The 10th-ranked Wildcats will look for another good defensive effort while getting their high-powered offense back on track Wednesday night when they host Florida in a Southeastern Conference matchup in Lexington. Held in the 60s for the second straight game, Kentucky (15-4, 5-2) still came home with a 63-57 victory against Arkansas. Its defense limited the struggling Razorbacks to 33.3-percent shooting from the floor, including 4 of 19 from the 3-point arc, and held them to just over 0.8 points per possession. The Gators (14-6, 4-3) possess roughly the same general strengths and weaknesses as Kentucky -- excellent on offense, above average but nothing more than that on defense. They rank eighth in Division I at 85.4 points per game, boosted by their 102-98 overtime win over Georgia on Saturday. Florida would have preferred not to reach triple figures but it blew a 13-point halftime lead, allowing 51 second-half points and enabling the Bulldogs to sink 11 of 26 3-pointers. The Gators couldn't find a scheme to contain RJ Melendez, who hit 6 of 10 3-pointers and scored a game-high 35 points off the Georgia bench. But they did unleash 7-foot-1 center Micah Handlogten on Georgia and he finished with 23 points and 17 rebounds, creating a potential dilemma for Kentucky. Handlogten is averaging just 7.4 ppg in 19.9 minutes but is shooting 67.4 percent from the floor. And Wildcat centers haven't played strong of late. We like Florida to hang tough here as the line is moving in their favor early, and this is a terrific public fade.

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