SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Missouri at Florida

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Missouri visits Florida on Wednesday in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game including key players, a statistical comparison, team schedules, team ratings, injury reports, game TV information along with a final score prediction.

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Team Statistical Comparison

	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBPG	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Missouri	45.4	31.6	69.6	21	39.0	6.5	3.7	13.3	13.3
Missouri OPP	42.1	32.1	70.7	232	39.1	6.3	4.2	11.3	12.6
	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBPG	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Florida	46.8	35.9	75.6	19	39.6	7.6	5.8	12.3	14.5
Florida OPP	41.8	30.6	69.8	221	38.3	7.4	3.4	12.3	15.1

Key: ORB=Offensive rebounds; RBPR=Rebounds per game; SPG=Steals per game; BPG=Blocked shots per game; APG=Assists per game; TOPG=Turnovers per game.

Statistical Leaders

SCORING
F.Name	L.Name	Team	PPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%
Xavier	Pinson	MIZ	14.5	40.2	33.7	81.8
Tre	Mann	FLA	14.1	40.3	38.9	81.5
Dru	Smith	MIZ	13.9	44.3	39.0	83.3
Colin	Castleton	FLA	13.2	59.2	—	73.3
Jeremiah	Tilmon	MIZ	12.8	62.7	—	49.0
Noah	Locke	FLA	11.1	40.9	40.9	75.0
Tyree	Appleby	FLA	10.6	43.8	33.3	81.4
Mark	Smith	MIZ	9.8	37.1	30.9	79.3
STEALS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	STLs	SPG
Tyree	Appleby	FLA	28	1.8
Scottie	Lewis	FLA	21	1.8
Dru	Smith	MIZ	34	1.8
Tre	Mann	FLA	24	1.5
Mark	Smith	MIZ	23	1.2
BLOCKS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	BLKs	BPG
Colin	Castleton	FLA	39	2.6
Omar	Payne	FLA	26	1.6
Jeremiah	Tilmon	MIZ	23	1.4
Scottie	Lewis	FLA	15	1.3
Parker	Braun	MIZ	12	0.8
Mitchell	Smith	MIZ	11	0.6
Anthony	Duruji	FLA	8	0.5
Kobe	Brown	MIZ	8	0.4
Dru	Smith	MIZ	7	0.4
REBOUNDS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	DREBs	REBs	RPG
Jeremiah	Tilmon	MIZ	51	133	7.8
Kobe	Brown	MIZ	32	113	5.9
Colin	Castleton	FLA	38	85	5.7
Tre	Mann	FLA	10	87	5.4
Mitchell	Smith	MIZ	26	96	5.1
Anthony	Duruji	FLA	23	60	3.8
Scottie	Lewis	FLA	10	46	3.8
Dru	Smith	MIZ	7	72	3.8

Missouri vs. Florida Basketball Series History

Florida leads 7-3.

College Basketball Ratings

Source	Missouri	Florida
NCAA NET	47	26
Sagarin	55	25
ESPN BPI	52	28
Ken Pomeroy	48	28
Massey Composite	41	25

Missouri Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Torrence Watson	G	6′-5″	205	JR
1	Xavier Pinson	G	6′-2″	170	JR
2	Drew Buggs	G	6′-3″	195	SR
4	Javon Pickett	G	6′-5″	220	JR
5	Mitchell Smith	F	6′-10″	221	SR
10	Evan Yerkes	G	6′-3″	187	JR
11	Ed Chang	F	6′-8″	215	JR
12	Dru Smith	G	6′-3″	203	SR
13	Mark Smith	G	6′-5″	220	SR
23	Jeremiah Tilmon	F	6′-10″	260	SR
24	Kobe Brown	F	6′-7″	240	SO
32	Jordan Wilmore	F	7′-3″	245	FR
42	Parker Braun	F	6′-8″	217	SO

Florida Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Ques Glover	G	5′-11″	182	SO
1	Tre Mann	G	6′-5″	190	SO
2	Samson Ruzhentsev	F	6′-7″	192	FR
3	Alex Klatsky	G	6′-4″	185	FR
4	Anthony Duruji	F	6′-7″	220	JR
5	Omar Payne	F	6′-10″	230	SO
10	Noah Locke	G	6′-3″	203	JR
11	Keyontae Johnson	F	6′-5″	229	JR
12	Colin Castleton	F	6′-11″	231	JR
15	Osayi Osifo	F	6′-7″	225	JR
20	Jack May	G	6′-4″	175	FR
22	Tyree Appleby	G	6′-1″	170	JR
23	Scottie Lewis	G	6′-5″	189	SO
33	Jason Jitoboh	C	6′-11″	285	SO
44	Niels Lane	G	6′-5″	206	FR

Missouri Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/25/2020	Oral Roberts	64	Missouri	91
12/2/2020	Missouri	83	Oregon	75
12/6/2020	Missouri	72	Wichita State	62
12/9/2020	Liberty	60	Missouri	69
12/12/2020	Illinois	78	Missouri	81
12/22/2020	Bradley	53	Missouri	54
12/30/2020	Tennessee	73	Missouri	53
1/2/2021	Missouri	81	Arkansas	68
1/5/2021	Missouri	63	Mississippi St	78
1/9/2021	LSU	PPD	Missouri	PPD
1/12/2021	Vanderbilt	PPD	Missouri	PPD
1/16/2021	Missouri	68	Texas A&M	52
1/19/2021	South Carolina	70	Missouri	81
1/23/2021	Missouri	73	Tennessee	64
1/26/2021	Missouri	82	Auburn	88
1/30/2021	TCU	98	Missouri	102
2/3/2021	Kentucky	70	Missouri	75
2/6/2021	Alabama	65	Missouri	68
2/10/2021	Missouri	59	Ole Miss	80
2/13/2021	Arkansas	86	Missouri	81
2/16/2021	Missouri	70	Georgia	80
2/20/2021	Missouri	93	South Carolina	78
2/23/2021	Ole Miss	60	Missouri	53
2/27/2021	Texas A&M	PPD	Missouri	PPD
3/3/2021	Missouri		Florida
3/6/2021	LSU		Missouri

Florida Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
12/2/2020	Army	69	Florida	76
12/3/2020	Florida	90	Boston College	70
12/6/2020	Stetson	40	Florida	86
12/12/2020	Florida	71	Florida State	83
12/16/2020	North Florida	PPD	Florida	PPD
12/19/2020	FAU	PPD	Florida	PPD
12/20/2020	Florida A&M	PPD	Florida	PPD
12/22/2020	James Madison	PPD	Florida	PPD
12/30/2020	Florida	91	Vanderbilt	72
1/2/2021	LSU	79	Florida	83
1/5/2021	Florida	71	Alabama	86
1/9/2021	Kentucky	76	Florida	58
1/12/2021	Ole Miss	63	Florida	72
1/16/2021	Florida	69	Mississippi St	72
1/19/2021	Tennessee	49	Florida	75
1/23/2021	Florida	92	Georgia	84
1/27/2021	Vanderbilt	71	Florida	78
1/30/2021	Florida	85	West Virginia	80
2/3/2021	South Carolina	72	Florida	66
2/6/2021	Florida	PPD	LSU	PPD
2/10/2021	Florida	PPD	Tennessee	PPD
2/13/2021	Texas A&M	PPD	Florida	PPD
2/16/2021	Florida	64	Arkansas	75
2/20/2021	Georgia	63	Florida	70
2/23/2021	Florida	74	Auburn	57
2/27/2021	Florida	71	Kentucky	67
3/3/2021	Missouri		Florida
3/7/2021	Florida		Tennessee

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Injuries and Suspensions

Missouri

None reported.

Florida

[G] 02/23/2021 – Alex Klatsky is out indefinitely ( Quarantine )
(!)[F] 12/22/2020 – Keyontae Johnson is out for season ( Heart )

Source: statfox.com

Missouri-Florida Prediction

Florida 76, Missouri 72

Wednesday‘s game tips off at 6:30 PM ET. TV: SEC NETWORK.