No. 2 Florida vs LSU Game Thread

[Mark Wheeler]

No. 2 Florida travels to Baton Rouge to take on LSU at 6:00 p.m. in a game being played on The SEC Network

Luke Adragna will be providing updates and observations.

LIVE STATS
PREGAME NOTES

 

[Luke Adragna]

UF Starting lineup:

Walter Clayton Jr.
Will Richard
Alijah Martin
Thomas Haugh
Rueben Chinyelu

Martin is back in the lineup after fully recovering from his hip injury a few weeks ago. Aberdeen will play off the bench tonight.

 

[Luke Adragna]

That might be the first time all season Rueben Chinyelu has landed both attempts at the charity stripe.

 

[Luke Adragna]

Wow. Two offensive boards leads to a triple from Thomas Haugh. Going to be a long night for LSU if they're unable to out rebound the diminished Florida squad.

 

[Luke Adragna]

H1 - 15:53

UF 9
LSU 4

The Gators look like vintage Florida right now on the boards. They're rebounding fantastically, just haven't hit some of their open looks. Florida has six rebounds to LSU's three. They're also feeding Rueben Chinyelu down low in the paint, creating extra opportunities offensively.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Chinyelu with three rebounds in just four minutes of court time.

 

[Luke Adragna]

What an acrobatic shot by Aberdeen. Don't know how that went in.

 

[Luke Adragna]

H1 - 11:52

UF 18
LSU 7

A huge 11-0 Florida run right there separates them sizably from the Tigers. LSU is struggling on the boards and is failing to land any of its shots. Tigers have hit one of their last nine shots.

 

[Luke Adragna]

Chinyelu has been heavily involved so far.

Six points and three rebounds on four shot attempts.

 

[Luke Adragna]

H1 - 7:34

UF 27
LSU 15

Rueben Chinyelu is having himself a game and leads Florida scorers with eight points. He just nailed an elbow jumper to put his stat line to 8/2/4. Gators are out-rebounding the Tigers 16-9.

 

[Luke Adragna]

Florida's defensive rotations *chef's kiss*

Todd Golden has coached these guys so well.

 

[Luke Adragna]

H1 - 4:47

UF 29
LSU 24

Sloppy, sloppy play from the Gators. Tigers are on a 9-0 run and UF hasn't hit a shot in six attempts. Need a breather right now.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

LSU goes on a 17-2 run to take the lead 32-31.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Make that a 19-2 run for the Tigers.

 

[Luke Adragna]

That might be the worst run Florida has suffered all season.

 

[Luke Adragna]

HALF

LSU 37
UF 31

LSU went on a 22-2 run to end the half - easily the most lopsided run Florida has suffered this year. Gators didn't score for three minutes to end the half and were 1-of-13 over that run. They had a 14-point lead before LSU started demolishing them.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

No. 2 Florida was well in control of the game, up by 14 points, when LSU went on a 22-2 run in just under a seven minute span to take the lead. At the half, it's 37-31 in favor of the Tigers.

 

[Luke Adragna]

H2 - 14:25

LSU 26
UF 42

Gators finally starting to warmup. They've hit four of their last five field goals and Chinyelu continues to have a good night. He's on track to log his second conference double-double with 10 points and seven rebounds.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Florida is on a 7-0 run to go up by three.

 

[Luke Adragna]

Klavzar looks so much more comfortable beyond the arc. He's got the green light whenever.