Walter Clayton Jr. scored 34 points and Florida beat the rival of the Southeast Conference Auburn 79-73 in the Final Four on Saturday evening, sending the Gators to the National Championship match for the first time since their titles in 2006 and 2007.
Goalkeeper All-America for the Gators (35-4) had a driving lay-up with 2:24 to play, in possession just after the great Australian man Alex Condon made an accusation against Johni Broome, the other player of the All-America in this national semi-final-and who was dealing with a right-winged elbow.
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After a 14 -sec team record made this NCAA tournament, seven arrived at Sweet 16 before the League composed half of the elite eight, then this Final Four filled with standard heads 1.
The Gators will have the chance on Monday evening to win the first title of the dry since Kentucky in 2012, the only one since they won consecutive seasons. Florida takes a sequence of 11 consecutive victories in the title champion match in Alamodom against Duke or Houston.
Auburn (32-6), in his second Final Four with coach Bruce Pearl, was the most important global seeded.
Clayton became the first player with consecutive matches of 30 points in the Elite Eight and semi-finals from Larry Bird for the state of Indiana in 1979, according to ESPN statistics. Clayton has obtained more than 30 years with his three-point game with 1:33 to play, marking on a lay-up while being dirty and adding the franc launch.
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Alijah Martin, who played in the Final Four with Fau two years ago, added 17 points for the Gators. Thomas Haugh had 12.
Chad Baker-Mazara, with her partially wrapped left hand because of a thumb problem, led Auburn with 18 points, with four points at 3 points. Broome finished with 15 points on 6 shots out of 14 and achieved seven rebounds.
