College Hoops

Florida at Mississippi State, 8:30 pm

Chris Harry

Florida at Mississippi State

 
* When: Saturday, 8:30 p.m. (ET)
* Where: Humphrey Coliseum / Starkville, Miss.
* Records: Florida (10-8, 3-3) / Opponent (12-6, 1-5)
* TV: ESPN (Paul Sunderland and Joe Kleine)
* Radio: Gator Sports Network from LEARFIELD (Sean Kelley and Lee Humphrey)


Projected Starters

UF forward Colin Castleton (12) and point guard Kyle Lofton (11)









Florida Position Height / Weight Class Statistics
Alex Fudge F 6-7 / 240 Sophomore 7.5 pts / 5.2 reb
Colin Castleton F 6-11 / 231 5th-Senior 14.9 pts / 8.1 reb / 3.2 blk
Will Richard G 6-5 / 206 Sophomore 10.1 pts / 4.3 reb
Myreon Jones G 6-3 / 177 5th-Senior 4.8 pts / 2.4 reb
Kyle Lofton G 6-3 / 188 5th-Senior 8.8 pts / 2.4 reb / 3.0 ast









Mississippi State Position Height / Weight Class Statistics
D.J. Jeffries F 6-7 / 215 Junior 9.3 pts / 6.2 reb 
Tolu Smith F 6-11 / 245 Senior 13.8 pts / 7.9 reb
Cameron Matthews G 6-7 / 225 Senior 6.4 pts / 5.1 reb
Eric Reed G 6-2 / 200 Senior 5.6 pts / 2.6 reb
Dashawn Davis G 6-2 / 195 Senior 8.1 pts / 1.7 reb


The Breakdown

Humphrey Coliseum (capacity 10,575) in Starkville, MIss.


Setup / Series / Last Meeting


Florida and Mississippi State face off in Saturday’s Southeastern Conference nightcap. The Gators, seeking their third true road win, had a season-best three-game winning snapped Wednesday in a 54-52 loss at Texas A&M, a game they played from behind throughout following a disastrous first-half shooting performance, only to fall short in the final seconds. The Bulldogs, who won their first 11 games of the season and ascended to No. 15 in the Associated Press rankings, have dropped six of seven and sit in a four-way tie (with LSU, Ole Miss and Arkansas) for last place in the league standings. Their last outing was a Tuesday defeat at ninth-ranked Tennessee, where they were held to 33-percent shooting by the nation’s No. 1-rated defense. … For UF, the game represents a Quadrant 1 opportunity, according to NCAA Evaluation Tool metrics, as MSU sits at No. 56 and well within the Top-75 Q1 threshold for a true road game. … Florida leads the all-time…

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