The Gators fell flat when it mattered.
Florida’s men’s basketball team gave the No .6 Kentucky Wildcats a fight for 30 minutes of Saturday’s regular-season finale. But Kentucky took advantage of a worn-out Florida team in those final 10 minutes to run away with a 66-57 victory at Rupp Arena.
The Gators concluded the regular season with a 17-14 record, 9-9 in conference play.
Florida made just five of its first 15 shots of the game, falling behind by as many as nine in the first half.
Guard Jalen Hudson started his second-straight game after his season-high 33-point game against LSU on Wednesday night.