GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The No. 3 Florida Gators bounced back Saturday with an 89-70 victory over Texas A&M. UF improved to 25-4 (12-4 in SEC), surpassing its win total from last season (24).

Here’s everything UF coach Todd Golden said after the win over the Aggies (20-9, 9-7 SEC).

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Todd Golden Q&A

Opening Statement:

TODD GOLDEN: “Great win for us. Great bounce back for us, obviously, after tough loss on Tuesday night. You know, I think this game is a great example of just how difficult and how competitive our league is. Texas A&M, they’re a very, very, very good team. Very good. They’re in the midst of a losing streak right now. But, you know, just going toe to toe with those guys for 40 minutes and seeing how physical they are, how much talent they have, how competitive they are, I’m just incredibly proud of the way we play and our ability to kind of get away from them at the end. But they made it really hard on us in the second half. It felt like we were tightening up a little bit. They cut it to six, Will hit a huge three to take it back to nine and give us a little bit of breathing room and allowed us to keep a little bit of distance away from the second half. But I say it all the time, but every game feels like the Super Bowl in this league, and tonight felt that way. Great day for our program today, you know, just with GameDay being here this morning and our guys getting to experience that, is awesome. Really neat. And then to be able to kind of put the cherry on top of the day by getting a great win against a great club at home gives us a chance to have a nice little Sunday off tomorrow.”

On Micah Handlogten’s lift off the bench:

TODD GOLDEN: “He’s just such a luxury to have back and just shows how much of a winning player someone can be without scoring a lot, right? He only had two points tonight, but he was plus-16 in 19 minutes. I thought he was, maybe not the only, but one of the differences on the glass, you know, to go plus-five on the boards against A&M is like going plus-25 against a normal team. They’re just so physical and so good on the glass that plus-five feels like the biggest win of all time. And just his ability to get his hands on balls on the offensive glass and keep plays alive and create second chances for us, and he just made a lot of winning plays off the bench tonight. I’m thrilled for us that he’s back, but I’m also really happy for him that he’s able to go out there and have some really good success and be able to be part of it with his teammates.”