Basketball, it is popularly said, is a game of runs.
Florida’s 81-72 win over Texas A&M on Tuesday night showed how true that can be when teams sprint for only 20 minutes at a time.
The Gators could scarcely have played more poorly in the first half — and Texas A&M could barely have been hotter. The Aggies stroked seven of 11 threes and shot 55 percent from the floor, with Wendell Mitchell hitting a 27-footer at the buzzer — his fifth three of the first period — to put A&M up 46-33 entering intermission, despite KeVaughn Allen scoring in double figures and putting himself in position to have Florida’s first 20-point night of the year.