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Kentucky 80, Florida 61: Gators dig a grave, can't disinter themselves at Rupp

When it was finally really over, it had been over for more than an hour.

Florida fought gamely, especially while dog-tired in the second half, but it couldn't overcome a deficit it helped create against Kentucky in an 80-61 loss at Rupp Arena on Saturday. The Gators trailed 10-2 and 24-5 in the first half, and would never get closer than 13 points down for the rest of the game.

That hole had plenty to do with Jamal Murray and Tyler Ulis, who each turned in among their finest performances. Murray scored a career-high 35 points on just 21 shots, connecting on a phenomenal eight of 10 threes on the afternoon, and Ulis had 18 points and 11 assists — a new high for a Kentucky player under John Calipari — as the Wildcats' steady hand.