Unfortunately, the SEC gauntlet continued for the Crimson Tide, and No. 5 Florida spoiled senior night by dominating the inside and defeating Alabama 99-94.
Even in defeat against No. 5 Florida, Crimson Tide point guard Mark Sears showed what's made him so instrumental.
The Gators tallied their third-best floor exercise total (49.525) of the season. Back-to-back 9.925s by Wong and Harris-Miranda led the Gators Friday. Nguyen started off the rotation with a 9.90 and freshman Taylor Clark earned the same mark. Disidore also contributed a 9.875 toward the event total.
It's No. 5 Florida basketball vs No. 8 Alabama in an SEC showdown at Coleman Coliseum. Follow for live scores, updates.
ESPN women's bracketologist Charlie Creme currently has Alabama as a 4-seed hosting 5-seed Baylor, 12-seed James Madison as an automatic qualifier and 13-seed Florida Gulf Coast as an automatic qualifier. If the Tide were to win its Round of 64 matchup, it would also get to host in the Round of 32.