(AP Photo/James Crisp)LEXINGTON, Ky. – Tre Mann scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half and Florida pulled out a 71-67 victory over Kentucky on Saturday, winning its third straight game and avenging a blowout loss to the Wildcats.
Neither team scored again until Mann's baseline jumper with 1:49 to go.
Florida, which lost to Kentucky 76-58 on Jan. 9, picked up just the fifth season split in the series' history, the last coming in 1998.
The win was just the 11th for Florida at Lexington versus 52 losses.
Florida is home against Missouri on Wednesday before concluding its regular season at Tennessee on March 7.