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Florida vs. Auburn, Game Thread: To keep winning, Gators can't leave Kareem Canty

Florida's already shut down one prolific scorer this week, holding Misissippi State's formidable power forward, Gavin Ware, to just five points in a foul-plagued loss to the Gators in Gainesville on Tuesday. Now, they'll try to do the same with Auburn's Kareem Canty, in the Tigers' trip (8 p.m., SEC Network or WatchESPN) to the O'Connell Center — and they'll have to guard the three-point line, not the tin.

Canty is arguably the nation's best three-point shooter, considering context: He's making 3.8 triples per game, second only to the absurd Buddy Hield of Oklahoma (4.