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Florida's Corey Brewer celebrates a dunk. The Gators reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2000 with the win.

Adrian Moss, the team’s lone senior, had six points and nine rebounds in 19 minutes. Lee Humphrey had an early 3-pointer that helped set the tone and played stellar defense on Boo Davis.

Donovan had Brewer, Humphrey and others stay in constant motion in hopes of tiring Davis and leading scorer Joah Tucker on the other end. It seemingly worked.

Davis finished with 10 points on 3-of-12 shooting. Tucker had nine points on 4-of-14 shooting.

“They made me work hard on both ends, and I didn’t get a lot of good looks,” Davis said. “The confidence wasn’t really there, so it was just a difficult night for me.”

Adrian Tigert carried the Panthers most of the way. He had 27 points on 11-of-13 shooting and eight rebounds. But he struggled to contain Noah, Horford and Moss.

“We couldn’t match their size,” Milwaukee coach Rob Jeter said. “We tried, but we just couldn’t.”

Now, the Gators hope their size advantage will carry them even further in the tournament. But Donovan didn’t want too much made out of his team’s newfound tournament success.

“A lot is made of being able to get out of the weekend. But that’s not why our kids are playing,” he said. “‘So, now you got out of the first, now it’s OK to lose.’ I don’t look at it that way. I look at it as a great opportunity to keep moving on.

“If for some reason we lose our next game, it’s going to be just as disappointing to me. That’s the way I look at it.”

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