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Onyema with two HUGE plays. The tip out of Johnson's miss for three, Then he was sealed away from the defensive glass by his man but still managed to get the rebound. The ft were just icing

It was preceded by a good play as well. Great steal, dumb foul, clear out for position and dunk. If only he could have done that sequence without the silly foul. You still have to admit this has been a great game for him so far. He leads us in rebounds, assists, and steals, and he is second in scoring. Who among us anticipated that?

Usually Kent comes in with Onyema, so bringing in Pryor might be an indication Terry is not happy with Kent's production, which makes sense.

Tough pass there during an attempt to speed the game up.

Pryor

Bad game definitely, but he had been doing well on the boards in conference play before today. Just not on the defensive end against Tennessee.

I'm guessing Shed comes out during this timeout.

The free throws in the last minute were the only points for us not scored by Johnson, Onyema, or Mark.

Drawing a foul is one way to get at two for one at the end of the half.

Onyema is without a doubt our MVP on the half.

That offensive rebound was not on Onyema. He did his job of defending the shooter. Someone didn't box out, whether it was Kaluma who was trying to cover the Gator who was inside on a mismatch with a guard, or someone who let the rebounder come in from the perimeter.

Johnson doing the thing where he tries to make up for one bad play by making another.

Onyema with the offensive board wasted by Johnson trying to go whirling dervish.

Good switching by Johnson and Kaluma on d. Then Mark allows a blow by.

Really good play on d by Onyema. Stones the big man inside and still gets to the perimeter to challenge the 3pt shooter.

Kent is built like a basketball player. He moves like a guy with athleticism. Once again, he is a no-show so far today. Getting dangerous here. Really sloppy offense in our last 5 possessions.

Offensive basket interference by Kaluma.

Kaluma turned an easy pull up jumper into a hard one.

I have to think Golden is telling Chinyelu that he needs to foul Onyema as much as Florida coaches need to get with coeds.

Onyema is having a great game on the offensive end. Making good passes, hitting ft, finishing that drive. If he could bottle this AND stay out of foul trouble on defense, he could be a big help to a team that needs more in the paint than it has shown so far. But maybe it's four minutes on the court that will rarely, if ever, come back.

Great look by Onyema to Mark.

Florida on a pace for 40+ offensive rebounds. But we're up 4-3.

First possession by UF, two chances for us to get the defensive board, and we don't. Make it three before Kaluma finally gets a wild carom.

Bubble teams don't face must wins until late February. Of course, by that time we can play ourselves off the bubble in either direction. Looks like Toppin's ankle isn't bothering him much anymore. 19 points, 16 rebounds in a big win over Arizona.

I described Florida on another thread as a team that profiles like an uptempo Tennessee because it is so good at offensive rebounding and forcing misses from deep, and we hung with Tennessee all game and had our best stretch when the game when uptempo. There are plenty of differences between Florida and Tennessee, of course, like Zeigler being a prolific distributor and Clayton being much more of a scorer having to act as the primary point, but those two similarities are impossible to miss and highly defining of what those teams do. Kent has to rebound today. He just has to. Shedrick needs to rebound on both ends. He can't be shut out on the defensive end the way he was against Tennessee. And the guards need to hit the defensive glass as well, and I'm not just talking about Weaver here. Rebounding isn't supposed to be Mark's primary function in this lineup, but he can't put up a doughnut the way he did against A&M and Tennessee.