Tuesday, December 4
New York, N.Y.
9:00 p.m.
West Virginia University
56
vs
66
Florida
1
2
F
Florida
30
36
66
West Virginia
27
29
56
Gators Too Much For Mountaineers in NYC
December 05, 2018 12:47 AM | Men's Basketball
KeVaughn Allen's 19 points led Florida to a 66-56 victory over cold-shooting West Virginia in the nightcap of the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night in New York City.
In game one, Oklahoma outlasted Notre Dame 85-80.
The nightcap was a matter of which team could come up with enough offense to outlast the other. Florida turned out to be that team, the Gators hitting 33.3 percent of their field goal attempts compared to West Virginia's 29.7 percent to give the Gators a double-digit victory, their sixth in nine meetings against the Mountaineers.
West Virginia's top four scorers Esa Ahmad, Sagaba Konate, Lamont West and Beetle Bolden shot a combined 6-for-35 from the floor, scoring 14 points between them.
Chase Harler was the only Mountaineer who could find his shooting touch, the junior guard hitting four of his five field goal attempts to finish with a team-high 11 points.
"We won't pass the ball," West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. "Our biggest problem is, one, we don't pass it well and, two, we don't have any idea where we're supposed to go. It blows my mind how can a guy can be standing wide open and we can't see him."
Florida (5-3) was not much better, the Gators making 16 of their 48 field goal tries while committing 15 turnovers. Florida did most of its damage from the free throw line where it converted 28-of-46, compared to West Virginia's 11-of-20.
In addition to being whistled for 30 personal fouls, West Virginia once again had difficulty handling the basketball as it committed 21 turnovers against Florida's quarter-court trapping defense.
The Mountaineers' only lead came with 16:36 remaining in the second half when Bolden's steal led to an Ahmad dunk to give the Mountaineers a 31-30 advantage.
But Florida responded with an 18-2 flurry to put the game out of reach with nine minutes to go.
"We couldn't score," Huggins said. "We went six minutes and didn't score.
"There were 22 points off of 21 turnovers and many of those were guys just doing things they are not capable of doing," Huggins said.
Tonight's game was West Virginia's third appearance in the Jimmy V Classic and its third loss in the event. The Mountaineers fell 68-65 to Davidson in 2008 and 70-54 to Virginia in 2015.
West Virginia (5-3) returns to the Coliseum to face Pitt Saturday at noon. That game will be televised nationally on ESPN2 at noon.
In game one, Oklahoma outlasted Notre Dame 85-80.
The nightcap was a matter of which team could come up with enough offense to outlast the other. Florida turned out to be that team, the Gators hitting 33.3 percent of their field goal attempts compared to West Virginia's 29.7 percent to give the Gators a double-digit victory, their sixth in nine meetings against the Mountaineers.
West Virginia's top four scorers Esa Ahmad, Sagaba Konate, Lamont West and Beetle Bolden shot a combined 6-for-35 from the floor, scoring 14 points between them.
Chase Harler was the only Mountaineer who could find his shooting touch, the junior guard hitting four of his five field goal attempts to finish with a team-high 11 points.
"We won't pass the ball," West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. "Our biggest problem is, one, we don't pass it well and, two, we don't have any idea where we're supposed to go. It blows my mind how can a guy can be standing wide open and we can't see him."
Florida (5-3) was not much better, the Gators making 16 of their 48 field goal tries while committing 15 turnovers. Florida did most of its damage from the free throw line where it converted 28-of-46, compared to West Virginia's 11-of-20.
In addition to being whistled for 30 personal fouls, West Virginia once again had difficulty handling the basketball as it committed 21 turnovers against Florida's quarter-court trapping defense.
The Mountaineers' only lead came with 16:36 remaining in the second half when Bolden's steal led to an Ahmad dunk to give the Mountaineers a 31-30 advantage.
But Florida responded with an 18-2 flurry to put the game out of reach with nine minutes to go.
"We couldn't score," Huggins said. "We went six minutes and didn't score.
"There were 22 points off of 21 turnovers and many of those were guys just doing things they are not capable of doing," Huggins said.
Tonight's game was West Virginia's third appearance in the Jimmy V Classic and its third loss in the event. The Mountaineers fell 68-65 to Davidson in 2008 and 70-54 to Virginia in 2015.
West Virginia (5-3) returns to the Coliseum to face Pitt Saturday at noon. That game will be televised nationally on ESPN2 at noon.
Team Stats
UF
WVU
FG%
.333
.297
3FG%
.286
.304
FT%
.609
.550
RB
45
48
TO
15
21
STL
13
8
Game Leaders
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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