The Florida Gators told a tale of two halves in the first round of the 2019 Charleston Classic on Thursday.
Through the first 20 minutes, the Gators gave the world a glimpse of what they could be if they make their shots, surviving a half that Kerry Blackshear Jr. mostly sat for by drilling seven shots from distance and doing a fine job around the hoop to take a 41-25 lead to intermission.
In the second 20 minutes, Florida looked a lot more like it had through the first four games of this up-and-down season: Cold from the field, overly dependent on the play of Andrew Nembhard for better and worse, and bereft of a reliable identity without Blackshear.