Florida Gators
Kentucky
Men's Hoops Falls to Kentucky
Sunday, March 14, 2004 | Men's Basketball
Sophomore Matt Walsh's 17 points weren't enough for the Florida Gators, as they fell to Kentucky 89-73 in the SEC Tournament championship game.
Florida (20-10) canned a game-high 10 three-pointers, a day after sinking a season-high 13 versus Vanderbilt. Sophomore Anthony Roberson, who was named to the all-tournament team, led the Gators with three treys. Florida finished 31-of-80 from three-point range in the tournament, breaking the old Florida Record for treys attempted (27) and made (61) set in the 1999 SEC Tournament here in Atlanta.
With the game less than 4 minutes old, the Wildcats grabbed their first double-digit lead at 14-4, but Florida went on a 12-2 run to close the gap, 22-19. Kentucky led by as many as 15 points in the first half. The Wildcats headed into the locker room with a 49-37 lead.
Florida shot 54.2 percent from the field in the first half, including 4-of-9 from three-point range.
The Gators had nine players score and four Gators scored in double figures (Walsh, 17; sophomore Adrian Moss, 12; sophomore Rashid Al-Kaleem, 11and junior David Lee, 10).
Al-Kaleem tied his career-high in points (11) and three-pointers (3).
For the tournament, Roberson was 14-of-35 from three-point range, tying Mike Boynton (USC, 2004) and Travis Ford (UK, 1993). His 35 triples attempted break Boynton's day-old mark of 26.
Florida had 239 points in its three tourney games, breaking the old mark of 215 points set in the 1995 classic (Atlanta, Ga.).
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