For Florida, Thursday night’s game was supposed to produce a get back-on-track type of performance at the O’Connell Center.
UF’s opponent, however, thought differently.
The Towson Tigers hung with the 15th-ranked team in the country for the first half of play, outshooting and outrebounding the Gators into a 30-30 gridlock at half.
It stayed close for the remainder of the game until Florida ended the contest on a 6-0 run behind some clutch free throws from sophomore Andrew Nembhard and freshman Scottie Lewis to help edge Towson 66-60 at the O’Connell Center.
Florida’s shooting woes that plagued them against the Seminoles during Sunday’s loss carried over into Thursday, as the team shot just 42 percent from the field (23 of 55) for the game.