National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Florida 90, Rider 69
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 9, 2011
Where: Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida
Officials: # Tom Eades, # Gary Maxwell, # Bert Smith
Attendance: 3478
Where: Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida
Officials: # Tom Eades, # Gary Maxwell, # Bert Smith
Attendance: 3478
Kenny Boynton scored 26 points and Bradley Beal added 18 as No. 12 Florida cruised past Rider 90-69 in Jacksonville, Fla., on Friday.
Patric Young collected 12 points and nine rebounds and Erving Walker chipped in 12 points for the Gators (7-2), who return to stronger competition against No. 25 Florida next weekend.
Florida was coming off a loss to No. 3 Syracuse and an overtime victory against Arizona. The Gators had a much easier time with the Broncos (1-9), who could not match the speed or physicality of the SEC players.
Florida never trailed and used a 16-5 run early in the first half to break the game open. Boynton buried a 3-pointer and Young capped the spurt with a dunk in transition off a feed from Walker.
Beal hit two 3-pointers and Walker added another in an 11-2 burst to start the second half, stretching the lead to 54-29 and sending the Gators into cruise control. Boynton, Beal and Walker combined to hit 12 3-pointers and Florida went 14-of-33 from beyond the arc.
Jeff Jones scored 18 points to lead Rider, which has dropped five straight.
Top Game Performances
| Rider | Florida | |
| Jeff Jones 20 | Scoring | Kenny Boynton 26 |
| Brandon Penn 4 | Assists | Will Yeguete 5 |
| Anthony Myles 8 | Rebounds | Patric Young 10 |
| Jeff Jones 2 | Free Throws Made | Kenny Boynton 3 |
| Eddie Mitchell 2 | Steals | Casey Prather 2 |
| Anthony Myles 2 | Blocks | Scottie Wilbekin 1 |
Team Stats Summary