BOYS BASKETBALL: Columbia routs Gainesville for fifth straight win

By SCOTT LAPEER

Special to the Reporter

Columbia coach Steve Faulkner listens to senior Dante Brown during a second-half huddle Tuesday night. (SCOTT LAPEER/Special to the Reporter)
Columbia coach Steve Faulkner listens to senior Dante Brown during a second-half huddle Tuesday night. (SCOTT LAPEER/Special to the Reporter)

GAINESVILLE — Suffocating pressure and dizzying speed helped Columbia build a quick lead Tuesday night in boys basketball, as the Tigers ran shorthanded Gainesville ragged for a 61-42 win at the Purpl…