OGT-Florida @ Texas A&M Feb. 15, 2022 | 7 p.m. ET SEC Network

Florida (16-9/6-6 SEC) vs. Texas A&M (15-10/4-8 SEC)
Reed Arena (12,989) | Bryan-College Station, Texas
Game 26 | Feb. 15, 2022 | 7 p.m. ET

BROADCAST INFO
SEC Network | ESPN App
Play-by-Play: Dave Neal
Analyst: Daymeon Fishback

Gators Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Mick Hubert
Analyst: Lee Humphrey

 

HEAD COACHES
Mike White
139-84 | 7th season at UF
240-124 | 11th season overall

Buzz Williams
39-34 | 3rd season at Texas A&M
292-184 | 15th season overall

MATCHUP BASICS
All-Time Series: 9-4
All-Time/Away: 3-3
Series under White: 4-2
Away under White: 2-1
Last Meeting:
W, 78-61, 2/12/20 (Away

 

FLORIDA POSSIBLE STARTERS
# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Min. Pts. Reb. Misc.
4 Anthony Duruji F 6-7 209 Sr. 25.6 9.3 4.4 1.2 ast
12 Colin Castleton F 6-11 240 Sr. 28.3 15.5 8.8 2.7 blk
22 Tyree Appleby G 6-1 163 Sr. 26.9 10.4 2.2 3.8 ast
24 Phlandrous Fleming Jr. G 6-5 205 Gr. 25.8 10.3 4.0 1.4 stl
44 Niels Lane G 6-5 206 So. 11.8 1.1 1.2 0.3 stl

Texas A&M POSSIBLE STARTERS
# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Min. Pts. Reb. Misc.
15 Henry Coleman III F 6-8 243 So. 25.6 10.9 6.2 1.5 stl
0 Aaron Cash G 6-6 201 Jr. 13.6 2.7 3.7 0.7 blk
1 Marcus Williams G 6-2 197 So. 25.4 8.4 2.3 3.6 ast
3 Quenton Jackson G 6-5 173 Gr. 23.7 13.0 3.4 1.6 ast
23 Tyrece Radford G 6-2 200 Jr. 29.1 9.7 5.5 1.3 ast

 

NUMBERS OF NOTE​

.615
Myreon Jones is shooting 16-for-26 from 3-point range over the last four
games, including his 7-for-11 night against Georgia.

0
With Florida and Texas A&M’s 2021 game canceled and Keyontae John-
son and Jason Jitoboh both out for Florida, the Gators will have zero
players in Tuesday’s game who have faced Texas A&M before.

600
Colin Castleton is eight points away from becoming the fifth Florida transfer to score 600 points as a Gator. He looks to join Dorian Finney- Smith, Jalen Hudson, Vernon Macklin and Mike Rosario

 

2021-22 AT A GLANCE

• Florida meets Texas A&M for the first time in two years, as the Gators and Aggies’ 2021 meeting was called
off due to COVID. The Gators have won four of their last five and seven of their last 10 entering Tuesday’s
showdown, in which Florida looks to extend its four-game series winning streak against Texas A&M.

• Myreon Jones has caught fire for the Gators and had a 7-for-11 shooting night from 3-point range in the home win vs. Georgia last week. Over the past four games, Jones has hit on 16 of 26 attempts (.615) from long range.

• UF has also been buoyed by the return of Colin Castleton to the lineup after missing six games with a shoulder injury. In his three games back, Castleton has posted 16.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.3 blocked shots per game.

• Tyree Appleby sparked a trio of Florida comebacks in three consecutive games against Oklahoma State,
Missouri and Ole Miss, but re-aggravated a thigh bruise early in the game at Kentucky. The point guard posted 21 points against Oklahoma State, his most as a Gator. Appleby added 17 points, all in the second half, against Mizzou. In Columbia, he shot 10-for-10 from the free-throw line, including a pair with 7.9 seconds left to lift UF to a one-point victory vs. the Tigers. Against Ole Miss, Appleby earned his first double-double at Florida with 10 points and 10 assists, including a 7-for-8 performance from the free-throw line in the overtime period.

• The Gators are one of six teams with a win in each of the past four NCAA Tournaments, joined by Gonzaga,
Kansas, Michigan, Villanova, and Florida State. UF is also one of 12 teams nationally and the only Southeastern Conference team to reach every NCAA Tournament in that span (since 2017).

• UF ranks among SEC leaders in blocked shots (second, 5.5), scoring defense (fourth, 64.4) and free throw
percentage (fourth, .726).

• The Gators stifled Vanderbilt, limiting the Commodores to 14 second-half points. Vandy’s 42 total points
marked the second-fewest UF has allowed vs. an SEC opponent under Mike White (41 at SC, 2/10/18). No
Commodore scored more than seven points against the UF defense, and the Gators forced the SEC’s leading
scorer Scotty Pippen Jr. into a 1-for-10 day with a season-low six points.

• Anthony Duruji scored 18 of his 22 points vs. Mississippi State in the second half, helping UF rally from seven points down with 7:20 to play. Duruji nabbed a career-high five steals vs. MSU, becoming the fifth Gator since 1996 (Donovan/White Era) to post a 22-point, five-steal outing. He joins Nick Calathes (twice), Corey Brewer (twice), Brett Nelson, and Jason Williams (twice).

• Florida battled back from a double-digit deficit to knock off Ohio State on Tyree Appleby’s buzzer-beating
3-pointer to win the Fort Myers Tip-Off. Phlandrous Fleming led the Florida attack with 19 points and four
steals, supported by Colin Castleton’s double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds.

• The Gators used a 13-0 second-half run to spark the win against 20th-ranked FSU, and Colin Castleton earned SEC Player of the Week honors with a 15-point, 16-rebound, six-blocked shot performance.

• The Gators’ quartet of veteran impact transfers combined for 3,882 career points scored at their previous
schools. The groups consist of grad transfers Brandon McKissic (UMKC) and Phlandrous Fleming Jr. (Charles-
ton Southern) along with Myreon Jones (Penn State) and CJ Felder (Boston College).

 

ABOUT THE OPPONENT​

• Texas A&M posted a 4-0 start to SEC play, but has lost eight straight
since then. The Aggies earned neutral-site non-conference wins vs.
Notre Dame and Butler, and a win over Arkansas was part of their fast
start to SEC action.

• Leading scorer Quenton Jackson (13.0 ppg) moved into the starting
lineup for the first time in Texas A&M’s last game. Jackson shoots at
a .445 rate from the field and averages four free throw attempts per
game, where he converts at an .830 clip. Jackson’s 36 steals also pace
the team, which includes five players with 30+ steals on the season.

• Henry Coleman III also averages in double figures (10.9 ppg) and is the
Aggies’ leading rebounder (6.2 rpg).

• Marcus Williams has a team-best 90 assists, and Ethan Henderson’s 17
blocked shots lead the way.

OPPONENT’S LAST 5 GAMES
Jan. 29 South Carolina L 63-74
Feb. 1 at Tennessee L 80-90
Feb. 5 Missouri L 66-70
Feb. 8 LSU L 68-76
Feb. 12 at Auburn L 58-7

OPPONENT’S NEXT 5 GAMES
Feb. 19 at Vanderbilt
Feb. 22 Georgia
Feb. 26 at Ole Miss
March 2 at Alabama
March 5 Mississippi State

ALL-TIME SERIES (9-4)
Jan. 2, 1992 H W 73-46
Dec. 22, 1992 A L/OT 54-57
Dec. 17, 2011 N W 84-64
Jan. 17, 2013 A W 68-47
Feb. 1, 2014 H W 69-36
Feb. 14, 2015 A L 62-63
March 3, 2015 H W 66-62
Jan. 12, 2016 A L 68-71
March 11, 2016 SEC L 66-72
Feb. 11, 2017 H W 71-62
Jan. 2, 2018 A W 83-66
Jan. 22, 2019 H W 81-72
Feb. 12, 2020 A W 78-61