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Walter Clayton Jr. scored 20 of his 22 points in the first half, Tyrese Samuel had a key rebound and dunk in the closing seconds and Florida beat East Carolina 70-65 on Thursday night in the Florida Tip-Off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida had its lead trimmed to 67-65 with 1:06 remaining. The Gators missed their next three 3-pointers, but Samuel hustled for an offensive rebound and dunked it with 19.9 seconds left for a four-point lead. East Carolina didn’t hit the rim on a 3-point attempt and Alex Condon made 1 of 2 free throws to seal it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Florida outrebounded East Carolina 51-32, including 21-10 on the offensive end. Samuel, coming off his third double-double of the season, had seven rebounds to go with 11 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zyon Pullin also scored 11 points for Florida (7-3). Will Richard added 10 points and Condon grabbed 12 rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ezra Ausar and RJ Felton each scored 14 points for East Carolina (6-5). Brandon Johnson had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Bobby Pettiford Jr. added 11 points before being helped off the floor with 45.8 seconds left.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Clayton\u2019s 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting helped Florida take a 37-30 lead into the break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

East Carolina got as close as 62-61 in the second half on a jumper from the free-throw line by Cam Hayes – his first make of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It marked the first meeting between the Florida and East Carolina men\u2019s basketball programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida travels to Charlotte, North Carolina to face Michigan on Tuesday in the Jumpman Invitational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

East Carolina returns home for a matchup with Delaware State on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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