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Florida fails to close out Mississippi State in final seconds

The game wasn’t pretty, not by a long shot.

Florida players couldn’t finish at the basket, three-pointers were bouncing off the front of the rim and sloppy defense allowed Mississippi State to skate into the paint for easy buckets.

It came down to the wire for the fourth game in a row, but Florida, yet again, couldn’t pull away with the win.

It lost at the buzzer this time.

Bulldogs guard Quinndary Weatherspoon received the inbounds pass, noticed the hole in the middle of the court and attacked the basket before UF center Kevarrius Hayes could slide to draw a charge.