Oh please.. nothing wrong with what he did. Let them have fun. He wouldnt be saying that had they not gotten their butts beat.
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > Notebook: Horford not a fan of Martin's showboating > > By Kevin Brockway <http://www.gatorsports.com/personalia/kevinbrockway> > Gainesville SUN Staff writer > Published: Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 5:56 p.m.Last Modified: > Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 5:56 p.m. > > BATON ROUGE, La. — Florida senior center Jon Horford was not a fan of LSU > forward Jarell Martin's Globetrotters-style dunk late in the first half > against the Gators. > Enlarge > > Florida forward Jon Horford drives past LSU forward Jordan Mickey on > Saturday at LSU's Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, La. (Hilary > Scheinuk/ Baton Rouge Advocate) > > On a breakaway off a steal, the 6-foot-10 Martin rotated the ball > underneath his legs in transition before the slam that put the Tigers ahead > to stay 28-26. > > When asked about it, Horford insinuated it was a hot dog play. > > “I wish I was there,” Horford said. “If I was there, I would have tackled > him.” > > The dunk wound up being a turning point in LSU's eventual 70-63 win over > the Gators at the Maravich Assembly Center. It ignited the crowd of 9,203 > and was part of a 9-0 run late in the first half that put LSU ahead 33-26 > halftime. > > “The steal that Martin had, the basket he made, was huge,” LSU coach > Johnny Jones said. “I'm not sure at that time of the game we needed all of > the extra there. That is a lesson learned, but I'm glad it went in and we > were able to make the basket. At the same time, I thought it gave us a > great deal of energy, because we came right back on another steal on the > open floor and scored a basket.” > > For good measure, Martin closed the run with a deep 3-pointer at the > first-half buzzer, making the second straight game the Gators had an > opponent make a 3-pointer to close the half. Vanderbilt guard Riley > LaChance made a 3-pointer to put the Commodores up 25-19 at the half > Wednesday. > > *Hitting the glass* > > If there was a bright spot for the Gators on Saturday, it was on the > backboards. Florida outrebounded LSU 42-36 and scored 13 second-chance > points against the Tigers. > > Rebounding has been an issue on-and-off for the Gators throughout the > season, but without leading rebounder Dorian Finney-Smith (suspension), the > Gators outrebounded Vanderbilt by 10 (41-31) and LSU by six. > > Walk-on forward Jacob Kurtz had a near double-double with nine points and > eight rebounds. Horford had six points and nine rebounds, while freshman > forward Devin Robinson matched a career high with seven rebounds. > > “When Devin Robinson gets inside and rebounds like that, it helps us,” > Florida coach Billy Donovan said. > > *Etc.* > > Donovan remained at 499 career wins, dropping to 499-203 for his career. > Donovan will get his next crack at his 500th career win Tuesday night when > the Gators play at Missouri. … Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley > attended the game, as did Kurtz's parents, Laurie and Mike Kurtz. … With > the loss, Florida dropped to 1-14 when opponents score 60 or more against > them. The Gators are 12-0 when holding teams under 60 points. … Point guard > Kasey Hill finished with a season-high four steals. … The Gators dropped to > 2-7 on the road this season. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skål 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) > --- > 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/d/optout. > -- -- 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) --- 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/d/optout.
