National Basketball Association
Florida 90, Rider 69
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 9, 2011
Where: Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida
Officials:
# Tom Eades, # Gary Maxwell, # Bert Smith
Attendance:
3478
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Kenny Boynton scored 26 points and Bradley Beal added 18 as No. 12 Florida cruised past Rider 90-69 in Jacksonville, Fla., on Friday.
Patric Young collected 12 points and nine rebounds and Erving Walker chipped in 12 points for the Gators (7-2), who return to stronger competition against No. 25 Florida next weekend.
Florida was coming off a loss to No. 3 Syracuse and an overtime victory against Arizona. The Gators had a much easier time with the Broncos (1-9), who could not match the speed or physicality of the SEC players.
Florida never trailed and used a 16-5 run early in the first half to break the game open. Boynton buried a 3-pointer and Young capped the spurt with a dunk in transition off a feed from Walker.
Beal hit two 3-pointers and Walker added another in an 11-2 burst to start the second half, stretching the lead to 54-29 and sending the Gators into cruise control. Boynton, Beal and Walker combined to hit 12 3-pointers and Florida went 14-of-33 from beyond the arc.
Jeff Jones scored 18 points to lead Rider, which has dropped five straight.
Top Game Performances
Rider |
|
Florida |
Jeff Jones 20 |
Scoring |
Kenny Boynton 26 |
Brandon Penn 4 |
Assists |
Will Yeguete 5 |
Anthony Myles 8 |
Rebounds |
Patric Young 10 |
Jeff Jones 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Kenny Boynton 3 |
Eddie Mitchell 2 |
Steals |
Casey Prather 2 |
Anthony Myles 2 |
Blocks |
Scottie Wilbekin 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Rider
|
69 |
49.1 |
8-19 |
5-10 |
14 |
30 |
5 |
4 |
13 |
Florida
|
90 |
49.3 |
14-33 |
6-10 |
25 |
33 |
1 |
7 |
6 |