Colin Castleton scored a career-high 23 点和 佛罗里达 opened the SEC season on Wednesday night with a 91-72 战胜 Vanderbilt in the Gators’ first game since Keyontae Johnson’s collapse.
约翰逊, who entered the season as the SEC Preseason Player of the Year, collapsed early in an 83-71 loss to then-No. 20 Florida State and was rushed to a hospital on Dec. 12, where he was held for 10 天. Florida’s remaining nonconference games were postponed.
Castleton was 11 的 13 from the field and the Gators (4-1) 射击 34 的 55 (62%). Scottie Lewis added 16 点数, Tyree Appleby scored 13 and Noah Locke had 10. Anthony Duruji, starting in Johnson’s place, finished with 11 点数.
Scotty Pippen Jr. 有 18 points for the Commodores (4-3). Dylan Disu added 14 点数, Trey Thomas scored 12 and Myles Stute had 11.
Florida built a 16-point lead late in the first half and kept its lead in double digits for most of the second.
