OGT-MBB Florida vs Stetson 12/4/22 2:00 pm SECN

Dec 4 (Sun) 2 PM Gators Sports Network from LEARFIELD
Florida vs Stetson
Presented by Florida Credit Union
Gainesville, FL Exactech Arena at Stephen C. O'Connell Center

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BROADCAST INFO
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Analyst: Pat Bradley

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Analyst: Lee Humphrey
HEAD COACHES
Todd Golden
5-3 | 1st season at UF
62-39 | 4th season overall

Donnie Jones
43-53 | 4th season at Stetson
177-182 | 13th season overalL

 

FLORIDA POSSIBLE STARTERS
# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Min. Pts. Reb. Misc.
1 CJ Felder F 6-7 240 Sr. 16.9 3.0 4.3 0.6 stl
12 Colin Castleton F 6-11 250 5th 28.8 17.3 7.8 3.0 blk
2 Trey Bonham G 6-0 170 Jr. 17.6 10.3 2.8 1.8 3fg
14 Kowacie Reeves G 6-6 192 So. 19.7 9.2 2.5 1.8 3fg
24 Riley Kugel G 6-5 207 Fr. 16.0 5.6 1.9 1.0 ast

STETSON POSSIBLE STARTERS
# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Min. Pts. Reb. Misc.
15 Mahamadou Diawara F 6-10 250 Sr. 12.9 5.4 3.8 .522 fg%
35 Alvin Tumblin F 6-7 205 So. 18.8 8.3 3.0 0.8 stl
1 Wheza Panzo G 6-7 200 Sr. 28.9 7.8 5.3 2.5 3fg
5 Jalen Blackmon G 6-3 186 Jr. 23.7 10.5 2.0 1.8 3fg
30 Stephan Swenson G 6-2 190 Jr. 27.9 12.0 2.2 5.3 ast

 

NUMBERS OF NOTE​

7​

Trey Bonham ’s seven made 3-pointers vs. FAMU tied a Florida record for most 3-point field goals with
out a miss, matching Matt Walsh’s 7-for-7 night vs. Bethune-Cookman on Dec. 28, 2002.

3​

Kowacie Reeves’ 19-point outburst vs. Florida A&M including three 3-pointers and three dunks. Reeves
came out on fire, scoring 15 in the first half.

987​

Colin Castleton enters Sunday’s game with 987 career points, including his 99 at Michigan,
putting the the 1,000-point career scoring milestone within reach.

 

DECEMBER
4 Stetson SEC Net. 2 p.m.

7 #8 UConn ESPN2 9 p.m.

14 vs. Ohio (Tampa) ESPN2 7 p.m.

20 vs. Oklahoma (Jumpman) ESPN2 9:30 p.m.

28 at #15 Auburn ESPN2 7 p.m.

 

GATORS AT A GLANCE​

• Sunday marks the second straight game and the third time this season the Gators have faced off against a
former assistant, all three of whom were at UF under different head coaches. UF has a 20-3 mark vs. former
assistants since 2000, with one of those losses coming to a Donnie Jones UCF team (see page 2 for chart).

• Florida is coming off a win vs. Florida A&M that saw five Gators in double figures, led by Trey Bonham’s 23
points and Kowacie Reeves’ 19. UF played without a pair of usual starters in that game, as Kyle Lofton (back)
and Will Richard (knee) were sidelined.

• Trey Bonham has averaged 15.8 points over the last five games, including two 23-point outings. He’s shooting
.446 from the field and .448 from 3-point range over that span.

• Will Richard has provided efficient scoring from the wing, tallying at least 13 points in six of Florida’s seven
games while shooting .571 from the field, .520 from 3-point range and .947 from the free throw line. Richard
posted a season-high 18 points vs. Xavier.

• Alex Fudge posted his first career double-double vs. Florida A&M, tallying 16 points and 10 rebounds. All 16
points and nine of his rebounds came in the second half.

• Colin Castleton’s double-double vs. Xavier (11 points, 10 rebounds) marked his 15th as a Gator, tying him with
Joakim Noah and Chandler Parsons for fifth-most by a Gator since the 1996-97 season.

• UF’s 19-point rally at Florida State marked the fourth-largest in team history and the largest on the road since
a 22-point comeback at South Carolina on Feb. 24, 1993. Castleton scored 19 of his 25 points in the second half.

• Colin Castleton opened the season on fire and posted back-to-back 30-point outings, notching a career-best
33 vs. Kennesaw State and 30 vs. FAU. An individual has recorded back-to-back 30-point games nine times in
UF history and Castleton is the seventh different player to accomplish the feat. He was the first since Anthony
Roberson in Jan. 2005 to do so (see page 6 for full list).

• Castleton became the first Gator with a 30-point double-double since Joakim Noah (37/11 vs. Georgia, 3/1/06)
and the only SEC player since the 1996-97 season with 30 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots in a game,
a stat line he accomplished vs. FAU.

• Kowacie Reeves stepped up with a pair of late 3-pointers in the win vs. Kennesaw State. Reeves had his
strongest showing of the season with 19 points vs. Florida A&M, which included three 3-pointers and three
authoritative dunks.

• Riley Kugel made his first career start vs. Florida A&M, marking six straight seasons and 15 of the last 16 in
which a freshman started at least one game for UF (every season since 2007-08 except 2016-17).

• Grad point guard Kyle Lofton (Saint Bonaventure), a three-time All-A-10 player who scored 1,613 points in
four seasons with the Bonnies, came to Florida via the transfer portal. UF also brings in a trio of transfers
who all have three years of eligibility remaining: junior Trey Bonham (VMI), sophomore Alex Fudge (LSU) and
sophomore Will Richard (Belmont).

• Golden compiled a 57-36 record over three seasons at San Francisco and led the Dons to their first NCAA Tournament bid since 1998 and their first at-large selection since 1982.

 

ABOUT THE OPPONENT​

• Stetson is led by former UF assistant Donnie Jones, who coached 11 seasons with the Gators (1996-2007) and was part of two national championships and three Final Fours. This will be Jones’ fourth time squaring off against UF as a head coach, twice with UCF (1-1) and once previously at Stetson (0-1).

• The Hatters opened the season with back-to-back road wins at Florida State and USF.

• Luke Brown has averaged 15.5 points in four appearances, while Cyncier Harrison has scored 13.7 in three games, both coming off the bench. Beyond the arc, Wheza Panzo (.625, 15/24) and Brown (.519, 14/27) are Stetson’s top threats.

• Stephan Swenson (12.0 ppg) and Jalen Blackmon (10.5) both average in double figures, while Swenson has dished a team-high 32 assists.

STETSON’S LAST 5 GAMES
Nov. 14 at USF W 68-67
Nov. 18 vs. Rider W 78-68
Nov. 19 vs. Niagara L 62-66
Nov. 27 at Campbell L/OT 85-87
Nov. 29 Johnson (Fla.) W 125-51

STETSON’S NEXT 5 GAMES
Dec. 10 Webber International
Dec. 14 at College of Charleston
Dec. 17 at Ohio
Dec. 21 at UCF
Dec. 30 at Lipscomb

LAST 10 VS. STETSON
Nov. 21, 1997 H W 79-69
Dec. 28, 2001 H W 94-66
Dec. 6, 2003 H W 74-61
Dec. 8, 2004 H W 93-54
Dec. 20, 2006 H W 88-67
Nov. 27, 2007 H W 71-48
Dec. 30, 2008 H W 78-57
Nov. 15, 2009 H W 74-46
Nov. 28, 2011 N W 96-70
Dec. 6, 2020 H W 86-40

UF VS. FORMER ASSISTANTS (20-3) Since 2000
Dec. 22, 2001 New Orleans (Towe) W 76-60
Feb. 17, 2003 New Orleans (Towe) W 77-48
March 16, 2006 *vs. S. Alabama (Pelphrey) W 76-50
Feb. 2, 2008 at Arkansas (Pelphrey) L 61-80
Jan. 17, 2009 Arkansas (Pelphrey) W 80-65
March 12, 2009 ^vs. Arkansas (Pelphrey) W 73-58
Jan. 21, 2010 at Arkansas (Pelphrey) W 71-66
Feb. 4, 2010 at Alabama (Grant) W 66-65
Dec. 1, 2010 vs. UCF (Jones) L 54-57
Jan. 22, 2011 Arkansas (Pelphrey) W 75-43
March 1, 2011 Alabama (Grant) W 78-51
Feb. 14, 2012 at Alabama (Grant) W 61-52
March 9, 2012 ^vs. Alabama (Grant) W 66-63
Nov. 23, 2012 UCF (Jones) W 79-66
March 2, 2013 Alabama (Grant) W 64-52
March 16, 2013 ^vs. Alabama (Grant) W 61-51
Jan. 23, 2014 at Alabama (Grant) W 68-62
Feb. 8, 2014 Alabama (Grant) W 78-69
Jan. 27, 2015 at Alabama (Grant) W 52-50
March 12, 2015 ^vs. Alabama (Grant) W 69-61
Dec. 6, 2020 Stetson (Jones) W 86-40
Nov. 14, 2022 Florida Atlantic (May) L 74-76
Nov. 30, 2022 Florida A&M (McCullum) W 102-62
*NCAA Tournament; ^SEC Tournament
Alabama: Anthony Grant; UCF/Stetson: Donnie Jones
Florida Atlantic: Dusty May; Florida A&M: Robert McCullum
South Alabama/Arkansas: John Pelphrey; New Orleans: Monty Towe

 

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