{"id":257367,"date":"2025-03-30T01:22:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T01:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/sports\/rewrite-this-title-in-arabic-walter-clayton-jr-s-late-heroics-propel-florida-past-texas-tech-and-into-final-four\/"},"modified":"2025-03-30T01:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T01:22:36","slug":"rewrite-this-title-in-arabic-walter-clayton-jr-s-late-heroics-propel-florida-past-texas-tech-and-into-final-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/sports\/rewrite-this-title-in-arabic-walter-clayton-jr-s-late-heroics-propel-florida-past-texas-tech-and-into-final-four\/","title":{"rendered":"rewrite this title in Arabic Walter Clayton Jr.\u2019s late heroics propel Florida past Texas Tech and into Final Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic <\/p>\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Walter Clayton Jr. rescued top-seeded Florida with two late 3-pointers, and the Gators rallied from nine points down late to reach the Final Four with an 84-79 victory over Texas Tech in the NCAA Tournament\u2019s West Region final on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Gators (34-4) trailed 75-66 with less than three minutes to play before staging a furious rally against the third-seeded Red Raiders (28-9), who had done the same in the Sweet 16 against Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>Clayton dribbled out of the paint and hit a fadeaway 3 with 59 seconds left to give Florida a 78-77 lead, and the Gators held on from there to advance to their first Final Four since 2014 in coach Todd Golden\u2019s third season. <\/p>\n<p>Florida will face the South Region champion \u2014 either Auburn or Michigan State \u2014 next Saturday in San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>Want to tune into as much March Madness as you can? DIRECTV Stream and Hulu + Live TV both have you covered with every channel you\u2019ll need, plus free trials.<\/p>\n<p>The comeback provided a happy ending to Golden\u2019s return to the Bay Area, where he played in college at Saint Mary\u2019s and got his start as a head coach at San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>As the final horn sounded, Golden turned to the Gators fans and demonstrably pumped his fist as his players rushed out to the court to celebrate a victory that looked improbable just a few minutes earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Clayton, who began his college career at Iona, scored 30 points to lead the Gators. Thomas Haugh added 20 points and 11 rebounds off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Haugh started the comeback with two 3-pointers. <\/p>\n<p>Clayton then tied it with his shot from long range after Texas Tech missed a second straight front end of a one-and-one.<\/p>\n<p>After Darrius Williams scored down low for Texas Tech, Clayton\u2019s last 3 put Florida ahead to stay, and the Gators sealed it at the foul line.<\/p>\n<p>Williams missed two 3s late. <\/p>\n<p>He had sank the game-tying basket late in regulation and game-winner in the closing seconds of overtime against Arkansas on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech fell just short of its second Final Four trip ever after being on the wrong side of a late-game comeback. <\/p>\n<p>The Red Raiders rallied from 13 points in the final five minutes to beat the Razorbacks in the Sweet 16.<\/p>\n<p>Williams scored 23 points to lead Texas Tech and JT Toppin added 20.<\/p>\n<p>The game was tight most of the way with neither team able to build a lead bigger than six points for the first 30 minutes as Texas Tech capitalized on turnovers and second-chance points and Florida repeatedly got to the foul line. <\/p>\n<p>Clayton got fouled twice on 3-pointers early in the second half, leading to five points on the six foul shots.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Raiders went on a 12-2 run to go up by 10 but couldn\u2019t hold on late.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Walter Clayton Jr. rescued top-seeded Florida with two late 3-pointers, and the Gators rallied from nine points down late to reach the Final Four with an 84-79 victory over Texas Tech in the NCAA Tournament\u2019s West Region final on Saturday. 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