The No.5 Florida Gators fell to No.8 Tennessee 64-44 on Saturday afternoon, dropping to 18-3 (5-3 SEC) on the 2024/25 season. Coming in off back-to-back losses and down two key starters in Zakai Zeigler and Igor Milicic Jr., the Volunteers came out with a level of intensity that Florida couldn’t match for 40 minutes.
Tennessee’s 2nd ranked defense made it as ugly as possible for the Gators, who scored a season low 21 halftime points and season low 44 points in the contest. Florida shot an abysmal 24.5% from the field and made just 4 of 27 three-point attempts (14.