Jackson State men's basketball notes vs Florida
Florida (0-0, 0-0 SEC) vs. Jackson State (0-0, 0-0 SWAC)
Venue: Stephen C. O’Connell Center (11,548) - Gainesville, Florida
Game 1 - Nov. 11, 2011 - 7 p.m.
TV: Fox Sports Florida
RADIO | Gator IMG Sports Network: GRN | Sirius 219 | XM 203
RANKINGS AP COACHES
Florida 8 10
Jackson State - -
COACHES
Florida: Billy Donovan
360-147 | 16th season at Florida
395-167 | 18th season overall
Jackson State: Tevester Anderson
131-128 | 9th season at Jackson State
234-180 | 14th season overall
FLORIDA PROBABLE STARTERS (0-0)
# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. P/RPG
33 Erik Murphy F 6-10 229 Jr. 4.3/2.3
4 Patric Young C 6-9 247 So. 3.4/3.8
1 Kenny Boynton G 6-2 189 Jr. 14.2/1.5
11 Erving Walker G 5-8 177 Sr. 14.6/2.9
23 Bradley Beal G 6-3 207 Fr. -/-
JACKSON STATE PROBABLE STARTERS (0-0)
# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. P/RPG
34 Jamarious Sykes C 7-2 270 So. 2.6/1.1
1 Jenirro Bush G 6-7 190 Sr. 14.2/3.5
2 Derrell Taylor G 6-5 195 Fr. -/-
12 Kelsey Howard G 6-3 190 Fr. -/-
13 Christian Williams G 6-1 180 Jr. 1.8/0.8
TIPOFF
• Florida takes on Jackson State in both teams’ season opener. The Gators are 15-0 in the season tipoff under head coach Billy Donovan.
• Overall, UF has started 20 straight seasons with a win, the last loss in an opener coming vs. USF on Nov. 24, 1990.
• Florida and Jackson State have met once previously, with the Gators notching a 112-69 win in the first round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament. UF is 4-0 all-time against SWAC teams.
LAST TIME OUT
• Florida won its lone exhibition game, 114-57, against Division III Catholic University (Washington, D.C.).
Six Gators scored in double figures, led by Kenny Boynton’s 21 and Bradley Beal’s 20. Boynton also added 10 assists to claim a double-double.
• UF shot 20-for-40 from three-point range in the game, putting up what would have been school-record numbers for threes made and attempted had it not been an exhibition.
• Catholic University was led in scoring by sophomore guard Billy Donovan, the oldest son of UF head coach Billy Donovan, with 13 points.
SETTING THE SCENE FOR JSU
*Jackson State opens the 2011-12 season on the road to face the Florida Gators.
*Jackson State won its exhibition game, against Miles College, 78-57 in Jackson, MS (Lee E. Williams Athletics and Assembly Center).
* Jackson State returns only one regular starter from last season’s team and five other players from last year’s squad.
* Guard Jenirro Bush is the only senior on the Tigers team.
COURTESY: GATORZONE.COM AND JSUATHLETICS
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