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Tyrese Samuel's been great for this team all season, but especially as of late. He's got 5&5 already tonight.

Late to the party (traffic on the way home... sigh) but we're here and the Gators trail 15-14 to Wake Forest with just under 13 minutes to play in the first half. Kugel leads Florida early on with 5. Handlogten still out.

Follow along right here for live updates of the 4-2 Gators men's basketball team's Wednesday night matchup against the 3-3 Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Live stats...

5. The return of Pullin Speaking of Zyon, he returns Friday. Golden wouldn't say in the postgame presser whether or not he'd start, but how heavy of a workload he's going to have is clear: quite heavy. Golden praised Pullin for being the type of guy that makes everyone else better, a floor...

4. Walter Clayton Jr. bounced back. After both literally and figuratively turning the Virginia game over to the Cavaliers, he bounced back tonight in a big way with his best game of the season — which was awesome to see. I can't wait to see the way Golden goes about meshing him and Zyon Pullin...

3. Condon is a good backup center. Finally. Finally, Florida has a serviceable backup center. Tonight, he looked more than serviceable; he looked great. Now, he's not going to score 17 points and 17 minutes every night. But he appears to be a guy Golden can trust to play 15-20 minutes a night...

2. Will Richard showed up! It's huge for this team that he had a good game tonight. He's this team's best shooter. So, having him confident is massive. He's not going to average 20 per game, but nights like this are huge for guys like him who need confidence in order to be consistent, if that...

1. What's up with Riley Kugel? This is the third game in a row where he's gotten off to a slow start. Game 1, he picked it up big time in the second half and ended the night having actually played quite well. Game 2, he had a lackluster second half, but better than his first. Tonight, he strung...

That's all from the press conference.

"Absolutely," he says on is he gets hyped up for the FSU rivalry. Adds that last year's game against them was "one of the craziest games" he's ever coached.

"I think we can play with anybody, and getting [Zyon] back will really help us with that."

Says Clayton is the type of guy that "players follow." Praises his leadership on and off the court.

"Zyon will come back and make everyone on our team better ... understands winning," Golden says on Pullin. Neglected to say whether he'd start Friday or not.

Says limiting three point attempts was the main area of focus defensively tonight, and that he's happy with how they did so. Says the way a team like that can come into your house and beat you is by making threes. So, he wanted to make sure they limited that as much as possible.

"I thought we did a much better job dictating the second half."

"He's maturing and playing pretty well right now," Golden says on Aberdeen.

Golden says the way this team is built, it's going to be a different guy every night "depending on the matchup." "We have some different weapons and depending on what the other team is bringing ... it's going to be a different guy every night."

Says there were moments he thought they could break away, but they never did. Credits A&M for playing well.

"Never gonna be upset about a 20-point win," Golden says. Adds that with that, though, they could've played "a lot better."

Now on the podium: Todd Golden