Florida’s season opener was a lot like a sandwich.
UF was the bread, holding the game’s ends together by starting and finishing well.
Unfortunately for them, though, Temple was the all-important meat in the middle, as the Owls overpowered the Gators like pastrami on white.
In the end, Temple’s dominance in the second and third quarters was too much to overcome as Florida fell 97-91 on Friday in Philadelphia.
“There was great fight and really important contributions from people that we needed to play well,” coach Amanda Butler said. “When you’ve got a combined 56 free throws shot in a ball game, that’s really what the difference was, was free throws.