COACHES Mike White 59-28/3rd season at UF 160-68/7th season overall Ben Howland 43-35/3rd season at Miss. State 444-241/22nd seasonoverall MATCHUP BASICS All-Time Series: 64-49 Home: 39-12 Under Mike White: 2-0 FLORIDA GATORS Home/White: 1-0 11-4, 3-0 SEC Last Meeting: W, 57-52, 2/18/17 (Away) vs. vs. BROADCAST INFO MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS TV: SEC Network | Streaming: WatchESPN / ESPN App 13-2, 1-1 SEC Play-by-Play: Roy Philpott Analyst: Brooke Weisbrod THE SETUP Radio: Gator IMG Sports Network | Sirius 137 | XM 190 JANUARY 10, 2018 | 7 P.M. | GAME 16 › Florida returns home to square off against Mississippi State after a pair Play-by-Play: Mick Hubert EXACTECH ARENA AT THE of road wins last week. The Gators look to defend a seven-game winning Analyst: Mark Wise streak against MSU. STEPHEN C. O’CONNELL CENTER (10,151) GAINESVILLE, FLA. › UF picked up the road win at Missouri last time out behind Chris Chiozza’s NOVEMBER last-second pickpocket and fastbreak layup with :00.1 on the clock. 2 at Jacksonville (Exh.) --- W 88-47 5 Tampa (Exh.) SEC + W 94-57 › The Gators have the SEC’s top turnover margin (+5.4); second-ranked free FLORIDA’S PROBABLE STARTERS throw percentage (.767), steals per game (7.6) and assist-to-turnover 13 Gardner-Webb ESPNU W 116-74 ratio (1.4); and sit third in scoring off ense (83.0), 3-point fi eld goal # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Min. Pts. R/A 16 North Florida SECN W 108-68 percentage (.393) and 3-pointers per game (9.7). 25 Keith Stone F 6-8 245 So. 22.5 7.1 3.5r 19 New Hampshire SECN W 70-63 › Florida has three of the SEC’s top four free throw shooters as Egor 13 Kevarrius Hayes C 6-9 225 Jr. 24.9 5.1 5.3r 23 vs. Stanford ESPN2 W 108-87 4 Egor Koulechov G 6-5 205 Gr. 30.5 15.0 6.7r Koulechov’s .957 free throw percentage leads the League, follwed by 24 vs. #17 Gonzaga ESPN2 W/2OT 111-105 Chris Chiozza (third, .900) and KeVaughn Allen (fourth, .898). In addition, 5 KeVaughn Allen G 6-2 193 Jr. 30.8 11.1 2.5r 26 vs. #1 Duke ESPN L 84-87 Chris Chiozza’s 5.8 assists per game rank second. 11 Chris Chiozza G 6-0 175 Sr. 31.7 13.1 5.8a › Florida now has seven ranked wins under Mike White, with the Texas A&M DECEMBER win marking the fi rst in a road game (two home, four neutral). The win OPPONENT’S PROBABLE STARTERS 4 Florida State ESPN2 L 66-83 in College Station was Keith Stone’s breakout performance of the season, 6 Loyola Chicago SECN L 59-65 tallying 18 points and shooting 4-for-6 from 3-point range. # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Min. Pts. R/A 24 Abdul Ado F 6-11 250 Fr. 24.7 6.4 6.9r 9 vs. #17 Cincinnati ESPN2 W 66-60 › UF has four games this season with 15+ made 3-pointers, including the 17 35 Aric Holman F 6-10 225 Jr. 21.6 12.2 7.0r 16 vs. Clemson FS2/SUN L 69-71 made treys at Texas A&M to match a season high. 0 Nick Weatherspoon G 6-2 195 Fr. 28.9 11.3 3.1r 20 James Madison SECN W 72-63 › Florida’s four 100-point games this season are tied for third-most in a 11 Q. Weatherspoon G 6-4 205 Jr. 29.5 14.3 5.9r 22 Incarnate Word SECN W 75-60 season in school history. The Gators had fi ve such games twice previously 23 Tyson Carter G 6-4 165 So. 24.7 10.6 2.3r 30 Vanderbilt ESPN2 W 81-74 (2000-01, 2001-02). › UF opened its SEC schedule with a win for the sixth straight season, JANUARY topping Vanderbilt 81-74 at home. UF’S LAST GAME NUMBERS OF NOTE 2 at #11/13 Texas A&M ESPN2 W 83-66 › Egor Koulechov has been a critical component to the Gator off ense this › Chris Chiozza’s steal and fastbreak 6 at Missouri CBS W 77-75 season. The team is 8-1 when Koulechov scores 12+ points and 2-3 when layup with 0.1 seconds left on the clock 10 Mississippi State SECN 7 p.m. he scores 11 or fewer. 0.1 lifted Florida to a 77-75 win at Missouri. 13 at Ole Miss CBS 1 p.m. The clock showed 0.1 seconds when › The Gators picked a gut-check 66-60 neutral-site victory vs. 17th-ranked › Jalen Hudson led the Gators with 16 17 Arkansas ESPN2 7 p.m. Chris Chiozza scored the game- Cincinnati as Florida forced the Bearcats into 21 turnovers. points, and it was Hudson drawing winning layup at Missouri, marking 20 at Kentucky ESPN 8:15 p.m. a foul and hitting two of three free › Florida topped Gonzaga in the PK80 semis, 111-105, in double overtime his second thrilling game-winner 23 South Carolina SECN 7 p.m. throws with just over 20 seconds left behind 35 points from Jalen Hudson, 26 points and 10 assists by Chris in the span of 17 games. The Gators 27 Baylor ESPN 12 p.m. that tied the game, which the Gators Chiozza and 23 points from KeVaughn Allen. led for just 3:21 in the game, but that had trailed by double fi gures in the 30 at Georgia SECN 7 p.m. included the 0.1 that mattered most. › The Gators’ 17 3-pointers against Gonzaga and at Texas A&M are tied for second half. third-most in team history. Five of UF’s top 11 3-point performances in FEBRUARY › Florida fi nished the game on a 7-0 team history have come under Mike White. 3 Alabama ESPN/2 4 p.m. run over the fi nal 1:10. Hudson scored › UF opened the PK80 by blitzing Stanford with a school-record 13 fi rst- 450 the fi rst fi ve points on the run before 7 LSU SECN 6:30 p.m. Chiozza has racked up 450 career half 3-pointers, also setting the Gator record (minimum 20 attempts) for Chiozza’s game-winner. 10 at South Carolina CBS 12 p.m. 3-point percentage for the game at .682 (15-for-22). assists. With two more, he’ll catch Nick Calathes (452) to move into the › Chiozza scored all 13 of his points in the 14 Georgia SECN 9 p.m. › KeVaughn Allen, Chris Chiozza and Jalen Hudson all earned a place on the top fi ve all-time at Florida. second half and added six assists with 17 at Vanderbilt ESPN/2 4 p.m. PK80 All-Tournament Team. just one turnover. Keith Stone (13) and 21 at Tennessee ESPN2 9 p.m. › The Gators opened the season on fi re off ensively, scoring 100+ in four Kevarrius Hayes (10) also chipped in 24 Auburn SECN 8:30 p.m. double-digit scoring. of the fi rst fi ve games of the season, the fi rst time the Gators have ever 27 at Alabama ESPN/2 7 p.m. done so over a fi ve-game span. The Gators entered the season with fi ve 3 The Gators have won their fi rst three › The Gators only held the lead for 3:21 instances of back-to-back 100-point performances in program history. games in SEC play for the second in the game. MARCH straight season, starting 5-0 in › Jordan Barnett was a force for 3 Kentucky CBS 12 p.m. 2016-17. It marks the fi fth time in the Missouri, scoring 28 points and grab- 7-11 SEC Tournament past six seasons that UF has started bing nine rebounds. Barnett shot conference play 3-0. 6-for-9 from 3-point range. Contact: Denver Parler | [email protected]fl .edu | 352-692-6195 #0 Guard Combo guard rated a four-star prospect by ESPN with great size and playmaking ability...Has a good motor and came to UF as a well-regarded defender... Freshman Earning more minutes as the seson progresses...Member of Brewster Academy’s 33-0 national championship team in 2016-17. MIKE Raleigh, N.C. 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 OKAURU 6-3 | 180 2017-18 15 0 146 9.7 19 38 .500 10 21 .476 9 13 .692 2 16 18 1.2 13 0 13 5 1 5 57 3.8 #1 Forward Member of the ESPN 100 for 2017...Projects as a power forward, with the capability of being a stretch-4...Great athlete with a knack for fi nding the ball. Freshman CHASE Ripley, W.V. 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 2017-18 4 0 33 8.3 6 12 .500 0 0 .000 5 6 .833 5 3 8 2.0 2 0 1 1 2 2 17 4.3 JOHNSON 6-9 | 205 Named to the PK80 All-Tournament team & SEC Player of the Week, averaging 25.3 points per game and shooting 14-for-25 (.560) from 3-point range..