[Cam Parker]

Florida looks for redemption against the Commodores. Game set to start at 6 p.m. with television coverage on ESPN2.

Live stats: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=429220&_gl=1*5e2m83*_ga*MTYwMTE3NTUwMC4xNjYyODUzNzky*_ga_2ZWVK1X7BJ*MTY3NzM2NDM2MS41Mi4wLjE2NzczNjQzNjEuMC4wLjA.

[Cam Parker]

TV delayed my start, but we are underway.

Jitoboh and Kugel with early buckets

[Cam Parker]

Starting five: Lofton, Jones, Kugel, Richard, Jitoboh

[Cam Parker]

Nice 3 from Lofton

Gators 3-3 from the field to start

[Cam Parker]

6 of Vandy’s 13 points have come in the paint.

Gators have 0

[Cam Parker]

Riley Kugel: Certified stud

7 points, 3-5 FG, 1-2 3PT

Media timeout (14:03 1H): VU 13, UF 12

[Cam Parker]

Without Castleton, Florida needed big games from Jitoboh and Szymczyk to guard Liam Robbins

He’s got 8 points (3-4 FG)

Florida’s air-balled back-to-back corner 3s

[Cam Parker]

Fudge air-balls another shot, VU hits a 3

Gators missed 7 of their last 8 shots

[Cam Parker]

UF finally gets one. Szymczyk misses a 3, Fudge with the board and kicks it out to Kugel.

VU answers with one of their own right away

UF 3-8 from deep, VU 3-5

[Cam Parker]

Riley Kugel killing it today. 12 points, 5-8 FG, 2-4 3PT

[Cam Parker]

Szymczyk adds a 3. Gators cut the lead to 3

Media timeout (9:52 1H): VU 23, UF 20

[Cam Parker]

Another media TO: VU extends their lead 33-25

Paint points standing out: 14 by the ‘Dores, 2 by Florida

[Cam Parker]

Vandy’s lead up to 10 briefly, but Lofton nails a 3 to cut the lead again

[Cam Parker]

Lead cut to 5 with 2 Lofton FTs (10 points), but Vandy hits another 3

‘Dores are 6-14 from deep

[Cam Parker]

Awful rebounding (again) for Florida on that possession.

Media TO (3:11 1H): VU 40, UF 32

8 of the 9 ‘Dores to make an appearance today have scored.

Meanwhile, Lofton (10) and Kugel (13) have 23 of Florida’s 32 points today

[Cam Parker]

Another 3, another make for Vanderbilt. Lead up to 11

[Cam Parker]

Gators without a FG for over 3 minutes. Reeves misses a shot driving down the baseline

[Cam Parker]

Well, it wasn’t a pretty half, but a tremendous buzzer-beater step-back 3 from Lofton (13 points) to end the half.

‘Dores lead 46-36

Lofton and Kugel each with 13. Robbins and Manjon with 9 each for VU. VU outscoring UF 16-4 in the paint

[Cam Parker]

Halftime: Vanderbilt 46, Florida 36

Good offense from Lofton and Kugel. Not much outside of that @InsideTheGators pic.twitter.com/ujcbJrs1sS

— Cam Parker (@camparker25) February 25, 2023

[Cam Parker]

We are underway and Jitoboh picks up a foul. Smith picks up a foul for VU

[Cam Parker]

Liam Robbins with another bucket over Jitoboh

[Cam Parker]

Block party in Nashville:

Jitoboh’s shot blocked by Robbins, Kugel blocks a shot on the next possession

VU out-blocking UF 6-3

[Cam Parker]

Jones picks up a TO, overthrows Lofton and Golden catches it on the baseline

[Cam Parker]

Sloppy offense or strong defense in this half?

3 minutes in, VU outscoring Florida 4-0 in the half

14-point lead

[Cam Parker]

Jones gets a bucket for UF’s first points of the half. His first make

[Cam Parker]

Media TO (15:56 1H): VU 52, UF 38

[Cam Parker]

Szymczyk (6 points) gets a bucket. Wonderful screen by Richard

54-40

[Cam Parker]

Szymczyk picks up his 4th foul of the day.

Jitoboh gonna have to play a lot of minutes in this half. May see some CJ Felder, Alex Fudge or Niels Lane going forward

[Cam Parker]

Nice 3 from Richard cuts the lead to 9

7 points, 3-5 FG, 1-3 3PT

[Cam Parker]

Jitoboh picks up his 3rd foul. Gonna need to keep an eye on that.

Media TO (11:45 2H): VU 58, UF 47

[Cam Parker]

UF shooting 5-14 to start the half.

[Cam Parker]

Niels Lane minutes: immediate offensive board + a bucket

Now, I’m not the coach (and I don’t pretend to be a basketball expert), but it seems like he should play more

Reeves adds another

63-53 VU leads

[Cam Parker]

Jitoboh foul No. 4

Both UF centers now have 4 fouls. 9:52 to go.

[Cam Parker]

Jitoboh comes out, Szymczyk comes in. If one fouls out, expect Felder to come in

[Cam Parker]

Media TO (8:19 2H): VU 67, UF 56

Lofton up to 15 points (5-9 FG), Will Richard with 7 in the half

UF shooting 1-7 from 3 in the half

[Cam Parker]

Kugel up to 15 points after a clean Euro-step.

Another TV timeout: VU 67, UF 58

7:25 to go

[Cam Parker]

Florida just getting bullied inside. Trey Thomas dominates Fudge, Robbins blocks Lofton’s shot on the other end.

[Cam Parker]

Oowee Alex Fudge

Beautiful play cuts the lead to single digits

[Cam Parker]

Florida 8-15 from FT. Directly played a role into this. Robbins just added another 3

He’s got 18

[Cam Parker]

Another 3 courtesy of Trey Thomas. Lead up to 16

[Cam Parker]

U4 media TO (3:04 2H): Vanderbilt 81, UF 65

After those 3s, this one feels over

[Romeg8r]

Pretty sure we already have our last win of the season.

[Cam Parker]

Reeves misses a dunk. Brutal

[Cam Parker]

FINAL: Vanderbilt 88, Florida 72#Gators fall on the road@InsideTheGators pic.twitter.com/f9530Dat31

— Cam Parker (@camparker25) February 26, 2023

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