Boxscore
Florida 66, Middle Tennessee St. 45
Sunday, November 18, 2012 4:00 PM
Location -
Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, Florida
Officials -
James Barker, Lee Cassell, Antinio Petty
Attendance -
11386
Final Scoring Summary
Recap
No. 10 Florida 66, Middle Tennessee State 45: Kenny Boynton scored 18 of his 20 points during a second-half surge as the host Gators cruised past the Blue Raiders.
Boynton overcame a sluggish first half to score 13 consecutive points - highlighted by a trio of 3-pointers. Will Yeguete had 11 points and Scottie Wilbekin returned from a suspension to score 10 for Florida (3-0), which went on a 16-4 run to start the second half.
Marcos Knight, who posted a career-high 21 points off the bench versus Savannah State, mustered just 12 on 3-of-11 shooting for Middle Tennessee State (2-1).
After clinging to a 29-26 lead at halftime, the Gators went to their transition game to pull away from the Blue Raiders. Wilbekin provided the signature play after converting an alley-oop from Mike Rosario to give Florida a 42-28 lead with 12:34 remaining.
Middle Tennessee State closed to within nine at 48-39, but Boynton hit two free throws and a 3-pointer within a 57-second stretch to put the game out of reach.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Florida's Erik Murphy finished with just six points, one game removed from matching his career high of 24 versus Wisconsin on Wednesday. ... Wilbekin's suspension spanned three games - including the canceled contest against Georgetown aboard the USS Bataan. ... Middle Tennessee State has dropped seven straight meetings against ranked opponents.
Middle Tennessee St. Blue Raiders
| |
REBOUNDS |
|
| PLAYER |
MIN |
FGM-A |
3GM-A |
FTM-A |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
A |
PF |
STL |
TO |
BLK |
PTS |
|
Raymond Cintron
|
20:00 |
0-2 |
0-2 |
0-0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Kerry Hammonds
|
22:00 |
0-5 |
0-3 |
1-2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Neiko Hunter
|
16:00 |
2-6 |
0-1 |
0-0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
Shawn Jones
|
21:00 |
4-7 |
0-0 |
2-4 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
Bruce Massey
|
27:00 |
0-6 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
J.T. Sulton
|
27:00 |
3-6 |
0-1 |
2-2 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
|
Marcos Knight
|
26:00 |
3-12 |
0-1 |
6-7 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
|
Torin Walker
|
1:00 |
1-2 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
James Gallman
|
17:00 |
2-3 |
2-2 |
0-0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Jason Jones
|
8:00 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Trantell Knight
|
15:00 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| TOTAL |
200 |
16-50 |
2-10 |
11-16 |
10 |
15 |
25 |
11 |
24 |
3 |
12 |
1 |
45 |
| |
32.0%
|
20.0%
|
68.8%
|
Team Rebs: 9 |
|
Total TO: 12 |
Florida Gators