Sunday was not good to the Gators. Soccer, Volleyball, and Men's basketball all lost.
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 23, 2015 at 7:01:58 AM CST > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Purdue boils Florida in tipoff tournament > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Purdue boils Florida in tipoff tournament > > By Kevin Brockway > Gainesville SUN Staff writer > Published: Sunday, November 22, 2015 at 8:25 p.m. > Last Modified: Sunday, November 22, 2015 at 8:25 p.m. > UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Florida’s first test against a ranked team in the Mike > White era ended up with a failing grade -- on defense. > > > Enlarge | > Purdue's Rapheal Davis, center, keeps the ball from Florida's Chris Chiozza, > left, and Devin Robinson during the first half Sunday at the Hall of Fame > Tipoff Tournament in Uncasville, Conn. > The Associated Press > The Gators couldn’t stop No. 21 Purdue inside or outside in an 85-70 loss > Sunday in the finals of the Hall of Fame Tipoff at Mohegan Sun Arena. > > The loss exposed some weaknesses for UF (3-1) on the defensive end of the > floor against a high-level opponent. > > “Purdue is just really good,” said White, following his first loss as UF’s > coach. “I’m not very pleased with a lot of the things we did, especially > defensively. But the better team beat us.” > > The Gators actually outscored Purdue 36-32 in the paint, but while collapsing > inside to contend with Purdue’s big men, couldn’t rotate quick enough to > guard the 3-point line. The Boilermakers went 11-26 from 3-point range, while > Florida shot just 6 of 20 from beyond the arc. > > White said the Gators stressed defending the 3-point line going into the game > as much as they stressed defending Purdue’s trio of big men -- 7-foot-2 > center Isaac Haas, 7-foot forward A.J. Hammons and 6-9 freshman forward Caleb > Swanigan. > > “We knew those big guys could make hard, contested shots, whether they are > turn-around jumpers or jump hooks with either hand,” White said. “There’s not > really a lot you can do about that. They make six, seven, 10 jump hooks over > length, so be it, we better defend that 3-point line. They beat us in all > areas defensively.” > > The 85 points is the most the Gators have given up in a game since losing > 85-83 to Rutgers in double-overtime on Dec. 29, 2011. It’s the most points > the Gators have given up in regulation since losing 93-75 to Ohio State on > Nov. 16, 2010. > > “It was all about effort and communication tonight,” Florida sophomore point > guard Chris Chiozza said. “We watched film at halftime and it seemed like we > didn’t put up much of a fight on the defensive end. We didn’t talk much on > defense. That hurt us too.” > > Purdue also outrebounded the Gators 43-34, holding Florida to just eight > second-chance points. Florida came into the game with a rebounding margin of > plus-16.3 against three smaller teams to start the season. > > “Their physicality took a toll on us, for sure,” White said. > > The Gators were competitive for 30 minutes, cutting Purdue’s lead to 63-60 on > an Egbunu layup with 8:54 remaining. But the Boilermakers responded with a > 12-0 run to break the game open. It started with a 3-pointer from Dakota > Mathias and continued when, off pretty ball movement, backup point guard P.J. > Thompson hit a corner 3-pointer to put Purdue up 69-60. > > Hammons extended Purdue’s lead to 71-60 with a 15-foot jumper. Then, off a > Chiozza turnover, Raphael Davis hit a breakaway layup in transition to put > Purdue up 73-60 with 6:28 left. Florida trailed by as many as 22 points in > the closing minutes. > > Egbunu led Florida with 19 points before leaving the game with two minutes > remaining due to leg cramping issues. Senior forward Dorian Finney-Smith > added 17 points for the Gators and freshman guard KeVaughn Allen scored a > career-high 12 points. > > Davis led five Purdue scorers in double figures with 18 points. Thompson > added 15 points off the bench for the Boilermakers and set a physical tone > when he wrested the 6-foot-11 Egbunu to the floor on a tie up with 11:30 left > in the game. > > “For him to come in and play at a high level off the bench for them had a big > impact in the game,” White said. > > Florida’s point guard play, on the other hand, was more shaky. Starter Kasey > Hill struggled from the floor, going 1 of 8 with two points and two assists. > Chiozza had eight points, one assist and one turnover in 19 minutes. > > “Defensively, I don’t think either one was great tonight, and we needed to be > great, not only our point guards, our entire roster needs to be great,” White > said. “Offensively, it obviously wasn’t Kasey’s night. I’m sure he’s as > disappointed as anyone. I thought that he was aggressive. He got in the paint > for us. He just couldn’t convert.” > > The Gators trailed by as many as 10 points in the first half, but took a > brief 38-37 lead with 1:03 left on a driving layup by Allen. But Purdue > closed the half with a 6-0 run. Thompson began it with a 3-pointer. A key > mistake followed when, with Florida down 42-38 with the ball with 5.2 seconds > left, Finney-Smith and Hill had a miscommunication on an in-bounds play. > Thompson stole Finney-Smith’s errant in-bounds pass and was fouled, making 1 > of 2 free-throws to put Purdue up 43-38 at halftime. > > Finney-Smith, who scored 13 of his 17 points in the first half, took blame > for the mistake. > > “That changed the momentum of the game,” Finney-Smith said. “Me and Kasey, as > vets, we’ve got to do a better job of communicating better. Things like that > can’t happen, especially against good teams.” > > FREE THROWS: The announced crowd of 3,813 at Mohegan Sun Arena was about 70 > percent Purdue fans, 30 percent Gator fans. … Among fans in the crowd > included 2017, 6-foot-9 power forward prospect Tomas Murphy, the younger > brother of Gator forward Alex and Erik Murphy. Tomas Murphy said he’s had > conversations with White and visited the UF campus over the summer. He plans > to visit UF again next spring. … Finney-Smith, who averaged 15 points in two > games against St. Joe’s and Purdue, was named to the all-tournament team. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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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