Florida (4-1/1-0 SEC) vs. LSU (6-1/1-0 SEC) Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center | Gainesville, Fla. Game 6 | Jan. 2, 2021 | 2 p.m. FLORIDA PROJECTED STARTERS HEAD COACH # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Min. Pts. Reb. Misc. NOVEMBER Mike White 4 Anthony Duruji F 6-7 220 Jr. 14.4 3.2 3.0 0.6 blk 2 5 v s . U M a s s L o w e l l C a n c e l e d 112-66 | 6th season at UF 12 Colin Castleton F 6-11 231 Jr. 21.3 9.8 4.6 1.4 blk 213-106 | 10th season overall 27 vs. #4 Virginia Canceled 1 Tre Mann G 6-5 190 So. 30.1 14.4 5.6 4.6 ast Will Wade 10 Noah Locke G 6-3 203 Jr. 24.7 10.4 1.8 2.4 3fg 73-33 | 4th season at LSU 23 Scottie Lewis G 6-5 189 So. 30.3 13.4 5.2 2.6 ast DECEMBER 164-78 | 8th season overall 2 at Oklahoma Canceled OPPONENT PROJECTED STARTERS 2 vs. Army ESPN2 W 76-69 MATCHUP BASICS # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Min. Pts. Reb. Misc. All-Time Series: 49-65 0 Mwani Wilkinson F 6-5 215 Fr. 18.0 4.1 3.1 1.3 stl 3 vs. Boston College ESPN W 90-70 All-Time/Home: 30-21 2 Trendon Watford F 6-9 240 So. 31.9 16.8 6.5 4.5 ast 6 Stetson SEC Net. W 86-40 Series Under White: 6-3 4 Darius Days F 6-7 245 Jr. 27.0 15.0 8.6 2.1 3fg 12 at #20/21 Florida St. ESPNU L 71-83 Home/White: 3-1 1 Javonte Smart G 6-4 205 Jr. 32.7 13.5 4.2 4.2 ast Last Meeting: 24 Cameron Thomas G 6-4 210 Fr. 31.3 24.1 2.9 3.0 3fg 16 North Florida Postponed W, 81-66, 2/26/20 (Home) 19 Florida Atlantic Postponed 2020-21 AT A GLANCE 20 Florida A&M Postponed BROADCAST INFO • The COVID-19 pandemic scrambled the start of the Gators’ non-conference schedule, pushing UF to its fi rst 22 James Madison Postponed CBS | CBS Sports App December start since 1992 and its latest start since a Dec. 2 tip to the 1977-78 campaign. Play-by-Play: John Sadak 29 at Vanderbilt ESPN2 W 91-72 Analyst: Jim Spanarkel • In the Gators’ fourth game of the season, Keyontae Johnson’s medical emergency became the focal point of the team’s energy for the following weeks, and the remaining non-conference games were postponed (no Gators Sports Network | XM 192 makeup dates announced). Johnson was discharged from UF Health on Dec. 22 and is expected to be on the Play-by-Play: Mick Hubert JANUARY Gators’ bench Saturday. Analyst: Lee Humphrey 2 LSU CBS 2 p.m. • On the basketball front, head coach Mike White looks to get back to his roots and push the pace this season 5 at Alabama ESPN2/U 7 p.m. and has the personnel to do it. In White’s four seasons at Louisiana Tech, his teams averaged in the top-40 nationally in adjusted tempo (per KenPom). The Gators sat just outside the top 100 in tempo each of White’s 9 Kentucky ESPN/2 5/8 p.m. NUMBERS OF NOTE fi rst two seasons at UF before slowing the pace in recent seasons. 12 Ole Miss SEC Net. 7 p.m. • Florida opened its SEC schedule with a 91-72 win at Vanderbilt, improving to 5-1 in SEC openers under White. 16 at Mississippi State ESPN2 4 p.m. Colin Castleton had a dominant performance with 23 points on 11-for-13 shooting, with 17 points coming in 19 Tennessee ESPN/2/U 7 p.m. 23 the second half. The Gators’ .618 fi eld goal percentage was the team’s best in a road SEC game since a .642 Colin Castleton had a career day 23 at Georgia ESPN/2 2 p.m. in the Gators’ SEC-opening win at performance at South Carolina in 2007. Vanderbilt on Wednesday, tallying • The Gators rank #1 in the SEC in blocked shots (6.6) and 3-point fi eld goal percentage (.389), #2 in fi eld goal 27 Vanderbilt SEC Net. 6:30 p.m. 23 points on 11-for-13 shooting with percentage (.507) and and #3 in scoring (82.8), steals (8.6) and turnover margin (+3.2). 30 at West Virginia ESPN/2 2/4 p.m. fi v e d u n k .s • Florida opened the season with a win vs. Army, knocking off some rust en route to a 76-69 win while overcom- ing a 12-point defi cit in the second half. Tre Mann had a career-best 19 points and fi ve steals, the fi rst Gator FEBRUARY 6.6 with a 19-point, fi ve-steal game since Michael Frazier (2/3/15 at Vanderbilt). Four players had multiple blocked 3 South Carolina SEC Net. 6:30 p.m. • The Gators had a solid 90-70 win vs. Boston College with fi ve Gators scoring double fi gures, including a shots against Vanderbilt, and the 6 at LSU ESPN/2 2 p.m. 24-point, 12-rebound performance by Keyontae Johnson, which marked just the eighth 24/12 game by a Gator Gators are averaging 6.6 blocks per since 1996. 10 at Tennessee ESPN2 7 p.m. game in the early going this season. The program record is 5.3, set by the • Johnson earned All-SEC honors last season while averaging 14.0 points and 7.1 rebounds last season, and Noah 13 Texas A&M SEC Net. 8:30 p.m. 2005-06 team. Locke shot .432 from 3-point range and averaged 10.6 points. 16 at Arkansas ESPN/2 7 p.m. • Preseason second-team coaches All-SEC Scottie Lewis comes back after fi nishing strong last season, along 20 Georgia SEC Net. 3:30 p.m. 4 with fellow sophomores Tre Mann, Ques Glover, Omar Payne and Jason Jitoboh. 23 at Auburn ESPN/2/U 9 p.m. Though not permanent partners in • Florida has the services of four transfers this season, all juniors. Power forward Anthony Duruji (Louisiana 27 at Kentucky CBS 4 p.m. the SEC’s scheduling formula, Florida Tech) and point guard Tyree Appleby (Cleveland State) both sat last season while practicing with the Gators. and LSU have been rotational home- They will be joined by 6-foot-11 Florida native Colin Castleton (Michigan, received NCAA waiver) and high- and-home opponents four times motor 4-man Osayi Osifo (junior college). MARCH in the past six seasons. Before UF’s 15-point win in the last meeting, the • UF brings in a pair of scholarship freshmen in guard Niels Lane and wing forward Samson Ruzhentsev, while 3 Missouri SEC Net. 6:30 p.m. teams split the previous four games the Gators’ roster includes a pair of walk-ons in redshirt freshman Alex Klatsky and true freshman Jack May. 10-14 SEC Tournament (Nashville) and all were decided by fi ve points or • The Gators have played the most challenging non-conference schedule of any power conference team over the fewer, including two overtime games course of Mike White’s tenure. UF’s schedule strength this season extends to the SEC slate where eight of 18 Contact: Denver Parler | [email protected] .edu and a buzzer beater. games will be vs. teams receiving votes in the preseason Top 25, fi ve on the road and three at home. Offi ce: 352-692-6195 | Cell: 352-318-3493 Speedy point guard with great bounce and outstanding range...Had four double-fi gure scoring games during his freshman season, averaging 4.4 #0 Guard per game while appearing in all 31 contests. Sophomore QUES Knoxville, Tenn. Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3A Pct FT FTA Pct OR DR Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg GLOVER 5-11 | 182 2020-21 5 0 37 7.4 5 12 .417 1 4 .250 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 0.8 6 0 3 4 0 2 13 2.6 TOTAL 36 0 420 11.7 59 137 .431 12 49 .245 19 34 .559 6 28 34 0.9 36 0 22 44 2 7 149 4.1 Combo guard with the potential to be a major contributor this season...Set career bests wtih 19 points and fi ve steals in the season opener vs. #1 Guard Army...Averaged 5.3 points with fi ve double-fi gure games during his freshman campaign. Sophomore TRE Gainesville, Fla. Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3A Pct FT FTA Pct OR DR Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg MANN 6-5 | 190 2020-21 5 5 150 30.0 25 57 .439 8 19 .421 14 18 .778 2 26 28 5.6 16 0 23 16 0 6 72 14.4 TOTAL 34 9 666 19.6 82 217 .378 30 99 .303 33 47 .702 10 73 83 2.4 69 0 43 48 2 23 227 6.7 #2 Forward Wing with great length and bouncy athleticism...One of the top shooters in the 2020 class...Represented Russia in the FIBA U18 Euro Champion- ships...Averaged 19.3 points at Hamilton Heights during his senior season.