After four superb minutes of play in Tallahassee, the Florida Gators had an 11-3 lead on the Florida State Seminoles, and high hopes of ending FSU’s six-game winning streak in the rivalry.
But then Keyontae Johnson collapsed to the floor and had to be taken from it on a stretcher and transported to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.
And without him, the game on the floor proceeded much more like ones of recent vintage in this rivalry, with Florida State erasing the Gators’ early lead, putting together a 17-0 run late in the first half, and controlling the second period en route to a 83-71 victory.