Alabama vs. Florida: Box score, stats, game summary and more ft. Walter Clayton Jr.

No. 4 Florida delivered an SEC Tournament 104-82 beatdown on No. 5 Alabama in a game that could have NCAA Tournament implications. The Gators (29-4) were in postseason form offensively while Alabama (25-8) fell to a big defeat a day after knocking out Kentucky. Both teams are in the No. 1 or No. 2 seed lines, with this game potentially locking both teams into their respective slots. Florida will move on to face Tennessee in the SEC Tournament championship game.

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Alabama vs. Florida Box Score

Alabama

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	MIN
L. Philon	3	4	5	1	0	3	0	29
M. Sears	9	3	3	0	0	3	0	26
G. Nelson	9	3	1	1	1	0	1	10
C. Youngblood	14	1	0	0	0	0	4	29
C. Omoruyi	12	1	0	0	2	0	3	16
A. Holloway	9	1	3	0	0	1	2	23
M. Dioubate	12	12	1	2	1	3	4	23
J. Stevenson	10	5	1	0	0	0	2	29
A. Sherrell	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	13
D. Reid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Florida

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	MIN
W. Clayton Jr.	22	3	6	3	0	0	0	30
W. Richard	16	3	0	1	1	1	3	29
R. Chinyelu	10	10	0	0	0	0	5	16
A. Martin	16	3	3	1	0	3	1	27
A. Condon	8	4	1	0	1	2	2	25
M. Handlogten	4	10	0	1	1	0	3	14
U. Klavzar	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	13
T. Haugh	11	4	3	0	1	0	2	24
D. Aberdeen	11	0	2	1	0	0	2	19
I. Brown	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
B. Andersen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Alabama vs. Florida Game Summary

The game was competitive into the first half. Alabama raced to a 12-6 advantage on a Chris Youngblood 3-pointer. But Florida quickly evened it up and the teams traded small leads. Florida took a 47-45 lead to halftime.

Alabama scored first in the second half, retaking the lead on a Youngblood 3-pointer. But Florida then took control, running off a 24-7 run that flipped control of the game. The Gators pushed their lead above 20 points on a Will Richard 3-pointer with 9:27 to play. The Tide never got any closer than that.

Florida was led by Walter Clayton Jr's 22 points and six assists. Clayton made 6 of 11 3-point tries. Will Richard and Alijah Martin each added 16 points. Thomas Haugh and Denzel Aberdeen each scored 11 points off the bench and Rueben Chinyelu added a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Alabama was led by Youngblood's 14 points, including 4-for-7 3-point shooting. Clifford Omoruyi chipped in 12 points. Mouhammed Dioubate added 12 points and 12 rebounds off the bench. Jarin Stevenson also chipped in 10 points.

Florida will play Tennessee in the SEC Tournament title game on Sunday at 1 pm EST. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.

With their win, the Gators likely secured a No. 1 seed, and Alabama's loss likely locks them into a No. 2 seed.