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March 1, 2016: Florida

Official Basketball Box Score
Kentucky vs Florida
3/1/16 7 p.m. at O'Connell Center - Gainesville, Fla.

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VISITORS: Kentucky 22-8, 12-5 SEC
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
01 Labissiere, Skal.... f  5-10   0-0    1-4    3  5  8   4  11  0  1  1  1  15
22 Alex Poythress...... f  5-12   0-0    2-2    0 10 10   5  12  1  1  1  0  30
03 Ulis, Tyler......... g  5-10   2-3    7-8    0  4  4   3  19 11  4  0  1  37
13 Isaiah Briscoe...... g  4-7    0-0    5-6    2  1  3   5  13  3  0  0  0  32
23 Jamal Murray........ g  5-10   4-6    7-10   0  8  8   2  21  4  3  1  0  39
00 Marcus Lee..........    2-2    0-0    1-2    1  7  8   3   5  0  1  4  0  26
04 Matthews, Charles...    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   3
15 Isaac Humphries.....    2-3    0-0    0-0    2  1  3   2   4  0  1  0  0   7
25 Dominique Hawkins...    1-1    1-1    0-0    0  0  0   3   3  0  0  1  1  11
   TEAM................                         1     1             2
   Totals..............   29-55   7-10  23-32   9 36 45  27  88 19 13  8  3 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-34 50.0%   2nd Half: 12-21 57.1%   Game: 52.7%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-5  40.0%   2nd Half:  5-5  100 %   Game: 70.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  0-0   0.0%   2nd Half: 23-32 71.9%   Game: 71.9%    7


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HOME TEAM: Florida 17-13, 8-9 SEC
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
03 Robinson,Devin...... f  3-7    2-2    3-4    1  3  4   5  11  0  0  1  0  32
10 Finney-Smith,D...... f  5-12   1-5    4-6    3  2  5   3  15  5  1  0  1  37
15 Egbunu,John......... c 12-15   0-0    3-11   3  1  4   3  27  0  0  1  0  34
04 Allen,Kevaughn...... g  5-16   2-6    3-4    2  3  5   3  15  2  1  0  0  29
11 Chiozza,Chris....... g  1-9    0-4    0-2    1  4  5   4   2  4  2  0  1  25
00 Hill,Kasey..........    3-8    0-0    2-6    0  2  2   4   8  4  0  0  2  23
01 Walker,Devon........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  2  2   1   0  0  1  0  0   4
13 Hayes,Kevarrius.....    0-0    0-0    1-4    2  1  3   0   1  0  0  0  0   6
14 Edwards,Lexx........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  0   1
24 Leon,Justin.........    0-1    0-1    0-0    2  0  2   0   0  0  0  0  0   9
   TEAM................                         2  1  3
   Totals..............   29-68   5-18  16-37  16 19 35  24  79 15  5  2  4 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-35 34.3%   2nd Half: 17-33 51.5%   Game: 42.6%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-8  25.0%   2nd Half:  3-10 30.0%   Game: 27.8%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6-16 37.5%   2nd Half: 10-21 47.6%   Game: 43.2%    8


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Officials: Olandis Poole, Ron Groover, Karl Hess
Technical fouls: Kentucky-None. Florida-None.
Attendance: 10684
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Kentucky......................   36   52  -   88
Florida.......................   32   47  -   79
UK#13 I.Briscoe fouls out at 2:06(2), UK#22 A.Poythress at 1:45(2),
UF#3 D.Robinson at 1:25(2)

Points in the paint-UK 26,UF 42. Points off turnovers-UK 10,UF 15.
2nd chance points-UK 13,UF 8. Fast break points-UK 7,UF 6.
Bench points-UK 12,UF 9. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-4 times.
Last FG-UK 2nd-05:17, UF 2nd-00:22.
Largest lead-UK by 17 2nd-04:52, UF by 2 1st-16:12.
UK led for 36:24. UF led for 01:28. Game  was tied for 02:08.

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 26, 1949, Alex Groza had 25 points to lead Kentucky to its second straight NCAA title before 12,500 in the Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle.  Alex Groza had 25 points to lead Kentucky.  Of Kentucky’s eight NCAA title game victories, this is the only one that came in a matchup of teams ranked No. 1 vs. No. 2. It was also an NCAA championship game meeting of coaching giants Adolph Rupp and Henry Iba.

 

On March 26, 1983, in the first meeting between the schools in 24 years, Louisville defeats UK 80-68 in overtime to earn a trip to the Final Four.

 

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