Wednesday night’s home game against the No. 12 LSU Tigers looked like it was going to play out the same way as the previous two losses to Alabama and Auburn. The Tigers dominated the early going, scoring a basket right after the tip, and they didn’t let up after that for a while. They led by as much as 14 in the first half, and it looked like the Gators were dead in the water.
Florida managed to storm back with the benefit of several LSU starters landing in foul trouble, getting within one point in the final minutes, but the deficit ultimately proved too much to overcome. UF lost against the NET’s No. 3 team 64-58 in a game that they never led, falling to 0-3 in conference play for the first time in 40 years.
As the Gators still search for their first SEC win, here are three takeaways from another squandered opportunity.