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Gators expecting close encounters against Gamecocks

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Last Modified: Friday, February 19, 2016 at 6:58 p.m.

There are different ways to measure toughness on the basketball court.

From a physical standpoint, Florida will need to be at its toughest Saturday when it takes on South Carolina in the second of back-to-back road games.

South Carolina plays a bare-knuckles brand of basketball. The Gamecocks rank first in the SEC and eighth in the nation in offensive rebounds (14.3 per game), first in the SEC in rebounding margin (plus-7.7) and first in the SEC in turnovers forced (15.