By Missy Grimes
NASHVILLE – Florida held off Tennessee, 86-77, in Sunday’s championship game of the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena.
This is the fifth SEC Tournament championship for the Gators, but their first in over a decade. They last won it in 2014.
Walter Clayton Jr. led Florida with 20 points.
Jordan Gainey led the Vols with 24 points.
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