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FINAL
Dec 21, 2019

Game Recap

Merrill's 21 points help Utah State beat Florida 65-62. m Merrill scored 21 points Saturday and Utah State held Florida without a field goal for six minutes down the stretch to win 65-62 in the Orange Bowl Classic.

Box Score

12T
USU273865
FLA273562
Utah State Aggies logoUTAH STATEMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
34Justin Bean356-80-00-194203412
23Neemias Queta100-00-00-02200410
22Brock Miller292-42-40-02010126
15Abel Porter332-81-53-32220008
5Sam Merrill388-185-100-095000121
32Trevin Dorius111-20-01-22002123
10Alphonso Anderson182-40-10-10100444
24Diogo Brito263-91-54-455012311
TOTAL24-5345.3%9-2536.0%8-1172.7%311953151765
Florida Gators logoFLORIDAMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
11Keyontae Johnson323-130-30-07210236
24Kerry Blackshear Jr.363-141-415-17142202422
23Scottie Lewis325-91-10-050322011
10Noah Locke363-122-61-12010019
2Andrew Nembhard343-60-12-45400328
5Omar Payne111-20-00-04001122
21Dontay Bassett10-00-00-00000000
0Ques Glover101-20-10-01000222
1Tre Mann81-40-10-00010132
TOTAL20-6232.3%4-1723.5%18-2281.8%38883131762

Play-by-Play

1st halfusufla
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (19:44) Sam Merrill missed Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (19:39) Keyontae Johnson Defensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (19:32) Kerry Blackshear Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (19:30) Kerry Blackshear Jr. Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (19:30) Foul on Justin Bean.
  • Florida Gators logo
    +1 (19:30) Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw.
    01
  • Florida Gators logo
    +1 (19:30) Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw.
    02
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +3 (19:17) Abel Porter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Neemias Queta.
    32
  • Florida Gators logo
    (18:56) Noah Locke missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (18:52) Justin Bean Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (18:48) Brock Miller missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (18:45) Kerry Blackshear Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (18:38) Scottie Lewis missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (18:31) Sam Merrill Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (18:16) Brock Miller Turnover.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (18:16) Keyontae Johnson Steal.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (18:09) Kerry Blackshear Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (18:05) Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (17:58) Sam Merrill missed Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (17:55) Florida Defensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (17:36) Noah Locke missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (17:30) Omar Payne Offensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (17:30) Omar Payne missed Layup.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (17:29) Sam Merrill Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (17:14) Neemias Queta Turnover.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (16:58) Scottie Lewis missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (16:54) Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (16:37) Sam Merrill made Jumper.
    52
  • Florida Gators logo
    (16:16) Noah Locke missed Layup.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (16:13) Noah Locke Offensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (16:03) Andrew Nembhard Turnover.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (15:50) Abel Porter missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (15:43) Kerry Blackshear Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (15:37) Kerry Blackshear Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (15:34) Sam Merrill Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (15:29) Diogo Brito missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (15:25) Omar Payne Defensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (15:14) Ques Glover missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (15:10) Diogo Brito Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (15:04) Alphonso Anderson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (15:00) Kerry Blackshear Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (14:44) Foul on Omar Payne.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (14:44) Omar Payne Turnover.
  • (14:44) Official TV Timeout
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (14:29) Alphonso Anderson missed Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (14:28) Florida Defensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (14:03) Kerry Blackshear Jr. Turnover.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (14:03) Abel Porter Steal.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (13:55) Sam Merrill missed Layup.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (13:52) Ques Glover Defensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (13:45) Foul on Tre Mann.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (13:45) Tre Mann Turnover.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (13:21) Trevin Dorius made Dunk. Assisted by Alphonso Anderson.
    72
  • Florida Gators logo
    (12:59) Foul on Ques Glover.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (12:59) Ques Glover Turnover.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (12:41) Foul on Alphonso Anderson.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (12:41) Alphonso Anderson Turnover.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (12:29) Tre Mann missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (12:26) Justin Bean Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (12:19) Trevin Dorius missed Layup.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (12:16) Justin Bean Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (12:16) Justin Bean Turnover.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (12:16) Tre Mann Steal.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (12:06) Keyontae Johnson missed Layup.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (12:06) Trevin Dorius Block.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (12:03) Keyontae Johnson Offensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (12:01) Andrew Nembhard missed Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (11:57) Keyontae Johnson Offensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (11:57) Keyontae Johnson missed Layup.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (11:54) Trevin Dorius Defensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (11:41) Foul on Ques Glover.
  • (11:41) Official TV Timeout
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (11:24) Neemias Queta Turnover.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (11:24) Scottie Lewis Steal.
  • Florida Gators logo
    +3 (11:11) Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Andrew Nembhard.
    75
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (10:48) Justin Bean made Layup. Assisted by Diogo Brito.
    95
  • Florida Gators logo
    (10:35) Keyontae Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (10:31) Kerry Blackshear Jr. Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (10:31) Foul on Brock Miller.
  • Florida Gators logo
    +1 (10:31) Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw.
    96
  • Florida Gators logo
    +1 (10:31) Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw.
    97
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (10:06) Neemias Queta Turnover.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (9:55) Foul on Keyontae Johnson.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (9:55) Keyontae Johnson Turnover.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (9:41) Diogo Brito made Jumper. Assisted by Sam Merrill.
    117
  • Florida Gators logo
    +3 (9:27) Scottie Lewis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kerry Blackshear Jr..
    1110
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (9:13) Brock Miller missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (9:10) Justin Bean Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (9:05) Justin Bean made Jumper. Assisted by Diogo Brito.
    1310
  • Florida Gators logo
    +2 (8:42) Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Jumper.
    1312
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +3 (8:23) Sam Merrill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diogo Brito.
    1612
  • Florida Gators logo
    (8:04) Scottie Lewis Turnover.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (8:04) Justin Bean Steal.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (7:56) Diogo Brito missed Layup.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (7:56) Scottie Lewis Block.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (7:54) Sam Merrill Offensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (7:54) Foul on Andrew Nembhard.
  • (7:54) Official TV Timeout
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +3 (7:53) Sam Merrill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Neemias Queta.
    1912
  • Florida Gators logo
    (7:38) Tre Mann missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (7:35) Kerry Blackshear Jr. Offensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    +2 (7:22) Noah Locke made Layup.
    1914
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (6:58) Foul on Neemias Queta.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (6:58) Neemias Queta Turnover.
  • Florida Gators logo
    +2 (6:39) Tre Mann made Jumper.
    1916
  • Florida Gators logo
    (6:16) Foul on Tre Mann.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +1 (6:16) Trevin Dorius made Free Throw.
    2016
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (6:16) Trevin Dorius missed Free Throw.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (6:15) Scottie Lewis Defensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (6:01) Noah Locke missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (5:57) Abel Porter Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (5:44) Sam Merrill missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (5:40) Andrew Nembhard Defensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (5:31) Keyontae Johnson missed Layup.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (5:31) Trevin Dorius Block.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (5:29) Kerry Blackshear Jr. Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (5:29) Foul on Sam Merrill.
  • Florida Gators logo
    +1 (5:29) Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw.
    2017
  • Florida Gators logo
    +1 (5:29) Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw.
    2018
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (5:15) Justin Bean made Jumper. Assisted by Sam Merrill.
    2218
  • Florida Gators logo
    +2 (4:59) Keyontae Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Andrew Nembhard.
    2220
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (4:45) Trevin Dorius Turnover.
  • Florida Gators logo
    +3 (4:22) Noah Locke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Keyontae Johnson.
    2223
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (4:04) Abel Porter missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (3:59) Scottie Lewis Defensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (3:42) Noah Locke missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (3:38) Omar Payne Offensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (3:37) Keyontae Johnson missed Layup.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (3:37) Diogo Brito Block.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (3:33) Trevin Dorius Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (3:14) Justin Bean Turnover.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (3:14) Scottie Lewis Steal.
  • Florida Gators logo
    +2 (2:59) Andrew Nembhard made Jumper.
    2225
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (2:56) Utah State Timeout
  • (2:56) Official TV Timeout
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (2:40) Alphonso Anderson made Jumper.
    2425
  • Florida Gators logo
    (2:23) Scottie Lewis Turnover.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (2:23) Abel Porter Steal.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (2:15) Diogo Brito missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (2:10) Andrew Nembhard Defensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    +2 (1:59) Scottie Lewis made Layup.
    2427
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +3 (1:40) Diogo Brito made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Bean.
    2727
  • Florida Gators logo
    (1:14) Keyontae Johnson missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (1:07) Justin Bean Defensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (0:56) Foul on Omar Payne.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (0:56) Alphonso Anderson missed Free Throw.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (0:55) Noah Locke Defensive Rebound.
  • Florida Gators logo
    (0:41) Scottie Lewis missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (0:36) Abel Porter Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (0:09) Sam Merrill missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (0:07) Diogo Brito Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (0:00) Diogo Brito missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (0:00) Utah State Offensive Rebound.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

65Points62
24-53(45.3%)Field Goal(%)20-62(32.3%)
9-25(36%)3-Point(%)4-17(23.5%)
8-11(72.7%)Free Throw(%)18-22(81.8%)
33(8)Rebounds(Offensive)41(18)
19Assists8
5Steals8
3Blocks3
16Turnovers13
17(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)
7Largest Lead6

Game Details

Saturday, December 21, 2019 · 1:30 PM
Exactech Arena at Stephen C. O'Connell Center · Gainesville, FL
attendance: 8,927 (88.1%)
tv: FS1
spread: USU -3.5
over/under: 135