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No. 8/10 Florida Gators basketball (1-0) struggled in both halves but completed complete a 77-69 season-opening victory over the North Florida Ospreys (0-1) at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center in Gainesville, FL, on Friday afternoon.
Florida started Friday’s game by making 17 consecutive free throws and tying the program’s second-longest streak of made free throws without a miss (Jan. 5, 1997 vs. South Carolina). The Gators finished the contest 27-of-32 from the stripe with every player who went to the line shooting 66 percent or better.
UF’s three worst free throw shooters during the 2012-13 season – Prather, senior center Patric Young and senior F Will Yeguete – combined to go 12-for-16 (75 percent) from the charity stripe.
Florida started Friday’s game by making 17 consecutive free throws and tying the program’s second-longest streak of made free throws without a miss (Jan. 5, 1997 vs. South Carolina). The Gators finished the contest 27-of-32 from the stripe with every player who went to the line shooting 66 percent or better.
UF’s three worst free throw shooters during the 2012-13 season – Prather, senior center Patric Young and senior F Will Yeguete – combined to go 12-for-16 (75 percent) from the charity stripe.