UF trips Jawja, clinches 1st round bye in SEC Tourney!
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Kenny Boynton led four double-figure scorers with 18 points as No. 13 Florida clinched a share of the SEC East title with a 71-62 win over Georgia at the O’Connell Center.
With the victory, Florida clinched the top seed in the East for the upcoming SEC Tournament.
Senior forward Chandler Parsons, back from a hip bruise, added 16 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists off the bench. Erving Walker scored 15 points, and Alex Tyus had 12 points.
Florida (22-5, 11-2 SEC) rallied from an 11-point, first-half deficit to win its sixth straight. Florida is now three games ahead of second place Vanderbilt in the SEC East. But even if Vanderbilt wins out, Florida would win the East because of a better division record.
Florida has 3 regular season games games left; AT UKentucky this Saturday, at Home against SEC co-leader Alabama(who is Coached by Billy Donvan disciple Anthony Grant) who hasn’t won an SEC Title since 1991, and then the regular season final AT Vandy.