{"id":140192,"date":"2026-02-02T02:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T02:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/140192\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T02:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T02:00:09","slug":"no-19-florida-dominates-paint-beats-no-23-alabama-100-77-after-todd-goldens-guarantee-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/140192\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 19 Florida dominates paint, beats No. 23 Alabama 100-77 after Todd Golden\u2019s guarantee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Alex Condon scored 25 points, Thomas Haugh added 22 and No. 19 Florida handled 23rd-ranked Alabama and Charles Bediako 100-77 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Florida\u2019s fifth consecutive victory in the series came a little more than a week after Gators coach Todd Golden said <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/alabama-charles-bediako-florida-todd-golden-ad04699c75c7c5858e5649dedb800b83\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201cwe\u2019re gonna beat \u2019em anyways\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">\u201cwe\u2019re gonna beat \u2019em anyways\u201d<\/a> in response to a judge\u2019s decision to allow Bediako to return to college.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This one was so one-sided that 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux, the world\u2019s tallest teenager, played the final minute and scored Florida\u2019s last basket.<\/p>\n<p>Boogie Fland chipped in 15 points, eight assists and a career-high eight steals for the defending national champion Gators (16-6, 7-2 Southeastern Conference). Fland dominated his matchup against the league\u2019s leading scorer, Labaron Philon. Fland\u2019s eight steals matched the program record set by Clifford Lett in 1989.<\/p>\n<p>Philon, who entered the game averaging 22 points, finished with 14. Aden Holloway led the Crimson Tide (14-7, 4-4) with 19 points.<\/p>\n<p>Florida\u2019s frontcourt was the difference. Condon, Haugh and Rueben Chinyelu combined for 61 points, 29 rebounds and five blocks. The Gators outscored Alabama 72-26 in the paint. Chinyelu finished with 14 points and 17 boards.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Bediako, a 7-footer who is <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/alabama-charles-bediako-ncaa-lawsuit-c30d6c071e71a297598d9676c8a054c9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:suing the NCAA in an attempt to regain college eligibility;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">suing the NCAA in an attempt to regain college eligibility<\/a> despite leaving school and entering the NBA draft, played his third game with Alabama and first on the road. Florida\u2019s student section taunted him with chants of \u201cG League dropout\u201d when he entered the game and touched the ball. Bediako finished with six points and seven rebounds before fouling out with 2:10 to play.<\/p>\n<p>Florida used a 13-2 run late in the first half to help build a 10-point lead at the break and turned the Top 25 matchup into a lopsided affair by scoring the first 12 points coming out of the locker room.<\/p>\n<p>The stat of the game: Alabama had 18 turnovers to Florida\u2019s two.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Alabama hosts Texas A&amp;M on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Florida gets a midweek bye before playing at Texas A&amp;M next Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Alex Condon scored 25 points, Thomas Haugh added 22 and No. 19 Florida handled 23rd-ranked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8173,3109,67717,1618,28,30,29,8172,25387,25404,10922,3115,3116],"class_list":{"0":"post-140192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-alabama","9":"tag-boogie-fland","10":"tag-charles-bediako","11":"tag-fla","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-florida-headlines","14":"tag-florida-news","15":"tag-labaron-philon","16":"tag-olivier-rioux","17":"tag-rueben-chinyelu","18":"tag-southeastern-conference","19":"tag-thomas-haugh","20":"tag-todd-golden"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}