Life without Colin Castleton and Jason Jitoboh started about as poorly as one could’ve imagined against Oklahoma State on Saturday.
Without their only true low-post threats, the Gators were unable – or unwilling – to drive to the basket, make shots through contact and draw fouls in the first half. Instead, they launched 20 threes and only attempted nine shots inside the arc, and even one of them was a jump shot. They shot just 34.5 percent overall during the period and only made five of those threes.
At the other end, the Cowboys seemed to get whatever shots they wanted without Castleton and Jitoboh there to provide resistance.