With just over 15 minutes remaining on Tuesday night in the O'Connell Center, Florida trailed Mississippi State, the SEC's only team without a win in conference play, by 11. The Gators had looked listless, and only hot shooting in the first half had kept the game from being even more lopsided.
That's when Florida started to respond, though — and despite a fantastic fight by the Bulldogs, the Gators' rally did just enough to edge Mississippi State, 81-78.
Florida's answer to that 11-point deficit was an extended 26-9 run, one that was taken over by Dorian Finney-Smith when the Gators needed a push past the Bulldogs.