SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Auburn at Florida

The Auburn Tigers visit the Florida Gators on Saturday in Gainesville in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game including key players, a statistical comparison, team schedules, injury reports, game TV information and a final score prediction.

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Team Statistical Comparison

Auburn scores an average of 80.5 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 67.1 points per contest. Florida scores an average of 70.0 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 64.1 points per contest.

	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBM	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Auburn	0.449	0.319	0.731	12.77	+5.15	8.73	8.46	14.73	11.88
Florida	0.423	0.301	0.730	11.42	-0.54	8.62	5.50	12.65	12.88
	Opp FG%	Opp 3PT%	RB Off	RB Def	OFRB%	Scor. M	3ptMPG	TM PPG	Opp PPG
Auburn	0.385	0.319	40.65	35.50	0.34	+13.38	8.15	80.5	67.1
Florida	0.430	0.301	34.15	34.69	0.33	+5.85	7.92	70.0	64.1

Key

FG%– Field goal shootage percentage.
3PT%– Three point field goal shootage percentage.
FT%– Free throw shooting percentage.
OREB– Offensive rebounds per game.
RBM– Average rebounding margin per game.
SPG– Steals per game.
BPG– Blocks per game.
APG– Assists per game.
TOPG– Turnovers per game.

Opp FG%– Opponent field goal percentage made.
Opp 3PT%– Opponent 3-point field goal percentage made.
RB Off– Rebounding Offense.
RB Def– Rebounding defense.
OFRB%– Offensive rebounding percentage.
Scor. M– Average game scoring margin.
3ptMPG– Three point shots made per game.
TM PPG– Team’s average points scored per game.
Opp PPG– Average points scored by opponents per game.

Statistical Leaders

Scoring
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FG	3PTFG	FTs	Points	Avg.
7. Smith, Jabari	AUB	26	135	57	84	411	15.81
8. Castleton, Colin	UF	20	114	0	82	310	15.50
15. Johnson, K.D.	AUB	26	106	38	81	331	12.73
16. Green Jr., Wendell	AUB	26	109	46	66	330	12.69

Field Goal %
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FGM	FGA	FG%
1. Kessler, Walker	AUB	26	131	205	0.639
3. Castleton, Colin	UF	20	114	209	0.545
9. Smith, Jabari	AUB	26	135	308	0.438

3-point made per game
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	3PT Made	Avg. Per Game
5. Smith, Jabari	AUB	26	57	2.19
8. Jones, Myreon	UF	25	52	2.08
13. Green Jr., Wendell	AUB	26	46	1.77
15. Appleby, Tyree	UF	26	43	1.65

Free Throw %
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FT Att.	FT Made	FT%
3. Appleby, Tyree	UF	26	86	99	0.87
4. Green Jr., Wendell	AUB	26	66	77	0.86
9. Smith, Jabari	AUB	26	84	107	0.79
10. Fleming Jr., Phlandrous	UF	26	68	87	0.78

Rebounding
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	Off	Def	Total	Avg. Per Game
3. Castleton, Colin	UF	20	64	119	183	9.15
4. Kessler, Walker	AUB	26	72	147	219	8.42
10. Smith, Jabari	AUB	26	17	157	174	6.69

Auburn vs. Florida Basketball Series History

Auburn leads 89-81

Auburn Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	K.D. Johnson	G	6′-0″	204	SO
1	Wendell Green Jr.	G	5′-11″	175	SO
2	Jaylin Williams	F	6′-8″	230	JR
5	Chris Moore	F	6′-6″	240	SO
10	Jabari Smith	F	6′-10″	220	FR
12	Zep Jasper	G	6′-1″	185	SR
13	Walker Kessler	F	7′-1″	245	SO
14	Preston Cook	G	6′-4″	205	SR
20	Carter Sobera	G	6′-5″	187	SO
21	Ty Cressman	F	6′-7″	244	JR
22	Allen Flanigan	G	6′-6″	215	JR
23	Babatunde Akingbola	C	6′-10″	245	JR
24	Lior Berman	G	6′-4″	215	JR
25	Chandler Leopard	G	6′-3″	195	JR
31	Michael Whitmore	G	5′-10″	160	SO
33	Chase Maasdorp	G	6′-0″	175	JR
35	Devan Cambridge	G	6′-6″	215	JR
44	Dylan Cardwell	C	6′-11″	250	SO

Florida Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Myreon Jones	G	6′-3″	175	SR
1	CJ Felder	F	6′-7″	231	JR
3	Alex Klatsky	G	6′-4″	185	SO
4	Anthony Duruji	F	6′-7″	209	SR
10	Elijah Kennedy	G	6′-3″	185	FR
11	Keyontae Johnson	F	6′-5″	229	SR
12	Colin Castleton	F	6′-11″	231	SR
14	Kowacie Reeves	G	6′-6″	182	FR
20	Jack May	G	6′-4″	175	SO
22	Tyree Appleby	G	6′-1″	163	SR
23	Brandon McKissic	G	6′-3″	185	SR
24	Phlandrous Fleming Jr.	G	6′-5″	205	SR
32	Tuongthach Gatkek	F	6′-9″	172	SO
33	Jason Jitoboh	C	6′-11″	305	JR
44	Niels Lane	G	6′-5″	206	SO

Auburn Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/9/2021	Morehead State	54	Auburn	77
11/12/2021	UL Monroe	65	Auburn	93
11/19/2021	Auburn	58	South Florida	52
11/24/2021	UConn	115	Auburn	109
11/25/2021	Auburn	62	Loyola Chicago	53
11/26/2021	Syracuse	68	Auburn	89
12/1/2021	UCF	68	Auburn	85
12/4/2021	Yale	64	Auburn	86
12/11/2021	Nebraska	68	Auburn	99
12/14/2021	North Alabama	44	Auburn	70
12/18/2021	Auburn	74	Saint Louis	70
12/22/2021	Murray State	58	Auburn	71
12/29/2021	LSU	55	Auburn	70
1/4/2022	Auburn	81	South Carolina	66
1/8/2022	Florida	73	Auburn	85
1/11/2022	Auburn	81	Alabama	77
1/15/2022	Auburn	80	Ole Miss	71
1/19/2022	Georgia	60	Auburn	83
1/22/2022	Kentucky	71	Auburn	80
1/25/2022	Auburn	55	Missouri	54
1/29/2022	Oklahoma	68	Auburn	86
2/1/2022	Alabama	81	Auburn	100
2/5/2022	Auburn	74	Georgia	72
2/8/2022	Auburn	80	Arkansas	76
2/12/2022	Texas A&M	58	Auburn	75
2/16/2022	Vanderbilt	80	Auburn	94
2/19/2022	Auburn		Florida
2/23/2022	Ole Miss		Auburn
2/26/2022	Auburn		Tennessee
3/2/2022	Auburn		Mississippi State
3/5/2022	South Carolina		Auburn

Florida Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/9/2021	Elon	61	Florida	74
11/14/2021	Florida State	55	Florida	71
11/18/2021	Milwaukee	45	Florida	81
11/22/2021	Florida	80	California	60
11/24/2021	Florida	71	Ohio State	68
11/28/2021	Troy	45	Florida	84
12/1/2021	Florida	67	Oklahoma	74
12/6/2021	Texas Southern	69	Florida	54
12/8/2021	North Florida	55	Florida	85
12/12/2021	Florida	68	Maryland	70
12/18/2021	South Florida	55	Florida	66
12/22/2021	Stony Brook	62	Florida	87
12/29/2021	Florida	PPD	Ole Miss	PPD
1/5/2022	Alabama	83	Florida	70
1/8/2022	Florida	73	Auburn	85
1/12/2022	LSU	64	Florida	58
1/15/2022	Florida	71	South Carolina	63
1/19/2022	Mississippi State	72	Florida	80
1/22/2022	Vanderbilt	42	Florida	61
1/26/2022	Florida	71	Tennessee	78
1/29/2022	Oklahoma State	72	Florida	81
2/2/2022	Florida	66	Missouri	65
2/5/2022	Ole Miss	57	Florida	62
2/9/2022	Georgia	63	Florida	72
2/12/2022	Florida	57	Kentucky	78
2/15/2022	Florida	55	Texas A&M	56
2/19/2022	Auburn		Florida
2/22/2022	Arkansas		Florida
2/26/2022	Florida		Georgia
3/1/2022	Florida		Vanderbilt
3/5/2022	Kentucky		Florida

Injuries and Suspensions

Auburn

None reported.

Florida

[C] 01/28/2022 – Jason Jitoboh is out for season (Eye)

Source: statfox.com

Auburn-Florida Prediction

Auburn 78, Florida 77

Saturday‘s game tips off at 4:00 PM ET. TV: ESPN.

Team Statistical Comparison

Key

Statistical Leaders

Scoring

Field Goal %

3-point made per game

Free Throw %

Rebounding