Rueben Chinyelu scored 14 points and made Florida history with 21 rebounds as the 10th-ranked Gators cruised to a comfortable 80-45 victory over Merrimack on Friday night in Gainesville, Fla.

Chinyelu's rebounding total, which included on the six offensive glass, is the highest on a game by a Gators player during the shot-clock era.

Alex Condon scored a game-high 20 points and pulled down 11 rebounds for Florida (4-1), which scored the game's first 11 points and had little trouble building a 32-4 lead with 7:54 left in the first half.

The reigning national champion Gators won their fourth game in a row after losing their opener to then-No. 13 Arizona.

Merrimack (2-4), which had a two-game winning streak snapped, missed its first five shots until a layup by KC Ugwuakazi with 14:53 left

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