Florida (24-10, 11-7) plays No. 12 Auburn (26-7, 13-5) for the SEC Championship this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. in the Bridgestone Arena in a game being played on ESPN.
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The Tip-Off (Courtesy Florida Sports Information)
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The Tip-Off (Courtesy Florida Sports Information)
- Florida competes in the SEC Tournament championship game for the 11th time in program history and seeks its fifth SEC Tournament title. The Gators last appeared in the final in 2014, where UF capped an 18-0 regular season with the tournament crown. Florida also won three straight SEC Tournaments from 2005-07.
- Florida has reached the SEC Tournament game by scoring 94.0 points per game through its first three wins, featuring five double-figure scorers in each contest. The Gators have shot .429 from 3-point range with 9.0 3-point field goals per game and have averaged 27.0 points at the free throw line.
- First-team All-SEC honoree Zyon Pullin ranks second in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.90) and is on pace to post the SEC’s best single-season number of the 2000s.
- Second-team All-SEC guard Walter Clayton Jr. has the #8 scoring season (587) and #9 most 3-point field goals made (88) in a season in Florida history. His 14 games with 20+ points, including the first two SEC Tournament games here in Nashville, are the most by a Gator since Anthony Roberson had 14 in 2003-04.
- In the frontcourt, Florida has gotten 11 double-doubles from AP second-team All-SEC forward Tyrese Samuel, the most by a Gator since Al Horford’s 16 in 2006-07, and a 18.0% offensive rebounding percentage from Micah Handlogten, which ranks fourth in the nation. SEC All-Freshman big man Alex Condon leads the league’s freshmen in rebounding (6.3) and blocked shots (41).
- Denzel Aberdeen became the seventh different Gator to post a 20-point outing this season with his breakout performance vs. Texas A&M in the semifinals.
