Filed under: Florida, SEC, Georgia
It took a while, but No. 24 Florida (16-4, 5-1) eventually got a huge win on the road over Georgia (14-5, 3-3) in Athens, 104-91.Some heroics by both teams in the waning seconds extended the game. A Trey Thompkins tip-in as time expired in regulation sent the game to overtime, and a deep Erving Walker 3-pointer with one second remaining pushed it to a second OT.
Walker's shot came from well beyond the 3-point line after two Georgia free throws gave the Bulldogs a three-point lead. It appeared that Georgia coach Mark Fox wanted his team to foul prior to the shot, but either they failed to get the message or they couldn't catch Walker. He navigated the Georgia pressure with ease and got a clean -- if deep -- look.
Florida dominated from there, scoring the first nine points of the second overtime. As big as Walker, Kenny Boynton, and Vernon Macklin were in the first 45 minutes, Chandler Parsons was just as effective in the final five. The senior finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds, including a stretch when he scored nine straight points for the Gators.
Walker and Boynton led all scorers with 24 points, while Macklin added a career-high 23 points and 10 boards.
Travis Leslie led the Bulldogs with 21, and Thompkins finished with 20 points and 14 rebounds.
How it was won: Offensive rebounding in the second overtime. The Gators grabbed four in the second overtime alone, when it appeared that Georgia's spirit had been broken. The Gators were able to reverse the trend of the previous 45 minutes, when they got outworked in the post for long stretches.
How it was lost: Momentum, if you can blame that. The second overtime saw a completely different Georgia team than the first, and they weren't able to stay with the Gators. Florida came out fast and the Bulldogs were never able to recover.
Where to from here: Florida's put a touch of distance between itself and the rest of the SEC East, but it has a tricky stretch coming, beginning with a road game against Mississippi State. Georgia now heads to Lexington to face Kentucky in a rematch after the Bulldogs upset UK 77-70 in Athens.
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Source: http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2011/01/25/florida-outlasts-georgia-in-double-ot/
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