For those of you who thought Ohio State (2-0) wouldn’t bring anything to Gainesville because of Evan Turner is gone, you thought wrong. I mean I myself would of thought that Florida would of had a way better shot to pull this one out with out the All-American guard, but with the Gators (1-1) second half performance I don’t think they could of pulled it off by any top 25 team.

Buckeyes forward Jared Sullinger dominated the paint while teammate David Lighty was stroking from outside which led them past Florida in a dominating win 95-73 on Tuesday night. Ohio State went from a small lead to a quick double-digit lead in just minutes that sent the majority of the fans home early. It was crazy.

“Ohio State has a better chance of being a better team this year than they did a year ago,” Donovan said. “Evan Turner’s a great player, the player of the year in the country and they won 29 games and did a great job.

The Gators seem to struggle with their shooting so far this season. It’s only two games into the season but when are they going to get that together? Their defense was horrible also. Both teams to be honest. Ohio State just played better on offense. Florida shot 61 percent from the field and 43 percent from beyond the arc.

It was an exciting and intense first half. The Gators went into halftime with a three point lead but who knows what happened behind closed doors in the Ohio State locker room that had to fire them up. Ohio State sunk 24 of their 24 shots and broke Florida’s press like it was nothing. They would break the press, Florida wouldn’t help out on defense and it would end up turning into an easy bucket or dunk which we saw a lot of.

Sullinger straight dominated Tyus and Macklin in the paint. He finished the game with 13 of 17 shooting and 10 rebounds, five of those were offensive. Almost every time Sullinger would get the ball down low, he would turn it into an easy layup or throw down. Nobody could stop him.

“He had a great demeanor coming in here,” Matta said. “He knew he was going to have to play well for us to have a chance to win.”

The only other negative sign from Ohio State I seen was poor free throw shooting. They had a ton of three point play opportunities but failed to capitalized but it really didn’t matter looking at the final score. I’m sure coach Matta will address their poor free throw shooting during the next practice.

Parsons finished the game with 13 points and seven boards. Erving Walker put up 15 points but had seven turnovers. But as a good guard your going to make turnovers. Macklin had 12 points and five boards.

The Gators are back in action on Thursday as they host North Carolina A&T (0-2) at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center in Gainesville, FL. Tip-off is at 7:00 PM ET.

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