{"id":138395,"date":"2024-12-18T12:18:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T05:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138395"},"modified":"2024-12-18T12:18:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T05:18:59","slug":"final-no-7-florida-90-north-carolina-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138395","title":{"rendered":"FINAL: No. 7 Florida 90, North Carolina 84"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>What Happened<\/h2>\n<p><strong>CHARLOTTE, N.C.<\/strong> &#8212; Florida sophomore backup forward <strong><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/thomas-haugh\/16875\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"16875\">Thomas Haugh<\/a><\/dfn><\/strong>\u00a0knocked down a pair of game-sealing free throws with 7.9 seconds remaining and the seventh-ranked Gators survived a furious North Carolina comeback and hostile, partisan crowd Tuesday night at Spectrum Center to claim a 90-84 victory over the Tar Heels and remain unbeaten through 11 games for only the second time in the program&#8217;s 118-year basketball history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senior guard <strong><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/will-richard\/16878\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"16878\">Will Richard<\/a><\/dfn><\/strong> scored 22 points, including two for-good-measure free throws with 3.8 seconds left, as the Gators, who trailed by two inside two minutes remaining, scored the game&#8217;s final eight points, grabbed the game&#8217;s final six rebounds\u00a0and walled up on a UNC offense that shot 63 percent in the second half after clanging at 29.7 percent in the first half to trail by 12 at the break.<\/p>\n<p>UF fifth-year guard <strong><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/alijah-martin\/16991\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"16991\">Alijah Martin<\/a><\/dfn><\/strong> scored 19 points, grabbed four rebounds and dished four assists, but had four of his team&#8217;s 17 turnovers that the Tar Heels converted to 24 points. Martin\u00a0missed nine of his first 10 from 3-point range, but hit a huge one that tied the game at 82 with 2:26 remaining and helped ignite the comeback.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tar Heels guard<strong> RJ Davis<\/strong> was sensational in defeat, pouring in a game-high 29 points, but missed a wide-open go-ahead 3 with 41 seconds after the Gators had grabbed an 86-84 lead on an offensive rebound and putback by Richard. On the ensuing Florida possession after the Davis miss, the Gators ran clock and managed to get off a late Martin jumper that found iron. Haugh (9 points, 6 rebounds), though, was there to grab the board, was fouled and converted the free throws for a four-point lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At Carolina&#8217;s end, point guard <strong>Elliot Cadeau<\/strong> missed the front end of a one-and-one, with Richard grabbing his sixth rebound and sinking both free throws at the other end to finish things off.<\/p>\n<p>Florida, which built a 17-point first-half lead behind 53 percent from the floor, finished at 46.2 percent for the game, including 11-for-32 from deep (34.4 percent), 19-for-27 from the free-throw line, but 8-for-8 inside the final four minutes. UNC, which missed its first 10 3-pointers, finished at 45.8 for the game after going 19-for-23 from the 2-point area (82-6 percent) after halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina, after falling back by 17, scored seven of the final nine points of the first half to trail 46-34, then started the second half with an 11-0 tear to close within a point before Haugh broke the Gators&#8217; cold spell with a 3-pointer. UF managed to take the margin back out to seven on a second 3-pointer from sophomore forward <strong><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/alex-condon\/16873\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"16873\">Alex Condon<\/a><\/dfn> <\/strong>(9 points, 10 rebounds), but the Tar Heels kept coming and eventually took their first lead since the opening three minutes on an old-fashioned 3-point play by Davis with 7:56 to go.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From there came four ties and six lead changes, the last coming after UNC saw a four-point edge, 81-77, inside four minutes disappear. The Tar Heels led 82-79 when Martin drained his three. Cadeau answered with a driving layup at the 2:12 mark, but that was the last time his team scored. Two Martin two free throws tied\u00a0the game at 1:49, then Martin forced\u00a0Cadeau into a turnover with 1:27 left that set up Richard&#8217;s offensive rebound at Florida&#8217;s end.\u00a0&#13;\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-image-align-center\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n<figure class=\"caption figure_object_image\" style=\"margin:0px; padding:0px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net\/sidearm.nextgen.sites\/gatorzone.com\/images\/2024\/12\/17\/0C1A9717.JPG\" style=\"display: inline-block;\" width=\"700\"\/>&#13;<figcaption>UF sophomore forward <strong>Thomas Haugh<\/strong> goes over UNC&#8217;s <strong>Jalen Washington <\/strong>for a first-half basket Tuesday night.<\/figcaption>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What it Means<\/h2>\n<p>After winning their first 10 games by double digits, the Gators needed a test like this one. They passed and joined the 2005-06 NCAA championship team as the only ones in UF history win their first 11 games. UF banked its second Quadrant 1 victory of the season &#8212; the second in four days, actually &#8212; and put a third all-time win over the Tar Heels (and first since 2000) in the books.\u00a0With the run of five consecutive games (and wins) against high-major opponents done, the Gators have positioned themselves to navigate their non-league schedule without a loss and, assuming business is taken care of on the home floor the next two games,\u00a0have a very good shot at taking a perfect record into Southeastern Conference play. Read on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>In the Spotlight<\/h2>\n<p>The 6-foot-9 Haugh finished at a plus-22 in only 20 minutes and did it against the blue-blood Tar Heels in what amounted to a road game. He&#8217;s a terrific player with a terrific future, but he&#8217;s outstanding in the present.<\/p>\n<h2>Staggering Statistic<\/h2>\n<p>How &#8217;bout that 7-0 scoring advantage and 6-0 rebounding edge to close out a game the Gators were losing? That&#8217;s clutch, especially in this environment.<\/p>\n<h2>Up Next<\/h2>\n<p>Florida (11-0) is back in action at home Saturday with a noon tip-off against North Florida (7-5), which lost 95-81 Tuesday at UNC-Asheville. Yes, the Ospreys may have five losses, but among their seven wins are road games at South Carolina and Georgia Tech that should get the Gators&#8217; attention.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Email senior writer Chris Harry at chrish@gators.ufl.edu\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/news\/2024\/12\/17\/mens-basketball-buzzer-florida-vs-north-carolina-dec-17-2024.aspx\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Happened CHARLOTTE, N.C. &#8212; Florida sophomore backup forward Thomas Haugh\u00a0knocked down a pair of game-sealing free throws with 7.9 seconds remaining and the seventh-ranked Gators survived a furious North &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138395\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}