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Florida beats Missouri to achieve the second final

Nashville, Tenn.-Walter Clayton Jr. scored 18 points, Richard and Alijah Martin added the quarter-finals of the Southeastern Conference tournament with 17 and No. 4 Florida Gator on Friday evening.

The two-seal gators (28-4) never stayed against Alabama after the semi-finals.

Florida scored 62 percent from the ground, including 38 percent from the 3-point range.

Tamar Bates scored 16 points to guide the seventh tiger (22-11). Bates was Missouris Highscorer in the two SEC tournament games. Anthony Robinson II and Tony Perkins scored 13 each.

Florida started the game with a 10-0 run and had a lead of 50: 37 in half.

Missouri Junior and the leading goal scorer Mark Mitchell did not play with coach Dennis Gates, who had decided to rest a knee injury and be ready for the NCAA tournament. Mitchell had seven points in 12 minutes in winning the 10th seed Mississippi State on Thursday.

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The tigers played without Mitchell, fell back early and hung out with Florida and were only able to four to four years old in the second half before the Gators brought the game out of reach.

On January 14th in Gainesville, Florida, the Gators lost 83-82 matchup against Missouri. It was Florida's only loss of house this season.

Key moment

With 9:01 in the second half, Martin Florida brought a lead of 10 points on a long pass from Richard.

Key

Missouri kept the game nearby to force 16 Florida sales and score 22 points from these sales.

Next on

The Gators play Alabama in the semi -finals today, while the Tiger are waiting to learn their next opponent from the selection on Sunday.