Florida 65-63 Houston (Apr 7, 2025) Play-by-Play

Florida Gators

36-4

	1	2	T
FLA	28	37	65
HOU	31	32	63

TIME	FLA	HOU
20:00	Start game	0	0
19:58	Jump Ball won by Houston	0	0
19:58	Jump Ball lost by Florida	0	0
19:41	J'Wan Roberts missed Jumper.	0	0
19:40	Alex Condon Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:28	Walter Clayton Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:25	L.J. Cryer Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:09	Joseph Tugler made Jumper.	0	2
18:47	Alijah Martin missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
18:43	Milos Uzan Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:24	Emanuel Sharp missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
18:21	Joseph Tugler Offensive Rebound.	0	2
18:19	L.J. Cryer missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
18:15	J'Wan Roberts Offensive Rebound.	0	2
18:12	Emanuel Sharp missed Layup.	0	2
18:12	Rueben Chinyelu Block.	0	2
18:08	Rueben Chinyelu Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:06	Alex Condon made Dunk. Assisted by Walter Clayton Jr..	2	2
17:38	Milos Uzan made Jumper.	2	4
17:30	Foul on J'Wan Roberts.	2	4
17:30	Alex Condon made Free Throw.	3	4
17:30	Alex Condon made Free Throw.	4	4
17:12	J'Wan Roberts missed Jumper.	4	4
17:07	Will Richard Defensive Rebound.	4	4
17:02	Foul on Joseph Tugler.	4	4
16:58	Alijah Martin missed Dunk.	4	4
16:56	Alijah Martin Offensive Rebound.	4	4
16:56	Alijah Martin missed Two Point Tip Shot.	4	4
16:56	J'Wan Roberts Block.	4	4
16:55	Houston Defensive Rebound.	4	4
16:40	Joseph Tugler made Jumper. Assisted by L.J. Cryer.	4	6
16:24	Rueben Chinyelu made Dunk. Assisted by Walter Clayton Jr..	6	6
16:23	Joseph Tugler subbing out for Houston	6	6
16:23	Ja'Vier Francis subbing in for Houston	6	6
16:23	Rueben Chinyelu subbing out for Florida	6	6
16:23	Alex Condon subbing out for Florida	6	6
16:23	Micah Handlogten subbing in for Florida	6	6
16:23	Thomas Haugh subbing in for Florida	6	6
16:04	Ja'Vier Francis missed Dunk.	6	6
16:01	J'Wan Roberts Offensive Rebound.	6	6
15:59	J'Wan Roberts missed Jumper.	6	6
15:56	Will Richard Defensive Rebound.	6	6
15:54	Walter Clayton Jr. Turnover.	6	6
15:54	L.J. Cryer Steal.	6	6
15:48	L.J. Cryer missed Three Point Jumper.	6	6
15:46	J'Wan Roberts Offensive Rebound.	6	6
15:44	Emanuel Sharp missed Three Point Jumper.	6	6
15:41	Will Richard Defensive Rebound.	6	6
15:37	Micah Handlogten made Layup. Assisted by Walter Clayton Jr..	8	6
15:20	Emanuel Sharp made Jumper.	8	8
15:05	Walter Clayton Jr. Turnover.	8	8
15:05	Official TV Timeout	8	8
15:05	Will Richard subbing out for Florida	8	8
15:05	Denzel Aberdeen subbing in for Florida	8	8
14:50	Ja'Vier Francis made Dunk. Assisted by L.J. Cryer.	8	10
14:32	Thomas Haugh missed Three Point Jumper.	8	10
14:28	Ja'Vier Francis Defensive Rebound.	8	10
14:21	Emanuel Sharp missed Three Point Jumper.	8	10
14:18	Denzel Aberdeen Defensive Rebound.	8	10
14:14	Walter Clayton Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	8	10
14:12	Thomas Haugh Offensive Rebound.	8	10
14:11	Thomas Haugh made Tip-in Dunk.	10	10
13:44	J'Wan Roberts missed Jumper.	10	10
13:43	Micah Handlogten Defensive Rebound.	10	10
13:43	Emanuel Sharp subbing out for Houston	10	10
13:43	Terrance Arceneaux subbing in for Houston	10	10
13:43	J'Wan Roberts subbing out for Houston	10	10
13:43	Joseph Tugler subbing in for Houston	10	10
13:23	Thomas Haugh Turnover.	10	10
13:23	Joseph Tugler Steal.	10	10
13:13	L.J. Cryer missed Three Point Jumper.	10	10
13:12	Florida Defensive Rebound.	10	10
13:12	Alijah Martin subbing out for Florida	10	10
13:12	Will Richard subbing in for Florida	10	10
13:12	Micah Handlogten subbing out for Florida	10	10
13:12	Alex Condon subbing in for Florida	10	10
12:52	Walter Clayton Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	10	10
12:48	Ja'Vier Francis Defensive Rebound.	10	10
12:26	Milos Uzan made Jumper.	10	12
12:05	Alex Condon Turnover.	10	12
12:05	L.J. Cryer subbing out for Houston	10	12
12:05	Ja'Vier Francis subbing out for Houston	10	12
12:05	Mylik Wilson subbing in for Houston	10	12
12:05	J'Wan Roberts subbing in for Houston	10	12
12:05	Thomas Haugh subbing out for Florida	10	12
12:05	Rueben Chinyelu subbing in for Florida	10	12
11:34	Mylik Wilson missed Jumper.	10	12
11:30	Alex Condon Defensive Rebound.	10	12
11:26	Will Richard Turnover.	10	12
11:26	Terrance Arceneaux Steal.	10	12
11:14	Terrance Arceneaux missed Three Point Jumper.	10	12
11:10	Walter Clayton Jr. Defensive Rebound.	10	12
10:53	Denzel Aberdeen missed Jumper.	10	12
10:47	J'Wan Roberts Defensive Rebound.	10	12
10:32	J'Wan Roberts made Jumper.	10	14
10:18	Foul on Joseph Tugler.	10	14
10:18	Official TV Timeout	10	14
10:18	Milos Uzan subbing out for Houston	10	14
10:18	Joseph Tugler subbing out for Houston	10	14
10:18	L.J. Cryer subbing in for Houston	10	14
10:18	Ja'Vier Francis subbing in for Houston	10	14
10:18	Walter Clayton Jr. subbing out for Florida	10	14
10:18	Alijah Martin subbing in for Florida	10	14
10:14	Denzel Aberdeen Turnover.	10	14
10:14	Mylik Wilson Steal.	10	14
10:10	Mylik Wilson made Layup.	10	16
9:43	Alex Condon missed Three Point Jumper.	10	16
9:38	Rueben Chinyelu Offensive Rebound.	10	16
9:32	Will Richard made Three Point Jumper.	13	16
9:08	Ja'Vier Francis made Jumper.	13	18
8:58	Will Richard made Three Point Jumper.	16	18
8:33	Ja'Vier Francis made Jumper.	16	20
8:08	Alex Condon Turnover.	16	20
8:08	Terrance Arceneaux subbing out for Houston	16	20
8:08	Emanuel Sharp subbing in for Houston	16	20
8:08	Rueben Chinyelu subbing out for Florida	16	20
8:08	Alex Condon subbing out for Florida	16	20
8:08	Micah Handlogten subbing in for Florida	16	20
8:08	Thomas Haugh subbing in for Florida	16	20
7:55	L.J. Cryer Turnover.	16	20
7:55	Will Richard Steal.	16	20
7:51	Will Richard missed Layup.	16	20
7:51	Mylik Wilson Block.	16	20
7:47	Ja'Vier Francis Defensive Rebound.	16	20
7:42	Emanuel Sharp missed Jumper.	16	20
7:42	Micah Handlogten Block.	16	20
7:42	Micah Handlogten Defensive Rebound.	16	20
7:42	Official TV Timeout	16	20
7:42	Denzel Aberdeen subbing out for Florida	16	20
7:42	Walter Clayton Jr. subbing in for Florida	16	20
7:29	Alijah Martin made Layup. Assisted by Micah Handlogten.	18	20
7:13	Foul on Thomas Haugh.	18	20
7:13	J'Wan Roberts made Free Throw.	18	21
7:13	J'Wan Roberts missed Free Throw.	18	21
7:12	Thomas Haugh Defensive Rebound.	18	21
6:42	Thomas Haugh missed Jumper.	18	21
6:42	Ja'Vier Francis Block.	18	21
6:38	Florida Deadball Team Rebound.	18	21
6:38	Florida Turnover.	18	21
6:23	Emanuel Sharp missed Three Point Jumper.	18	21
6:20	Will Richard Defensive Rebound.	18	21
6:11	Will Richard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Micah Handlogten.	21	21
5:44	L.J. Cryer made Three Point Jumper.	21	24
5:29	Micah Handlogten missed Layup.	21	24
5:29	Ja'Vier Francis Block.	21	24
5:25	L.J. Cryer Defensive Rebound.	21	24
5:24	Mylik Wilson made Dunk. Assisted by Emanuel Sharp.	21	26
5:17	Ja'Vier Francis subbing out for Houston	21	26
5:17	Emanuel Sharp subbing out for Houston	21	26
5:17	Milos Uzan subbing in for Houston	21	26
5:17	Terrance Arceneaux subbing in for Houston	21	26
5:17	Micah Handlogten subbing out for Florida	21	26
5:17	Thomas Haugh subbing out for Florida	21	26
5:17	Rueben Chinyelu subbing in for Florida	21	26
5:17	Alex Condon subbing in for Florida	21	26
5:14	Walter Clayton Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	21	26
5:11	L.J. Cryer Defensive Rebound.	21	26
5:02	Mylik Wilson made Three Point Jumper.	21	29
4:46	Alex Condon Turnover.	21	29
4:46	Florida Timeout	21	29
4:29	Milos Uzan missed Jumper.	21	29
4:26	Terrance Arceneaux Offensive Rebound.	21	29
4:23	Terrance Arceneaux Turnover.	21	29
4:23	Alex Condon Steal.	21	29
4:06	Alex Condon made Layup.	23	29
3:43	Mylik Wilson missed Three Point Jumper.	23	29
3:41	Will Richard Defensive Rebound.	23	29
3:41	Official TV Timeout	23	29
3:41	Terrance Arceneaux subbing out for Houston	23	29
3:41	Ja'Vier Francis subbing in for Houston	23	29
3:25	Alex Condon missed Jumper.	23	29
3:25	J'Wan Roberts Block.	23	29
3:23	Florida Offensive Rebound.	23	29
3:21	Will Richard made Jumper. Assisted by Walter Clayton Jr..	25	29
2:49	Milos Uzan missed Three Point Jumper.	25	29
2:46	Alex Condon Defensive Rebound.	25	29
2:32	Rueben Chinyelu missed Jumper.	25	29
2:29	Ja'Vier Francis Defensive Rebound.	25	29
2:22	Mylik Wilson missed Jumper.	25	29
2:19	Alex Condon Defensive Rebound.	25	29
2:06	Alijah Martin missed Three Point Jumper.	25	29
2:02	Mylik Wilson Defensive Rebound.	25	29
1:37	L.J. Cryer made Jumper.	25	31
1:24	Will Richard missed Three Point Jumper.	25	31
1:21	Houston Defensive Rebound.	25	31
1:21	Mylik Wilson subbing out for Houston	25	31
1:21	Emanuel Sharp subbing in for Houston	25	31
1:21	Rueben Chinyelu subbing out for Florida	25	31
1:21	Alex Condon subbing out for Florida	25	31
1:21	Micah Handlogten subbing in for Florida	25	31
1:21	Thomas Haugh subbing in for Florida	25	31
0:59	J'Wan Roberts missed Jumper.	25	31
0:56	Walter Clayton Jr. Defensive Rebound.	25	31
0:52	Will Richard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Walter Clayton Jr..	28	31
0:34	Houston Timeout	28	31
0:34	Micah Handlogten subbing out for Florida	28	31
0:34	Alex Condon subbing in for Florida	28	31
0:16	L.J. Cryer missed Three Point Jumper.	28	31
0:13	Milos Uzan Offensive Rebound.	28	31
0:12	Milos Uzan missed Three Point Jumper.	28	31
0:12	Florida Defensive Rebound.	28	31
0:00	Will Richard missed Three Point Jumper.	28	31
0:00	Milos Uzan Defensive Rebound.	28	31
0:00	End of 1st half	28	31

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Alamodome

8:50 PM, April 7, 2025Coverage: CBS

San Antonio, TX

Line: FLA -1.5

Over/Under: 141.5

Attendance: 66,602

Referees:
Ron Groover
Terry Oglesby
Doug Sirmons

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Auburn	15-3	-	32-6
Florida	14-4	1	36-4
Alabama	13-5	2	28-9
Tennessee	12-6	3	30-8
Texas A&M	11-7	4	23-11
Ole Miss	10-8	5	24-12
Kentucky	10-8	5	24-12
Missouri	10-8	5	22-12
Mississippi State	8-10	7	21-13
Arkansas	8-10	7	22-14
Georgia	8-10	7	20-13
Vanderbilt	8-10	7	20-13
Oklahoma	6-12	9	20-14
Texas	6-12	9	19-16
LSU	3-15	12	14-18
South Carolina	2-16	13	12-20

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Houston	19-1	-	35-5
Texas Tech	15-5	4	28-9
BYU	14-6	5	26-10
Arizona	14-6	5	24-13
Iowa State	13-7	6	25-10
Kansas	11-9	8	21-13
West Virginia	10-10	9	19-13
Baylor	10-10	9	20-15
TCU	9-11	10	16-16
Kansas State	9-11	10	16-17
Utah	8-12	11	16-17
Cincinnati	7-13	12	19-16
UCF	7-13	12	20-17
Oklahoma State	7-13	12	17-18
Arizona State	4-16	15	13-20
Colorado	3-17	16	14-21

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