3-Gor! His name is Egor. Sent From Shane's iPhone Go Gators! & Skål Vikes!
> On Nov 14, 2017, at 9:29 AM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > > What was his nickname? The other players were using it last night, but I > couldn’t get it. > > 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 Woody > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 7:24 AM > To: Gatortalk > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Koulechov leads Gators over > Gardner-Webb in opener > > I am going to have to get used to seeing a Russian name and not automatically > thinking it is about hockey. > > > > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 8:05 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > Koulechov leads Gators over Gardner-Webb in opener > By > Kevin Brockway > (Gainesville SUN) - > November 13, 2017 > 12 > 237 > Florida guard Egor Koulechov (4) shoots over Gardner-Webb guard Jamaal > Robateau (0) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in > Gainesville, Fla., Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. Florida won 116-74. (AP Photo/Ron > Irby) > Florida graduate transfer forward Egor Koulechov took a trip into the crowd > shortly after his record-setting performance in UF’s season-opening 116-74 > win Monday over Gardner-Webb. > > After a radio interview ended, Koulechov stepped into the student section and > was mobbed by the Rowdy Reptiles that remained. > > “I was happy this day came,” Koulechov said. “I’ve been waiting for it since > I came here. It’s a great environment, a great program. It’s a lot of fun > especially when you are winning.” > > Behind 34 points, five assists and five rebounds from Koulechov, the No. 8 > Gators rolled over Gardner-Webb before 8,604 at Exactech Arena. The 6-foot-5 > grad transfer forward from Rice went 11 of 17 from the field and 6 of 9 from > 3-point range to match Tom Baxley (Dec. 1, 1962 against Miami) for the most > points by a Gator player in their debut. > > Koulechov actually missed his first two shots before converting a three-point > play on an early putback to put the Gators up 8-4. It was a sign of things to > come. The first of five first-half 3-pointers by Koulechov put the Gators > ahead to stay 18-16. By halftime, Koulechov had 23 points, helping the > Gators build a 55-32 halftime lead. > > “You’ve just got to see the ball go in and take what the game gives you,” > Koulechov said. “That’s part of what makes this team great. Everyone is so > unselfish.” > > YouTube Interview with Egor: > > https://youtu.be/jyua5Hi64f0 > > Florida coach Mike White said he felt Koulechov, who averaged 18.2 points and > shot 47.4 percent from 3-point range at Rice last season, was efficient and > played a complete game on both ends of the floor. > > “I like how after he got it rolling he wasn’t hunting, he continues to take > good shots,” White said. “He’s got a quick release and he’s got a nice stroke > so obviously a good shot for him is obviously a little bit different than a > good shot for other guys on our team.” > > Junior guard Jalen Hudson added 16 points for the Gators, while freshman > guard Mike Okauru had 13 points. Senior point guard Chris Chiozza, recovering > from a shoulder injury he suffered during the preseason, had five points, six > rebounds and six assists in 23 minutes off the bench. > > All 11 of UF’s scholarship players scored in the game. Florida’s 116 points > set a record for points in a season opener, surpassing the 112 scored against > Montana State to start the 2003-04 season. Florida had 26 assists to just > eight turnovers. > > “Offensively, we made a big jump tonight,” White said. “We really moved it. > Our initial offensive push in transition was as good as I’ve seen it.” > > Said Chiozza: “It’s a sign that we have a lot of scorers. But every team, no > matter how good of shooters they have, have games where they don’t make > shots. So we’ve got to continue to get better on defense, every game.” > > Florida shot 58 percent from the field, 51.7 percent from 3-point range > (15-29) and scored 22 points off turnovers in a dynamic offensive night. > > “In my 17 years coaching basketball, I told Mike White that I don’t think > I’ve seen a team attack that quickly in transition,” Gardner-Webb coach Tim > Craft said. > > But while Florida rolled offensively, the Gators had some defensive lapses in > allowing Gardner-Webb to score 42 points in the second half. The Bulldogs > (0-2) shot 42.4 percent from the field and 30 percent from 3-point range. > It’s something that the Gators will look to work on in their next game > Thursday night against UNF. > > “We can’t count on shooting the kind of clip we did tonight every night,” > White said. > > FREE THROWS: Former Gator forward Canyon Barry not only attended the game, > but played trombone in the pep band and was shown on the Jumbotron at > Exactech Arena. Barry was cut from a pro team in Finland and is back on UF’s > campus to continue to pursue his grad degree in nuclear engineering. … Other > former Gators who attended the game included guard Teddy Dupay of UF’s 2000 > NCAA Finals and guard Michael Frazier II of UF’s 2014 Final Four team. > Frazier played professionally last year in Italy and plans to return to Italy > again this year, but is currently rehabbing a knee injury. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > -- > -- > 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. > 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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