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Richard scores a career-high 26 and helps No. 7 Florida beat UNF 99-45 to reach 12-0

AP
Dec 21, 2024

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Will Richard scored a career-high 26 points, three teammates notched double-doubles and No. 7 Florida remained undefeated with a 99-45 victory over North Florida on Saturday.

Richard made 9 of 12 shots from the floor, including 6 of 8 shots from 3-point range, and finished with five rebounds, two steals and two assists.

Sam Alexis chipped in 14 points and 12 rebounds. Alex Condon had 12 points and 10 boards. And Thomas Haugh finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds for Florida.

The Gators (12-0) extended their best start since beginning the 2005-06 season with 17 consecutive wins. They won this one with relative ease, scoring the first 10 points of the game and closing the first half with a 14-0 run.

The Ospreys (7-6) lost for the fourth time in six outings in December and played their second straight game without leading scorer Josh Harris (ankle).

Jasai Miles and Liam Murphy led North Florida with 13 points apiece.

North Florida: After stunning South Carolina and Georgia Tech in the first week of the season, the Ospreys have taken a huge step back. They need to get Harris healthy to have a chance in the ASUN Conference.

Florida: Coming off an adversity-filled victory over North Carolina and with the holidays looming, the Gators avoided a letdown and dominated another inferior opponent.

The Gators set the tone in the opening minute with back-to-back 3s from Walter Clayton Jr. and Richard. It started a 10-0 spurt that was one of three double-digit runs in the first half.

Florida finished with a program-record-tying 26 offensive rebounds, giving the team 188 on the season.

North Florida hosts Austin Peay on Jan. 2. Florida hosts Stetson on Sunday, Dec. 29.

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1st Half
UNF
Ospreys
17
FLA
Gators
54

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Ospreys gains possession)
19:35		Jaylen Smith misses two point layup
19:33		Rueben Chinyelu defensive rebound
19:26	+3	Walter Clayton Jr. makes three point jump shot (Rueben Chinyelu assists)	0-3
19:07		Jaylen Smith turnover (Will Richard steals)
18:58		Rueben Chinyelu misses two point layup
18:56		Rueben Chinyelu offensive rebound
18:56		Rueben Chinyelu misses two point layup
18:54		Liam Murphy defensive rebound
18:52		Liam Murphy misses three point jump shot
18:50		Alex Condon defensive rebound
18:34		Oscar Berry personal foul
18:22	+3	Will Richard makes three point jump shot (Walter Clayton Jr. assists)	0-6
17:52		Jasai Miles misses three point jump shot
17:50		Rueben Chinyelu defensive rebound
17:19		Alex Condon misses two point jump shot
17:17		Nate Lliteras defensive rebound
17:10		Jaylen Smith misses three point jump shot
17:08		Will Richard defensive rebound
17:01	+2	Walter Clayton Jr. makes two point driving floating jump shot	0-8
16:59		Ospreys 30 second timeout
16:38		Jasai Miles misses three point jump shot
16:36		Alex Condon defensive rebound
16:30	+2	Rueben Chinyelu makes two point layup (Will Richard assists)	0-10
16:16		Alex Condon personal foul
16:01		Alijah Martin blocks Ametri Moss's two point jump shot
15:59		Ametri Moss offensive rebound
15:57	+3	Jasai Miles makes three point jump shot (Ametri Moss assists)	3-10
15:44		Will Richard misses three point jump shot
15:42		Rueben Chinyelu offensive rebound
15:42		Rueben Chinyelu misses two point layup
15:40		Ametri Moss defensive rebound
15:35	+3	Jasai Miles makes three point jump shot	6-10
15:22	+3	Alijah Martin makes three point jump shot (Will Richard assists)	6-13
15:13		Jasai Miles misses three point jump shot
15:11		Nate Lliteras offensive rebound
14:59		Kamrin Oriol misses two point jump shot
14:57		Gators defensive rebound
14:55		TV timeout
14:43	+2	Denzel Aberdeen makes two point layup	6-15
14:19		Liam Murphy misses two point layup
14:17		Sam Alexis defensive rebound
14:10		Denzel Aberdeen misses three point jump shot
14:08		Will Richard offensive rebound
14:04		Nate Lliteras shooting foul (Sam Alexis draws the foul)
14:04	+1	Sam Alexis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-16
14:04	+1	Sam Alexis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-17
13:53		Nate Lliteras turnover (lost ball)
13:26	+3	Will Richard makes three point jump shot (Thomas Haugh assists)	6-20
12:57		Sam Alexis shooting foul (Nate Lliteras draws the foul)
12:57		Nate Lliteras misses regular free throw 1 of 3
12:57	+1	Nate Lliteras makes regular free throw 2 of 3	7-20
12:57	+1	Nate Lliteras makes regular free throw 3 of 3	8-20
12:44		Will Richard turnover (Kamrin Oriol steals)
12:38		Ametri Moss misses two point layup
12:36		Sam Alexis defensive rebound
12:29	+2	Will Richard makes two point layup	8-22
12:17	+2	Liam Murphy makes two point layup (Kamrin Oriol assists)	10-22
11:57	+2	Will Richard makes two point layup (Walter Clayton Jr. assists)	10-24
11:52		Ametri Moss turnover (lost ball)
11:52		TV timeout
11:34		Alijah Martin turnover (bad pass) (Kamrin Oriol steals)
11:05		Liam Murphy misses three point jump shot
11:03		Alex Condon defensive rebound
10:55		Alex Condon misses three point jump shot
10:53		Thomas Haugh offensive rebound
10:48		Urban Klavzar misses two point jump shot
10:46		Alex Condon offensive rebound
10:45	+2	Thomas Haugh makes two point layup (Alex Condon assists)	10-26
10:22		Jaylen Smith misses three point jump shot
10:20		Denzel Aberdeen defensive rebound
10:05		Alijah Martin misses three point jump shot
10:03		Oscar Berry defensive rebound
9:47		Jaylen Smith turnover (bad pass)
9:28		Urban Klavzar misses three point jump shot
9:26		Nate Lliteras defensive rebound
9:04		Thomas Haugh blocks Jaylen Smith's two point layup
9:02		Gators defensive rebound
8:49	+2	Alijah Martin makes two point layup	10-28
8:49		Jasai Miles shooting foul (Alijah Martin draws the foul)
8:49	+1	Alijah Martin makes regular free throw 1 of 1	10-29
8:37		Jaylen Smith turnover (traveling)
8:22		Alijah Martin misses three point jump shot
8:20		Dante Oliver defensive rebound
8:19		Rueben Chinyelu personal foul
8:02		Liam Murphy misses three point jump shot
8:00		Ospreys offensive rebound
8:00		TV timeout
7:58		Will Richard shooting foul (Jasai Miles draws the foul)
7:58		Jasai Miles misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:58		Jasai Miles misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:58		Ospreys offensive rebound
7:43		Liam Murphy misses three point jump shot
7:41		Will Richard defensive rebound
7:36		Liam Murphy shooting foul (Alex Condon draws the foul)
7:36	+1	Alex Condon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-30
7:36	+1	Alex Condon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-31
7:31		Will Richard personal foul
7:19		Ametri Moss turnover (bad pass) (Walter Clayton Jr. steals)
7:02	+2	Alex Condon makes two point layup	10-33
6:50		Liam Murphy turnover (lost ball) (Walter Clayton Jr. steals)
6:39		Rueben Chinyelu misses two point dunk
6:37		Will Richard offensive rebound
6:35		Will Richard misses two point layup
6:33		Dante Oliver defensive rebound
6:22		Liam Murphy turnover (3-second violation)
6:06	+2	Alijah Martin makes two point dunk (Walter Clayton Jr. assists)	10-35
5:56	+3	Jasai Miles makes three point jump shot (Liam Murphy assists)	13-35
5:44	+3	Will Richard makes three point jump shot (Rueben Chinyelu assists)	13-38
5:41		Ospreys 30 second timeout
5:32	+2	Ametri Moss makes two point layup	15-38
5:11		Will Richard misses three point jump shot
5:09		Ospreys defensive rebound
4:44		Nate Lliteras misses two point hook shot
4:42		Alijah Martin defensive rebound
4:39	+2	Will Richard makes two point dunk (Alijah Martin assists)	15-40
4:28		Ametri Moss turnover (Walter Clayton Jr. steals)
4:24		Will Richard turnover (lost ball)
4:06		Denzel Aberdeen shooting foul (Jasai Miles draws the foul)
4:06	+1	Jasai Miles makes regular free throw 1 of 2	16-40
4:06	+1	Jasai Miles makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-40
3:54		Walter Clayton Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Jaylen Smith steals)
3:44		Jasai Miles misses three point jump shot
3:42		Denzel Aberdeen defensive rebound
3:25		Nestor Dyachok shooting foul (Sam Alexis draws the foul)
3:25		TV timeout
3:25	+1	Sam Alexis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-41
3:25	+1	Sam Alexis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-42
3:03		Jasai Miles misses two point layup
3:01		Thomas Haugh defensive rebound
2:52		Denzel Aberdeen misses two point layup
2:50		Sam Alexis offensive rebound
2:49		Sam Alexis misses two point tip layup
2:47		Jasai Miles defensive rebound
2:41		Jasai Miles misses three point jump shot
2:39		Thomas Haugh defensive rebound
2:39		Liam Murphy personal foul
2:29		Sam Alexis misses two point layup
2:27		Sam Alexis offensive rebound
2:25	+2	Sam Alexis makes two point dunk	17-44
2:10		Liam Murphy misses three point jump shot
2:08		Nestor Dyachok offensive rebound
2:03		Nestor Dyachok turnover (bad pass) (Thomas Haugh steals)
1:57	+3	Will Richard makes three point jump shot (Urban Klavzar assists)	17-47
1:43		Jaylen Smith misses three point jump shot
1:41		Thomas Haugh defensive rebound
1:34		Will Richard turnover (lost ball) (Jaylen Smith steals)
1:32		Will Richard personal foul
1:32		Jaylen Smith misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:32		Urban Klavzar defensive rebound
1:15		Thomas Haugh misses two point layup
1:13		Thomas Haugh offensive rebound
1:12		Thomas Haugh misses two point layup
1:10		Sam Alexis offensive rebound
1:09		Sam Alexis misses two point layup
1:07		Sam Alexis offensive rebound
1:07		Sam Alexis misses two point layup
1:05		Urban Klavzar offensive rebound
1:01	+3	Isaiah Brown makes three point jump shot (Urban Klavzar assists)	17-50
1:01		Ospreys 30 second timeout
0:44		Jaylen Smith turnover (lost ball) (Thomas Haugh steals)
0:36	+2	Thomas Haugh makes two point dunk (Denzel Aberdeen assists)	17-52
0:36		Gators 30 second timeout
0:20		Oscar Berry turnover (lost ball)
0:01	+2	Rueben Chinyelu makes two point dunk (Denzel Aberdeen assists)	17-54
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
UNF
Ospreys
28
FLA
Gators
45

Time		Play	Score
19:32		Oscar Berry misses two point layup
19:30		Alijah Martin defensive rebound
19:10		Alex Condon misses two point jump shot
19:08		Liam Murphy defensive rebound
19:04		Jasai Miles turnover (lost ball) (Alijah Martin steals)
18:45		Walter Clayton Jr. misses two point jump shot
18:43		Liam Murphy defensive rebound
18:27	+2	Liam Murphy makes two point layup (Jaylen Smith assists)	19-54
18:11	+3	Will Richard makes three point jump shot (Alijah Martin assists)	19-57
17:50		Oscar Berry misses three point jump shot
17:48		Alijah Martin defensive rebound
17:38		Alijah Martin turnover (lost ball) (Liam Murphy steals)
17:29		Alex Condon blocks Liam Murphy's two point layup
17:27		Alex Condon defensive rebound
17:14		Jasai Miles shooting foul (Rueben Chinyelu draws the foul)
17:14	+1	Rueben Chinyelu makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-58
17:14	+1	Rueben Chinyelu makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-59
16:55	+3	Liam Murphy makes three point jump shot (Jaylen Smith assists)	22-59
16:37	+2	Alex Condon makes two point layup	22-61
16:31		Jasai Miles misses three point jump shot
16:29		Rueben Chinyelu defensive rebound
16:21	+3	Will Richard makes three point jump shot (Alijah Martin assists)	22-64
15:58		Alex Condon blocks Oscar Berry's two point jump shot
15:56		Walter Clayton Jr. defensive rebound
15:54		Walter Clayton Jr. offensive foul (Ospreys draws the foul)
15:54		Walter Clayton Jr. turnover (offensive foul)
15:53		TV timeout
15:39		Jasai Miles misses three point jump shot
15:37		Will Richard defensive rebound
15:21		Kamrin Oriol shooting foul (Thomas Haugh draws the foul)
15:21	+1	Thomas Haugh makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-65
15:21	+1	Thomas Haugh makes regular free throw 2 of 2	22-66
14:55		Jaylen Smith turnover (bad pass) (Will Richard steals)
14:49		Denzel Aberdeen misses two point layup
14:47		Kamrin Oriol defensive rebound
14:41	+3	Nate Lliteras makes three point jump shot (Kamrin Oriol assists)	25-66
14:28		Sam Alexis offensive foul (Ospreys draws the foul)
14:28		Sam Alexis turnover (offensive foul)
14:08		Dante Oliver misses three point jump shot
14:06		Denzel Aberdeen defensive rebound
14:05		Denzel Aberdeen turnover (lost ball) (Mason Lee steals)
13:57		Jaylen Smith misses three point jump shot
13:55		Thomas Haugh defensive rebound
13:51		Walter Clayton Jr. misses three point jump shot
13:49		Sam Alexis offensive rebound
13:42		Jaylen Smith shooting foul (Will Richard draws the foul)
13:42	+1	Will Richard makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-67
13:42	+1	Will Richard makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-68
13:27		Dante Oliver misses two point layup
13:25		Sam Alexis defensive rebound
13:22		Jaylen Smith personal foul (Gators draws the foul)
13:06		Thomas Haugh misses two point jump shot
13:04		Sam Alexis offensive rebound
13:03	+2	Sam Alexis makes two point layup	25-70
12:46	+3	Dante Oliver makes three point jump shot (Kamrin Oriol assists)	28-70
12:38	+2	Walter Clayton Jr. makes two point layup	28-72
12:38		Kamrin Oriol shooting foul (Walter Clayton Jr. draws the foul)
12:38	+1	Walter Clayton Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	28-73
12:25		Thomas Haugh shooting foul (Ametri Moss draws the foul)
12:25		Ametri Moss misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:25	+1	Ametri Moss makes regular free throw 2 of 2	29-73
12:08		Walter Clayton Jr. misses two point jump shot
12:08		Sam Alexis offensive rebound
12:05	+2	Sam Alexis makes two point layup	29-75
11:50	+3	Liam Murphy makes three point jump shot (Ametri Moss assists)	32-75
11:34	+2	Thomas Haugh makes two point layup (Denzel Aberdeen assists)	32-77
11:24	+2	Ametri Moss makes two point layup	34-77
11:24		Urban Klavzar shooting foul (Ametri Moss draws the foul)
11:24		TV timeout
11:24	+1	Ametri Moss makes regular free throw 1 of 1	35-77
11:04		Alex Condon misses two point layup
11:02		Alex Condon offensive rebound
11:02		Alex Condon misses two point layup
11:00		Rueben Chinyelu offensive rebound
10:56		Urban Klavzar misses three point jump shot
10:54		Alex Condon offensive rebound
10:53		Alex Condon misses two point layup
10:53		Alex Condon offensive rebound
10:53		Alex Condon misses two point layup
10:51		Denzel Aberdeen offensive rebound
10:47		Denzel Aberdeen misses two point layup
10:45		Alex Condon offensive rebound
10:44		Mason Lee shooting foul (Alex Condon draws the foul)
10:44	+1	Alex Condon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	35-78
10:44	+1	Alex Condon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-79
10:12		Jasai Miles misses two point jump shot
10:10		Denzel Aberdeen defensive rebound
9:46		Alex Condon misses two point jump shot
9:44		Alex Condon offensive rebound
9:44	+2	Alex Condon makes two point layup	35-81
9:33		Rueben Chinyelu personal foul (Ospreys draws the foul)
9:24		Liam Murphy misses two point jump shot
9:22		Dante Oliver offensive rebound
9:15		Ametri Moss turnover (lost ball) (Denzel Aberdeen steals)
9:11		Mason Lee shooting foul (Denzel Aberdeen draws the foul)
9:11		Denzel Aberdeen misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:11		Denzel Aberdeen misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:11		Ospreys defensive rebound
8:53		Mason Lee turnover (bad pass) (Alijah Martin steals)
8:43	+2	Urban Klavzar makes two point layup	35-83
8:43		Mason Lee shooting foul (Urban Klavzar draws the foul)
8:43		Urban Klavzar misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:43		Nate Lliteras defensive rebound
8:30		Isaiah Brown shooting foul (Jasai Miles draws the foul)
8:30	+1	Jasai Miles makes regular free throw 1 of 2	36-83
8:30	+1	Jasai Miles makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-83
8:15	+2	Alex Condon makes two point dunk (Denzel Aberdeen assists)	37-85
7:59		Isaiah Brown shooting foul (Ametri Moss draws the foul)
7:59		TV timeout
7:59	+1	Ametri Moss makes regular free throw 1 of 2	38-85
7:59		Ametri Moss misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:59		Isaiah Brown defensive rebound
7:32		Urban Klavzar misses two point jump shot
7:30		Gators offensive rebound
7:22		Nestor Dyachok blocks Urban Klavzar's two point layup
7:20		Denzel Aberdeen offensive rebound
7:17		Nate Lliteras shooting foul (Isaiah Brown draws the foul)
7:17		Isaiah Brown misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:17	+1	Isaiah Brown makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-86
7:04		Ametri Moss turnover (lost ball) (Isaiah Brown steals)
6:59		Nestor Dyachok blocks Kajus Kublickas's two point layup
6:57		Nestor Dyachok defensive rebound
6:50		Jasai Miles misses three point jump shot
6:48		Thomas Haugh defensive rebound
6:46		Jasai Miles shooting foul (Isaiah Brown draws the foul)
6:46		Isaiah Brown misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:46	+1	Isaiah Brown makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-87
6:24		Isaiah Brown shooting foul (Kamrin Oriol draws the foul)
6:24	+1	Kamrin Oriol makes regular free throw 1 of 3	39-87
6:24		Kamrin Oriol misses regular free throw 2 of 3
6:24	+1	Kamrin Oriol makes regular free throw 3 of 3	40-87
6:09		Denzel Aberdeen turnover (bad pass) (Jaylen Smith steals)
6:05		Kamrin Oriol misses three point jump shot
6:03		Isaiah Brown defensive rebound
5:51		Nate Lliteras personal foul (Thomas Haugh draws the foul)
5:51		Ospreys 30 second timeout
5:51		TV timeout
5:51	+1	Thomas Haugh makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-88
5:51	+1	Thomas Haugh makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-89
5:36		Jasai Miles misses two point layup
5:34		Kajus Kublickas defensive rebound
5:20		Urban Klavzar misses three point jump shot
5:18		Thomas Haugh offensive rebound
5:12	+2	Sam Alexis makes two point dunk (Urban Klavzar assists)	40-91
4:47		Jasai Miles misses two point layup
4:45		Thomas Haugh defensive rebound
4:39	+2	Isaiah Brown makes two point layup	40-93
4:09	+2	Nate Lliteras makes two point jump shot	42-93
3:58	+2	Sam Alexis makes two point dunk (Thomas Haugh assists)	42-95
3:39		Jasai Miles misses three point jump shot
3:37		Sam Alexis defensive rebound
3:20	+2	Urban Klavzar makes two point layup	42-97
3:01		Nate Lliteras misses three point jump shot
2:59		Urban Klavzar defensive rebound
2:58		Kamrin Oriol personal foul (Urban Klavzar draws the foul)
2:58		TV timeout
2:58	+1	Urban Klavzar makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-98
2:58	+1	Urban Klavzar makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-99
2:39		Dante Oliver misses three point jump shot
2:37		Thomas Haugh defensive rebound
2:29		Kamrin Oriol blocks Kajus Kublickas's two point layup
2:27		Kamrin Oriol defensive rebound
2:22		Dante Oliver misses three point jump shot
2:20		Sam Alexis defensive rebound
2:11		Sam Alexis turnover (lost ball)
1:52		Jaylen Smith misses two point layup
1:50		Jaylen Smith offensive rebound
1:31		Kamrin Oriol misses three point jump shot
1:29		Isaiah Brown defensive rebound
1:29		Isaiah Brown misses two point jump shot
1:27		Jaylen Smith defensive rebound
1:01		Sam Alexis blocks Mason Lee's three point jump shot
0:59		Isaiah Brown defensive rebound
0:54		Bennett Andersen misses three point jump shot
0:52		Kajus Kublickas offensive rebound
0:44		Isaiah Brown misses two point layup
0:42		Mason Lee defensive rebound
0:20	+3	Liam Murphy makes three point jump shot (Mason Lee assists)	45-99
0:00		End of period

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Liam Murphy makes three point jump shot (Mason Lee assists)