Florida’s Tyree Appleby scored 20 of his team-high 26 points in the second half as the Gators held on to beat No. 2 Auburn for the 14th straight time at home, stunning the Tigers 63–62 Saturday in Gainesville, Florida.
Appleby’s fifth 3-pointer lifted the Gators (17–10, 7–7 SEC) to a 61–53 lead with 2:17 left, but the Tigers (24–3, 12–2) wouldn’t go away. Auburn cut it to one and forced a steal on an inbounds play in the final 10 seconds, but Wendell Green Jr. could not get off a potential game-winner following a Tigers timeout and time expired.
