[Cam Parker]

Coming up shortly, Todd Golden’s Gators will look to make it two SEC wins in a row as they face LSU in Baton Rouge. Forward Alex Fudge will also be making his return to his former school. Follow along for live coverage.

Television: SEC Network
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[Cam Parker]

Game day in Baton Rouge 🐊

⏱ 7 PM EST
@ LSU#GoGators pic.twitter.com/cfpjulhj7y

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starting 5 pic.twitter.com/JaAjKpOvex

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almost that time. pic.twitter.com/IJgzmk8hWc

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1 hour ⏳ pic.twitter.com/lCWMLfHD0k

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#TheGoldenBall takes on BR ✨ pic.twitter.com/7Sm5gRnxqc

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⚫️ ⚫️ pic.twitter.com/4BHKTsIYI7

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shots 🆙 pic.twitter.com/zmNLdeqoGO

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[Cam Parker]

Castleton wins the tip and off we go

[Cam Parker]

Bonham misses a 3 to start, and LSU draws a foul on the ensuing possession (Fudge)

[Cam Parker]

Quick 4-0 start for the Tigers after a layup from Fountain. Came off an offensive board

[Cam Parker]

Fudge misses a corner three. 2.5 minutes in and no points

[Cam Parker]

Richard misses a 3, Castleton grabs the rebound but hits his knee and goes out of bounds. Florida 0-3, all shots from deep

[Cam Parker]

Castleton turns it over, his second of the game. Offense simply isn’t existing today.

[Cam Parker]

We may have some offense… Bonham draws the foul and goes to the line

[Cam Parker]

Never mind. Bonham goes 0-2 from the line. 3 minutes in, 0 points

[Cam Parker]

Williams hits the first 3 of the game. Tigers up 7-0. Murray State transfer that followed McMahon

[Cam Parker]

Kowacie Reeves comes in, bricks from deep. About as bad as a start you could have offensively

[Mark Wheeler]

Florida has missed all four of the shots they’ve taken so far, all from three points.

LSU is up 7-0 and I am already looking to find something else to watch.

[Cam Parker]

Florida has yet to shoot a 2 pointer…

Media timeout (15:48 1H)- LSU 7, UF 0

Touchdown lead for the Tigers.

[Cam Parker]

Kugel now in for Fudge. Jones in for Bonham. Reeves to the line and a chance for points

[Cam Parker]

Kugel now in for Fudge. Jones in for Bonham. Reeves to the line and a chance for points

[Cam Parker]

Florida is on the board! 4:21 into the game, Reeves hits 2 FTs.

7-2 Tigers

[Cam Parker]

Gators must do construction in the spare time because they could build a house with all these bricks.

0-5 from deep

[Cam Parker]

Florida finds the bottom of the net! Reeves hits a 3, Richard follows it with an and-one. FT gives Florida their first lead 8-7.

I may need to take back what I said about bricks

[Cam Parker]

Another knee-caused turnover for Florida.

5 turnovers for Florida

11-8 LSU

[Cam Parker]

Block #1 for Castleton tonight. Nice swat. Draws a foul on the other end.

[Cam Parker]

Colin Abdul Jabbar.

Could catch a fish with that hook shot.

His first points of the game.

[Cam Parker]

Media timeout (11:58 1H)- LSU 11, UF 10

LSU’s Williams leads all scorers with 7 points (3-6)

Reeves leads Florida with 5 points off the bench (1-5)

[Cam Parker]

Castleton ties it after going 1-2 from the line. 11-11

[Cam Parker]

It’s raining 3s

Hill hits one for the Tigers, Jones drills his first shot to re-tie it.

14-14

[Cam Parker]

Another defensive rebound lost by Florida. Ward nails a 3 to give LSU a 17-14 lead.

Jitoboh now in. Lofton and Fudge back in.

[Cam Parker]

KOWACIE REEVES.

Nice steal by Jones and Reeves shows his hops on the dunk

“Take flight young fella!”

[Cam Parker]

Reeves has 7 off the bench.

[Mark Wheeler]

Florida is now 2 of 12 from three-point land and down by five.

[Cam Parker]

Reeves may lead Florida in scoring, but his shooting stats are pretty brutal.

Now 1-6 from deep and 2-9 overall.

Media timeout (7:37 1H)- LSU 21, UF 16

Shooting:
UF: 5-17 FG, 2-12 3PT, 4-7 FT
LSU: 8-19 FG, 3-9 3PT, 2-2 FT

[Cam Parker]

Florida on a three-minute scoring drought. Meanwhile, LSU drills another 3.

Quickly could get out of hand if the Gators don’t change something

[Cam Parker]

Castleton misses the one-and-one. Sheesh

[Cam Parker]

Another possession… another 3-point miss. This time by Fudge

[Cam Parker]

Hey, the Gators hit a 3!

Trey Bonham with his first points.

Tigers up 24-19

[Cam Parker]

Nice move by Castleton inside to draw the foul. Believe he’s drawn 4 fouls on LSU tonight.

Hits both FTs, Gators down 3

[Cam Parker]

Should add that Castleton has 5 points now

[Cam Parker]

LSU now on a scoring drought of over 3 minutes. A few missed 3s

FGs

UF: 1 of last 8
LSU: 0 of last 4

[Cam Parker]

Kugel joins the missed 3-pointers. The only positive is LSU isn’t shooting any better, but will get foul shots after the break.

Media timeout (3:30 1H)- LSU 24, UF 21

[Cam Parker]

LSU’s scoring drought ends. Miller goes 1-2 from the line.

[Cam Parker]

Welcome to the scorebook, Kyle Lofton and Riley Kugel

Two layups tie the game, 25-25

[Cam Parker]

Lofton’s bucket ended a 3-minute FG drought

[Cam Parker]

LSU’s first TO of the half. Tigers up 28-25 with the ball. 13.3 seconds left. Scoring picked up despite the teams shooting a combined 32%

[Cam Parker]

Williams misses a 3 to end the half.

28-25 LSU in the lead

[Cam Parker]

Halftime: LSU 28, #Gators 25

Shooting is not good for either team. Not much more to say at the moment. @InsideTheGators pic.twitter.com/r5GvLa3rvP

— Cam Parker (@camparker25) January 11, 2023

[Cam Parker]

Block #2 for Castleton to start the half, but another offensive rebound leads to a bucket. Florida’s rebounding woes continue

[Cam Parker]

Strong start for Fudge. 1-2 from FT but follows it up with a strong dunk

[Cam Parker]

Re-tied by the hands of Will Richard. 2-2 FTs, 30-all

[Cam Parker]

First media timeout of the 2nd half. All tied at 34.

Lofton with a couple of buckets to tie it up twice.

15:18 left in regulation

[Cam Parker]

Fudge’s dunk:

.@iam_AlexFudge with the slam @Castleton_ with the vision

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— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) January 11, 2023

[Cam Parker]

It ain’t flashy, but you have to love the effort by Kugel to grab his own rebound and score to tie it up.

Gators get their second lead of the game with two Castleton FTs on the next possession.

[Cam Parker]

Jones with a really nice steal to set up Kugel’s bucket. Castleton doing his best point guard impression down the court to draw the foul

[Cam Parker]

Bench production…

Kugel with a steal, leads to a 3-pointer by Myreon Jones (6 points, 2-4 3PT). Kugel gets the assist.

LSU TO (13:38) Gators with their largest lead (41-36)

[Cam Parker]

A tale of two stats so far

Florida has hit their last 3 FGs, while LSU has 0 FGs in the last 3 minutes.

[Cam Parker]

Fountain gets a bucket for LSU. Gators lead 43-40 at the U12 media timeout (11:00 2H)

Florida has hit 5 of their last 7 FGs, but hasn’t scored in over 2 minutes

[Cam Parker]

Fountain’s bucket ended a near 4-minute drought for the Tigers

[Cam Parker]

Hello deep ball!

Riley Kugel drills a 3 after two FTs by Lofton.

Kugel with 7 points, Lofton has 8

[Cam Parker]

Florida’s largest lead of the night after Kugel’s 3.

Jones with the assist. Bench production leading the way this half, especially by those two

UF up 48-40

[Cam Parker]

Both teams identical from deep: 5-21

[Cam Parker]

Kowacie Reeves is ice cold from deep. Now 1-8 from deep. 2 points in the half.

Williams ends a 3-minute FG drought for the Tigers.

Media timeout (7:41)- UF 48, LSU 43

Florida on a 2:39 scoring drought

[Cam Parker]

Bench stats:

UF:

Jones: 6 points, 2-5 FG, 2-4 3PT, 5 rebounds, 3 assists
Reeves: 10 points (team-high), 3-12 FG, 1-8 3PT, 4-4 FT, 3 rebounds, 1 assist
Kugel: 7 points, 3-7 FG, 1-3 3PT, 6 rebounds, 1 assist

[Cam Parker]

Add another bucket for Reeves, now with 11 points.

Richard now in foul trouble with 4

[Cam Parker]

Another FG drought you say? You betcha…

Nearly 3:30 FG drought for UF.

Gets ended by a Fudge layup. His second bucket.

Gators up 4 after two FTs by Fountain (8 points)

[Cam Parker]

Both teams in the bonus after trading fouls. There’s been a lot of FTs

Florida 17-24 after Jones goes 2-2. LSU 9-11

Golden calls a TO (4:52 2H) UF 54, LSU 48

[Cam Parker]

Jones’ FTs came off a Lofton steal. Gators have forced 14 turnovers with 21 points off of them

Gators have 9 TOs (LSU 5 points off TOs)

[Cam Parker]

Williams approaching 20 points tonight for LSU.

1-2 from the line gives him a clear game-high 18

[Cam Parker]

Florida is in the double bonus, too. LSU does not have a single FG in the last 3 minutes

[Cam Parker]

Speaking of FTs, normally a FG scorer, Castleton has 7 of his 9 points from the charity stripe.

[Cam Parker]

Derek Fountain fouled out, putting Florida in the double bonus. Finishes with 8 points

[Cam Parker]

Hello Alex Fudge!

Another pretty bucket. He’s got 7 points in his return to Baton Rouge.

Media timeout (3:47 2H)- UF 58, LSU 49.

[Cam Parker]

11-point lead for Florida with a Castleton bucket, tied with Reeves with a team-high 11 points.

LSU droughts: 4:00 FG, 0 3PTers in the second half

[Cam Parker]

3rd block by Castleton tonight, reaches his average. Are we surprised, though?

[Cam Parker]

Correction: 4th block. Above average game lol

[Cam Parker]

Williams and the Tigers just won’t go away. And-one (foul on Fudge). A game-high 23 points (8-20 FG, 1-9 3PT, 6-8 FT)

61-54, under 2 minutes

[Cam Parker]

Should add- that and-one came off ANOTHER offensive board for LSU

[Cam Parker]

Team-high 14 for Castleton. Richard fouls out on the ensuing defensive possession. #5 will finish with 5 points and 5 rebounds

[Cam Parker]

Won’t lie, TV is a bit behind the live stats, so as I post updates, I finally see them about a minute later

[Cam Parker]

That up-and-under by Castleton… lord have mercy

[Cam Parker]

UF calls a TO after 2 FTs by Hannibal

1:15 left, both teams in the double bonus

UF 63, LSU 56

[Cam Parker]

Wow, Kentucky really isn’t the Kentucky team of the past. Insane. Does this mean they’re a football school now?

[Cam Parker]

Block numero cinco for Castleton. Incredible

[Cam Parker]

More Castleton FTs, a steal by Fudge and a tremendous win for the Gators

[Cam Parker]

FINAL: #Gators 67, LSU 56

Big win on the road for the Gators@InsideTheGators pic.twitter.com/S63uTp6tNf

— Cam Parker (@camparker25) January 11, 2023

[Romeg8r]

Is it possible we’ve turned the corner?

[Cam Parker]

Sometimes you have to step back to move forward? First half shooting was awful again, but they found a way to overcome it in the second half.

Love the production from the bench tonight, too. Jones, Reeves (despite rough shooting) and Kugel looked really good.

Saturday’s game will say a lot more. A two-loss Missouri team ranked No. 20 at home. Crucial matchup will show just how far this team has come.

[Cam Parker]

Some takeaways from UF's win tonight:

Bench scoring: 26 points from Reeves, Kugel and Jones

Pts off turnovers: 23 points off 16 LSU turnovers (LSU only had 5 off 10 UF turnovers)

2nd-half scoring droughts: felt like every time I looked up at the screen, LSU was in a drought

— Cam Parker (@camparker25) January 11, 2023

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