Florida 67, Albany 55: Casey Prather and Dorian Finney-Smith each tallied 16 points as the Gators pulled away from the pesky Great Danes in the second half of a second-round NCAA tournament game in Orlando, Fla.

Patric Young posted 10 points and 10 rebounds for top-seeded Florida (33-2), which will put its 27-game winning streak on the line Saturday when it meets No. 9 seed Pittsburgh in the third round of the South Region. Kasey Hill and Scottie Wilbekin finished with 10 points apiece as the Gators’ bench outscored the Great Danes’ reserves 26-2.

DJ Evans overcame a pair of inadvertent blows to the head in the second half to finish with 21 points and seven rebounds for No. 16 Albany (19-15), which saw its season-high four-game winning streak snapped. Gary Johnson had 13 points while John Puk added 10, but leading scorer Peter Hooley was limited to 1-of-10 from the field and six points – 9.8 below his season average.

Albany connected on 11 of its first 16 and 12 of its first 20 field-goal attempts to play Florida to a 28-all draw before the Gators held the Great Danes scoreless over the final 4:47 of the first half and scored the last six points to take their largest lead to that point into the break. However, Hooley drilled a 3-pointer to bring Albany within one and tied it at 39 with a free throw with 14 ½ minutes remaining.

Young followed with a three-point play and Hill scored four straight points during a 14-4 surge as Florida held the Great Danes to one field goal over nearly seven minutes to pull away. Johnson knocked down a 3-pointer with 3 ½ minutes left to rally Albany within 61-52, but Wilbekin answered with a triple of his own and combined with Prather for three free throws down the stretch to account for the final margin.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Florida has limited its last four foes to 10-of-50 shooting from beyond the arc after Albany went 4-of-13 from the 3-point line. … The Gators, who forced only three turnovers and allowed the Great Danes to shoot 56 percent in the first half, recorded seven takeaways and held Albany to 32 percent shooting after intermission. … Hooley touched his ankle and pointed to the sky on several occasions throughout the game as a tribute to his mother, whom he discovered would be undergoing surgery for cancer in his native Australia earlier in the week.