Florida Vs. Louisville: Will Yeguete's Will To Win Still With Gators' Defense
Florida lost sparkplug Will Yeguete to injury in February. The Gators have had remarkable success in March by playing like Yeguete did.
Thursday, Mar 22, 2012, 10:21 PM EDT
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| Final - 3.22.2012 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Gators | 36 | 32 | 68 |
| Marquette Golden Eagles | 30 | 28 | 58 |
Florida lost sparkplug Will Yeguete to injury in February. The Gators have had remarkable success in March by playing like Yeguete did.
Marquette's season ends with a whimper, as YOUR Golden Eagles absorbed a 68-58 loss at the hands of the Florida Gators in the Sweet 16.
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We send some questions down to our SB Nation partners covering the Gators to get some answers about the Golden Eagles' game tonight.
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 36 | 32 | 68 |
| Marquette | 30 | 28 | 58 |
| Florida | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Boynton | 33 | 2-10 | 1-5 | 6-7 | 4-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 11 |
| Patric Young | 31 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 9-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-0 | 7 |
| Erving Walker | 29 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 3-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Bradley Beal | 33 | 8-10 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1-0 | 21 |
| Erik Murphy | 30 | 3-13 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 10-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Scottie Wilbekin | 17 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Casey Prather | 16 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Mike Rosario | 11 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Jacob Kurtz | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Walter Pitchford V | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Will Yeguete | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Cody Larson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 24-59 | 7-27 | 13-15 | 42-10 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 15-0 | 68 | |
| .407 | .259 | .867 | Team Reb: 3 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Marquette | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamil Wilson | 34 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Darius Johnson-Odom | 38 | 5-15 | 2-7 | 2-3 | 4-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 14 |
| Vander Blue | 26 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 8-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Junior Cadougan | 21 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 0 |
| Jae Crowder | 32 | 5-15 | 1-7 | 4-5 | 7-2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 15 |
| Todd Mayo | 31 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 11 |
| Derrick Wilson | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Davante Gardner | 16 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Jake Thomas | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Juan Anderson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Chris Otule | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jamail Jones | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 20-65 | 6-21 | 12-18 | 41-15 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 17-0 | 58 | |
| .308 | .286 | .667 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||