Florida’s defense — mainly with its ball pressure and its ability to get Tennessee’s offense out of sorts — held the Vols to just 29 percent shooting from the field (19-65), 23 percent from deep (5-22) and led the Gators to a double-digit win at home.
Typically, Vol fans are used to seeing this team create havoc defensively and turning that into offense. But tonight, Florida scored 10 points off 10 Tennessee turnovers and shot 43 percent from the field, while the Vols created just 10 turnovers (seven below season average) and scored only five points off those freebie possessions.