Florida needed this one, and needed to dig deep to get it at Stegeman Coliseum, against a Georgia team that was eliciting one of the Gators' typically icy shooting nights. At halftime, with just 19 points to their name and a six-point deficit to make up, the Gators were staring at a second straight loss that could cripple their NCAA Tournament aspirations.
In the second half, KeVaughn Allen, Florida's steely freshman, barely blinked.
And so the Gators won, 57-53, and live to see another day.
Allen scored a game-high 19 points and splashed in four threes, three of them in the final 13 minutes of play, to rescue Florida from what would have been a crushing defeat.