Once again, it wasn't much of a challenge in the Blue Ribbon Challenge' for the Gator basketball team.  Coming off a 93-65 home win over Tennessee Tech on Sunday, Freshman Chandler Parsons had 22 points, eight rebounds and seven assists with  Marreese Speights added 19 points and nine boards and Florida routed North Carolina Central 105-51 Wednesday night.

Nick Calathes chipped in 16 points and eight assists for the two-time defending national champions, who extended their winning streak to 13 games and their school record for consecutive home wins to 22.

The Gators (3-0) led shortly after the opening tip and had little trouble with the undersized Eagles (0-3), who also were blown out by Duke and Rutgers.

Florida took a double-digit lead early, led 57-25 at halftimeand made it a 46-point advantage midway through the second half.  The final score could have much worse, but coach Billy Donovan inserted three walk-ons for the closing minutes.  Donovan's young team was taller and more talented at every position, and it showed.

Florida was playing for the third time in six days - all part of the Blue Ribbon Challenge - and this was the biggest mismatch of the round-robin tournament. The Gators complete the four-game tournament Saturday night against Rutgers.