No. 22 Florida gears up for SEC play with rout of Dartmouth

Alex Condon scored 17 points to lead five players in double figures as No. 22 Florida closed out its nonconference schedule Monday night with its fourth straight win, a 94-72 domination of Dartmouth in Gainesville, Fla.

Condon was 4 of 9 from the field and 9 of 12 at the free throw line, adding nine rebounds and two assists for the Gators (9-4), who got 13 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks from Rueben Chinyelu.

Xaivian Lee and Urban Klavzar had 12 points apiece. Boogie Fland had 10 points, five assists and three steals. Micah Handlogten notched eight points and 12 boards.

Florida made 23 of 38 (60.5%) at the foul line and owned a 60-24 rebound advantage.

The reigning national champions will open Southeastern Conference action at Missouri on Saturday night.

Cameron McNamee paced Dartmouth with 16 points, five rebounds and two steals. Kareem Thomas and Jackson Munro had 15 points each for the Big Green (5-7), who were 12 of 27 (44.4%) from deep.

Dartmouth scored the contest's first point on Williams' free throw, but Florida put up the next dozen, partly by sinking 5 of 6 from the line. Meanwhile, the visitors attempted just two field goals in the first four minutes.

Chinyelu's violent two-handed dunk and Haugh's wing 3-pointer pushed the hosts' lead to 26-10 near the first half's midpoint.

Florida took off over the next five minutes as the lead grew to 41-17 on Fland's pull-up jumper at 5:27.

The home side reached the half-century mark on Lee's second consecutive driving layup with under two minutes to play. Condon sank two freebies, Munro drilled a trey from the top and Haugh made 1 of 2 from the line as the Gators led 53-27 at the break.

The Gators' advantage reached 32 when Chinyelu hit two free throws and Condon threw down a dunk at 16:39.

On pace to score 100 points for the third time, Florida fell short as it emptied the bench but rolled to the easy win.

--Field Level Media