7-foot-9 Florida C Olivier Rioux dunks for first field goal - ESPN

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Olivier Rioux lumbered through the lane, caught a bounce pass from teammate CJ Ingram and dunked, sending Florida's bench and the home crowd into a frenzy.

Rioux barely left his feet to make it happen.

The 7-foot-9 center and the world's tallest teenager recorded his first collegiate field goal in the 23rd-ranked Gators' 102-61 victory against Saint Francis on Wednesday night.

«Pretty special, man,» Gators coach Todd Golden said. «The transition, his vertical. Woo. He was up there, man.»

It was the most memorable play in a forgettable game against an overmatched opponent.

Florida fans watched their team dominate every aspect of its first home game in nearly a month and then started chanting «We want Ollie» with a little more than six minutes to play. Golden put him in at the two-minute mark, drawing the loudest ovation of the night.

Rioux delivered, first with a hard foul on the defensive end and then with an impressive cut to the basket on the other. Florida players celebrated wildly, jumping around and pushing each other in revelry.

«We were just going crazy,» said Florida guard Xaivian Lee, who led the team with 18 points.

Quipped teammate Alex Condon, who added 14 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots: «Good pass from CJ.»

Rioux became the tallest person to play college basketball when he made his debut in a 104-64 victory over North Florida in early November. Rioux, a 19-year-old redshirt freshman from Canada, drew so much attention from the Ospreys that he didn't even touch the ball in that one.

He scored three games later, making a free throw after getting fouled. He also recorded his first rebound.

But this was different. It was a clear display of just how difficult