UF Report Card by 001

Congrats to the SEC Western Division Champs! And they didn’t need help from anyone to get this honor. They did it on their own. It was a heck of a game. State scored first, lost the lead at the 18:15 mark, tied the game at the 17:53 mark, and went ahead at the 17:28 mark and never looked back. Our offensive game wasn’t nearly as good as it has been, but the defensive game was spot on. Our bench production was identical to Florida ’s bench scoring with eight points. This was also the lowest scoring for Jamont Gordon for the season, and we still found a way to win. Although Jamont only scored 4 points for the game, his play in other areas of the game were excellent. He had 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals and outstanding defensive play.
OFFENSE B
Although Gordon was limited in scoring, the rest of the team took up the slack. All of the other starters were in double figures. Varnado had an excellent game with another double-double scoring 11 points with 11 rebounds to go along with one assist, 7 blocks and 2 steals. Our shooting was somewhat better in the first half than the second half. In the first half, we were 14 of 31 for 45.2% and in the second half, we were 9 of 24 for 37.5%. For the game we were 23 of 55 for 41.8%. This is a lot lower than our previous games. But still good enough for the win, and on the road. We also got 12 points off of 7 offensive rebounds, that’s an excellent mark. Maybe we are previewing a return of the “Road Warriors.”
DEFENSE A-
Anytime you can hold Florida team to 36.1% shooting, you have done a great job on defense. Actually, that is really somewhat higher than it should have been. After Florida called a time out at the 00:35 mark, Coach instructed our guys to slow them down, but not to foul them. Consequently, they got 2 uncontested lay ups in the remainder of the game. Coach Stansbury and staff had a great defensive game plan put together. His switching our defenses from man to zone and so on really kept the Florida offense in somewhat of a disarray. Our guys held their offense in check for most of the game giving up 22 of 61 attempts for 36.1% for the game. They also held Florida ’s 3 point shooting in check allowing only 7 for 25 attempts for 28.0% for the game. Overall, a very good defensive outing.
ASSIST TO TURNOVER RATIO A
We had 13 assists compared to just 8 turnovers in this game. By far the lowest number of turnovers by the Dawgs this year. Gordon led the way with assists at 5. Ravern Johnson had 2 assists off the bench. We need to keep working on this category for the remainder of the season.
REBOUNDING B
We tied with the Gators in this category at 40 each. We collected 23 rebounds in the first half and only 17 in the second half. Had we done just a little better in the second half, we could have won this battle. But a tie is always better than a loss in this area of the game.
3 POINT SHOOTING B
We were not quite up to par in this category for this game as a team. We were 7 of 21 for 33.3% for the game. However. Hansbrough by himself would have graded an A on going for 4 8 for 50.0%. Ravern Johnson was one for one. It’s good to see others stepping up when our mainstays are off.
FREE THROW SHOOTING C
Our free throw shooting dropped off in this game. We only made 15 of 25 for 60.0% from the charity stripe. We have been doing better than this in our last 3 or 4 games. Hopefully, it’ll be back up for our next game which is another road game. Hansbrough and Stewart were good off the line 4 for 4 and 2 for 2.
OFFICIATING A
I felt this was well officiated game. The officials let the guys play and missed very few calls in my opinion. I would love to see this type of officiating for the remainder of this season.
OVERALL B
This was a very good road win for this team. When you beat Florida at their house, you should be congratulated. They play as well at home as any team in the conference. This win give us 2 Eastern Division wins on the road and 2 Eastern Division wins at home against 1 Eastern Division loss at home, with one Eastern Division game on the road at Vanderbilt. I still like the way our team is stepping up to their potential. Memorial gun at Vandy is a hard place to play. I’ve been up there for a number of our games and feel that if we do play to our potential and can hold Shane Foster to less than 5 3 pointers, we can win up there again. Go Dawgs!