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>> larry: we've played nearly 22 minutes. not much is settled. i want to show you a couple of plays by macklin here. watch this first field goal as

he follows up. he loses the ball here and watch this -- oh -- i'd like to have that back. it still counts, though. watch this offensive rebound here. as bob said, they need to do something with their offensive rebounds. that time they got one and put it back in the basket. vernon macklin showing them some nice play coming off the advantage, after he sat for most of the first half. >> bob: debbie? >> debbie: guys, coach lowe is really demonstrative with his team about getting more physical. being a little bit more tougher. coming to meet the pass against the pressure. things that he said he talked to them about at the half. and what up just talked about, larry, keeping florida off the glass. >> bob: and they knock it away from gonzalez on the press. tyus hits the brakes. here's werner. boynton measures a three. and we've got a hold on the rebound against c.j. williams, his third.

boo birds coming down from the rafters here at rbc center. not happy with the whistles that are going florida's way. gonzalez going at williams going down. degand comes back, and mays. >> larry: having difficulty finding somebody to come in right now. >> bob: here come the gators. led early in the first minute and a half of this game. they've come from eight points down and a chance to recapture the advantage. boynt boynton. ty tyus.

>> larry: florida out of that zone that they played most of the first half. thaur in man-to-man right now. north carolina state immediately looks inside to smith. >> bob: degand, as smith tries to repo situation on the block. good, tough defense by macklin. >> larry: you're right, bob. he's a tougher defender in there. >> bob: on the drive, we have a push against the wolf pack. foul on scott wood, his second. >> larry: interesting to see how this is going to develop in the second half. if macklin can contest smith in there it will force nc state to do things differently on offense.

>> bob: walker to macklin. fumbles it away. wolf pack knock it free. shot clock continues to run, down to eight. werner back out to walker. inside to macklin, and he scores it! >> larry: three buckets in the second half already for macklin. >> bob: and that gives him ten for the game, and a foul on florida. he's on erving walker in the back court. >> larry: partial standing ovation for the referees. >> bob: macklin overall, larry, is 5 for 6 from the field. four rebounds to go with ten points, and he's florida's leading scorer. boynton, their high man coming in, two buckets. 33-31, florida. >> larry: macklin is starting to come around. transfer from georgetown,

starting to get some more playing time. >> bob: and back to the zone goes florida. horner. gets the -- oh, i thought he had the shooter's bounce. that was halfway in the pipe and out. mack lip. feeling good about himself. throws this one wide. rebound to the wolf pack. >> larry: re-evaluate that feel. >> bob: to degand, he fumbles it, but out of bounds is shipman. and the time-out. with 15:36 to go in the second half, florida by two. [ male announcer ] the lexus december to remember sales event. now through january 4th. ♪ special lease offers now available on the 2010 is 250. ♪

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meyer put pressures on the coach. billy and his son dropped into 20 feet of water inside a steel cage with great white sharks swimming all around them on vacation. billy said the time spent with his son is something he will never forget. >> bob: and billy was so impressed with the sharks, he tried to recruit them. >> larry: i wonder if gators can take a bite out of sharks? >> bob: 33-31, florida. >> larry: there's good help that time down inside. macklin out of the lineup right now. more fip murphy's responsibility to guard tracy smith. >> bob: mays with the runner. ray shipman plays it out front. kenny boynton, 0 of 4 from

three. tracy smith rebounds that air ball. >> larry: excellent defense that time. degand doing a nice job of trailing him, keeping him away from the basket. >> bob: on the wing, here's horner. inside to smith. missed an easy one. smith rolled it off the rim. >> larry: not off to a good start in the second half. >> bob: neither team shooting well here in the second half. parsons. shipman, scoop to the hoop, no. wood for the lead. second three for the freshman. 34-33, pack.

>> larry: you have to look for your shooters. wood's a shooter. >> bob: billy donovan stops the clock with 13:52. >> larry: look at scott wood here. trailing the play, coming up a little bit late. see the defense on the free throw stripe, and wood says, i'm good beyond the circle there, and he buried it. >> bob: in the wolf pack's last game against unc-greensboro, he went 2 for 7 from beyond the arc. his dad played college basketball here in north carolina at western carolina, and was a high school teammate of the pack's julius mays. they went to the state title game for marion high school a couple of years ago. >> larry: he won't dazzle you with blinding speed, but he gets in a position to get the shoots off.

shooters always have their hands ready to shoot the ball. i think he'll drop that even more as he becomes older. >> bob: nice entry pass into the post, and macklin hooks it home. he's got 12. >> larry: the postposition is where to score today. >> bob: here's mays. horner for three. florida by one. walker foul ed and any trip is n automatic whistle. second foul on julius mays. >> larry: is that a declaration? >> bob: just trying to help where i can. >> larry: good screen by macklin.

they missed him on the roll. >> bob: tyus lays it in, and another great post feed. >> larry: nc state's defense is kind of fallen off here to start this second half. >> bob: 37-34, down the lane, degand. and a blocking foul. that's on tyus, his first. >> larry: i really like the way degand plays. he was a guy that came in as a point guard, and they moved him over to shooting guard this year, and he's moving up and down the floor, playing much, much better. he's really battled those knee problems, as i indicated in that first half. >> bob: yes, he has. torn acl ten games into his freshman season. foul shot popped out on him. last year, degand made 24 appearances, 11 starts. by coach's decision, sat in the

first six games this year, getting his academics in order. now averaging 16 minute as game in the last seven. back in the rotation. rebound to florida. nc state leaves a couple of points on the table here. and in this game, points are at a pree premium. walker loses the dribble. loses his footing and loses the position. >> larry: i have to tell you who helped on there. jordan vandenberg stepping out in front of walker, forced him to turn a little higher than he wanted to go with the ball. vandenberg is going to the bench, but watch the step-out here. that's a hard -- that's a big body to run into right there. >> bob: mays back pedaling. and a time-out. i thought he was going to take a sack. >> larry: you know -- one of those things, i never understood this. when a player gets in trouble with the basketball, why do his teammates not go to help?

they stand and watch him. they know he's in trouble. get open to receive a pass. nobody came to help him. and he almost got tackled for a loss. >> bob: larry conley, we are down to four, when we talk about unbeatens in college basketball. the top four ranked teams in the country, all perfect. but that number is dwindling day by day. >> larry: kansas and texas, very top heavy in that conference out there. these two clubs are really good, though. kentucky with a big win over louisville yesterday. it was a war. and purdue beat west virginia, which was previously unbeaten. purdue is really good. >> bob: i really like them. >> larry: i do. i've seen them three times this year. i've seen kentucky play, too. i think they're very good. what a freshman group they've got. -- >> bob: degand to mid-floor and mays. nc state, only two field goals in the first eight minutes of this second half.

wood. one on the clock as it goes through the net. his third three-pointer. tied at 37. boynton. he misses the three. now the pack looking to get the lead back. mapes. cross-court to degand for three. bulls eye! >> larry: back-to-back threes for nc state. you know what they're coming from two guys who they are going to have to ask to help a lot on that perimeter this year. degand and wood, excellent shooters. >> bob: walker. and a much-needed two for the gators.

erving's second basket. 40-39. >> larry: walker didn't hesitate. mays, taken away. walker checks the rear view mirror and lays it in. >> larry: you v to be aware of him. he is so quick. >> bob: and this, larry, florida press has a cumulative effect. you might not get a turnover every time, but you can really bother the other team in crucial situations. a time-out with 10:50 to pla, and speaking of the press, watch erving walker. and the lay-in gives florida a one-point advantage.

>> bob: and we welcome you back to raleigh, north carolina. florida leading nc state 41-40.

bob rathbun, larry conley and debbie antonelli and our lexus playbook. >> larry: feeding the post. let's look at macklin being fed off the post. walker, right here, watch him make the dribble across to here. but more importantly, watch the move by macklin to get right in there to receive the pass. this is really well done. the cut, the bounce pass, the turn, and the jump hook. well done. not only on the feed, but the finish. >> bob: nc state with the basketball after the time-out. nc state patiently attacking the zone. gonzalez. wood. howell, a three. >> larry: interesting donovan out of that time-out went right

to the zone. trying a different look. >> bob: werner has not looked for his outside shot in this game. florida state without a three-pointer. 0 for 13. here's macklin in the paint. jump hook, short. and degand. back in for the pack with smith, howell and wood. under ten to play. >> larry: florida will stay in that two-three zone. trying to go side-to-side, but the corner to degand, and the pack commits it 12th turnover. sidney lowe, not very happy with that particular offensive position. howell was trying to feed the ball down in the corner and simply threw it out of bounds.

wolf pack still man-to-man. >> bob: macklin kicks it out. walker. tried to go back to macklin, they turn it. degand. wood. for three. in and out again. >> larry: he had a couple of those here in the second half. >> bob: nine minutes to play. >> larry: florida has gotten very, very patient here on offense here in this second half. trying to run their half-court game. >> bob: walker. and there is florida's first three-pointer. erving walker, who's hit just 2 of his last 14 from outside the

arc. degand, inside to smith. >> larry: degand with a terrific pass. the defense collapsed on degand as he was coming to the basket and left tracy smith wide open. >> bob: 44-42, florida. 18 for tracy smith. florida had a three-point streak in jeopardy. they had not hit a three all day. 592 consecutive games with a made three. dating all the way back to j january of '92. loose ball, and state's got it. degand going in. contact with walker, no whistle. wood for three. >> larry: he has found his shooting eye. this kid has got a great stroke. >> bob: get him another power bar. that's his fourth three. 45-44, wolf pack.

parsons, inside macklin with the flush. >> larry: how about the split by parsons? he got into the lane and found macklin wide open. that was a good job of handling the ball by chandler parsons. >> bob: now it's florida by one, and look at the points in the paint for the gators. >> larry: gonzalez has to pick up his offensive gave. he has not had a good scoring game here today. >> bob: gonzalez. and a foul on florida in the paint. no shot. that stops the clock with 6:59, and the foul on vernon macklin, number three. time-out in raleigh. a job hunting expense ?

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about the inside game today. the points in the paint have been plentiful. >> larry: the two guys that have gotten it done, vernon macklin for florida, on the other side, tracy smith has gotten it done for the wolf pack. there have been a lot of points in there, simply because once the ball gets into that free throw lane area the guys have been able to convert. look at the numbers. they've done a great job, both of them. macklin's done that, real li, with a lot of time on the bench, too. >> bob: and tracy smith, terrific in that first half with 14 points. macklin, really coming to life offensively here in the second half with 14. >> larry: he only played five minutes in the first half. >> bob: right. got the two quick fouls and to the bench he went. state's gotten away from going to tracy smith a lot. they have relied on the three-pointer here in the second half. williams for three.

and a foul inside on florida. >> bo >> larry: they have a couple of guys that can shoot the three. scott wood has been the leader in that. degand's done a nice job of shooting it, too, and he's handled the ball well. >> bob: and the one guy who you think is going to shoot a ton of threes is dennis horner. he's over 50% for the year. he does not have a home run shot yet in this game. 46-45. 6:30 to play. first of our acc sunday night hoops doubleheader. xavier and wake next. gonzalez. good anticipation and coverage by tyus. 125 on t 15 on the shot clock. >> larry: tyus got on that baseline, he had nowhere to go with the basketball. he has to be able to find and

get out of those situations. >> larry: smith with all kinds of gators digging at him. they jar the ball loose, and florida's running five on four. werner almost took his jersey off. >> bob: 11 gator steals. werner for three. >> larry: they get another chance. >> bob: and now roger ayers stops the game for an injured player. dennis horn er, trying to get t his feet. just rolled that ankle. and limping back to the bench. see if we can see it here. >> larry: here's werner trying to get around that screen. he stops --