LSU SEC Tournament Game Box Score MVG: Erik Murphy

[GatorJason]

Erik Murphy had the biggest game of his Gator career as Florida mauled the LSU Tigers 80-58 in the 2nd round of the SEC Tournament. Murphy had career highs in points (27) and rebounds (12) to earn a career high 117 value credits. Scottie Wilbekin shook off a recent slump to score 16 points with four 3-point buckets to go with 3 assists and 2 steals for 76 value credits. Freshman Michael Frazier II continues to show poise and productivity with 10 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists for 58 value credits off the Gator bench.

The Gators looked fresh and focused with Senior Erik Murphy clearly determined to make his last games as a Gator count. This was the second consecutive double-double for Murphy. The top eight in the Gator rotation showed excellent ball movement, suffocating defense, and rebounding (42-26 edge over LSU). Kenny Boynton found ways to contribute on offense with 7 assists even though he was struggling shooting with 1-7 from the floor.

Box Score Value Leaders:
Murphy...'....114
Wilbekin.......76
Frazier II......58

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Value Credits* are assigned as follows:
+5 credits for each Steal and Assist
+4 credits for each Point scored, Rebound and Block
.-5 credits for each Turnover
.-2 credits for each Field Goal Attempt
.-1 credit for each Free Throw Attempt
* Value Credits are based solely on Box Score data and do not reflect total game contributions by players

LSU SEC Tournament Game Official Box Score

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Billy post-game comments

The Florida Gators play Alabama in a SEC Semi-finals game Saturday at 1:00 on ABC.

[108]

good to see Kenny with the assists even though he was cold

we need both Kenny and Rosario to do whatever they can to help the team even if they aren't shooting well...

[GothamGator]

Great stuff, as usual.

Impressed that you bothered to actually do the math this time. Murphy was amazing today.

[Singaporegator]

You realize that Kurtz played one minute and scored 2 points and had two rebounds. That means that if he played starters minutes he would have had 50 points and 50 rebounds. Somebody better clue Billy in:-)

[HALLGATOR]

I hate that I missed Erik's performance today but I can take some consolation in having recorded it.

[GatorLurker]

Originally Posted by Singaporegator

You realize that Kurtz played one minute and scored 2 points and had two rebounds. That means that if he played starters minutes he would have had 50 points and 50 rebounds. Somebody better clue Billy in:-)

Season average: 62.5% FG, 100% 3-pt

[iam4uf]

Originally Posted by Singaporegator

You realize that Kurtz played one minute and scored 2 points and had two rebounds. That means that if he played starters minutes he would have had 50 points and 50 rebounds. Somebody better clue Billy in:-)

For that type of production, I'd have run him 40 minutes for an 80/80 game

[GatorPlanet]

Glad we were able to empty the bench. That's important when you play these games back-to-back-to-hopefully-back.

[tommyuf21]

Originally Posted by HALLGATOR

I hate that I missed Erik's performance today but I can take some consolation in having recorded it.

I only caught about the last 10 minutes of the first half. Thankfully, it will be DVR time after tonight's action.

I'm lucky this year, most of the time I'm in Bristol for work and don't get to see our conference tournament games at all.

[TampaGatorFan]

Murphy had a monster game against LSU. Keep it rolling, dude!

GO GATORS!!!!!