Live Blog: Florida Gators 91, Tennessee Volunteers 67

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Gators notched their second straight top-25 victory on Saturday with a 91-67 win over No. 21 Tennessee. Six players finished in double figures for UF, which improved to 11-5 overall and 2-1 in the SEC.

Boogie Fland led the team with a season-high 23 points and Rueben Chinyelu logged another double-double with 17 points and 16 rebounds. Urban Klavzar (15 points), Thomas Haugh (13), Alex Condon (11) and Xaivian Lee (10) also scored double digits.

Florida had 30 points off 18 turnovers by the Vols (11-5, 1-2 SEC), who had just eight points off 10 UF turnovers. The Gators won the rebounding battle 41-30, including 12-6 on the offensive glass, and outscored them 14-6 in second-chance points.

Here are live updates from Florida vs. Tennessee:

Florida vs. Tennessee Live Blog

SCORE UPDATE: Florida 83, Tennessee 63 (3:16 2H)

The Gators have made five of their seven shots and five UF players are in double figures, including a double-double by Rueben Chinyelu with 15 points and a team-high 14 rebounds.

Rue's on a HEATER

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— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) January 10, 2026

SCORE UPDATE: Florida 70, Tennessee 53 (7:48 2H)

UF led by as many as 25, but the Vols have cut the deficit under 20 with a 6-0 run. Tennessee has 17 turnovers against just seven for the Gators. They’ve scored 28 points off TO and UT only has eight.

URBBB 👌

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— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) January 10, 2026

SCORE UPDATE: Florida 62, Tennessee 40 (11:11 2H)

The Gators pushed their lead to 20-plus points behind Boogie Fland, who has scored 11 points in this half with no misses and has a season-high 21 on 8-for-12 shooting (3-for-6 from 3).

Boogie Fland is a playmaker

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— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) January 10, 2026

SCORE UPDATE: Florida 50, Tennessee 35 (15:42 2H)

The Gators pushed their lead to 18 with a 7-0 run. It’s been a good start to the second period for Fland (four points) and Lee, who opened UF’s scoring in both halves with a 3-pointer.

HALF: Florida 41, Tennessee 28

The Gators closed out the half with a 10-0 run and Boogie Fland scoring seven points. He has 10 on 4-for-8 shooting, including two straight 3s, and Thomas Haugh leads the team with 11.

Boogie Fland.

let's keep in mind he sank a 3 right before this

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— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) January 10, 2026

SCORE UPDATE: Florida 29, Tennessee 26 (3:17 1H)

Boogie Fland connects from the perimeter with a step back 3 to put UF in front. The Gators have made consecutive 3-pointers — the first by Thomas Haugh — after starting 2-for-14 beyond the arc.

Tommy with the slam 🔥

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— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) January 10, 2026

SCORE UPDATE: Tennessee 19, Florida 17 (7:50 1H)

UF took its first lead with a 5-0 run, but Ja’Kobi Gillespie hit the Vols’ second trey to put them back in front. Both teams have made two 3s, but Tennessee is 2-for-5 and the Gators are 2-for-13.

Big Rue making moves 💨

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— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) January 10, 2026

SCORE UPDATE: Tennessee 12, Florida 10 (12:00 1H)

The Gators have missed six of their last seven shots for the second time in eight minutes (shooting 25%, 4-16), except for this Urban Klavzar 3, but the Vols no field goals in the last 3:33 (shooting 50%, 3-6).

Klavzar coming in clutch with a 3 to tie it up

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— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) January 10, 2026

SCORE UPDATE: Tennessee 9, Florida 7 (15:08 1H)

The Gators missed six of their first seven shots, save for a 3-pointer by Xaivian Lee, but starting bigs Rueben Chinyelu and Alex Condon had back-to-back scores.

this is Rueben Chinyelu. this is what he does 🙂‍↔️

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— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) January 10, 2026

Xaivian knocks down a 3 to start us off 👌

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— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) January 10, 2026

Florida Gators starters

No.	Player	Position	Height/Weight	Class	Min.	Pts.	Rebs.	Misc.
1	Boogie Fland	Guard	6-3, 185 pounds	So.	29.4	10.8	2.3	3.2 ast
15	Xaivian Lee	Guard	6-4, 180 pounds	Sr.	28.6	11.7	4.3	3.4 ast
10	Thomas Haugh	Forward	6-9, 215 pounds	Jr.	33.7	17.5	6.8	2.3 ast
21	Alex Condon	Forward	6-11, 230 pounds	Jr.	30.3	14.8	8.6	3.6 ast
9	Rueben Chinyelu	Center	6-10, 260 pounds	Jr.	23.8	10.5	10.3	.624 fg%

Tennessee Volunteers starters

No.	Player	Position	Height/Weight	Class	Min.	Pts.	Rebs.	Misc.
0	Ja’Kobi Gillespie	Guard	6-1, 188 pounds	Sr.	31.9	18.7	2.8	5.7 ast
3	Bishop Boswell	Guard	6-4, 204 pounds	So.	22.3	5.8	3.8	2.6 ast
6	DeWayne Brown II	Forward	6-8, 251 pounds	Fr.	15.2	5.6	4.2	.659 fg%
10	Nate Ament	Forward	6-10, 207 pounds	Fr.	26.9	14.7	6.5	2.6 ast
34	Felix Okpara	Center	6-11, 243 pounds	Sr.	24.6	7.1	5.3	1.7 blk

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