FINAL: No. 23 Florida 102, Saint Francis 61

What Happened

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The 18th-ranked Florida Gators did a wire-to-wire number on over-matched Saint Francis Wednesday night at Exactech/Arena O'Connell Center.

Senior guard Xaivian Lee led the team in scoring for the fourth time in the last five games, finishing with 18 points on 7-for-9 shooting and pacing six Gators into double-figure scoring. Junior forward Alex Condon had 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists, while junior center Rueben Chinyelu had his fifth double-double of the season with 12 points on 5-for-5 from the floor and 11 boards.

Eleven of the 12 UF scholarship players who got on the floor got into the scoring column, as did 7-foot-9 walk-on center Olivier Rioux, the tallest player in college basketball history, who threw in a dunk off a feed from freshman CJ Ingram with 42 seconds to go in the game, much to the delight of the O'Dome crowd.

UF jumped to a 12-2 lead in the first five minutes behind points from six different players. The lead was 19-6 (with the Gators shooting 80%) after seven minutes, and 30-9 (on 75%) after 10 minutes, with the home team taking a 24-point advantage, 47-23, into the locker room and building on it in the second half.

UF center **Rueben Chinyelu** (9) with a first-half flush.

Turning Point

The day the game was scheduled.

Staggering Statistic

UF had six players finish with double-figure scoring for the first time since defeating Maryland 87-71 in the "Sweet 16" round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament last March 27 at San Francisco.

Up Next

Florida (7-4) is back home Sunday afternoon for the second of three consecutive home games, with the Gators taking on Colgate (6-5), a top 175-ish opponent, per KenPom, out of the Patriot League.

Email senior writer Chris Harry at chrish@gators.ufl.edu. Find his story archives here.

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