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Gillespie leads No. 21 Tennessee against Florida after 34-point game
By The Associated Press
Tennessee Volunteers (11-4, 1-1 SEC) at Florida Gators (10-5, 1-1 SEC)
Gainesville, Florida; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 21 Tennessee visits Florida after Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored 34
points in Tennessee's 85-71 win against the Texas Longhorns.
The Gators are 7-0 on their home court. Florida leads the SEC in rebounding,
averaging 43.7 boards. Rueben Chinyelu paces the Gators with 10.4 rebounds.
The Volunteers have gone 1-1 against SEC opponents. Tennessee scores 83.4
points and has outscored opponents by 17.7 points per game.
Florida makes 45.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.5
percentage points higher than Tennessee has allowed to its opponents (38.2%).
Tennessee has shot at a 49.3% clip from the field this season, 8.6 percentage
points above the 40.7% shooting opponents of Florida have averaged.
The Gators and Volunteers meet Saturday for the first time in SEC play this
season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Urban Klavzar is shooting 36.8% from beyond the arc with 1.9
made 3-pointers per game for the Gators, while averaging 8.8 points. Thomas
Haugh is shooting 47.6% and averaging 17.3 points over the past 10 games.
Gillespie is scoring 18.7 points per game and averaging 2.8 rebounds for the
Volunteers. Nate Ament is averaging 1.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Gators: 6-4, averaging 84.1 points, 41.0 rebounds, 15.2 assists,
5.5 steals and 5.3 blocks per game while shooting 46.5% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 72.2 points per game.
Volunteers: 6-4, averaging 80.1 points, 37.9 rebounds, 17.2 assists, 8.2 steals
and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 48.8% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 67.6 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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