Free Throws: Pat Dooley’s quick reactions to Florida’s loss to Alabama

Pat Dooley gives his quick reactions to the Gators’ loss to open the SEC slate.

Well, Florida (9-4) certainly let this one go with a miserable second half at home.

The Gators looked good for the first 20 minutes, but Alabama (11-3, 2-0) went on a 17-1 run in out of the locker room and Florida missed its first nine shots in the second half.

The Gators made a run to cut what was a 15-point lead (after Florida led by three at the half) to six points, but the Tide responded with a pair of easy buckets at the basket.

There is no doubt that Florida looked like a team in the second half that had not played in two weeks and was dealing with players missing practice left and right, but it was more than just tired legs. The Gators played some awful basketball during that stretch.

And they finished the game with a rare 20-20: They turned it over a season-high 20 times and allowed 20 offensive rebounds.

There was a little bit of everything in the miserable start coming out of halftime. That included a stretch of 11:18 from the last three minutes of the first half and start of the second without one lousy field goal.