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No. 14 Florida Vs. Alabama: Gators Pull Away Late After Shaky First Half

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The Florida Gators pulled away from the Alabama Crimson Tide to clinch an SEC home victory.

The Alabama Crimson Tide looked like they could be on their way to a massive road victory in the first half of Tuesday night's game against the Florida Gators, but Billy Donovan's team played a much better second half en route to a 61-52 victory. Patric Young put up a game-leading 19 points on 9-12 shooting, while Erik Murphy scored 14 and was an impressive 4-8 from behind the arc.

Florida didn't get a single point from their bench and was out-rebounded by the Tide, but their visitors couldn't find a consistent go-to scorer when their offense wasn't working, and they turned the ball over 17 times. Andrew Steele led the Tide with 11 points.

Alabama is 16-9 overall and 5-6 in the SEC, and is in need of an extremely strong finish in the SEC to keep themselves into the at-large bid discussion.

For more on the two teams, check out Florida Gators blog Alligator Army and Alabama Crimson Tide blog Roll Bama Roll.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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