Live Blog: Florida Gators 73, Tennessee Volunteers 43
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The No. 8 Florida Gators bounced back from their first loss of the season with one of the biggest wins in school history on Tuesday.
UF (13-1, 1-1 SEC) routed top-ranked Tennessee with a 73-43 win, giving the program its first-ever win against the AP No. 1 team in the regular season.
Below are live updates from Florida’s conference opener against the Volunteers (14-1, 1-1 SEC).
Florida vs. Tennessee Live Blog
FINAL: FLORIDA 73, TENNESSEE 43
A dominant defensive performance from the Gators, who held the Vols to 21% shooting (4-29 from 3). Alijah Martin led the team with 18 points, Denzel Aberdeen scored a season-high 16 and Alex Condon had a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Florida shot 40% from the floor (14-37), 17% from 3-point range (2-12) and 76% from the line (13-17). Tennessee made just 12 shots out of 56 attempts and was 60% from the line (15-25).
UF won the rebounding battle 55-38, led by Rueben Chinyelu with 15 boards, and outscored the Vols 22-3 in fastbreak points.
SCORE UPDATE: FLORIDA 64, TENNESSEE 35 (3:54 2H)
The Vols just made only their second 3-pointer of the game (2-for-25), but they’re on a 7-0 run over the last two minutes. Too little too late, though.
SCORE UPDATE: FLORIDA 58, TENNESSEE 27 (7:34 2H)
The Vols have missed their last seven shots (1 of 11) and haven’t scored any field goals in 5:24. Three Gators in double figures: Alijah Martin, Alex Condon and Denzel Aberdeen.
SCORE UPDATE: FLORIDA 51, TENNESSEE 26 (11:23 2H)
Alijah Martin is now up to team-high 13 points and the Vols are 1-for-24 from 3. What a response by the Gators with their 3-point defense after the Kentucky loss.
SCORE UPDATE: FLORIDA 43, TENNESSEE 18 (16:23 2H)
The Gators are on a 9-0 run to open the second half and the Vols haven’t scored in 2:47, missing their last five shots.
HALF: FLORIDA 34, TENNESSEE 15
The Vols missed their last nine shots (1 of 11) and didn’t score any field goals in the final 6:13. After giving up 14 3-pointers at Kentucky, UF has held Tennessee to 0-14 from downtown so far.
Florida shot 38% from the floor (14-37), 17% from 3-point range (2-12) and 80% from the line (4-5). Tennessee shot 14% from the floor overall (4-29) and 88% from the line (7-8).
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UF is winning the rebounding battle 30-19 and outscored the Vols 12-0 in fastbreak points in the first half.
SCORE UPDATE: FLORIDA 28, TENNESSEE 14 (4:08 1H)
The Volunteers haven’t scored in over two minutes and Aberdeen is up to 10 points, his third time scoring in double digits this season. Florida football coach Billy Napier was shown to the crowd during the media timeout.
SCORE UPDATE: Florida 22, Tennessee 12 (7:32 1H)
Florida guard Denzel Aberdeen leads the team with 8 points off the bench. He and Will Richard knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers to push Florida’s lead back to double digits.
SCORE UPDATE: FLORIDA 12, TENNESEEE 4 (11:42 1H)
The Vols are 1-for-11 from the floor and 0-for-5 from 3, but the Gators have missed their last six shots and haven’t scored in 2:00 after jumping out to the 12-0 lead. Florida has edge on the boards (12-7) and fastbreak points (9-0).
SCORE UPDATE: FLORIDA 6, TENNESSEE 0 (15:52 1H)
The Gators have jumped out to an early lead as the Vols started 0-for-6 from the floor. All of UF’s points have been fast break, including this dunk by Alex Condon off a great effort play by Will Richard for the steal.
Florida Gators starters
| No. | Player | Position | Height/Weight | Class | Min. | Pts. | Rebs. | Misc. |
| 1 | Walter Clayton Jr. | Guard | 6-2, 195 pounds | Sr. | 31.1 | 18.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 ast |
| 15 | Alijah Martin | Guard | 6-2, 210 pounds | Sr. | 30.1 | 15.9 | 5.6 | 2.9 ast |
| 5 | Will Richard | Guard | 6-4, 206 pounds | Sr. | 30.6 | 13.9 | 5.1 | 2.0 stl |
| 21 | Alex Condon | Forward | 6-11, 230 pounds | So. | 25.3 | 10.9 | 7.7 | 1.5 blk |
| 9 | Rueben Chinyelu | Center | 6-10, 260 pounds | So. | 18.7 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 1.1 blk |
Tennessee Volunteers starters
| No. | Player | Position | Height/Weight | Class | Min. | Pts. | Rebs. | Misc. |
| 5 | Zakai Zeigler | Guard | 5-9, 172 pounds | Sr. | 33.7 | 11.7 | 3.7 | 8.0 ast |
| 15 | Jahmai Mashak | Guard | 6-4, 202 pounds | Sr. | 28.7 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 2.4 stl |
| 2 | Chaz Lanier | Guard | 6-6, 192 pounds | 5th | 29.6 | 20.3 | 2.9 | 4.0 3fg |
| 7 | Igor Milicic Jr. | Forward | 6-10, 225 pounds | Sr. | 26.2 | 10.9 | 8.9 | 2.4 ast |
| 34 | Felix Okpara | Forward | 6-11, 235 pounds | Jr. | 21.6 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 1.3 blk |
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