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Three Gators earn SEC honors
Three Florida Gators have earned SEC conference awards. Erving Walker was named to the All-SEC second team, and Kenny Boynton was named to the All-Freshman team. Joining them is SEC-Scholar Athlete of the Year, Ray Shipman. This marks the 11th consecutive season that the Gators have earned at least one spot on the All-SEC first or second team. This
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Gators fall at Kentucky 74-66
Down 18 with 4:34 to play in the first half, the Gators were desperately looking for answers. Kentucky was scoring at will, while the Gators were giving up offensive rebounds, turning the ball over, and having a difficult time scoring. The Gators closed the first half on a 13-5 run, to close the gap
Gators come up short on Senior Night
Saturday’s disappointing loss to Georgia left a bad taste in Florida’s mouth. Fortunately for the Gators, they only had to wait three days to get back on the court against a quality opponent. Despite playing with high emotion on Senior Night, the Gators came up short 64-60. Vernon Macklin
Gators come up short at Georgia
After beating Tennessee on Tuesday, the Gators didn’t want to slip up at Georgia. Unfortunately they did. After trailing by double digits for the majority of the game, Chandler Parsons and Kenny Boynton lead a furious Gator comeback that came up just short. Trailing by 15 with 9:45 to play, Parsons
Gators use 27-6 run to blow past Tennessee 75-62
The Gators likely needed one more quality win to secure an NCAA Tournament berth. Tonight’s win over Tennessee should do the trick. Chandler Parsons and Erving Walker scored 19 points each to lead the Gators (20-8, 9-4) past Tennessee (20-7, 8-5) in Gainesville. Both teams played well in the first
Gators win at Ole Miss 64-61
Poor free throw shooting has certainly cost the Gators a game or two this season. Saturday’s season-best 25-for-27 free throw performance allowed the Gators (19-8, 8-4) to knock off Ole Miss (17-9, 5-7) in a battle of teams on the bubble. Vernon Macklin scored a career-high 22 points while Erving
Xavier pounds Florida 76-64
In an out-of-conference match-up, Xavier (17-7, 8-2) dealt Florida (17-8, 6-4) a serious blow to their NCAA Tournament hopes. The Gators were very flat in the first half despite playing at home against a quality opponent. Down as much as 16, the Gators got it going late in the first half and eventually
Gators fall to South Carolina 77-71
Devan Downey scored 24 points to lead South Carolina past the Florida Gators 77-71 on Wednesday night. The Gators led for most of the game, but turned the ball over 20 times, and made only one field goal during a six-minute stretch late in the second half. Despite shooting 56% from the field, the Gators
Macklin’s 20 lead Gators past Mississippi State 69-62
Vernon Macklin scored a career-high 20 points to lead the Florida Gators past Mississippi State 69-62. Chandler Parsons added 18 points, 12 rebounds, and six assists. Mississippi State’s duo of Ravern Johnson and Jarvis Varnado combined for 36 points, but it wasn’t enough to knock off the
Gators on winning end of one point game, knock off Tide 66-65
Erving Walker scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half Thursday night to lead the Florida Gators (16-6, 5-3) past Alabama (13-9, 3-5) 66-65. Despite getting 19 points from Alex Tyus, 15 from Kenny Boynton, 16 from Walker, and shooting 50% from the field, the Gators had a hard time closing out the