Gator Basketball ***Official Game Thread BBALL***#25 KY-Jelly @ #14 Florida

[TLB]

#25 UK (17-7, 8-3) @ #14 UF (18-6, 9-2)
Tip-Off 3pm EST on ABC
ESPN Predictor has UF with 79.5% chance to win
Vegas has UF -11.5

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BOTTOM LINE: No. 25 Kentucky visits No. 14 Florida after Otega Oweh scored 21 points in Kentucky's 74-71 victory over the Tennessee Volunteers.

The Gators have gone 10-1 in home games. Florida is 16-0 in games decided by at least 10 points.

The Wildcats are 8-3 in SEC play. Kentucky averages 81.6 points while outscoring opponents by 10.3 points per game.

Florida averages 86.3 points, 15.0 more per game than the 71.3 Kentucky gives up. Kentucky averages 10.6 more points per game (81.6) than Florida allows to opponents (71.0).

The Gators and Wildcats face off Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Thomas Haugh is shooting 47.4% and averaging 17.5 points for the Gators. Rueben Chinyelu is averaging 13.6 points over the last 10 games.

Collin Chandler is shooting 40.9% from beyond the arc with 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, while averaging 9.4 points. Oweh is averaging 20.5 points and 1.7 steals over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Gators: 9-1, averaging 89.0 points, 42.3 rebounds, 17.8 assists, 8.0 steals and 5.5 blocks per game while shooting 49.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.2 points per game.

Wildcats: 8-2, averaging 78.0 points, 31.1 rebounds, 14.5 assists, 6.7 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.2 points.

 

[Kevlo911]

**** um

lets ****ing win

 

[Born2beagator]

Aw sniggity snap!

I always liked catmania for the trainwreck value

 

[Swamp Donkey]

#25 UK (17-7, 8-3) @ #14 UF (18-6, 9-2)
Tip-Off 3pm EST on ABC

Look, you know that despite me not caring about the non-revenue sports, I cant let this thread title stand. I'm ALL FOR derogatory nicknames, but we have to do better than KY Jelly. That just feels like something from 5th grade.

 

[Ancient Reptile]

I gotta wonder who (starts out before switches) guarding Ortega Oweh. He is too big for Lee and he might even be able to back Fland down. Brown may be big enough and physical enough to deal with him, but maybe we need to try Haugh.
On another note, I appreciate what Denzel did in helping us to a NC, so I hope our fans are kind to him. I also hope our team kicks his derriere along with his teammates.

 

[g8r.tom]

Kind to him?!? F uc k that. Boo him every time he touches the ball.

 

[TN G8tr]

You can't spell Fu@kem without UK

 

[stephenPE]

yeah, fck that guy

 

[Swamped Gator]

The only thing I don’t like about this game is KY had a week to prepare. With that said, KY has underperformed this year and I haven’t been impressed when I’ve watched them. They have a tendency to get in a hole early in the game. If they do that against us I don’t think there’s any way they can get back in the game.

Our bigs are way better than KY’s. Their guards are better than ours. If we can do our work inside we’ll win this one no problem.

 

[LoyalGatorFan]

Oweh is a problem....no one else really worries me....if we do what we have been doing the last couple weeks, it's a runaway....the only way I feel they hang around is being hott from 3....also they average 81/game but thats including Lowe and Quaintance who I believe are both out

 

[stephenPE]

Matt Walsh is in the stands today. He and Joakim had that crazy hair......I hope more gators show up. We know Lee and Taurean are there already.

 

[OBG]

Matt Walsh is in the stands today. He and Joakim had that crazy hair......I hope more gators show up. We know Lee and Taurean are there already.

Walt and Will are there

 

[fischerwood]

I gotta wonder who (starts out before switches) guarding Ortega Oweh. He is too big for Lee and he might even be able to back Fland down. Brown may be big enough and physical enough to deal with him, but maybe we need to try Haugh.
On another note, I appreciate what Denzel did in helping us to a NC, so I hope our fans are kind to him. I also hope our team kicks his derriere along with his teammates.

Did you mean: "kick his ass?"

 

[Ancient Reptile]

Did you mean: "kick his ass?"

Something like that.

 

[Jbossgator8]

wow so we have lost 6 STRAIGHT home games to UK. Can we change that today???

 

[Swamped Gator]

Our defense looks really good again.

 

[stephenPE]

Aberdeen went over a gave Todd a hug when introduced.....Lee is proving some people wrong now

 

[Swamped Gator]

Can we bring back “Lee For Three!!” ???

 

[Fodderwing]

Florida up 10 to 5 at the under 16 timeout.

 

[LeeForThree]

Florida is up 10-5 at the under 16 timeout. Lee has 2 3pters and Condon along with Haugh added layups