LSU 70, Florida 63: Jarell Martin scored a career-high 28 points and led all players with 13 rebounds as the host Tigers disposed of the Gators in SEC play.

Jordan Mickey recorded 14 points, six rebounds and a game-high four blocks for LSU (19-8, 8-6 SEC), which has won three of its last five games. Keith Hornsby added 12 points for the Tigers, who won despite a negligible 5-of-17 shooting performance from beyond the arc.

Eli Carter's 13 points paced the offense for Florida (13-14, 6-8), which lost for the fifth time in six games. Devin Robinson added 12 points and seven rebounds for the Gators, who shot a mere 35.3 percent.

LSU stormed out of the gate, scoring the game's first 12 points on the way to a 22-9 advantage before a Jon Horford 3-pointer stopped the slide for Florida, kicking off a 13-0 run that pulled the Gators even with 3:44 left until halftime. Buckets from Robinson and Jacob Kurtz followed a Martin jumper to give Florida its first lead at 26-24 before the Tigers would close the period on a 9-0 run, capped by Martin's 3-pointer at the buzzer that gave LSU a 33-26 lead at the half.

After the break, Hornsby kicked things off with a 3-pointer and the Tigers roared ahead to a 47-31 lead with just over 13 minutes left to play. A jumper from Carter brought the Gators back to within 51-44 with eight minutes remaining, but LSU responded with 12 of the next 16 points, including a pair of Jalyn Patterson 3-pointers, staking the Tigers to a 63-48 advantage and in the final five minutes, Florida would get no closer than a six-point deficit.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Mickey rebounded from a six-point performance last time out, scoring in double digits for the 12th time in 13 games. ... Florida played without its top two scorers, G Michael Frazier II (ankle) and F Dorian Finney-Smith (suspension) for the second straight game. ... Gators coach Billy Donovan failed in his first attempt to reach 500 wins for his career.