Quick breakdown of Florida basketball’s big win over Missouri Tigers

The sport was tied on the half and tight all through, however Florida made most of its free throws down the stretch (regardless of two misses by Colin Castleton) to tug away.

Possibly the largest free throws had been the 2 made by Will Richard late on a 1-and-1 to increase Florida’s result in 10 factors. After Castleton’s misses, Missouri lower the result in six, however Kyle Lofton’s fallaway 17-foot jumper was big for Florida with 51.3 seconds to play.

Myreon Jones, who has gone from legal responsibility to asset within the final three weeks, made two free throws with 37.5 seconds to play as properly to complete it.

Florida had one other begin that seemed as if the Gators had tryptophan milkshakes with their pregame meal. Mizzou was capable of get off to an 11-0 begin to the sport as Florida dedicated 4 turnovers. The Gators didn’t rating till Kowacie Reeves hit a shot with quarter-hour to go within the half.

However the Gators used three-point capturing to get again into the sport and finally took a 26-25 lead. Regardless of 14 UF turnovers, the sport was tied partially as a result of the Tigers had been 1-for-9 from past the arc.

Colin Castleton, who scored 16 factors, turned the second switch in Florida historical past to move the 1,000-point mark. The opposite was Dorian Finney-Smith.