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No. 4 Florida aims to continue shooting against No. 5 Alabama | National

Neither Florida nor Alabama remained in their respective quarter -final competitions of the Southeasters Conference tournament. Something has to be given a day later when the second) Gator (28-4) and the third name Crimson Tide (25-7) fight in the semi-finals in Nashville in the semi-finals on Saturday afternoon. Florida in Florida recorded a 95-81 victory over No. 21 Missouri, while Alabama No. 5 decreased in her Friday competitions No. 15 Kentucky 99-70. There is a place in the SEC championship game on Sunday on the game on Saturday. The upper seed Auburn is on the other side of the bracket with the fourth seed Tennessee. The Gators achieved a 99-94 road victory against Alabama on March 5, but now the missions are even greater because the effects on the NCAA tournament are in balance. “We really have to make ourselves much better against them,” said Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats. “They are one of the better teams in the country. They are fighting for a 1 -seed like we. Florida's coach, Todd Golden, has repeatedly stated that his team shoots in 1st place on the NCAA field. Alabama would be a big step because the Crimson tide is one of the other candidates. The game on Friday against Missouri on the seventh seed was the first tournament for the Gator, and they didn't look rusty when it came to their shootout. Florida shot an outstanding 61.8 percent off the field, Alijah Martin (17 points) made 7 out of 9 shots and Walter Clayton Jr. (Team-High-18 points) hit 6 out of 8 of 8. Clayton had a team high of five. “We had some careless and atypical sales,” said Golden. “We stepped out of our borders twice in the corner. Back foot, one -handed passports. We just didn't do things well enough (Friday).” Will Richard added 17 points and Thomas Hagh played with 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists. He knocked down 10 of 12 free throwing attempts. Hagh, a second year, shoots 81.3 percent out of the line this season after he has reached Porous 45.7 percent last season. “I worked a lot in the summer,” he said. “My foul percentage was really bad last year. That was a focus for me, and 3-point percentage. Hagh missed his Lone Trey on Friday and shoots 34.6 percent behind the arch last season. He shot an amazing 29-6 lead in points last season Saatgut had 3-0 against the wildcats this season. Crucial. “I was super happy,” said Oats. He needs his confidence. He got his trust going (Friday evening). Hopefully we will see his self-confidence at a really high level in March. “Stevenson made 6 out of 8 shots out of the field, including 3 out of 5 out of 3 points against the wildcats.” I only have confident that my teammates have my back, “said Stevenson.” I have the feeling that this really helped me. ” March 5th and collected 10 rebounds, and Clayton had 22 points.