Alex Condon, Thomas Haugh fuel No. 12 Florida past Ole Miss
Alex Condon scored 24 points and Thomas Haugh added 20 as No. 12 Florida won its seventh consecutive game by defeating Ole Miss 94-75 on Saturday in Oxford, Miss.
Urban Klavzar scored 15 points, Xaivian Lee collected 11 points and 10 assists and Boogie Fland added 10 points as the Gators (21-6, 12-2 Southeastern Conference) won for the 12th time in 13 games. They ended a four-game losing streak against Ole Miss in Oxford.
It was Florida's sixth double-digit margin of victory during its winning streak. The Gators shot 57.1% from the floor and had a 39-24 edge in rebounding.
Malik Dia scored 24 points, Ilias Kamardine added 14 and Patton Pinkins had 10 to lead the Rebels (11-16, 3-11), who lost their ninth consecutive game.
Dia scored on a putback and Kamardine followed with a jumper to start the second-half scoring and pull Ole Miss within 43-36. Haugh made a jumper for Florida's first points of the half, starting a run that ended with Lee's 3-pointer giving the Gators a 61-46 lead.
Dia scored five points to get Ole Miss within 12 points, but Florida scored the next nine points to open a 72-51 lead with less than nine minutes remaining. Kamardine's jumper ended a nearly four-minute scoring drought for the Rebels, but they never threatened again.
Ole Miss led twice and the score was tied twice before Klavzar's 3-pointer gave Florida the lead for good and started a 7-0 run that produced a 19-12 lead. Dia's layup ended the run, but the Gators expanded the lead to 10 points on a jumper by Condon.
The Rebels got within eight points three times before Haugh made a 3-pointer and Fland added two free throws to give Florida a 33-20 lead. The Rebels responded with two free throws by Kamardine and a layup by AJ Storr, but Klavzar made a 3-pointer and Lee added a layup for a 38-24 lead.
The Gators led by 14 a second time before holding a 43-32 halftime lead.