Mike White and Dorian Finney-Smith

FLORIDA at No. 20 KENTUCKY

STAKES, STARS AND STATS

Justin Leon

Tyler Ulis

SOME NUMBERS OF NOTE

Jason Williams

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Saturday, 4 p.m. (ET)Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.Florida (15-7, 6-3); Kentucky (16-6, 6-3)CBS (withandGator IMG Sports Network (withand). Check for availability here Florida has won five of six and is coming off a pair of wins, defeating No. 9 West Virginia in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge last weekend and following it up with a tough victory over Arkansas, both at home. Contrast that week with Kentucky's. The Wildcats lost on the road at Kansas in their Challenge matchup, then blew a 21-point lead in a loss Tuesday night at Tennessee. The Cats (and that crowd at Rupp Arena) are going to have fire in their eyes. ... The Kentucky loss Tuesday, Florida's win Wednesday and Texas A&M's loss Thursday at Vanderbilt left both the Gators and Wildcats a game behind first-place A&M and LSU in the Southeastern Conference standings. ... UK leads the all-time series 97-37, including 49-9 at Lexington. The Cats swept all three games against the Gators last season, winning 67-50 in the final regular season game March 7, then six days later by a 64-49 count in the third round of the SEC Tournament at Nashville, Tenn., in what turned out to be the final game for UF coachThis marks the first meeting against the Wildcats for UF coach, though White has visited Rupp many times. He won there as a player at Ole Miss in 1998 and coached there as an assistant during his seven seasons with the Rebels. ... Senior forward(15.1 ppg, 8.2 rpg) continues to be the catalyst -- both with production and leadership -- for the Gators, with the best basketball of his career turned in over the last several weeks. Finney-Smith has averaged 19.6 points and 10.1 rebounds over the previous seven games. ... Sophomore point guardwill be in for one of his toughest matchups of the season in dealing with both All-America candidateand the hostile Rupp crowd. He had eight assists (one off his career high) and just one turnover to go with a career-high 16 points against Arkansas. ... Freshman guard(11.8 ppg) didn't have his best game against the Hogs, but he still hit double figures (10 points) for the sixth straight game (the 11th in the last 13) and was 6-for-6 from the free throw line, including two to clinch the game with 5.6 seconds left. ... Junior forward(5.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg) returned to action Saturday after missing a game due to a concussion. He had seven points and five rebounds to bring his SEC averages to 8.4 and 3.9, respectively, but as always it was Leon's all-out effort the Gators welcomed the most. Oh, and he continues to lead the team in 3-point shooting (.471).Kentucky is in its seventh season under Coach, who is 206-44 during that time (.824), with an astounding 114-4 at Rupp and 13-0 mark this season. ... UK is the SEC's No. 3 scoring offense (78.1 ppg), as well as No. 2 in field-goal percentage (.472), but 13th in 3-point shooting (.320). ... Kentucky is an upper echelon rebounding team in the league, especially on the offensive glass (13.7 pg ranks second in SEC). ... The Cats are led by Ulis (16.2 ppg, 6.1 apg), one of the best point guards in the country. His motor is non-stop on both ends and he's terrific at driving, drawing fouls and making free throws (.876). ... UK's usual glut of superstar freshmen includes the backcourt tandem of 6-4(17.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg, team-high 58 3-pointers) and 6-3(10.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg), but the Cats actually have some key upperclassmen in 6-8, 230-pound(10.0 ppg, 6.6 rpg) and 6-9 junior(6.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg), with 7-0(6.8 ppg, 6.2 rpg) on big-time defensive presence off the bench.-- Florida's free-throw percentage over the past four games (80 of 101). UF entered its Jan. 23 date against Auburn at 61.1 percent (last in the SEC) and has inched its way to 64.6 since (still 13th, but making progress).* .-- Allen's free throw percentage for the season, based on 63-for-72 from the line, far and away UF's best. He's 16-for-16 over the last three games.-- Calipari's winning percentage in home games, thanks to that 114-4 record over seven years. Those four losses? Baylor and Texas A&M in 2012-13, then Florida and Arkansas in 2013-14.-- Years since an unranked Florida team defeated Kentucky at Rupp Arena. That was the 1998 squad, thanks to 24 points each fromand. That Wildcats team, the first under Coach, went on to win the NCAA title.-- Years it took for Ole Miss to beat Kentucky in Lexington. The Rebels in '98 won a road game against the Cats for the first time -- that same national championship squad of Smith's that UF beat, by the way -- thanks to 17 points from an overachieving point guard who is now head coach of the Gators.Sophomore centerfigures to be back in the Florida starting lineup, given how he responded -- with positive energy, attitude and production -- to White benching him for the first 14-plus minutes against Arkansas after a poor practice. Keeping the 6-11, 255-pounder on the court is another matter. Egbunu has not played well on the road, usually after getting in early foul trouble. And whistles are always better for the home team; that trend has been especially pronounced in the SEC this season.