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Florida plays Tennessee in the second championship game

Associated Press

Tennessee Volunteer (27-6, 14-6 seconds) against Florida Gators (29-4, 16-4 seconds)

Nashville, Tennessee; Sunday, 1 p.m. Edt

BetMGM Sportsbook Line: Gator -5.5; About/lower is 143.5

Conclusion: No. 4 Florida competes against No. 8 Tennessee in the SEC championship.

The Gators are 16-4 against SEC opponents and 13: 0 in the non-conference game. Florida has a 24: 1 record in games with 10 points or more.

The volunteers are 14-6 in the second game. Tennessee is the top team in the Sec and only allows 62.3 points per game, while the opponents are turned to 38.0%.

Florida makes 47.4% of his shots out of the field this season, which are 9.4 percentage points about Tennessee that allowed its opponents (38.0%). Tennessee is an average of 8.3 3 points per game this season, an average of 1.6 more shots than 6.7 per game that Florida gives up.

The teams meet for the third time this season. The volunteers won on February 1st in the last matchup 64-44. Chaz Lanier led the volunteers with 19 points, and Walter Clayton Jr. led the Gators with 10 points.

Top performers: Clayton scores 17.4 points per game with 3.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists for the Gators. Will Richard scores an average of 13.8 points and 3.7 rebounds, while he shoots 48.0% in the last 10 games.

Lanier shoots with 3.3 3-converter per game for the volunteers 40.4% of beyond the arch and scores an average of 17.9 points. Zakai Zeigler shoots 50.0% and scored an average of 15.2 points in the last 10 games.

Last 10 games: Gator: 9-1, an average of 89.3 points, 36.5 rebounds, 17.1 assists, 7.7 steals and 4.5 blocks per game, while shooting 49.1% from the field. Her opponents scored an average of 74.9 points per game.

Volunteers: 8-2, an average of 74.0 points, 30.3 rebounds, 14.7 assists, 5.6 steals and 4.3 blocks per game, while shooting 47.7% from the field. Her opponents scored an average of 68.7 points.

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The Associated Press has created this story with the help of technology, which was provided by SCRIVE and Data Data by Sportradar.