For Texas A&M, it simply wasn’t their evening where Reed Arena was blacked out to welcome in the reigning national champions led by head coach Todd Golden.
The Gators held the Aggies to their lowest-scoring half of the season, with five players in double digits, securing the 86-67 win.
After a shocking period, A&M had no answers and were unable to knock down enough shots from the field and from three. Guards Pop Isaacs and Marcus Hill each registered 17 points and combined for six rebounds, but the entire offense couldn’t buy enough rebounds or baskets when it needed them against the red-hot Florida offense.
Aggies vs Gators Recap
The first half for the Aggies could have gone much worse than what it did against the Gators in the first half, after having only two points at the ten-minute mark. There was a span in which no field goals were made in 22 attempts, yet somehow the Aggies’ defense was able to hang on, only down 11 points.
From the field, A&M was going only 17 percent heading to the locker room, making 6 of its 35 field goals, while Florida connected on 12 of its 29 field goals. Beyond the arc, it was even worse for A&M, where only one three-pointer was made off 14 attempts. There were 14 attempts from downtown Florida as well, where only four went through the net.
Even when the Gators came into the evening being the No. 1 team in the country in rebounds, th