game Jan. 29, 2005 Florida vs. florida 17 South Carolina today’s game Florida has won 11 of the last 12 meetings with South Carolina Tip 1:00 p.m. UF is 16-5 in the month of January over the past three years (15-4 in SEC) Site O’Connell Center (12,000) Gainesville, Fla. tipoff TV JP Sports. Tim Brando and Off to a 4-1 start in SEC play, the University of Florida wraps up a three-game homestand Larry Conley call the action. Radio Gator Radio Network. Mick against South Carolina...UF has won seven straight meetings between the two and 11 of the Hubert and Mark Wise handle last 12 games between the two...UF is 20-8 against South Carolina since the Gamecocks the call. entered the league in 1992...Florida has won six consecutive games against South Carolina Coaches Billy Donovan is 181-88 in at the O’Connell Center...The Gators are 16-5 in January over the last three seasons and 15- his ninth season at Florida and 4 in SEC play...Florida has hit 50 percent or better nine times in 16 games, including five out 216-108 in his 11th year as a of the last nine games... Florida has hit 55 percent or better seven times this season...Anthony head coach. Dave Odom is 68- Roberson has come up with 108 points over his last four games, an average of 27.0 per 48 in his fourth season at contest with two 30-point games during that stretch....Roberson is averaging 24.6 points South Carolina and 346-222 in per game in SEC play to lead the league and has hit at least four three-pointers in each of his his 19th season as a head coach. Tickets Sold out. last four games...David Lee is averaging a double-double in SEC play with 10.8 points per Up Next Feb. 1st at Mississippi State game and 10.4 rebounds...Lee has 37 rebounds in his last three games (12.3 per game)...Lee at 8:00 p.m. and Al Horford are combining for 19.2 rebounds per game in league play as the Gators are out-rebounding opponents by 11.6 rebounds per game in conference play...Over the last three games Florida has outrebounded its opponents 43.7 to 25.3, a margin of +18.3...The the polls Gators are averaging 12.6 offensive rebounds per game in SEC and have grabbed 41.2 percent of their missed shots...Horford has been in double figures in rebounds in three of AP ESPN the last four games...Corey Brewer leads the Gators defensive efforts with 32 steals on the Florida rv rv year and five games of three or more steals including two in league play...Lee Humphrey has South Carolina nr nr filled in admirably for Matt Walsh and has 54 points in the last six games after scoring 46 in series information the first 10...Matt Walsh returned to the Gators on Jan. 19 after missing four games with a syndesmotic ankle sprain and in his second game back against Georgia scored 10 points Florida and South Carolina have met 44 and was a perfect 5-of-5 from the line...UF has scored 80+ points on 11 occasions this times in basketball with Florida holding a season, all wins. 27-17 advantage. The Gators have won 11 of the last 12 contests, including a 69- 58 victory last year in Gainesville. scouting south carolina The South Carolina Gamecocks enter today’s match-up with an 11-6 record (3-3 SEC) by the numbers following a 68-63 victory over Vanderbilt on Jan. 26... In his fourth season at USC, head coach Dave Odom looks to improve upon a 2003-04 season in which his Gamecocks were 12.6...the number of offensive rebounds per the surprise of the SEC, finishing 23-11... Odom was selected as the 2004 SEC Coach-of-the- game for the Gators in SEC play 41.2...the Gators have grabbed 41.2 per- starting lineup cent of potential offensive rebounds in league play, hauling in 63 offensive boards Florida Gators (12-4, 4-1 SEC) No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG/RPG 80...Billy Donovan won his 80th game in 24 David Lee F 6-9 240 Sr. St. Louis, Mo. 12.0/7.8 league play on Wednesday night and has a 2 Corey Brewer F 6-8 185 Fr. Portland, Tenn. 7.5/3.1 .602 winning percentage in SEC play 42 Al Horford C 6-8 235 Fr. Puerto Plata, D.R. 6.9/6.2 12 Lee Humphrey G 6-2 192 So. Maryville, Tenn. 6.3/1.6 108...the number of points for Anthony 1 Anthony Roberson G 6-2 180 Jr. Saginaw, Mich. 18.4/2.6a Roberson over the last four games or 27.0 points per game South Carolina (11-6, 3-3 SEC) No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG/RPG 1 Tre’ Kelley G 6-0 182 So. Washington, D.C. 10.5/3.5a 21 Tarence Kinsey G 6-7 184 Jr. Tampa, Fla. 10.0/3.4 34 Renaldo Balkman F 6-8 210 So. Tampa, Fla. 6.8/4.9 15 Carlos Powell F 6-7 225 Sr. Florence, S.C. 15.1/6.5 33 Brandon Wallace F 6-9 195 So. Jackson, S.C. 6.2/4.3 Year, making him only one of two head coaches to have won both SEC and ACC Coach-of- schedule & the-Year honors...On the floor, the Gamecocks are led by All-SEC forward Carlos Powell who leads the team in both scoring (15.1 ppg) and rebounding (6.5 rpg)... Also averaging in results double figures for the Gamecocks are Tre’ Kelley and Tarence Kinsey, averaging 10.5 and Date Opponent Results/Time 10. 0 ppg respectively...The Gamecocks are a deceiving 0-5 on the road this season as the 11/2 Florida Southern (Exh.) W 105-65 losses have come at Kansas, Pittsburgh, Kentucky, LSU and Mississippi State with three of 11/9 Eckerd (Exh.) W 90-70 them coming by four points or less...A tremendous defensive team, the Gamecocks are 11/19 at Jacksonville W 81-59 11/23 Florida Atlantic W 90-45 limiting opponents to just 62.2 points per game, are holding opponents to 41.7 percent from 11/27 Providence W 84-66 the floor and 31.0 percent from three-point range. 11/30 FAMU W 88-51 12/4 Miami L, 72-65 12/8 Stetson W, 93-54 gators’ last time out 12/11 Louisville L, 74-70 The University of Florida improved to 4-1 in SEC play with a 70-47 victory over Georgia 12/19 Georgia Southern W, 100-68 on Tuesday night...The 47 points were the fewest Florida surrendered to Georgia since 1951 12/22 Eastern Kentucky W, 98-49 12/29 Sam Houston W, 83-51 while the 15 first half points Florida held Georgia to were the fewest by an SEC opponent in 1/2 Florida State L, 82-69 Billy Donovan’s tenure at UF...Anthony Roberson scored 18 points and hit 7-of-11 shots 1/8 Arkansas* W, 82-74 from the floor to lead the way while Al Horford had 10 points and seven rebounds...The 1/12 Auburn* W, 84-78 (OT) Gators outrebounded Georgia by an overwhelming 44-21 margin and have outrebounded 1/15 Vanderbilt* W, 82-65 1/19 Tennessee* L, 83-76 (OT) their last three opponents by an average of 43.7-25.3, a margin of +18.4...Florida was effec- 1/25 Georgia* W, 70-47 tive getting to the line, hitting 23-of-29 free throw atempts led by Matt Walsh who was 5-of- 1/29 South Carolina* 1 p.m. 5 and Lee Humphrey who was 4-of-4...Florida took a 32-15 lead going into the locker room 2/1 Mississippi State* 8 p.m. and outscored Georgia 38-32 in the second half...Florida held the Bulldogs to just 16 field 2/5 Alabama* 3 p.m. 2/8 Kentucky* 9 p.m. goals, the sixth time this season they’ve held an opponent to 20 or fewer field goals. 2/12 Tennessee* 5 p.m. 2/16 Ole Miss* 7 p.m. 2/19 LSU* 3 p.m. roberson comes up big again 2/23 Vanderbilt* 8 p.m. With 34 points against Auburn on Jan. 12 and 30 points against Vanderbilt on Jan. 15, 2/27 South Carolina* 2 p.m. Anthony Roberson recorded the second and third 30-point games of his career...His 34 3/2 Georgia* 8 p.m. 3/6 Kentucky* Noon points against Auburn were the most points by a Gator on an opposing team’s court 3/10-13 SEC Tournament TBA since 1986...He became the first Gator to record back-to-back 30-point games since 3/17-20 NCAA Tournament- 1st/2nd Rounds Andrew Moten in 1986 and the first to do so on the road since Andy Owens in 3/24-27 NCAA Tournament – Regionals 1970...Roberson has eight games of 25+points for his career including three this 4/2-4 NCAA Tournament – Final Four season...Roberson had four games of 25+ points last season and had a 26-point game *Denotes SEC game.Home games in bold. 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