Denzel Aberdeen scored 13 of his career-high 22 factors after halftime Saturday night time in Gainesville, Fla., as No. 3 Florida pulled away for an 88-67 victory over South Carolina, which stays winless in Southeastern Convention play.
After matching his profession excessive of 20 at No. 22 Mississippi State on Tuesday, when he began instead of Alijah Martin, Aberdeen made 8 of 12 pictures to assist Florida (22-3, 9-3 SEC) earn its fourth straight win. Martin returned Saturday after lacking two video games resulting from a hip pointer and Aberdeen completed together with his third profession 20-point recreation.
Thomas Haugh added a career-high 20 factors in his third profession begin as he changed Alex Condon (ankle), who will miss one to 2 weeks after injuring his ankle 30 seconds into Tuesday’s win.
Aberdeen and Valentine mixed to shoot 14 of twenty-two from the sector and hit eight 3-pointers. The Gators shot a scorching 60.4 p.c and hit 14 threes, marking the fourth straight time they’ve hit at the very least 10 triples.
Martin added 11 factors in his return from harm. Walter Clayton Jr. contributed 10 and had eight of Florida’s 24 assists whereas Rueben Chinyelu additionally completed with 10 factors.
South Carolina (10-15, 0-12) pale after a fast begin. The Gamecocks made 12 of their first 17 pictures and shot 44 p.c (22 of fifty) for the sport.
Jacobi Wright led South Carolina with 13 factors, whereas Nick Pringle and Collin Murray-Boyles added 12 apiece.
Florida made its first six pictures and raced to a 15-6 lead on Aberdeen’s second 3 with 15:27 left. South Carolina weathered the early deficit and ripped off a 17-3 run of its personal for a 23-18 lead on a dunk by Murray-Boyles with 10:46 left.
The Gamecocks held a 29-28 lead on a basket by Wright with 8:04 left, however missed their ultimate 5 pictures of the half and dedicated six turnovers as Florida held a 37-33 lead by halftime. Florida opened a 10-point lead lower than two minutes into the second when Haugh sank a 3 from the highest of the important thing then took a 49-34 lead on Will Richard’s spinning jumper with 16:38 left.
South Carolina’s subject objective drought ended at 9 when Morris Ugusuk made a 3 with 15:44 remaining, however two 3-pointers by Aberdeen in 25 seconds prolonged Florida’s result in 61-40 with 12:24 left. Florida stored pulling away and took a trio of 25-point results in end off its newest win.
–Area Stage Media