Ok, I see now why it wasn't picked up by television. It was boring except for watching our new players get in there for the first time. I picked it up at the start of the 2nd half. The Sailfish looked like little children next to us.
Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI, SFR Real Estate Broker PARKS 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Mobile: 615-972-4239 Office: 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: November 6, 2015 at 6:19:40 AM CST > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators show balance scoring in exhibition > basketball win > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Gators show balance scoring in exhibition basketball win > > > First-year Florida coach Michael White watches the action on the court > Thursday at the O'Connell Center. The Gators beat the Palm Beach Atlantic > Sailfish 89-42. > Andres Leiva/Correspondant > By Kevin Brockway > Gainesville SUN Staff writer > Published: Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 9:12 p.m. > Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 9:12 p.m. > Florida coach Mike White peered down the stat sheet shortly after his team's > 89-42 exhibition win Thursday over Palm Beach Atlantic and one number stood > out. > > “Twenty-three turnovers,” White said. “That's scary.” > > The Gators turned the ball over 23 times, including 16 in the half, but > forced 30 turnovers in the frenetic-paced win. Five Florida players scored in > double figures, led by 12 points apiece from senior forward Dorian > Finney-Smith, sophomore forward Devin Robinson and freshman guard KeVaughn > Allen. Sophomore center John Egbunu had 11 points and six rebounds while > sophomore guard Chris Chiozza had 11 points and seven assists. > > On the plus side, White said he was pleased with the energy level the Gators > played with against a Division II opponent. Florida won its 25th straight > exhibition game, dating back to 2002. > > The fast pace that Florida played with had its desired effect. Florida wore > down Palm Beach Atlantic, outscoring the Sailfish 50-21 in the second half. > > “A big fear is that you come out and kind of go through the motions at times > and in these type of opportunities,” White said. “I thought they played with > a lot of maturity in that regard. They were flying around the court. They > played with a lot of intensity. I thought that the press and the pressure > were big factors in the game.” > > But turnovers were a big concern following the game, even for Gator players. > > “If we turn the ball over like that against a Division I team,” junior point > guard Kasey Hill said, “we'd lose by 20 points.” > > The Gators outscored undersized Palm Beach Atlantic 40-20 in the paint and > 30-16 on turnovers. Going with a starting lineup of Egbunu at center, > Finney-Smith at power forward, DeVon Walker at small forward, Hill at point > guard and Allen at shooting guard, the Gators jumped to a quick 9-2 lead. > > White shuttled players in and out throughout the game, using 16 different > players in all. But in the first half, senior forward Alex Murphy went down > with a right foot injury on a drive and did not return. Murphy had to be > helped off the court and will have an MRI done Friday to assess the extent of > the injury. > > The Gators led 39-21 at halftime, with Allen scoring 10 of the points. > > “I felt he could have even been more aggressive,” White said. > > White said he felt the turnovers could have been jitters in playing in front > a crowd for the first time. > > “But some of it is decision making, not coming to a jump stop and a guy gets > in front of you and takes a charge,” White said. “Five or six of our > turnovers were just on passes that should not have been made at all. Some of > it is simple accuracy in passing, where I thought we hit the right guys but > we threw it at their feet, and were bobbling balls. We had a couple of loose > balls that we tried to dribble out of instead of sticking our nose in there > and grabbing it with two hands and then we had our bigs handling the ball a > little bit too much as well.” > > The Gators overcame those miscues by shooting 3-pointers over Palm Beach > Atlantic's zone, going 11 for 27 (40.7 percent) from 3-point range. Robinson > was 3 for 4 from beyond the arc. > > But Florida's free-throw shooting woes from last season carried over into the > exhibition opener as well. The Gators went 10 of 27 (37 percent) from the > line. > > “Coach has stressed that a lot in practice,” Egbunu said. “I feel like a lot > of it is just focusing when we get to the free-throw line, being patient.” > > FREE THROWS: Former Florida coach Billy Donovan's son, Billy, attended the > game. The former UF walk-on is coaching JV basketball at Ocala Trinity > Catholic. … The last time Florida forced 30 turnovers in a regular-season > game was Feb. 5, 2000 against Georgia. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. 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