National Basketball Association
Kansas 71, Florida 65
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, December 5, 2014
Where: Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kansas
Officials:
# Patrick Adams, # Ron Groover, # Mark Whitehead
Attendance:
16300
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No. 11 Kansas 71, No. 24 Florida 65: Wayne Selden Jr. scored 14 of his 21 points after intermission as the host Jayhawks overcame a huge second-half deficit to down the Gators in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.
Freshman Cliff Alexander logged his first double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds for Kansas (6-1), which outscored Florida 44-20 over the final 16:40 to dig out of an 18-point hole. Perry Ellis added 10 points for the Jayhawks.
Devin Robinson led the way with 13 points before fouling out for Florida (3-4), which saw its school-record nine-game winning streak in true road games snapped. Chris Walker added a career-high 12 points while Jon Horford and Michael Frazier II contributed 10 apiece for the Gators.
Kansas led 14-10 with 13:42 left in the opening half before the Jayhawks missed nine of their next 10 shots and Florida used a 14-0 surge behind five points from Dorian Finney-Smith, while Horford’s bucket in the lane off a drive from Kasey Hill with 2:27 left widened the gap to 17. The Gators connected on three of their first four field goals and increased their lead to 45-27 less than 3½ minutes into the second half.
Florida held a nine-point lead with 8:40 left following a 3-pointer from Robinson, but missed its next 10 shots while Selden and Alexander combined to score 12 of the next 13 points for Kansas, which finished off a 33-7 run on a jumper from Ellis with 3:21 remaining. Hill ended the Gators’ 7½-minute field-goal drought with 1:09 to go, but Kansas hit 11 consecutive free throws down the stretch to preserve the win.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Florida fell below .500 for the first time since the end of the 1997-98 season. … Kansas improved to 178-9 under coach Bill Self at home. … The Gators shot 53.6 percent in the first half and 34.5 percent in the second.
Top Game Performances
Florida |
|
Kansas |
Devin Robinson 13 |
Scoring |
Wayne Selden Jr 21 |
Kasey Hill 8 |
Assists |
Devonte Graham 3 |
Jon Horford 5 |
Rebounds |
Cliff Alexander 10 |
Devin Robinson 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Devonte Graham 9 |
Chris Chiozza 3 |
Steals |
Devonte Graham 3 |
Dorian Finney-Smith 1 |
Blocks |
Landen Lucas 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Florida
|
65 |
43.9 |
8-23 |
7-10 |
18 |
25 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
Kansas
|
71 |
41.7 |
4-14 |
27-32 |
9 |
32 |
3 |
8 |
14 |