Florida basketball extends win streak
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The Florida Gators are winners of its last five outings as Rueben Chinyelu continues to dominate on the floor.
UF’s struggling shooting guard Xavian Lee found his game to help deliver a 98-94 win against No. 10 Vanderbilt.
For further context, LSU had 30 rebounds as a team–so Chinyelu was almost singehandedly competitive with the entire Tigers roster for 40 minutes. As a team the Gators had 24 offensive rebounds to LSU’s 23 defensive rebounds which is another remarkable stat,
Rueben Chinyelu, with 19 points and 12 rebounds, recorded his second-straight double-double as Florida dominated the glass, out-rebounding Oklahoma, 43-31, and the paint, where they out-scored Oklahoma, 60-22.
Rueben Chinyelu scored 16 of his 20 points in the second half and No. 19 Florida beat No. 10 Vanderbilt 98-94 on Saturday.
Well, that time finally came as the Gators found themselves down 94-92 with under a minute left, desperate to get some kind of clean look against a Vanderbilt defense that had been strong on the perimeter.
In a ranked matchup, No. 19 Florida took down No. 10 Vanderbilt on Saturday behind strong performances from a few NBA Draft prospects.
Florida has won three straight games, but the Gators faces their toughest SEC test to date at Vanderbilt, which has a 47-19 home record in the series.
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ESPN BPI has Gators as have favorites to win SEC after win over Vandy
Florida firmed up its position as the top team in the SEC after beating Vanderbilt on Saturday, according to ESPN's Basketball Power Index.