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NCAA Division I Basketball Mens, round 0

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Florida beats Kentucky 71-63

#4 Florida Gators beat Kentucky Wildcats 71-63 on Friday at Bridgestone Arena.

The first half made the difference: Florida outscored Kentucky 37-28.

Florida shot 38% to 36% and won the boards 50-29.

For Florida, Alex Condon (F): 22. For Kentucky, Denzel Aberdeen (G): 17.

Florida improves to 26-6. Kentucky falls to 21-13.

Full recap at ESPN: No. 4 Florida cruises to third victory over Kentucky to open SEC Tournament title defense

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.

Top performers

#1
UK · PointsDenzel Aberdeen G17
#1
UK · AssistsDenzel Aberdeen G3
#1
UK · ReboundsDenzel Aberdeen G5
#21
FLA · PointsAlex Condon F22
#5
FLA · AssistsXaivian Lee G6
#21
FLA · ReboundsAlex Condon F10
StatsMINPTSFG3PTFTREBASTTOSTLBLKOREBDREBPF
A. Jelavic F1321-60-40-020000022
M. Moreno C2162-30-02-250211320
C. Chandler G2861-41-33-342120045
O. Oweh G39105-180-30-050421234
D. Aberdeen G35175-112-55-653210141
T. Noah F200-20-20-011000010
M. Dioubate F23145-72-32-330010125
B. Garrison F2140-20-04-640102134
J. Johnson G1142-50-20-002010002
K. Williams G700-10-10-001110001
Team6321-595-2316-20299129482124

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Kentucky Wildcats vs. Florida Gators: Game Highlights

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Highlight: 1-seed Florida glides past 9-seed Kentucky, advances to semis

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Alex Condon powers in the and-1 bucket for Florida

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Xaivian Lee lays it in for the Gators

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Xaivian Lee drills a 3 for Florida

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Micah Handlogten throws it down for Florida

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Otega Oweh slams down transition dunk for Kentucky

ESPNMar 13

Micah Handlogten throws down vicious putback slam for Florida

ESPNMar 13

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