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Florida rides balanced second-half effort to rout of La Salle

For one brief second, the Stephen C. O’Connell Center fell silent.

It was the definition of poetry in motion, beauty in all facets.

Gators trying to find their stroke before Battle 4 Atlantis

Then, Florida forward Keyontae Johnson punctuated his journey from hardwood to basket with an angry slam dunk, and all hell broke loose as the Rowdy Reptiles went ballistic.

Johnson’s slam with 13:40 left in the contest served as a gut punch to La Salle, as the Explorers were hanging on to the Gators by a thread, but had no chance after.