Victory Thread: Alabama 83, Florida 70

Alabama made the trip down to Gainesville tonight, a place that hasn’t been good to them over the years, and got it done 83-70.

The Tide got off to a decent start but hit a severe cold spell about halfway through the first half, at one point making only one of 12 from the field. Noah Gurley couldn’t stay on the floor with foul trouble and Florida big Colin Castleton caused all kinds of problems when the Tide took the ball to the hole. As a result, the Gators took a three point lead into the half.

Coming out of the break, Jahvon Quinerly hit a long three that seemed to get the Tide rolling. The defense got better, they were able to get out in transition a bit more, and the shots started…