As the Florida Gators basketball team faced freshman powerhouse Ben Simmons and his LSU Tigers on Saturday night they turned to an unexpected source for help, and got even more than they hoped for.
Junior college forward transfer Justin Leon had his best performance of the season thus far offensively, but his defense did the most work, helping to force Simmons into eight second half turnovers.
“With Justin, I’m not surprised at the defensive performance and I know it sounds nuts cause Simmons had 28-17,” explained White after the game, “but Justin moved his feet well; some of the better possessions we had defensively in the game were in large part due to him.