I don't know what was up with Tyus but Macklin has a couple of nagging injuries
including bone spurs so I wasn't surprised to see him get limited minutes (they
each played around 13-14 minutes, I checked the box score because my husband
asked). The good news is a very young squad went into Tally and won, something
not even the '04s accomplished. Chicken soup for my fragile Gator psyche!
:D
----- Original Message -----
From: John Vega
To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 4:22 PM
Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Men's basketball: No. 16 Florida holds off Florida
State 55-51
Who else watched this game?
Tyus and Macklin sat almost the entire second half (if not the entire half).
They were nowhere near the court during FSU's comeback from 13 down to within
one point.
Patric Young was playing a good game, so I can see getting him meaningful
minutes, but Yeguete?
Up 13; sure. Up one? Time to bring back the A-Team. basically, we were within
one basket of losing the lead for te final five minutes, and never put in our
seniors (other than Parsons, who we had bringing the ball up the court for some
bizarre reason).
The announcers didn't even comment on this, other than saying that giving the
younger players extra playing time in November will make them more seasoned in
March. Then they would mention how important November wins were, and that is
why UF made the tourney last year.
I am sure that there is more to the story, perhaps Bill D was sending a
message to the Seniors that they can't be complacent. That's fine with me, I
just would like a little info (and confirmation that someone else noticed).
-Zeb
On Nov 29, 2010, at 8:44 AM, Juno Gator wrote:
Men's basketball: No. 16 Florida holds off Florida State 55-51
By Tom D'Angelo Palm Beach Post
Florida's basketball team made sure the weekend was not a complete loss.
The Gators overcame a nine-minute drought without a field goal late in the
game and held on for a 55-51 victory over Florida State Sunday in a game that
was far more competitive than the Seminoles' dominating performance on the
football field on Saturday.
Florida's offensive struggles were not quite to the level of its football
team's, but its defense and free-throw shooting were the difference.
Erik Murphy's put-back of a Kenny Boynton air ball with 18 seconds to play
sealed Florida's victory. The field goal was the first for No. 16 Florida (5-1)
since Boynton's three-pointer with 9:17 remaining.
Florida made 9 of 12 free throws during the field-goal drought and never
allowed FSU to take the lead. The Seminoles (5-1) had five chances to either
tie the score or go ahead after the score was 47-45 and could not get over the
hump.
Boynton led the Gators with 14 points. Murphy had 10.
"I don't think it was a real good second half for either team offensively,"
Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "Because we had so many young guys on the
floor, that group of guys struggled to score.
"It was a combination of poor shot selection by us and some really good
defense by them."
The biggest basket came on a play that Boynton broke off and took an
ill-advised shot.
"We didn't get to the end of the play," Donovan said. "The end of the play
was supposed to be a shot by Chandler (Parsons) coming off the baseline. It was
a tough shot by Boynton but it was a nice play by Erik."
FSU's Chris Singleton, the ACC's reigning defensive player of the year,
proved he can put up numbers against teams like Rollins, Mid-Continent, North
Florida and Gardner-Webb, but Florida was another story.
Singleton entered the game averaging 17.4 points and 10.8 rebounds. Against
UF, he scored eight points and had five rebounds, missing all but two of his 12
shots. Singleton's lone second half basket came on a dunk that capped a 15-3
FSU run.
FSU coach Leonard Hamilton said the pace of the game had a lot to do with
Singleton's performance.
"We're a team that has to have the full sum of all our parts to be
successful," Hamilton said. "We're not a team that has to be carried by Chris
Singleton, that would be unfair. I'm hoping we have a team that by the end of
the night other guys are stepping up."
Florida State trailed 30-21 at the half, scoring three fewer points than
its football counterpart did in the first half of Saturday's game. The
Seminoles shot 28.6 percent in the half.
And after a 12-2 run gave Florida a 41-28 lead, it appeared as if the
Seminoles would go quietly.
After Singleton's basket, Michael Snaer found his range from downtown,
hitting three consecutive three-point shots and drawing the passive Tucker
Center crowd into the game. Snaer, with 15 points, was the only FSU player in
double figures .
After Singleton's dunk, Florida's defense took over, harassing FSU with its
press. At times the Seminoles had trouble getting the ball over half court and
then getting off a decent shot as the Gators used their press to speed up the
game.
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