Florida basketball earned a 70-65 win over the East Carolina Pirates on Thursday night in the Florida Tip-Off event held in Lakeland, improving to 7-3 on the season and a tidy 3-0 in December so far. However, it was far from a picture-perfect win as the Gators struggled to put away another pesky non-conference squad.
Walter Clayton Jr. led all scorers with 22 points, while three other Gators notched double digits. Florida’s largest lead was just 11 points with 2:54 remaining in the first half but it still managed to go wire-to-wire in this one, never surrending its advantage.
Following the neutral court victory, head coach [autotag]Todd Golden[/autotag] talked to the press scum, answering their questions as they pertain to the evening’s events. Below is an abridged look at what he had to say.