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Begin forwarded message: > From: Woody Bass <[email protected]> > Date: December 11, 2013 at 8:25:28 AM CST > To: Gatortalk <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatortalk] Gators Show Signs of Taking Shape in Impressive Win over > Kansas - GatorZone.com Mobile > Reply-To: [email protected] > > http://www.gatorzone.com/mobile/news/26886 > > Gators Show Signs of Taking Shape in Impressive Win over Kansas > > GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- No one can doubt that Kansas, with all those > lottery-pick underclassmen, have some the best players in the country. > > > > But after Florida’s 67-61 defeat of the Jayhawks Tuesday night, it’s clear > the Gators have one of the best teams in the country -- and one that should > only get better as guys get healthier and the roster takes shape over the > next few weeks. > > > > Senior point guard Scottie Wilbekin scored a season-high 18 points, dished > six assists and pilfered four steals, and 19th-ranked UF used a 21-point > first-half blitz to shell shock the 13th-ranked and turnover-plagued > Jayhawks, eventually finishing off a mega-quality win before a sold-out > O’Connell Center crowd of 12,423. > > > > UF (7-2) started four seniors and a sophomore, compared to KU’s four freshmen > and a sophomore. Debate away whether experience proved to be the difference > -- especially after watching Jayhawks rookie Andrew Wiggins go off for 26 > points and 11 rebounds, the only KU player in double figures -- but there are > very few situations the Gators have not collectively been in. > > > > “A lot of talented players that are one-and-done, if they have the > opportunity to go into the NBA right away, I think they should take that > opportunity,” UF center Patric Young said. “But the guys here are going to > develop and progress and go through battles together and know what it takes > to win. It's tough to beat guys like that; guys like us who have been through > stuff like that." > > > > Not that KU, which looms a dangerous team come March, didn’t give it a run. > > > > “Wiggins looked like a four-year player out there at the end,” Wilbekin joked > after seeing the 6-foot-8 forward being heralded as the potential No. 1 > overall pick in the NBA draft next June rain in a pair of late 3s to throw a > scare into the home team and crowd. “We did a good job of sticking to the > process, staying tough and staying together. When they started inching back > into the game, we handled it.” > > > > The Gators (7-2), winners of 21 straight at home, shot just 37 percent for > the game and were blasted 40-30 on the glass, but forced the Jayhawks (6-3) > into 24 turnovers -- KU’s previous high this season was 16 -- that led to 28 > points and allowed UF to build an 18-point first half lead. > > > > Florida led Kansas 36-21 at the break, but the Jayhawks awakened to score 40 > second-half points and managed to whittle the lead down to four, 65-61, with > 8.5 seconds to go. > > > > That’s when guard Kasey Hill, in his first game back since suffering a > high-ankle sprain Nov. 18, sank two free throws and basically iced the game. > > > > That would be Kasey Hill, the freshman. > > > > “We’re just now starting to come together and still got so much work to do,” > Hill said. “We’re going to get even better and we have more time to play > together.” > > > > Sophomore forward Dorian Finney-Smith came off the bench to score 15 points, > hitting four of his six 3-point attempts, and grab five rebounds. Young was > good for 12 points and six rebounds. Wilbekin, showing zero effects from the > ankle sprain that forced him from last week’s last-second loss at Connecticut > with three mintues to go, finished 7-for-12 from the floor and hit a couple > treys. > > > > The Gators, though, struggled to make just 20 of 34 free throws (58.8 > percent), with forward Casey Prather (12 points, 5 rebounds) making that > statistic respectable by hitting 10 straight in the second half to help stave > off the Jayhawks’ comeback. > > > > Good thing UF built that big lead. > > > > After watching his team start just 1-for-7 from the field -- with some really > bad offensive possessions -- Coach Billy Donovan slapped a 1-3-1 zone on KU > and put his bigs out front to harass the smaller Jayhawks guards. > > > > And off the Gators went on that 21-0 blitz. > > > > Kansas went nearly nine minutes without a point, as UF turned a 10-3 deficit > into a 24-10 lead before Perry Ellis made a driving runner to break the KU > drought at the 8:43 mark. > > > > Their previous field goal came at 15:51. > > > > “I think we should have had an electrical shortage and cancelled the game > after that,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “We played pretty well the first > four or five minutes, but we were awful after that. And Florida played > great.” > > > > Donovan and his coaches warned their players they had not seen the best of > the Jayhawks, but were about to. > > > > Seriously? Who scores 21 straight against one of the marquee programs in > college basketball history? > > > > “They’re going to come out and play hard,” Donovan said. > > > > KU went 6-for-12 from distance in the second half and went to the free-throw > line 15 times. Unlike the Gators, the Jayhawks made most of theirs (15 of 19 > for the game) and made things just uncomfortable enough, especially with UF > repeatedly going to the free-throw line. > > > > Prather finished 10-for-12 there, while his teammates combined to go > 10-for-22. > > > > It was enough. Barely. > > > > “These are the kind of wins that can define your regular season,” Wilbekin > said. “It was a big game, we all knew it, and we just wanted to come out and > get the W.” > > > > > > Woody (via iPhone) > -- > -- > 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. > 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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