After a season-opening loss to Arizona, Florida bounced back in a big way by annihilating North Florida by 40 points, 104-64, on Wednesday at Stephen O'Connell Center.

The third-ranked Gators came out firing and erected a commanding lead, 52-28, at halftime. It was mere formality from there, as the Ospreys were severely outmatched.

With the lopsided affair, 7-foot-9 center Olivier Rioux made his debut for Florida. The entire venue cheered as Rioux entered with 2:09 left in the fourth quarter, as shown in the video posted by ESPN. Expand Tweet

He made history by becoming the tallest player ever to play in a collegiate game. The 19-year-old Rioux made the roster as a walk-on .

Rioux, however, didn't tally a single statistic as he didn't even touch the ball.

Still, fans on X were t

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