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Florida 62, Georgia 52: Gators withstand charge, rally to top Dawgs in Athens

The Florida Gators had things rolling in the first half at Stegeman Coliseum on Saturday.

Threes were falling. Their defense was harassing a charitable Georgia roster into turnovers and misses. Keith Stone and Jalen Hudson were making tangible contributions.

So turning a 10-point halftime edge into a 62-52 win, as the Gators did in Athens, isn’t that surprising, really.

But how they did it was remarkable.

Florida’s 33-23 lead at intermission? It would get erased and replaced by a five-point Georgia edge, as the Dawgs emerged from the locker room hotter than a Peach State summer and made 10 of their first 11 shots in the second period, including five threes, to click off a 25-10 run and take a 48-43 lead.