he beginning of the season has began much like the past seven seasons.

Two games.

Two wins.

But it was the three, not the two that helped fuel the Florida Gators on Sunday afternoon in Gainsville.

The No. 19 ranked Gators had little trouble handing Bradley a 81-58 loss behind 17 points each from junior forward Dan Werner and senior guard Walter Hodge.

Werner an Hodge combined for 9-of-15 shooting from beyond the arc.

The Gators outscored the Braves 23-7 in the final 6:43 of the first half that started with a Hodge 3-pointer and ended with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Nick Calathes.

Bradley opened the second half on a 10-1 run to cut the Gator’s lead to eight.

Calathes finished with with 13 points.

As a team, the Gators finished 14-of-32 from three-point range.

Florida returns to action Thursday against Utah at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. The game will be broadcast live by Sun Sports.