National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Rutgers 85, Florida 83
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 29, 2011
Where: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
Officials: # Roger Ayers, # Ed Corbett, # Joe Lindsay
Attendance: 7855

Eli Carter scored a career-high 31 points and host Rutgers upset No. 10 Florida 85-83 in double overtime Thursday.

The Scarlet Knights (8-5) led for only 52 seconds of regulation, but closed the second half with a 9-2 run to forge a 66-66 tie with the Gators (10-3), whose five-game winning streak ended.

Carter’s basket with 1:46 to go in double overtime gave Rutgers an 82-78 lead. Florida answered with Brandon Beal’s 3-pointer 25 seconds later to cut Rutgers' lead to one.

Myles Mack, who missed a fadeaway jumper at the end of regulation, hit a 3-pointer on the next possession to make it 85-81 Rutgers with 58 seconds remaining.

Florida pulled within 85-83 on Erving Walker’s basket, and Florida forced a shot-clock violation to get the ball back with 8.7 seconds to go, but Walker’s jumper hit off the back iron at the buzzer.

In the first overtime, Florida led 76-73 after two Patric Young free throws with 31.8 seconds to go before Carter hit a 3-pointer with 18.2 seconds left to tie it at 76.

Florida looked to be in good shape with a 10-2 run late in the second half with Kenny Boynton’s three-point play putting the Gators ahead 64-57 with 2:49 remaining.

Boynton led Florida with 26 points. Former Rutgers standout Mike Rosario, who played two years for the Scarlet Knights before transferring to Florida, scored five points for the Gators.
Top Game Performances
 
Florida   Rutgers
Kenny Boynton 26 Scoring Eli Carter 31
Erving Walker 6 Assists Eli Carter 7
Erik Murphy 8 Rebounds Derrick Randall 8
Kenny Boynton 7 Free Throws Made Eli Carter 5
Will Yeguete 2 Steals Myles Mack 2
Erik Murphy 3 Blocks Dane Miller 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Florida 83 45.2 9-27 18-19 14 32 6 4 18
Rutgers 85 48.6 7-18 8-11 18 32 2 6 11