National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Florida 61, Louisiana-Monroe 56
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, November 21, 2014
Where: Stephen C. O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Florida
Officials: # Tim Gattis, # Rick Hartzell, # Bart Lennox
Attendance: 11003


No. 7 Florida 61, ULM 56 (OT): Michael Frazier II scored a season-high 21 points as the Gators needed overtime to get past the visiting Warhawks.

Freshman Chris Chiozza totaled a career-best 11 points and four steals off the bench for Florida (2-1), which rebounded from a loss to Miami (Fla.) last time out. Jon Horford tallied nine points and Jacob Kurtz set a personal best with a game-high 13 rebounds for the Gators, who blew a big second-half lead for the second consecutive game.

Tylor Ongwae totaled 19 points to pace the offense for ULM (2-1), and Nick Coppola added 11 points. Majok Deng grabbed a career-best nine rebounds for the Warhawks, who nearly followed a school-record 67-point win over Division II Champion Baptist with an upset of one the nation's most prominent programs.

After trailing at halftime 29-27, Florida fell behind by as many as six in the second half before before 15 unanswered points, including seven from Frazier, helped the Gators establish a 44-35 lead with 8:23 to play. Coppola and Jamaal Samuel each hit 3-pointers to help the Warhawks pull back within 46-41, and after a pair of free throws from Frazier pushed Florida back ahead 51-43, ULM ran off eight straight points, tying the game on a 3-pointer by Coppola to force overtime.

In the extra frame, a dunk from Horford broke a 54-54 tie and a pair of free throws from Kasey Hill staked the Gators to a 58-54 lead. Ongwae converted a layup and drew a foul on Kurtz to pull the Warhawks back to within 58-56 with 21 seconds to play but, after he couldn't complete the three-point play, Hill, Chiozza and Frazier helped Florida seal the game at the free-throw line.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Florida F Dorian Finney-Smith, the SEC's reigning Sixth Man of the Year, missed his second consecutive game with a fractured left hand. ... ULM hasn't started a season 3-0 since 1987. ... Gators F Chris Walker, who sat the first two games of the season on suspension for violating team rules, scored four points and grabbed six rebounds in limited action off the bench.
Top Game Performances
 
Louisiana-Monroe   Florida
Tylor Ongwae 19 Scoring Michael Frazier II 21
Tylor Ongwae 3 Assists Jacob Kurtz 3
Majok Deng 9 Rebounds Jacob Kurtz 13
Tylor Ongwae 3 Free Throws Made Michael Frazier II 11
Mack Foster 3 Steals Chris Chiozza 4
Tylor Ongwae 2 Blocks Jon Horford 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Louisiana-Monroe 56 32.8 9-25 5-8 8 33 4 7 10
Florida 61 32.7 3-15 24-32 9 43 4 5 14