[Cam Parker]

Coming up at 8:30, the Gators take on West Virginia in the Phil Knight Legacy. Television coverage is on ESPNU. Follow along for live coverage and updates.

Line: Florida -1.5
Over/Under: 147
ESPN Matchup predictor: WVU 54.4%

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[Cam Parker]

Orange time ?#GoGators pic.twitter.com/TGCbgnSs7K

— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) November 27, 2022

Almost time. #GoGators pic.twitter.com/57pgNyqo2o

— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) November 28, 2022

Sunday funday with the Gators

? West Virginia
⏱ 8:30 PM ET
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— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) November 28, 2022

[Cam Parker]

Will Richard starts the scoring off with a steal and fast break dunk. Continuing his strong offensive play

[Cam Parker]

Gators 5

Lofton
Bonham
Richard
Felder
Castleton

[Cam Parker]

Richard adds a three. The Belmont transfer has all five points

WVU answers with their own three

[Cam Parker]

Will Richard in PK Legacy games:

18 pts in loss to Xavier
13 pts in win over Oregon State
5 pts so far tonight

[Cam Parker]

Castleton with a good old one-hand slam, but called for a travel. First turnover by Florida today

[Cam Parker]

WVU with their first lead of the game from a layup by Bell.

Stevenson adds a 3, and Mountaineers take a 12-9 lead

[Cam Parker]

Bonham gets on the scoreboard with two free throws.

He’s been an offensive star in the PK Legacy

23 points in loss to Xavier
19 points in win over Oregon State

U16 media timeout

WVU 12, UF 10 (15:49 left in 1H)

[Cam Parker]

Kugel and Fudge sub in for Bonham and Felder

Fudge immediately picks up a foul

[Cam Parker]

Kugel also picks up a foul.

Gators with 5 total personal fouls

[Cam Parker]

Castleton and Bonham both pick up fouls.

WVU leads 18-12

Mountaineers already in the bonus 7 minutes into the game

[Cam Parker]

Myreon Jones and Jitoboh come in

[Cam Parker]

Erik Stevenson shining for WVU tonight:

9 pts (4-4)

Mountaineers already up by 10

[Cam Parker]

Strong move by Fudge draws a blocking foul. Big call in Florida’s favor

[Cam Parker]

Fudge goes 1-2 from the line

Five Gators with points today

[Cam Parker]

Fudge scores but ANOTHER offensive foul on the Gators

Jitoboh gets the whistle

Media timeout: WVU 22, UF 13

Gators shooting 4-12 on the field along with 8 personal fouls

[Cam Parker]

Correction: 24-13

[Cam Parker]

Strong defensive play by Richard to poke it loose, but Jitoboh draws another foul

[Cam Parker]

The fouls are taking the early MVP award today. This time on WVU

WVU in the double-bonus (FLA 9 fouls)
WVU called for 4

[Cam Parker]

Strong defensive effort by Felder, followed up with a good shot from Kugel

Kugel now in the scorebook

Kugel in the PK Legacy:

12 pts versus Xavier
10 pts versus OSU

[Cam Parker]

WE GOT A DUNK SHOW

Matthews dunk and Kugel dunks

Offensive output shining

Media timeout: WVU 30, UF 19 (7:56 1H)

[Cam Parker]

Richard leads UF scorers with 5, Kugel with 4

Stevenson with WVU leads all scorers with 9, Mitchell close behind with 7

[Cam Parker]

give-and-go

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— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) November 28, 2022

[Cam Parker]

Castleton in early foul trouble with 3. Been on the bench for a while

[Cam Parker]

Lofton called for a foul. Abysmal performance in the foul-area for Florida

WVU leads 32-19, 8 of those points on FTs

[Cam Parker]

Add to that – Richard called for a foul going for an offensive rebound.

Something about Florida athletic teams struggling with penalties/fouls

[Cam Parker]

Another offensive possession for WVU, another foul on Florida

Jitoboh picks up his third, tied with Castleton.

Both of Florida’s bigs in foul trouble

Wonder if we’ll see any Szymczyk tonight

[Cam Parker]

Foul and one for Richard.

After a fast-start, it’s taken a while for him to score, but a strong grab on an errant pass and draws the foul

[Cam Parker]

Richard draws another one. Lucky, too. Kugel’s alley-oop attempt on the pass was nowhere near the basket.

Richard misses the FT, though.

Gators now in the bonus

[Cam Parker]

Media timeout: WVU 37, UF 24 (3:59 1H)

Richard now with 8 points (3-5 shooting)

Mitchell and Stevenson lead all scorers with 9 each for WVU

[Cam Parker]

Another foul, this time on WVU

Let’s take this time to look at team shooting.

UF: 9-22 FG, 1-5 3PT, 7-10 FT
WVU: 12-28 FG, 2-6 3PT, 11-13 FT

Bad shooting bought out by free throws

[Cam Parker]

Should add- both teams in the double bonus

[Cam Parker]

UF calls a timeout, 2:08 1H

WVU 39, UF 28

[Cam Parker]

Like the football team, defense is simply not existing.

Easy layup gives WVU 41 total points in the first half.

Lofton answers with a strong layup followed by another bucket.

The transfer now has 8 points

[Cam Parker]

Lofton hits a FT, now has 9, UF team high

Gators cut lead to 8

[Cam Parker]

BIG turnover by WVU with 40 seconds left. Gators close to closing in

[Cam Parker]

Kugel misses a 3, WVU misses a 3 and we got a jumpball with .5 seconds.

[Cam Parker]

Gators miss a full-court shot, and we’ve hit halftime

Gators end the half on a 5-0 run

[Cam Parker]

Halftime: WVU 41, #Gators 33

Gators end half on a 5-0 run, but early foul trouble hurt them@InsideTheGators pic.twitter.com/rvufiYg3vV

— Cam Parker (@camparker25) November 28, 2022

[Cam Parker]

Castleton and Jitoboh in early foul trouble.

Not a good start for the Gator bigs. Small ball season coming up with Fudge and Felder.

[Cam Parker]

Should add- Kowacie Reeves has not been on the floor at all tonight. Niels Lane, too.

[Cam Parker]

Castleton starts the first half, but Florida has already given up a 3 and turned the ball over

[Cam Parker]

And the fouls continue, Felder called this time.

Should just copy and paste the word “foul” for the rest of this one

[Cam Parker]

Lofton gets the scoring off for Florida, now leads all scores with 13 points (5-10)

[Cam Parker]

WVU extends the lead to 20

WVU 55, UF 35

[Cam Parker]

10-0 run for the Mountaineers

[Cam Parker]

Yeah, this one is getting out of hand.

WVU adds two more buckets and took a 61-35 lead before a Jitoboh bucket.

TV timeout, Mountaineers lead 61-37.

[Cam Parker]

Another 3 for Matthews of WVU.

Fudge answers with his own three.

WVU: 6-11 from 3
UF: 2-13 from 3

Not good

[Cam Parker]

Niels Lane gets some rare minutes and immediately gets a bucket.

Timeout on the floor: WVU 66, UF 42 (12:23 2H)

Gators need some offensive production fast

[Cam Parker]

Never mind on the Lane bucket. Shot clock violation. Brutal

[Cam Parker]

Castleton draws WVU’s first foul of the half and misses both FTs

After strong performances all season, he only has 1 point tonight (0-4 from the field)

[Cam Parker]

Strong drive and spin from Fudge cuts the lead to 24 (still yikes).

Fudge: 6 points (2-4 FG, 1-2 3PT, 1-2 FT), 7 rebounds, 1 assist

[Cam Parker]

Media timeout: WVU 68, UF 42 (7:50 2H)

Time to change the channel if you’re watching. Or continue watching. Up to you. Gators need a major comeback

[Cam Parker]

Jitoboh with a nice hook shot.

8 points off the bench

[Cam Parker]

Fudge with a tremendous block on the defensive end, but WVU with an offensive rebound, draws a foul and makes the bucket.

Wague hits the FT

WVU has 14 offensive rebounds

[Cam Parker]

Make that 15. Wague grabs the board off the 3PT miss and muscles his way in.

WVU approaching a 30 point lead…

[Cam Parker]

Castleton *finally* hits his first FG of the game on a putback miss by Kugel.

Only 3 points tonight

[Cam Parker]

Timeout on the floor: WVU 77, UF 48 (3:50 2H)

Yeah, this one’s over

[Cam Parker]

Castleton draws a foul, but Florida is still not on the bonus

WVU called for 4 fouls in the half
UF called for 8

[Cam Parker]

Castleton and Jitoboh now with 4 fouls each, and in comes Aleks Szmyczyk, who immediately picks up a foul.

WVU with a 30-point lead after the free throws.

[Cam Parker]

The epitome of brutal: Bonham goes 0-2 at the line

HOWEVER, Gators do get the ball back and Kugel with a strong up-and-under.

The true freshman has 6 points tonight

[Cam Parker]

Bonham again at the line, goes 1-2

Gators cut the lead to 28 with 1:16 left.

[Mark Wheeler]

Well, it’s over. The only intrigue down the stretch was seeing if Florida could avoid a 30-point loss. They did, just barely, losing 84-55 to West Virginia. Now I can go back to watching Christmas Vacation full-time without switching back and forth.

[Cam Parker]

Final: WVU 84, #Gators 55

Nothing much to say other than brutal night for Florida@InsideTheGators pic.twitter.com/jnC5x3PDLz

— Cam Parker (@camparker25) November 28, 2022

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