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Begin forwarded message:From: Shane Ford <goufgators@bellsouth.net>
Date: February 20, 2016 at 9:09:45 AM CST
To: GatorNews <gatornews@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators expecting close encounters against Gamecocks
Reply-To: gatornews+owners@googlegroups.com--I'm sorry... The one I just posted is not readable. Delete that one and use this one.
~SFGators expecting close encounters against Gamecocks
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 brockwk@gvillesun.com. Also check out Brockway's blog at Gatorsports.com.--
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