Story byDavid Rosenberg, Gators WireWed, January 21, 2026 at 8:44 PM UTC·8 min readFlorida basketball coach Todd Golden didn't think his team played its best against the LSU Tigers in Tuesday night's 79-61 win, but he viewed the 18-point victory as evidence that his system is working. Neither Alex Condon nor Thomas Haugh shot particularly well, and the starting guard tandem of Boogie Fland and Xaivian Lee were average at best. Instead, it was center Rueben Chinyely with 15 points and 21 rebounds, and the bench adding 30 points — 18 from guard Urban Klavzar — that got the job done. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementGolden praised Chinyelu, who has emerged as one of the SEC's best big men and called the victory a "systematic win" for the program. Here's everything Golden said Tuesday night after the win. Todd Golden's opening Statement"I think this was a really systematic win for our program. I'm really pleased.