Finally, at about quarter to 12, exhausted (and much to the relief of the besieged calculator) hethrewdown his pencil, panting a bit, and ran his hands through his hair.
It left Rosset a frustrated figure, and the Swiss received a warning for swearing during the game before a penalty point was docked when hethrew his racket down.
After Brett Comer stole a pass, he ran down the court and threw up an alley-oop pass for the trailing Brown, who delivered an emphatic slam that sent the announced crowd of more than 40, 000 into a frenzy except for those in Gator orange.
Trying to make the rotation after faltering down the stretch last season, Nova struck out one during an outing in which hethrew 22 of 27 pitches for strikes.