No. 1 Florida beats South Carolina 72-46
Michael Frazier II got one instruction from his Florida colleagues versus South Carolina - whenever he saw daylight on the court, allow the round fly.
The result was a school-record 11 3-pointers - the most ever in a Southeastern Conference game - and career-high 37 factors as Frazier aided the top-ranked Gators move a game away from an ideal SEC normal period with a 72-46 victory over South Carolina on Tuesday night.
" They informed me if I got a crack to let it go," Frazier said.
That was the simple component for Frazier, the sophomore which often found himself open and made the Gamecocks pay.
" Somewhat, some way we really did not express to our players that Michael Frazier could fire the basketball," South Carolina coach Frank Martin said.
The Gators (28-2, 17-0 SEC) are a game far from going undefeated in the SEC, something no team not called Kentucky has completed given that Alabama's 14-0 run in 1956. Florida instructor Billy Donovan shrugged that off, preaching his gamers will take the exact same technique to Saturday's Elderly Day conferences with the Wildcats as they have each game all period.
" I still believe there's things before this group," he stated." We cannot get wrapped up in the minute.".
Frazier's performance covered the 1986 mark of Florida's Joe Lawrence, that had nine against California. It was additionally the most ever in a league competition, although Rotnei Clarke hit 13 in 2010 and Alex Dillard made 12 in 1994 but both Arkansas players did it versus non-conference challengers.
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Frazier didn't feel anything special in warm-ups, however understood he was onto something with his five 3-pointers in the first one-half.
In the 2nd half, it was Frazier which broke things open with 4 Fives during a 23-5 run after the Gamecocks (11-19, 4-13) had cut a double-digit cause 39-35.
" We were merely really astonished at exactly how open he was obtaining and how he held on to knocking them down," Florida center Patric Youthful said.
No other Gator reached dual digits in factors.
Mindaugus Kacinas had 12 points to lead South Carolina, which was coming off a sway Kentucky.
Frazier blew past his old job ideal of 21 points established earlier this season versus Texas A&M. He was 11 of 18 from 3-point assortment while the rest of the Gators were 0 of 13.
The Gators created an 11-point lead early in the second half however Brenton Williams had a four-point play and followed with a 3-pointer to get the Gamecocks within 39-35 with 13:05 left.
However Frazier attached on a 3, Youthful had a three-point play and the thrashing was on. Frazier added four even more 3-pointers over the following 6 minutes to extend the cause 62-39 with 4:42 left.
As time wound down, South Carolina students chanted" Georgia Southern," advising the Gators of their soccer loss to the FCS institution last fall.
Florida came in having actually clinched the SEC regular-season title last week when second-place Kentucky was defeated twice, consisting of a shock 72-67 loss below to the Gamecocks last Saturday.
The Gators continuously relocated with in pushing to the unbeaten conference season, a run that started in January with a 74-58 gain South Carolina.
Florida, however, has not dominated on the road the method it contends home in current weeks, gaining its past four road games by about 6 factors. This one confirmed just as tight for the top-ranked team in the initial one-half.
Frazier started warm with two of his 5 first-half 3-pointers to provide the Gators a 7-0 lead. Florida's protection required 3 turn overs in the initial 5 minutes.
However the Gamecocks, still fresh from the court-storming party three days back, took Florida's blow and came out swinging themselves with a 12-2 gone to relocate front and visited the nation's top team the remainder of the one-half.
There were four ties and 5 lead changes over the last 10 mins and it was Frazier who cracked the last connection with his last 3 of the duration to send the Gators to the break ahead 28-26.
Frazier had 15 factors in the period as the remainder of Florida's big guns misfired in the opening fifty percent. Leading scorer Casey Prather was held to one free throw while Scottie Wilbekin was simply 1-of-5 capturing for two factors.
Young doned with nine factors and Prather had 7. Wilbekin did not score in the second fifty percent.
