The Tip-Off
* Florida welcomes Oklahoma for the teams’ first meeting in Gainesville, but the teams have been familiar foes recently. Four of five previous meetings have come since 2017, twice in Norman and twice at neutral sites.
* Denzel Aberdeen has played a huge role in the Gators’ current four-game win streak, averaging a team-high 16.3 points per game in his first career starts. Thomas Haugh has also boosted his production, posting 15.0 points, 8.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game during the current streak.
* Florida is shooting .526 from the field and .432 from beyond the arc with 12.8 3s per game during this streak, dishing 21.3 assists per game.
* On Saturday, Thomas Haugh became UF’s sixth different 20-point scorer this season, the fifth time since 1996 Florida has had six or more players with a 20-point game.
* Clayton has made a 3-pointer in 47 consecutive appearances. Clayton has bested Michael Frazier II’s previous record of 41 straight, set in 2014 and 2015.
* Florida’s #2 ranking in the AP and coaches polls marks the Gators’ highest since finishing the 2013-14 regular season at #1 in both.
2024-25 Highlights at a Glance
* Both Denzel Aberdeen (22 points) and Thomas Haugh (20 points) went for career highs in the win vs. South Carolina. Aberdeen knocked down five 3-pointers in the game.
* UF won at Mississippi State to earn ranked road wins in back-to-back games for the first time in program history. Already without Alijah Martin, Florida lost Alex Condon to injury 30 seconds into the contest, and Florida’s super-subs responded. Denzel Aberdeen poured in 20 points, while Thomas Haugh stuffed the box score with 16 points, nine rebounds, a career-best eight assists, two blocked shots and two steals.
* Florida earned its first all-time road win at a #1 team at Auburn, as Walter Clayton Jr.’s 19 points led five Gators in double figures. Alex Condon had 17 points and 10 rebounds, while Thomas Haugh scored 16 off the bench. The Gators became the fifth team all-time to post wins vs. two different #1 teams in a season.
* UF got a total team effort to beat Vanderbilt, led by Will Richard’s 21 and Alex Condon’s 19. Denzel Aberdeen made his first career start, and Urban Klavzar hit a pair of clutch 3-pointers to spark the decisive run.
* Florida posted a 30-point win vs. Georgia, fueled by a first half that included 11 steals, which helped lead to 18-for-27 shooting (7-for-14 3FG).
* Will Richard’s driving layup with 4.8 seconds left at South Carolina gave Florida its winning margin, as well as its first lead of the game to cap off a rally from 14 points down with 12 minutes to play. The basket also gave Richard his 1,000th point as a Gator.
* The Gators got 22 points from Alijah Martin, 19 from Walter Clayton Jr. and a double-double from Alex Condon in an 84-60 rout of Texas. The Gators closed the game on a 23-6 run over the final 8:00.
* Alijah Martin had 18 points and Alex Condon a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double in the win at Arkansas.
* Florida earned its third all-time win vs. #1 and first in a regular season game with a 73-43 rout of top-ranked Tennessee. The Gators allowed just 12 field goals, the fewest by a #1 team in the shot clock era. Alijah Martin led Florida with 18 points, Denzel Aberdeen added 16, and Alex Condon posted a double-double (12/12).
* Florida posted an undefeated 13-0 nonconference record, and the start marked the Gators’ second-best in program history along with the team’s 17-0 start in 2005-06. The Gators went 4-0 against ACC opponents.
