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No. 6 Florida 83, Auburn 52: Mike Rosario scored a game-high 22 points and the visiting Gators made a season-high 15 3-pointers in a rout of the Tigers.

Michael Frazier made six 3-pointers for 18 points and Kenny Boynton tallied 16 for Florida (21-3, 11-1 SEC), which shot 57.4 percent from the field and 50 percent from behind the arc. Erik Murphy chipped in with 11 points for the Gators, who had 25 assists on 31 field goals.

Chris Denson had 13 points and Jordan Price 12 for Auburn (9-16, 3-9), which has dropped nine of its last 10 contests. Leading scorer Frankie Sullivan had eight points in 19 minutes for the Tigers.

Rosario scored 18 points on 7-for-9 shooting as the Gators slowly pulled away in the first half and capped it by recording the last 10 for a 47-22 lead at intermission. Florida shot 60 percent from the field and made seven of its 15 attempts from 3-point range in the opening 20 minutes.

Murphy and Boynton each drained a pair of 3-pointers as the Gators stretched the lead to 63-31 with less than 12 minutes left. Florida shot at least 50 percent from the field for the 10th time in the last 14 games.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Boynton made his 129th career start, passing Andrew DeClercq as Florida’s all-time leader. … Auburn leads the series 87-73, but the Gators have won 15 of the last 16 meetings. … Florida G Scottie Wilbekin had his third 10-assist game of the season.