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Aberdeen and Richard are the only Gators shooting 50% or better from the field tonight. Richard 4/8, Aberdeen 3/5

Florida's made six of its last eight from the field.

Will Richard got the memo. Aggressive take to the rim earns him an and-1 opportunity. Love it.

Gators in the bonus with 5:28 to play in the half. Take. Advantage. Play. Physical.

Rattlers winning turnover battle 5-3

Neither team can buy a bucket right now. 6-24 FG for A&M 6-20 for Florida

Right on cue, Aberdeen's made a couple plays here on the offensive end...

I said it night 1 and i'll say it again now: Aberdeen's the best perimeter defender on this team. If he can ever get it going on the offensive side of the ball, he could seriously become a major factor for this team going forward. And he clearly has the skill to. Just needs to find his groove.

Kugel coming out after eight minutes scoreless.

What have I been preaching? Get Will Richard the ball in shooting positions. Early and often. He can't create for himself, but he is such a lethal catch-and-shoot guy; it amazes me that Todd Golden doesn't make it more of a priority to run off-ball stuff for him.

This isn't saying much, because nobody's been good, but Clayton's been Florida's best player six minutes into this thing.

Thomas Haugh rebounds how coaches teach you to. I really like him for what he is, and think he has potential to be really special down the line of his college career.

Florida has the CLEAR size advantage, but the Rattlers are playing so much harder that it hasn't mattered.

At the first timeout, Florida looks like, well, the Gainesville weather today. Just very drowsy. Sloppy. Boring. Samuel and Handlogten have both missed bunnies. Kugel's settling for bad shots. Richard, in his defense, is playing hard — with a lot of effort. He just can't get anything to fall.

As we get started here, with the ball now tipped off, what I'm really looking for is early action from Will Richard and Riley Kugel. Neither has gotten off to particularly strong starts in the team's first two games.

Gators starters announced. No changes made.

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5. Will Richard needs to be utilized more. He's the best pure shooter on this team and has virtually no plays ran for him. He can't create his own shot, but he's this team's best catch-and-shoot weapon. I'd love to see him used similarly to how the Warriors use Klay Thompson. Especially early...

4. The bench, without Pullin at least, is untrustworthy. When Zyon gets back, the bench will receive a big boost — either from him or whichever starter gets moved onto it. But, for now, nobody coming off the bench has really established themselves as trustworthy yet. Haugh is a nice player...

3. Tyrese Samuel is what he is, and that's about as solid as they come. He isn't going to take over a game and be a team-leading star. He hasn't showed thus far that he has the natural talent for that. But he looks like this team's most consistent player right now, like you know exactly what...