The Florida Gators made the Wichita State basketball group appear to be one turkey of a challenger on this Thanksgiving Weekend on the ESPN Occasions Invitational on Friday.
UF mixed what has already turn into one of the vital tenacious defenses within the nation with its greatest offensive efficiency of the season in blowing out the Wheat Shockers 88-51in the championship sport at ESPN Large World of Sports activities.
Florida, used a 27-0 run within the first half, and held WSU to twenty % taking pictures earlier than the beak in bolting out to a 37-13 halftime lead.
In that first half, the Shockers hit simply 9-of-43 ground photographs, together with solely 4-of-18 3-pointers. Wichita State hit simply 30% for the sport (17-of-57).
Florida restricted Wake Forest to only 3-of-20 from the perimeter in a semifinal victory Thursday.
The Gators lastly acquired rolling on offense Friday. After taking pictures simply 40 % from the ground towards Wake, UF discovered the online towards WSU. The Gators ended up hitting 14 3-pointers (14-of-33) within the sport, led by Walter Clayton Jr., who hit 5-of-9 3s in tallying 19 factors.
Clayton additionally had 3 blocked photographs on protection. Alex Condon added 17 factors and 9 rebounds, Rueben Chinyelu had 14 factors, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks.
UF, which had 10 steals towards Wake on Thursday, stored the thievery going, with 6 steals towards WSU.