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Men's Basketball Falls To No. 10 Florida
11/27/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 27, 2000
By EDDIE PELLS
AP Sports Writer
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - In what might have been the mismatch of the month, if not the season, Matt Bonner scored 21 points to lead No. 10 Florida to a 100-42 victory Monday night over Florida Atlantic.
Like most big-name teams, the Gators (2-0) have a series of soft marks on their early schedule. A 2-29 finisher last year in the Trans-America Athletic Conference, Florida Atlantic (1-4) fit right in.
This is former UNLV and NBA star Sidney Green's second season as coach of the program based in Boca Raton, and with his recruiting plans clearly in their infancy, Green might still be the best player on the Owls bench.
They could have used him in uniform for this one.
The Gators recorded the fourth-largest victory margin in program history, and allowed the fewest points since the shot clock was introduced.
The ugliness began early - Teddy Dupay hit a 3-pointer just 6 seconds into the game - and continued in full force, as the Gators trapped the Owls into nearly as many first-half turnovers (15) as they scored points (17).
Meanwhile, Florida suffered no early malaise, the way some teams do when they know they've got an overmatched opponent. They scored 13 of the first 15 points and led 41-8 with 6 minutes left in the first half. Within 15 minutes, Green had used four of his five timeouts to try to slow the onslaught.
Florida's only lull came midway through the second half. When Robert Williams tipped in a teammate's miss to cut the lead to 73-34, Gators coach Billy Donovan sent all five starters back to the scorer's table to check in.
The Gators led by 51 points just four minutes later, a rally that included an ugly little scene - Daryl Dingle's rough intentional foul on Florida's Udonis Haslem. As a result, Haslem went after Dingle, but was restrained by his teammates.
Justin Hamilton scored 12 points and got the most highlight-reel clips out of the game. He had four thundering dunks, including a swooping jam from the baseline that put the Gators ahead 57-17.
Florida got 17 points each from Brent Wright, Haslem and Dupay. Haslem added 10 rebounds. Highly touted recruit Bonell Colas saw his first action of the season and scored six points.
Jeff Cowans led Florida Atlantic with 13 points, but shared the same shooting woes as the rest of his teammates. He shot 4-for-17, and the Owls made just 26 percent of their shots from the field.
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