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Mark Long, Associated Press
Published Dec 17, 2025 • Last updated 2 minutes ago • 1 minute read
Florida basketball player Olivier Rioux
Florida's Olivier Rioux is interviewed in the locker room during media day at the Final Four of the NCAA college basketball tournament on April 3, 2025, in San Antonio. Photo by Eric Gay /The Associated Press
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Xaivian Lee scored 18 points, Alex Condon added 14, and No. 23 Florida got a break from one of the toughest nonconference schedules in the United States with a 102-61 victory against Saint Francis on Wednesday night.
The Gators (7-4) never trailed while dominating every aspect of their first home game in nearly a month.
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Florida made 15 of its first 20 shots while building a 20-point lead and enjoyed enough of a cushion that coach Todd Golden was able to get his bench extended minutes.
Students started chanting for 7-foot-9 centre Olivier Rioux with more than six minutes to play. Rioux, of Terrebonne, Que., is regarded as the world’s tallest teenager.
Rioux — standing 15 inches taller than any of his opponents — entered in the final minutes and got a dunk for his first collegiate field goal.
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Rueben Chinyelu added 12 points and 11 rebounds for Florida. Boogie Fland and Urban Klavzar chipped in 11 points apiece for the defending U.S. college champions, who have losses to three teams now ranked in the top five: Arizona, Duke and UConn.
Saint Francis (2-10) lost by at least 25 points for the seventh time this season. The Red Flash entered the game ranked 361st out of 365 Division I teams in KenPom ratings, making them the worst team to visit the O’Connell Center in the KenPom era (since 1996-97).
Skylar Wicks, a senior attending his fifth school, led Saint Francis with 22 points. He took 22 of the team’s 63 shots.
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