National Basketball Association
Florida 87, Arkansas 83
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Where: Stephen C. O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Florida
Officials:
# Patrick Adams, # Antinio Petty, # Doug Sirmons
Attendance:
9013
By The Sports Xchange
Florida forward Dorian Finney-Smith scored 22 points, helping Florida push past Arkansas 87-83 Wednesday at Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Fla.
Florida guard Chris Chiozza had a career-high 15 points and handed out eight assists, including a nifty alley-oop pass to forward Devin Robinson that helped the Gators hold off the scrappy Razorbacks.
Florida (15-7, 6-3 SEC) was coming off an impressive win over No. 9 West Virginia, but struggled to put away the Razorbacks (11-11, 4-5 SEC). The Gators led just 60-57 with 7:30 play, before going on a run. Florida scored the next eight points, highlighted by back-to-back 3-pointers from Chiozza and Finney-Smith.
Guard Anthlon Bell led the Razorbacks with 24 points, and forward Moses Kingsley finished with 15 points and nine rebounds.
Kingsley hit a contested jump-hook that cut the Gators' lead to seven with 2:30 to play. But he fouled out a minute later, and Arkansas couldn't complete a late rally.
Guard Dusty Hannahs finished with 20 points for Arkansas, which was coming off back-to-back quality wins over No. 5 Texas A&M and Texas Tech.
Florida heads to No. 20 Kentucky on Saturday. Arkansas will try to bounce back at home against Tennessee on Saturday.
Top Game Performances
| Arkansas |
|
Florida |
|
Anthlon Bell 24 |
Scoring |
Dorian Finney-Smith 22 |
|
Jabril Durham 4 |
Assists |
Chris Chiozza 8 |
|
Moses Kingsley 9 |
Rebounds |
Dorian Finney-Smith 9 |
|
Anthlon Bell 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Chris Chiozza 8 |
|
Jabril Durham 1 |
Steals |
KeVaughn Allen 2 |
|
Moses Kingsley 1 |
Blocks |
Kasey Hill 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Arkansas
|
83 |
45.3 |
10-21 |
15-20 |
13 |
30 |
1 |
5 |
14 |
| Florida
|
87 |
51.0 |
5-19 |
30-36 |
13 |
28 |
4 |
9 |
13 |
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