The Gators men’s basketball team took on Saint Leo tonight in their exhibition opener, coming out on top 95-46.

There was ten players who scored in the game, four of them hit double figures. Not bad for a season opener I’d say. Freshman guard Kenny Boyton started out by putting the first five points up on the board and ended up scoring 22 for his first time wearing a Florida uniform. He also shot the three ball real well, finishing up 5 for 9.

Sophomore guard Erving Walker was a hair shy of a double double, scoring 16 points and nine assists. Ray Shipman who is another sophomore guard put up 10 points while junior Alex Tyus also was just shy of a double double, tacking on 10 points and nine boards.

An interesting fact that was found on Gator Zone is that 66 of the total 95 points were scored by the freshman and sophomores combined.

This is a very young Gator team, and they looked pretty good. Both offense and defense played well. Florida held Saint Leo to just 22 percent shooting from the floor.

Other players who contributed tonight were freshman Erik Murphy who put up 9 points and grabbed six boards, sophomore Kenny Kadji had 6 points and the new kid on the block Rod Tishman had just three. That pretty much sums up tonight’s exhibition summary, but before we leave:

Did you know Florida won 17 exhibition matches in a row?

The Gators will face Webber International next Monday (Nov. 9) which will be their last exhibition game before they kick off for the regular season. Tipoff will be set at 7pm in the O’Connell Center.