Florida Gator sophomore guard Erving Walker had a career high of 27 points that led the Gators (13-5, 2-2) past the Arkansas Razorbacks (8-10, 1-2) 71-66 on the road in Fayetteville, AR.

Erving Walker had an incredible night from the floor. The first half he started out five-for-five, four of them form beyond the arc, and ended up finishing 7-of-12, 5-of-6 from the three.

Junior forward Alex Tyus started out struggling from the floor but finished the game strong with a double-double. Tyus scored 11 points and grabbed 12 boards. Chandler Parsons had a big game on the boards, but didn’t have such a good night shooting. Parsons finished with 6 points and 11 rebounds.

Rotnei Clarke scored 17 points for the Razorbacks and sunk three 3-pointers during the second half. The last one put the Razorbacks up by 56-55, but the Gators made a nice run that Arkansas couldn’t catch back up to.

Florida only shot 36 percent but really killed Arkansas with rebounding. The Gators had 12 second-chance points which were all made in the second half of the game. It was just another cold shooting night for the Gators. Freshman G Kenny Boynton did score 13 points but was 1-of-7 from three, Senior forward Dan Werner and freshman forward Erik Murphy were 0-of-7 combined on the night. But for rebounding, Florida led Arkansas on the boards 41-29.

With this win, the Gators now improve to 2-2 in SEC play.

Florida will return to Gainesville as they host the South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday, tip-off at 6pm. The game will be shown live on ESPN.

(Info gathered by Adam Silverstein/OGGOA)