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Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: February 20, 2016 at 9:09:45 AM CST > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators expecting close encounters against > Gamecocks > Reply-To: [email protected] > > I'm sorry... The one I just posted is not readable. Delete that one and use > this one. > ~SF > > > Gators expecting close encounters against Gamecocks > By Kevin Brockway > Gainesville SUN Staff writer > Friday, February 19, 2016 10:08 PM > > There are different ways to measure toughness on the basketball court. > > From a physical standpoint, Florida will need to be at its toughest Saturday > when it takes on South Carolina in the second of back-to-back road games. > > South Carolina plays a bare-knuckles brand of basketball. The Gamecocks rank > first in the SEC and eighth in the nation in offensive rebounds (14.3 per > game), first in the SEC in rebounding margin (plus-7.7) and first in the SEC > in turnovers forced (15.3). > > South Carolina drives the ball to the basket and draws fouls. The Gamecocks > are getting to the free-throw line 29.5 times per game, which ranks second > nationally behind Howard University. > > “I don't know if we can match it, but the effort will be to try to hold it in > the road, to try not to be too out-physicalled,” Florida coach Mike White > said. “The rebounding margin can't be lopsided. The fight within the game > can't be lopsided, that's obviously what they pride themselves on and we do, > too.” > > White said the Gamecocks are in the “99th percentile” of college basketball > in terms of the level of physicality in which they play. The first-year > Florida coach credited the job South Carolina coach Frank Martin has done in > turning the program around. After finishing 17-16 last season and tied for > 11th in the SEC, South Carolina enters Saturday's matchup with Florida 21-5 > and in position for its first NCAA Tournament berth in 12 years. > > “Frank's done an unbelievable job in rebuilding that program and I respect > the way that they play and how hard they play.” White said. “What probably > will be the biggest factor in the game in the first five minutes is doing > what we can to play as hard as we possibly can, and again, to do our best to > try to hold that physicality in the road.” > > And yet, South Carolina will be coming into the matchup with a tinge of > desperation following back-to-back losses to the SEC's best team (Kentucky at > home) and SEC's worst team (Missouri on the road). > > "It's gonna be a high intensity game,” Florida senior forward Dorian > Finney-Smith said. “They play hard, they always play us hard. We know it's > gonna be a battle, so (we need to) just try to go in there knowing that we > gotta raise our intensity level." > > Finney-Smith said the key for the Gators will be getting off to a good start. > South Carolina is expecting a sellout Saturday and the crowd could become a > factor if the Gators fall behind early. > > “We went on the road against Kentucky, they hopped on us quick,” Finney-Smith > said. “We can't allow them to get up on us quick early in the game … we're > gonna have to face a lot of adversity, we just gotta get through it together." > > Florida showed it could handle adversity on the road, rallying from down > seven points in the second half to win at Georgia 57-53 on Tuesday. It was > UF's best defensive effort since falling 58-52 at Michigan State in a > hard-fought game last December. Sophomore center John Egbunu had five blocked > shots for the Gators against Georgia, the most for a Gator player in an SEC > road game in the past 20 years. The 6-foot-11, 249-pound Egbunu is one of > UF's most physical players, but will need to avoid foul trouble, which has > been an issue. > > “He's a more consistent defender right now than he was a couple months ago, > hands down,” White said of Egbunu. “Is he where you want to see him? Has he > maxed out as a defender? Absolutely not. And he understands that.” > > White said Egbunu needs to stay engaged on the defensive end of the floor > regardless of how his game is going offensively. > > “A lot of players are like this, especially bigs, when the ball goes in for > you a little bit, you tend to play a little bit harder and you tend to do the > dirty work at a higher level,” White said. “Early second half (against > Georgia), when he got himself going, all of a sudden he becomes the best > defender on the floor for a little while. That's something that he can at > least attempt to control from the tip whether he's scoring or not. That'll > continue to be the challenge to him.” > > PROBABLE STARTERS > > Florida > > G;KeVaughn Allen;6-2;Fr.;11.9 ppg;2.6 rpg > > G;Kasey Hill;6-1; Jr.;8.0 ppg;3.0 apg > > F;Justin Leon;6-8; Jr.;4.9 ppg;3.0 rpg > > F;Dorian Finney-Smith;6-8; RSr.;15.1 ppg;8.1 rpg > > C;John Egbunu;6-11; RSo.;10.8 ppg;6.6 rpg > > South Carolina > > G;Sindarius Thornwell;6-5;Jr..;12.8 ppg;4.8 rpg > > G;P.J. Dozier;6-6; Fr.;7.4 ppg;3.4 rpg > > F;Mindaugas Kacinas; 6-7; Sr.;9.6 ppg;2.3 rpg > > F;Michael Carrera; 6-5;Sr.;14.6 ppg;7.4 rpg > > F;Chris Silva;6-9;Fr.;5.8 ppg;4.7 rpg > > Notes: Florida is 43-32 all-time against South Carolina, 21-13 in Columbia, > S.C. … The Gators are coming off a 57-53 win at Georgia to improve to 3-6 on > the road this season and 2-4 on the road in the SEC. … In UF's two SEC road > wins (Ole Miss, Georgia), freshman guard KeVaughn Allen has averaged 23 > points per game on an average of 12 shot attempts per game. … The Gators are > looking to break out of a recent shooting slump. Florida is just 8 for its > last 46 from 3-point range (17.4 percent). In the Georgia win, Florida did > make 4 of its last 6 3-point attempts after starting the game 1 for 19. > Florida is 13th in the SEC in 3-point shooting at 31.5 percent. “We've been > pretty committed in getting a bunch of shots and a bunch of free throws in > practices over the last two months,” White said. “I think overall it's > helped. It hasn't helped every single night of course. Hopefully, the law of > averages kicks in a little bit, and maybe one of these next few games we'll > see a really good shooting night.” … Florida center John Egbunu is one dunk > away from becoming the ninth player in UF history to reach 50 dunks in a > season. Patric Young was the most recent player to reach the 50-dunk mark (56 > in 2011-12) and Joakim Noah is the only UF player to reach that plateau > twice. … South Carolina is 6-5 in its last 11 games after starting the season > 15-0. … South Carolina junior guard Duane Notice is averaging 11.4 points per > game off the bench and shooting 41.7 percent from 3-point range. … In > addition to being South Carolina's best rebounder, Michael Carrera is SC's > top 3-point shooter at 46.6 percent (41-88). … The Gamecocks are 13-1 at home > this season. > > Contact Kevin Brockway at 352-374-5054 or [email protected]. Also check > out Brockway's blog at Gatorsports.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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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