All-American guard Walter Clayton Jr. poured in a career-high 34 points to lead Florida to a 79-73 victory over SEC rival ...

With this win, the Gators improved to 20-11 on the year. The score may not be a great indication of how it played out, though, with the teams being tied heading into the sixth inning.

Just weeks earlier, the Gators had shut out the Volunteers, who were the No. 1 team in the country at the time, in a 30-point blowout in Gainesville, cementing themselves early in the SEC as a ...