I hear you! I was concerned at the half, but decided to stay up and pray. My prayers were indeed answered! Go Gators!! I thought they hung in there and played hard in the 2nd half.
SHANE Sent From Shane's iPhone Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! ALPCA #8756 Europlate #1045 > On Feb 17, 2016, at 10:57 AM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > > This was worth staying up for. Georgia led by 6 points at the half. > Back and forth the whole second half. The camera panned the crowd at the end. > Pretty sure I heard a lot of Gator fans in the crowd when we went up by four > at the end. > It was so gratifying to see the Georgia fans with the stunned look! Ha ha ha… > Take it Dog Meat!!! > > And… We only have 199 days to go!! > 100 until Darlene starts the Count Down! > > Woohoo!!! > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > Real Estate Broker > PARKS > 305B Indian Lake Blvd > Suite 220 > Hendersonville TN 37075 > Phone: 615-826-4040 > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > [email protected] > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Shane Ford > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 6:47 AM > To: GatorNews > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Allen guides Gators to win over Georgia > > Allen guides Gators to win over Georgia > > > > Georgia's J.J. Frazier walks off the court as time expires while Florida's > KeVaughn Allen celebrates in the background. Allen finished with a game-high > 19 points as the Gators topped the Bulldogs 57-53. (The Associated Press) > > By Kevin Brockway > Gainesville SUN Staff writer > > Published: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 10:44 p.m. > Last Modified: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 10:44 p.m. > ATHENS, Ga. — Florida kept defending through its shooting woes Tuesday night > against Georgia. > > Then, freshman guard KeVaughn Allen heated up just in time. > > Allen hit UF’s go-ahead 3-pointer with 3:25 remaining, and Florida stiffened > down the stretch for a 57-53 win over Georgia at Stegeman Coliseum. > > Allen’s 3-pointer put Florida up 50-47, and a dunk from center John Egbunu > off a dish from point guard Kasey Hill put Florida up 52-47 with 2:01 left. > > But Georgia guard Kenny Gaines hit a miracle 3-pointer that bounced off the > iron, five feet in the air, and landed back through the basket that cut UF’s > lead to 52-50. Sophomore point guard Chris Chiozza made two free throws to > put Florida up 54-50, but Gaines again hit another 3 to cut Florida’s lead to > 54-53 with 24.8 seconds left. > > Senior forward Dorian Finney-Smith followed with two clutch free throws to > put Florida back up 56-53, and Gaines failed to come through a third time, > missing a deep 3-point attempt with four seconds remaining. Allen made one of > two free throws to close out the game. > > Allen led the Gators with 19 points, with Egbunu adding 10 points. The > 6-foot-2 guard from North Little Rock, Ark. scored 14 points in the second > half. > > “The first half, I really couldn’t find a rhythm, to get my shot,” Allen > said. “But in the second half I think I really had found it.” > > Egbunu said Allen’s big shots helped fuel the team on the defensive end. > > “It’s amazing,” Egbunu said. “I tell him all the time I’m really happy for > him. He takes big shots, he takes really tough ones, and he still hits. So > that’s really good. We’re happy for him and we’re all rooting him. He hit > some really big shots down the stretch that gave us the boost we needed.” > > Florida (17-9, 8-5 SEC) overcame shooting 36.4 percent from the field and 20 > percent from 3-point range (5-25) by holding Georgia (14-10, 7-6 SEC) to just > 32.3 percent from the floor. > > “That’s the way it should be,” Florida coach Mike White said. “That’s how you > should play. You can’t rely on seeing the basket go through the net for you > to play hard. We’ve done it a few times this year.” > > Florida picked up its third road win of the season and bounced back from a > 61-55 home loss to Alabama on Saturday. It’s a good start to back-to-back > games on the road that concludes Saturday at South Carolina, which lost to > Missouri earlier Tuesday night. > > “To win anywhere on the road is difficult, especially coming off a really > tough emotional loss, on a quick turn, it seemed like we played Alabama just > yesterday,” White said. “Hopefully it will give us confidence. Hopefully it > will show our guys what we’re capable of.” > > Florida trailed by as many as seven points in the second half, but rallied > behind Allen, who made a pair of 3-pointers during an 8-0 run that put > Florida up 34-33. > > The Gators led 41-38 on a driving layup by sophomore forward Devin Robinson, > but Georgia answered by getting to the foul line. First, Egbunu was whistled > for his third foul, which led to two free throws by Yante Maten to cut UF’s > lead to 41-40. Then Robinson was caught in the air and landed on Georgia > guard Charles Mann as he fired up a 3-point attempt. Mann made two of three > free throws to put Georgia up 42-41. > > Florida tweaked its starting lineup, going with Hill over Chiozza at point > guard and Justin Leon at small forward instead of Robinson. > > Leon and Hill combined to score UF’s first six points and teamed up on a > steal to give the Gators an early 6-3. But Florida then dropped into its funk > of missed 3-point attempts. > > Florida missed its first nine 3-point attempts before Allen made a 3-pointer > on an inbounds play to tie the score at 18. But Florida would close the half > missing its next seven 3-point attempts to go 1 of 17 from 3-point range in > the first half. > > The Gators couldn’t establish much inside because Egbunu again got in foul > trouble. Egbunu picked up his second foul at the 7:19 mark in the first half > and played just eight first-half minutes. > > Like Florida, Georgia struggled from the field in the first half. But the > Bulldogs outscored the Gators 15-4 in second-chance points, and shot 40 > percent from 3-point range (4-10), the key to taking a 25-19 halftime lead. > > The Bulldogs closed the half with a 7-1 run. Maten hit a 3-pointer to put the > Bulldogs up 21-18, then freshman Derek Ogbeide followed with an inside hook > shot to put Georgia up 23-18. > > After Leon made one of two free throws for the Gators, Frazier made a > baseline jumper with 32 seconds left to put Georgia up 25-19 at halftime. > > It was UF’s lowest scoring first half since trailing 30-19 at the half Jan. > 26. But White was encouraged the Gators had only three turnovers in the first > half. The Gators finished the game with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 10 to > 6. > > “The message was with our guys, we’re doing a lot of really good things,” > White said. “If we can just make a couple of shots. But if we let up > defensively, Georgia’s gonna score 70 and I’m afraid we’re not going to be > capable of doing that.” > > FREE THROWS: Florida improved to 3-6 on the road this season. … Florida > announced Tuesday that its game Feb. 27 at LSU will tip at 8:30 p.m. and air > on ESPN. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. -- -- 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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