Florida (10-6/1-3 SEC) vs. Mississippi State (12-4/3-1 SEC)
Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center (10,151) Gainesville, Fla. | Game 17 | Jan. 19, 2022 | 6:30 p.m.
Head Coach Mike White and the Gators are sitting at 1-3 in league play as they welcome in Mississippi State who is 3-1 in league play Wednesday night in Gainesville.
• Florida welcomes Mississippi State to Gainesville for the lone regular season meeting with both teams entering the game off a weekend win. The game opens a stretch of five games in 11 days for the Gators.
• Florida looks to build on the victory at South Carolina, which was highlighted by Kowacie Reeves’ breakout performance with 14 points in his second career start. Phlandrous Fleming added 14 and Colin Castleton had 10 points and eight blocked shots.
NUMBERS OF NOTE
14
Kowacie Reeves is coming off a breakout performance when he matched his jersey number with 14 points in the win at South Carolina. Reeves was efficient, hitting 4-for-6 from the floor, 2-for-3 from 3 and 4-for-5 from the free throw line.
8
Colin Castleton matched his career high with eight blocked shots in the last outing at South Carolina, one shy of the UF record. It marks his seventh career game with at least five blocks.
1
Since the SEC’s 1991 expansion, Florida and Mississippi State have met just once in the regular season every year but one. The lone home-and-home series came in 2012-13, the first season the SEC moved away from divisional scheduling, which was in place 1991-92 through 2011-12.
Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center (10,151) Gainesville, Fla. | Game 17 | Jan. 19, 2022 | 6:30 p.m.
Head Coach Mike White and the Gators are sitting at 1-3 in league play as they welcome in Mississippi State who is 3-1 in league play Wednesday night in Gainesville.
• Florida welcomes Mississippi State to Gainesville for the lone regular season meeting with both teams entering the game off a weekend win. The game opens a stretch of five games in 11 days for the Gators.
• Florida looks to build on the victory at South Carolina, which was highlighted by Kowacie Reeves’ breakout performance with 14 points in his second career start. Phlandrous Fleming added 14 and Colin Castleton had 10 points and eight blocked shots.
NUMBERS OF NOTE
14
Kowacie Reeves is coming off a breakout performance when he matched his jersey number with 14 points in the win at South Carolina. Reeves was efficient, hitting 4-for-6 from the floor, 2-for-3 from 3 and 4-for-5 from the free throw line.
8
Colin Castleton matched his career high with eight blocked shots in the last outing at South Carolina, one shy of the UF record. It marks his seventh career game with at least five blocks.
1
Since the SEC’s 1991 expansion, Florida and Mississippi State have met just once in the regular season every year but one. The lone home-and-home series came in 2012-13, the first season the SEC moved away from divisional scheduling, which was in place 1991-92 through 2011-12.
