National Basketball Association
Florida 82, Southeastern Louisiana 43
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Where: Stephen C. O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Florida
Officials:
# Pat Evans, # Ron Groover, # Mike Nance
Attendance:
8057
By SportsDirect Inc.
No. 9 Florida 82, Southeastern Louisiana 43: Mike Rosario registered season highs with 20 points and six rebounds as the Gators slowly pulled away from the visiting Lions.
Rosario, who also had four assists, drained four 3-pointers to score his most in a Gators’ uniform since he transferred from Rutgers last season. Michael Frazier II added 12 points and Patric Young chipped in with 10 for Florida (8-1), which held their sixth opponent under 50 points.
Brandon Fortenberry led the way with 15 points for the Lions (1-8), becoming the 17th Southeastern Louisiana player to reach 1,000 career points (1,001). The Lions shot just 29.1 percent from the field.
Florida put together a 12-2 run – 10 from Rosario – to take its biggest lead of 37-19 in the first half. The senior guard finished with 17 in the opening 20 minutes, making seven of his 10 shots from the field, as the Gators settled for a 43-26 lead at intermission.
Southeastern Louisiana was held without a point for the first seven minutes of the second half before Fortenberry’s driving layup trimmed the Florida lead to 50-28. That ended a stretch of 8:44 without a field goal for the Lions.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Florida’s Kenny Boynton scored seven points to become the fifth Gator to reach 1,700 in his career. He has 1,702, the most of any active player in the SEC. … Roosevelt Johnson, Southeastern Louisiana’s third leading scorer (7.9) was held out with a concussion. … Florida, which improved to 108-6 against non-conference opponents in the last 12 season at home, outrebounded Southeastern Louisiana 21-9 in the first half.
Top Game Performances
| Southeastern Louisiana |
|
Florida |
|
Brandon Fortenberry 15 |
Scoring |
Mike Rosario 20 |
|
Antonnio Benton 1 |
Assists |
Kenny Boynton 5 |
|
Brandon Fortenberry 5 |
Rebounds |
Michael Frazier II 6 |
|
Brandon Fortenberry 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Will Yeguete 6 |
|
Dre Evans 1 |
Steals |
Casey Prather 3 |
|
Jamaal James 1 |
Blocks |
Erik Murphy 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Southeastern Louisiana
|
43 |
29.1 |
3-21 |
8-10 |
4 |
25 |
2 |
2 |
13 |
| Florida
|
82 |
49.1 |
10-32 |
16-18 |
20 |
36 |
5 |
8 |
8 |
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