Gators Dominant At Home To Hold Off Lowly Vanderbilt

The Florida Gators Basketball vs. Auburn Tigers“We want Klatsky” chants rained down from the O’Dome faithful with several minutes left on the clock which always signifies a blowout win in Gainesville and that’s exactly what occurred as the Florida Gators (19-8, 9-5 SEC) controlled the Vanderbilt Commodores (7-20, 2-12 SEC) from the opening tip for a smooth 77-64 win. Throughout the first half the Gators steadily grew their lead and went into the break up 35-20 and from there it was all about maintaining. Vanderbilt tried to get back into the game with a frantic press and some well-drawn up sets for three but the Gators never broke, taking care of business on their home floor and avoiding what would have been a bad loss at home. Unselfish play from the Gators was a story throughout as they shared the ball and didn’t hunt stats with 17 assists as a team on 28 made field goals. Zyon Pullin had a lengthy streak end as for the first time as a Gator he didn’t score double digits–putting up only 2 points. However, that isn’t to suggest he was playing poorly–it was more of a focus on the fact that he was looking to get his teammates involved in a well-balanced attack. A drama-free Saturday afternoon was exactly what the Gators were looking for and they’ll be quite happy with just how things shook out.

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