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    Florida Edges Vanderbilt

    2011 SEC Men's Tournament
    Semifinal Round

    Game 10 -- (E1) Florida 77 , (E3) Vanderbilt 66

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    Atlanta, Ga. -- Behind the trio of Kenny Boynton, Erving Walker and Chandler Parsons, Florida stormed back to secure their place in the SEC Tournament Championship with a 77-66 win over Vanderbilt on Saturday.

    2011 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament
    Atlanta, Georgia
    Game #10 Tournament Notes
          Florida  77   Vanderbilt 66

    Series Notes:
        All-Time Series: Vanderbilt leads, 63-59
        SEC Tournament:  Florida leads, 6-2
        Season Series:  Florida swept the season series, winning 65-61 in overtime in Gainesville Feb 1 and 86-76 March 5 in Memorial Gymnasium

    Session Attendance:  21,728

    Vanderbilt Notes:
    Vanderbilt is now 23-10
    Jeff Taylor led the scoring with 21 points, his third straight 20-point game and is averaging 18.3 over the last six games.
    Festus Ezeli scored 17 points and has been in double figures six of the last seven games. He had eight rebounds.
    Lance Goulbourne had nine points and 12 rebounds.  He is averaging 9.7 boards over the last seven games.

    Florida Notes:
    Florida is now 26-6 and advances to meet Kentucky in the championship game. It has been in the title game seven times with a 3-4 record
    Game last tied at 57-57, UF outscored VU 20-9 the rest of the way.
    Gators came from behind at halftime for the second day in a row. They trailed Tennessee in the quarter-final game.
    Kenny Boynton led UF with 24 points. He has averaged 22.8 points per game in four SEC Tournament games in his career.
    Chandler Parsons had 16 points and a team high nine rebounds.
    Erving Walker scored all of his 17 points in the second half.  He had 17 in the Gators first game.   
    The Gators shot 11 of 21 beyond the arc, a season best for three points made.
    Patric Young didn’t score but had a career high eight rebounds.