The Gators came in Tuesday night in a major slump from beyond the arc, having just made 7-of-39 from three point land and the first half which didn’t get any better for Florida, who shot 1-of-9 from three.

Florida (20-8, 9-4) sunk four straight 3s and several buckets down in the paint which was part of the 27-6 run in the 75-62 victory over No. 17 Tennessee (20-7, 8-5). With this win, the Gators snapped the Vols six game winning streak in the series between each other. Coach Billy Donovan grabbed just his second win in the last 10 meetings with Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl.

Junior forward Chandler Parsons and sophomore guard Erving Walker both finished with 19 points a piece and also helped the Gators take third place possession in the SEC East and also earning their 12th straight 20-win season which is the longest in the SEC. Tonight made it the sixth straight game in double-figures for Parsons. I think it’s all because of his new look.

Walker finally found a way to get out of the shooting slump. The last three games Walker shot 5-for-26 on the floor, 1-for-11 was from the three. Tonight he shot 50 percent and sunk three 3-pointers under two minutes. I loved how he had so much confidence in his shot. The Gators would be on a fastbreak and instead of driving to the basket, Walker would be left alone outside and would take the quick jumper and you could tell it was going in as soon as it left his hands.

You know who else has really been contributing? Vernon Macklin. This kid is going to be something special next year to. Macklin finished up with a double-double, scoring 13 points and grabbing 10 boards. Freshman guard Kenny Boynton added 12.

Reading on ESPN, the Gators might of found a spot in the NCAA tournament after tonight. Erving Walker had a little something to say:

“Definitely a big resume win,” Walker said. “They were a ranked team, good RPI, a good team, big conference win, take sole possession of third. We can’t ask for a bigger win right now than this one.”

Tennessee was hit with some foul trouble which didn’t help them out at all. Leading scorer Wayne Chism picked up two easy fouls in the first four minutes of the first half. While Chism rode the bench, that’s when Florida started to pick it up. Tennessee led by just a point with just around 15 minutes left to play, but Macklin and Tyus answered right back with two easy buckets.

Florida then went on a 9-0 run that was led by a Parsons steal and a easy dish to Macklin that put the Gators up by eight. Towards the end, even with Chism fouled out the Vols made a little 13-2 run and cut the lead down to eight with just 5 minutes remaining. But the Gators were just too much for the Vols to handle at the end.

Coach Pearl also had something to say;

“Florida dominated us in the second half, and they really deserved the victory,” Pearl said.

The Gators are back in action this Saturday as they travel to Athens to take on the Georgia Bulldogs at 4:00 pm.

(ESPN associated press contributed to this article)