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Florida vs Alabama

Senior Night presented by GFL
Gainesville, FL Exactech Arena at Stephen C. O'Connell Center

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HEAD COACHES
Todd Golden 36-26
2nd season at UF 93-62
5th season overall

Nate Oats
112-51
5th season at Alabama 208-94
9th season overall

MATCHUP BASICS
All-Time Series: 70-79
All-Time Home: 41-22
Series under Golden: 0-2
Home under Golden:
0-0 Last Meeting: L/OT, 98-93, 2/21/24 (Away)

 

FLORIDA POSSIBLE STARTERS
# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Min. Pts. Reb. Misc.
4 Tyrese Samuel F 6-10 239 Gr. 27.1 13.5 7.8 1.7 ast 3
Micah Handlogten C 7-1 235 So. 20.5 6.2 7.5 .650 fg%
0 Zyon Pullin G 6-4 206 Gr. 33.6 15.4 3.8 5.0 ast 1
Walter Clayton Jr. G 6-2 195 Jr. 30.9 16.9 3.7 2.6 3fg 5 Will Richard G 6-4 206 Jr. 29.2 11.0 3.8 1.9 3fg

OPPONENT POSSIBLE STARTERS
# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Min. Pts. Reb. Misc. 2
Grant Nelson F 6-11 230 Sr. 25.7 11.9 5.5 1.5 blk 15
Jarin Stevenson F 6-11 210 Fr. 17.1 5.3 2.7 0.8 3fg 1
Mark Sears G 6-1 185 Sr. 32.4 20.7 4.2 2.3 3fg 3
Rylan Griff en G 6-6 190 So. 26.4 11.4 3.7 2.0 3fg 55 Aaron Estrada G 6-3 190 Gr. 29.3 13.3 5.4 4.5 ast

 

NUMBERS OF NOTE
5 ​

Florida hosts a ranked vs. ranked matchup in March for the fi fth time in program history, the fi rst since #1 Florida defeated #25 Kentucky to cap the Gators’ 18-0 2014 SEC slate. UF split the prior four such games, all since 2001 against UK.

500. ​

500 Walter Clayton Jr. has scored 490 points this season and looks to become the fi rst Gator since Jalen Hudson in 2017-18 to post 500. UF has had 38 previous individual 500-point seasons.

4.16 ​

Zyon Pullin’s 4.16 assist-to turnover ratio ranks second in the nation and is on pace to break Chris Chiozza’s program record of 3.41, set in the 2017-18 season

 

THE TIP-OFF ​

• Florida gets a rematch against Alabama on its home court two weeks after the Tide edged out the Gators in an overtime thriller, 98-93. Walter Clayton Jr. scored a game-high 27 in the fi rst meeting, while Zyon Pullin and Tyrese Samuel added 17 points each.

• Zyon Pullin ranks second in the nation and is on pace to set Florida’s all-time record with and assist/turnover ratio of 4.16, and his 4.96 assists per game rank second in the SEC. Walter Clayton Jr., meanwhile, has 11 20-point outings this season, most by a Gator since Kenny Boynton’s 13 in 2011-12.

• Florida has two of the top three offensive rebounders in the SEC in Micah Handlogten (3.63) and Tyrese Samuel (3.07). UF’s 39.1% off ensive rebounding rate is third-highest in the nation, while Handlogten’s 18.2% offensive rebounding rate ranks fourth nationally'

THE TIP-OFF ​

• Florida gets a rematch against Alabama on its home court two weeks after the Tide edged out the Gators in an overtime thriller, 98-93. Walter Clayton Jr. scored a game-high 27 in the first meeting, while Zyon Pullin and Tyrese Samuel added 17 points each.

• Zyon Pullin ranks second in the nation and is on pace to set Florida’s all-time record with and assist/turnover ratio of 4.16, and his 4.96 assists per game rank second in the SEC. Walter Clayton Jr., meanwhile, has 11 20-point outings this season, most by a Gator since Kenny Boynton’s 13 in 2011-12.

• Florida has two of the top three off ensive rebounders in the SEC in Micah Handlogten (3.63) and Tyrese Samuel (3.07). UF’s 39.1% offensive rebounding rate is third-highest in the nation, while Handlogten’s 18.2% offensive rebounding rate ranks fourth nationally assist-to-turnover showing as a team.

 

ABOUT THE OPPONENT ​

• Alabama leads the nation with 90.9 points per game and ranks second with 11.5 3-point field goals per game.

• Mark Sears leads Alabama with 20.7 points per game and has 68 made 3-pointers at a .433 rate. Sears also shoots .510 from the fi eld and has 157 made free throws while leading the Tide with 51 steals.

• Aaron Estrada scores 13.3 points per game and a team-high 130 assists. • Grant Nelson adds 11.9 points and a team-leading 5.5 rebounds per game and 44 blocked shots.

• Rylan Griffin rounds out the double figure scorers at 11.4 points per game and has 59 3-pointers, second on the team behind Sears.

OPPONENT’S LAST 5 GAMES
Feb. 17 Texas A&M W 100-75
Feb. 21 Florida W/OT 98-93
Feb. 24 at Kentucky L 95-117
Feb. 28 at Ole Miss W 103-88 March 2 Tennessee L 74-81

OPPONENT’S UPCOMING GAMES
March 9 Arkansas
March 13-17 SEC Tournament