There was a moment where it was up to redshirt freshman forward Isaiah Stokes to guard the paint.
KeVaughn Allen had very little time.
Freshman forward Keyontae Johnson did his best Superman impression on superhero night at the O’Connell Center. He took flight and snagged a lob thrown from under the basket by fellow freshman Andrew Nembhard and emphatically slammed it down.
The Florida men’s basketball team can best be compared to a seesaw this season, with its offense on one side and its defense on the other.
The game could have been a blowout.
Losing a game is one thing. Losing in the exact same way, over and over again, has to be torturous for Florida men’s basketball coach Mike White.
A second-half barrage saved the Gators from a devastating home loss to Texas A&M on Tuesday night. No UF player had scored 20 points in a game this season heading into the matchup with the Aggies, but KeVaughn Allen and Noah Locke scored 31 and 27, respectively.
It took 17 games for a Florida men’s basketball player to eclipse 20 points in a contest.
It rained all night long.
The last five games played out about the same way for the Florida men’s basketball team.
It has been the same story over and over again for the past two weeks.
The Florida men’s basketball team’s game against Mississippi State was a microcosm of its season.
The game wasn’t pretty, not by a long shot.
Now might be a good time to pose the question.
Florida basketball coach Mike White had a rough week.
Mike White will be the first person to tell you if he believes his team isn’t playing good defense.
The Florida men’s basketball team has looked like two vastly different teams for most of the season.
Noah Locke dribbled up to the three-point line.
Mike White was fresh off a win against Arkansas on Wednesday when he joined SEC Network broadcasters Barry Booker and Taylor Zarzour at their table.
The Gators had been here before.
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