When Florida led Mississippi State by 16 in the first half on Saturday night, it looked like the Gators might get a rare comfortable win in SEC play.
And even after they conceded all of that lead, a late run gave them control again.
But it was only in the final minute and on the game’s final possession that Florida pulled out a 61-59 win over the Bulldogs — and only with a last bit of good defense and a good bit of good fortune.
Multiple Mississippi State players had chances to hit game-tying shots inside the arc with seconds to go, but Colin Castleton helped bother those shots into missing, and Cameron Matthews throwing a pass to no one with 43 seconds to go short-circuited the first MSU attempt to tie.