Give the step-by-step reasoning process and then the final answer. UF got into the national championship. For them to get into the championship, they scored a total of 720 points during their previous 24 games. In the championship game, however, their opponent was much stronger than any other team they had previously gone against and they scored 2 points less than half as much as they had previously scored in each of the 24 games. Their opponent only lost by 2 points. How many points did their opponent score?
They scored an average of 720 / 24 = 30 points in their previous games. Half that many would be 30 / 2 = 15 points. So in the finals, they scored 15 - 2 = 13 points. Their opponent thus scored 13 - 2 = 11 points.
The final answer: 11.