Joe TanseyMarch 16, 2024
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The Auburn Tigers and Florida Gators will square off on Sunday in a not likely SEC competition last match.
Auburn was the only top-four seed to win a video game inside Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The leading 3 seeds all fell in the quarterfinals.
Bruce Pearl’s Tigers won 5 video games in a row, and in order to extend that streak to 6, they need to decrease the high-flying Florida offense.
The sixth-seeded Gators published point overalls of 85, 102 and 95 in their 3 SEC competition video games. They scored a minimum of 77 points in each of their 14 wins versus SEC opposition this season.
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SEC Tournament Semifinal Scores
No. 4 Auburn 73, No. 9 Mississippi State 66
No. 6 Florida 95, No. 7 Texas A&M 90
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Auburn and Florida will attempt to win the SEC competition last in 2 clearly various methods.
Florida likes to press the rate and none of its SEC competition challengers slowed it down.
The Gators even published 81 points on Auburn when the 2 sides fulfilled in the routine season on February 10 in Gainesville.
Auburn can matching Florida’s offending rate, however it generally does not include in high-scoring contests.
The Tigers restricted the Mississippi State Bulldogs to 66 points in Saturday’s semifinal and they held 4 of their last 5 challengers under 75 points.
Regardless of quiting 81 indicate Florida previously this season, Auburn held the Gators to 40.3 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from three-point variety.
Just 3 Gators reached double figures in the scoring column on February 10. Florida had 5 gamers in double figures in its wins on Friday and Saturday.
Auburn ranks initially in two-point defense and 14th in three-point defense on KenPom. Florida ranks 21st in pace, however it ranks outside the leading 100 in both two-and-three-point offense.
The Tigers require a strong protective revealing to win their 2nd SEC competition title in 4 years. Florida remains in search of its very first SEC competition crown considering that 2014.
