Florida vs Stony Brook Nov 7 (Mon) 8pm SEC+

Florida (0-0/0-0 SEC) vs. Stony Brook (0-0/0-0 America East)
Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center (10,151) | Gainesville, Fla.
Game 1 | Nov. 7, 2021 | 8 p.m

Gainesville, FL Exactech Arena at Stephen C. O'Connell Center

Radio: Gators Sports Network from LEARFIELD

 

FLORIDA’S TOP RETURNING SCORERS
# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Min. Pts. Reb. Misc.
12 Colin Castleton F 6-11 250 5th 30.6 16.2 9.0 2.2 blk
0 Myreon Jones G 6-3 177 Gr. 27.7 8.5 2.8 1.9 3fg
14 Kowacie Reeves G 6-6 192 So. 15.6 5.5 1.4 1.1 3fg
33 Jason Jitoboh C 6-11 300 Sr.* 10.6 4.1 2.4 .633 fg%
1 CJ Felder F 6-7 240 Sr.* 12.1 3.5 2.3 .389 3fg%
4 Niels Lane G 6-5 215 Jr.* 15.3 3.0 2.0 0.5 ast

INCOMING TRANSFERS
# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Min. Pts. Reb. Misc.
2 Trey Bonham (VMI) G 6-0 170 Jr.* 27.3 13.6 4.4 4.0 ast
3 Alex Fudge (LSU) F 6-9 200 So. 13.9 3.3 3.2 0.8 stl
5 Will Richard (Belmont) G 6-4 206 So. 27.5 12.1 6.0 1.2 stl
11 Kyle Lofton (St. Bonaventure) G 6-3 188 Gr. 38.5 12.8 3.6 5.9 as

 

HEAD COACHES
Todd Golden
0-0 | 1st season at UF
232-118 | 4th season overall

Geno Ford
47-41 | 4th season at Stony Brook
161-164 | 11th season overall

MATCHUP BASICS
All-Time Series: 1-0
All-Time vs. America East: 10-0
Series under Golden: 0-0
Last Meeting:
W, 87-62, 12/22/21 (Home)

BROADCAST INFO
SEC Network+ | ESPN App
Play-by-Play: Kyle Crooks
Analyst: Mark Wise

Gators Sports Network
from LEARFIELD
SiriusXM 380 | SXM App 970
Play-by-Play: Sean Kelley
Analyst: Lee Humphrey

 

NOVEMBER
7 Stony Brook SEC+ 8 p.m.
11 Kennesaw State SEC+ 7 p.m.
14 Florida Atlantic SEC Net. 7 p.m.
18 at Florida State ACC Net. 8 p.m.
24 vs. Xavier (Portland) ESPN2 5:30 p.m.
25 vs. Duke/OSU (Portland) ESPN/2/U 3:30/6
27 vs . TBD (Portland) TBA TBA
30 Florida A&M SEC+ 8 p.

 

NUMBERS OF NOTE

3​

The Gators have three veteran players utilizing their fifth season of eligibility: Colin Castleton, Myreon Jones and Kyle Lofton.

7​

Seven Gators -- four transfers and three freshmen -- look to make their debuts in the Orange & Blue, along with head coach Todd Golden and his staff.

750​

Colin Castleton comes back for a final season with 750 points scored as a Gator and looks to join Dorian Finney-Smith (1,220 points, 2013-16) as the only incoming transfers to join UF’s 1,000-point club. Castleton’s 116
blocked shots also rate #10 in Florida

 

ABOUT THE OPPONENT​

• Stony Brook, in its fourth season under Geno Ford, returns to Gainesville for the second straight season. The Seawolves posted an 18-13 record and a 10-8 American East mark last season, with the nonconference slate highlighted by wins vs. Yale (away) and Saint Peter’s (home).

• Frankie Policelli is the team’s top returning scorer, averaging 7.7 points in 29 appearances with 23 starts last season. Also returning is Tyler Stephenson-Moore, who averaged 7.4 points, starting 22 of 28 his games played.

• Stony Brook added 7-foot Stanford transfer Keenan Fitzmorris and a
freshman class of five, including 7-foot-3 Rocco Muratori.

OPPONENT’S LAST 5 GAMES
Feb. 19 Hartford W 88-82
Feb. 20 at Hartford L 70-74
Feb. 23 at UMass Lowell L 50-67
Feb. 26 Albany W 66-50
March 1 NJIT W 87-68

ALL-TIME SERIES (1-0)
Dec. 22, 2021 H W 87-62

UF ALL-TIME VS. AMERICA EAST (10-0)
Dec. 23, 1977 at Vermont W 93-67
Nov. 29, 1999 New Hampshire W 131-72
Dec. 30, 2000 New Hampshire W 102-54
Nov. 28, 2001 at New Hampshire W 108-56
Nov. 10, 2005 Albany W 83-64
Nov. 30, 2007 vs. Vermont W 86-61
March 20, 2014 *vs. Albany W 67-55
Nov. 25, 2016 Vermont W 86-62
Nov. 19, 2017 New Hampshire W 70-63
Dec. 22, 2021 Stony Brook W 87-62
*NCAA Tournament

FLORIDA HEAD COACHING DEBUTS
March 16, 2022 Al Pinkins Iona W 79-74
Nov. 13, 2015 Mike White at Navy W 59-41
Nov. 22, 1996 Billy Donovan UCF W 80-63
Nov. 24, 1990 Lon Kruger at South Florida L 61-70
Dec. 1, 1989 Don DeVoe Florida State W 82-69
Nov. 29, 1980 Norm Sloan vs. Biscayne W 90-71
Jan. 9, 1980 Ed Visscher Tennessee L 58-69
Dec. 1, 1973 John Lotz South Florida W 81-69
Dec. 1, 1966 Tommy Bartlett at Jacksonville W 93-59
Dec. 2, 1960 Norm Sloan at Wake Forest L 79-85
Dec. 5, 1951 John Mauer Wofford W 76-52
Dec. 8, 1946 Sam McAllister Southern W 47-24
Dec. 11, 1942 Spurgeon Cherry at Alabama L 30-39
Dec. 16, 1937 Sam McAllister Duke L 25-33
Jan. 4, 1937 Josh Cody Clemson W 52-36
Jan. 6, 1934 Ben Clemmons Mercer W 38-24
Jan. 9, 1926 Brady Cowell at S. Jacksonville L 25-30
Jan. 14, 1924 J.L. White Southern W 27-15
Jan. 21, 1923 C.Y. Byrd Rollins W 42-21
Jan. 15, 1921 W.G. Klein Stetson L 18-36
Dec. 15, 1915 C.J. McCoy at J’ville YMCA W 30-14