RIPPING RUPP

When 10th-ranked Florida (12-2, 2-0) takes on Texas A&M (12-3, 2-0) Thursday night at College Station, the Gators will have their hands full with the Aggies, but particularly with small forward Elston Turner (pictured left), who Saturday joined an elite group of visiting players to hit the 40-point milestone at Lexington. LSU's "Pistol Pete" Maravich did it three times.

Here’s a list -- and it’s short -- of the others.

* Denotes game was at Rupp Arena, which opened in 1976. Others were at old Memorial Coliseum.

Points     Player                     Team            Date        Outcome  
55            Pete Maravich         LSU              1/24/70      L 109-96
46           Johnny Neumann     Ole Miss       2/6/71        L 121-86
45           Pete Maravich          LSU              2/22/69      L 103-89
*45          David Robinson       Navy             1/25/87      L 80-69
44           Pete Maravich          LSU              2/3/68        L 105-93
43           Ernie Grunfeld         Tennessee    1/10/76     W 90-88 (OT)
42          John Mengelt            Auburn          2/3/69        L 105-93
41          Clyde Lee                 Vanderbilt      1/5/65       W 97-79
*41        Chris Jackson            LSU              2/15/90     L 100-95
40          Henry Wilmore         Michigan       12/5/70      L 104-93
*40        Elston Turner            Texas A&M    1/12/13     W 83-71

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