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COLUMBIA, MO. • Left foot, right foot. With the score tied and seven seconds on the clock, Florida guard Chris Chiozza kicked up each heel to his back, one at a time, left then right, and rubbed the soles of his Nikes, looking to get that perfect grip to make the play to win the game.
Seven seconds, six seconds …
The 6-foot senior, the smallest player on the court, wiped his left hand on his orange Gator shorts, ready to make the day’s biggest play.
Chiozza began the possession lingering near Missouri sniper Jordan Barnett on the perimeter, but his eyes never left Jordan Geist, Mizzou’s ball-handler on the other wing.