Gators’ Clayton Jr. (ankle) walking without boot
Florida point player Walter Clayton Jr. walked campus Monday without a protective boot, a favorable sign in his recovery from a sprained left ankle.Clayton rolled
his ankle late in the very first half of an uneven loss at then-No. 8 Tennessee on Saturday. He went back to start the second half however insinuated front of the bench to offer coach Todd Golden and his colleagues another scare.Clayton completed with 10 points on 3-of-13 shooting. He had no assists and three turnovers in 27 minutes.Editor’s Picks 2 Related The Gators (18-3, 5-3 Southeastern Conference), who fell
one area to No. 6 in The Associated Press males’s college basketball survey released Monday, host Vanderbilt(16-5, 4-4 )on Tuesday night. Clayton’s health will be something to see.”Obviously we avoided anything too serious, which is amazing, “Golden stated.
“He certainly modified his ankle respectable there in the very first half. Second half, insinuated front of our bench. I don’t believe there was anything included on since of that. Simply type of a fluky offer. “He’s been knocking out his rehab and is recuperating. He’s moving quite well, however we’ll take it hour by hour right now and see how it enters practice. I believe [Tuesday] when he wakes up will be a huge determinant in if he goes or not. “Clayton leads Florida in scoring, balancing 17.4 points. He also has a team-best 79 helps and ranks 3rd with 28 steals.”He’s a tough kid, “teammate Thomas Haugh said.”I think he’ll be great. “The Gators anticipate to play much better with or without Clayton. They lost by 20 points to the Volunteers, who exacted a measure of vengeance following a 30-point loss in Gainesville in early January.Florida shot 24.5%from the field, made 4 of 27 shots from 3-point variety, had 13 turnovers and only three second-chance points. The Gators have grown accustomed to determining speed and applying their will on opponents, but they were controlled in Knoxville.Florida had lots of business by the end of the night, ending up being the first of a handful of ranked groups to lose. That made Golden feel a little much better.”Winning is extremely hard, “Golden stated.” We’ve grown to expect our group to win every night, which is an excellent location to be and shown some terrific growth in our program. We got knocked on our butt Saturday and need to make sure it does
n’t occur Tuesday night. “