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Senior point guard Erving Walker dished out nine assists, one shy of a career-high, against Ole Miss in a 64-60 come-from-behind win for Florida. / Gator Country photo by Tim Casey

Almost before they could blink, the Gators looked up at the scoreboard and found themselves down 16 points to the Ole Miss Rebels.

Ole Miss (13-7, 3-3 SEC) couldn’t miss in the first half, jumping all over Florida (16-4, 4-1 SEC) with an early 14-0 run and a perfect 6-6 shooting from the three-point line.

Somehow, the Gators managed to dig down deep and pull out a crucial 64-60 win over the Rebels, using their team defense to get back into things early in the second half to erase a 10-point deficit.

“Really what I wanted to try to do was just to talk to the guys about we’re going to be okay, it’s a 40-minute game and we’ve got to continue to keep staying the course and we’ll have a run,” coach Billy Donovan said on the ESPN2 broadcast. “I thought the second half, we did a much, much better job and our guys didn’t lose – even with all the shots they were making – they didn’t get down, they didn’t get frustrated, I think they realized the length of the game.”

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