coaches for the 75th > anniversary of the NCAA Tournament. The painting will be on display outside > Gate 1 of the O'Connell Center before the start of the game. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skol Vikes! > ALPCA #8756 > Europlate #1045 > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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