Saturday night might be the coldest of the year in Gainesville, and certainly comes after one of the coldest days in Gainesville this year — one that began with scattered snow flurries. Yet inside the O'Connell Center, the Gators were as hot as could be.
Florida rained nine threes on Auburn, shot nearly 57 percent from the field, and played suffocating defense throughout, roaring from the gate and crushing the Tigers by a 95-63 final score.
If a thing could go right for the Gators, it did. Dorian Finney-Smith led them with a season-high 24 points, one off his career high, and started the game 7-for-7 from the field.