The Florida Gators had things rolling in the first half at Stegeman Coliseum on Saturday.
Threes were falling. Their defense was harassing a charitable Georgia roster into turnovers and misses. Keith Stone and Jalen Hudson were making tangible contributions.
So turning a 10-point halftime edge into a 62-52 win, as the Gators did in Athens, isn’t that surprising, really.
But how they did it was remarkable.
Florida’s 33-23 lead at intermission? It would get erased and replaced by a five-point Georgia edge, as the Dawgs emerged from the locker room hotter than a Peach State summer and made 10 of their first 11 shots in the second period, including five threes, to click off a 25-10 run and take a 48-43 lead.