Guard Boogie Fland and defending nationwide champion Florida appeared to sleepwalk by way of the primary 15 video games of the 2025-26 faculty basketball season. They wakened on Saturday.
In a 91-67 rout of No. 21 Tennessee, the Gators lastly appeared like a program that received a nationwide championship 9 months in the past. And Fland, who got here to UF as a extremely touted switch from Arkansas, lastly appeared just like the elite guard he was projected to be from the beginning of the yr.
Florida’s Boogie Fland struggled to begin the season
Going into Saturday’s contest, Fland was averaging 10.8 factors per sport and solely seven by way of two SEC video games. He was but to attain 20 factors in a sport this season, with a season-high of 18 in Florida’s 78-76 win over Florida State on Nov. 11.
However the Bronx native took over Saturday’s sport, main all scorers with 23 factors on 9-for-13 capturing from the sphere, together with a 3-for-6 mark from past the arc.
