#6 Kentucky 71, Florida 70
Records:
Florida – 19-12, 11-7 SEC
#6 Kentucky – 25-6, 15-3 SEC
Next media opportunity:
Tuesday, March 10, 1:30 p.m., UF Women’s Club
Notable:
* Scottie Lewis led the Gators with a career-high 19 points, shooting 5-for-8 from the field and 8-for-10 from the free throw line.
* Noah Locke chipped in 14 points and shot 3-for-8 from 3-point range, his 10th SEC game with 3 or more made 3-pointers. His .481 3-point percentage in SEC play (51-for-106) is the best by any SEC player with 50+ makes since Vanderbilt’s John Jenkins also shot .481 (63-for-131) in 2011-12.
* Andrew Nembhard dished 8 assists vs. 1 turnover, bringing his season assists total to 173, which ranks as UF’s 8th-highest single-season total.
* Florida awaits the outcome of Mississippi State’s game vs. Ole Miss this evening to learn its SEC Tournament seeding. Florida would be the #4 seed if Mississippi State loses. If the Bulldogs win, MSU owns the tiebreaker vs. UF and the Gators would drop to the #5 seed.
