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The Seminoles try to win three straight for the primary time for the reason that 2021-2022 season
If Florida State<\/a> basketball (8-6, 2-1 ACC) desires to get severe about turning its season round in hopes of constructing the NCAA Event, tonight is a good place to begin.
The Seminoles try to win three straight for the primary time for the reason that 2021-2022 season.
From Matt Minnick:
This was unquestionably Baba Miller\u2019s finest recreation as a Seminole. The sophomore crammed up the field rating with 8 factors, 10 rebounds (3 offensive), 5 assists, and three steals.
Jaylan Gainey continues to look higher and higher on his highway to restoration. He completed with 11 factors\u2014simply his excessive as a Seminole\u2014on an environment friendly 5-7 from the sector, to associate with 3 rebounds in lower than 12 minutes of motion.
Darin Inexperienced, Jr. began the sport 3-3 (within the first 6 minutes). He didn\u2019t try one other shot till a couple of minutes into the second half. That\u2019s unacceptable (teammates and employees each deserve some blame).
Virginia Tech<\/a> got here into the matchup ranked sixth within the nation in free throw share, making greater than 78% of their makes an attempt. Right now, the Hokies went 13-20 (65%) with Pedulla lacking three (5-8). That made up for FSU having two factors stolen from them.
The Seminoles shot 3-15 from three, with Watkins\u2014FSU\u2019s second-best deep risk this season\u2014going 0-4. Nevertheless, for the primary time all season, the Seminoles didn\u2019t let the missed photographs affect their depth on protection, or diminish their aggressiveness towards the rim. This made the distinction within the recreation.
The group standing of their approach? The Wake Forest Demon Deacons<\/a> (11-3, 3-0 ACC), winners of 9 straight video games with the most recent being an 86-82 victory over the Miami Hurricanes<\/a>.
From our Wake Forest sister web site, Blogger So Dear<\/a>:
The hype round Wake Forest<\/a> basketball is right here. Now, it\u2019s about ensuring it stays. One of the best ways to try this is to only carry on profitable, and in doing so, the Deacs could make historical past. Wake Forest hasn\u2019t opened its ACC schedule 4-0 for the reason that 2004-05 season.
A couple of weeks in the past, after Wake Forest\u2019s win over Virginia Tech, I requested Steve Forbes concerning the notion of \u201cby no means too excessive, by no means too low\u201d because it pertains to the Deacs. His reply, that his group\u2019s resolve stays the identical no matter end result, would lead one to consider that this 3-0 begin within the ACC gained\u2019t change a lot.
However who can actually say. Wake Forest is on a roll that hasn\u2019t been seen in Winston-Salem for over a decade. The Deacs most likely haven\u2019t felt greater as a program in that point span both, maybe aside from the 2021-22 season that had Wake on the cusp of the NCAA Event.
Every of those previous three victories has been spectacular in their very own distinct approach, and one would most likely have a look at them as more durable than Florida State. However now, greater than ever, just isn’t the time to look previous the Seminoles. The Deacs have an opportunity to proceed one thing particular, however this isn’t the time to \u201cget too excessive.\u201d I don\u2019t anticipate that to be the case, nevertheless it ought to nonetheless be mentioned.
From Michael Rogner:
Wake options Efton Reid within the center, who FSU has been recruiting for a couple of decade. Out of highschool FSU misplaced out to LSU<\/a>, who dropped a bag heavy sufficient to price their coach his job. After that Efton spent a yr at Gonzaga, backing up Drew Timme. Now, that the 3-time switch rule bought tossed, he\u2019s allowed to compete, and he\u2019s now the very best defensive rebounder within the convention and the twond<\/sup> finest offensive rebounder.
FSU\u2019s lineup has been sparked by their very own switch rule success story \u2013 Primo Spears. He\u2019s performed extra minutes than Jalen Warley in 4 straight video games, and although he\u2019s as inefficient as all of us knew he\u2019d be, he additionally performs on the tempo Ham has been attempting to get this offense to play at for years, and he\u2019s all bought all the 2 button Xbox strikes that permit him to penetrate extra successfully than another FSU guard. His rise together with Jaylen Gainey lastly wanting just like the participant we anticipated towards Virginia Tech<\/a> has the glass-half-full \u2018Noles pondering this group could possibly crank out 10 wins in ACC play and probably be capable to sneak into the NIT<\/a>.
In ACC play, FSU has compelled the twond<\/sup> most turnovers, whereas Wake has dedicated the threerd<\/sup> fewest. Two of Wake\u2019s three losses on the season are additionally their two highest turnover video games. For the Seminoles to have an opportunity, they\u2019re both going to need to go bananas from deep, or pressure Wake into an unpleasant, turnover crammed recreation.
FSU vs. Wake Forest is about to tip off at 7 p.m. tonight from Tallahassee, with the sport to be proven on the ACC Community.
In response to DraftKings, the Florida State Seminoles<\/a> are three-point underdogs vs. the Wake Forest Demon Deacons<\/a>, with the over-under set at 151.
Date<\/strong>
Tuesday, January 9
Time<\/strong>
7 p.m.
Watch, Stream<\/strong>
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FLORIDA STATE <\/strong><\/a>LOOKING FOR THIRD STRAIGHT ACC VICTORY AS IT PLAYS HOST TO WAKE FOREST<\/strong>
Florida State, which has gained two consecutive ACC video games and three of its final 4 video games general, performs host to Wake Forest on the Donald L. Tucker Heart in Tallahassee on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. The sport is the one assembly of the common season between the Seminoles and the Demon Deacons. The sport can be the ultimate contest in a season-long seven-game homestand for the Seminoles, a stretch of house video games that started on December 16, 2023, for the Seminoles. Following Tuesday\u2019s recreation towards Wake Forest, the Seminoles have simply seven extra house video games within the common season which culminates on Senior Day on the Tucker Heart towards Miami. Florida State has gained seven of its final eight house video games towards Wake Forest \u2013 a collection of video games which started with a 51-47 win on the Tucker Heart on March 3, 2010. Following Tuesday\u2019s recreation towards Wake Forest, the Seminoles journey to play at Notre Dame <\/a>(January 13, 2:15 p.m.) and at Miami (January 17, 7:00 p.m.) earlier than returning to the Tucket Heart towards Clemson (January 20, 4:00 p.m.)
SEMINOLES TO HONOR NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE IN TURQUOISE UNIFORMS AGAINST DEACONS<\/strong>
Florida State will put on its distinctive Nike Seminole Heritage turquoise uniforms in its recreation towards Wake Forest. It marks the twenty seventh time the Seminoles will put on the uniforms since first sporting them on November 17, 2013, in an 89-61 win over UT Martin. It\u2019s the seventh time the Seminoles have worn the particular uniforms throughout an ACC recreation \u2014 the Seminoles are 4-2 towards ACC groups within the uniforms. It\u2019s the primary time the Seminole have worn the uniforms towards Wake Forest. The Seminoles have worn the uniforms towards Pittsburgh (twice), Boston School (twice), Miami, and Notre Dame.
HAMILTON RANKS FIFTH IN ACC HISTORY FOR WINS<\/strong>
Florida State\u2019s Leonard Hamilton enters Tuesday\u2019s recreation towards Wake Forest because the fifth winningest coach in ACC historical past with 412 wins. He’s additionally the fifth winningest coach in ACC historical past for ACC common season victories (183), ACC common season and ACC Tournament <\/a>wins mixed (198), sixth within the ACC report e book for ACC highway wins (65), and eighth in ACC historical past for NCAA Event wins as an ACC Head Coach (18).
LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO\u2026<\/strong>
…Defeat Wake Forest and win its third consecutive ACC recreation. The Seminoles most just lately gained three consecutive ACC video games to shut out the 2021-22 season with victories at Virginia (February 26, 2022; 64-63), towards Notre Dame (March 2, 2022; 74-70), and NC State <\/a>(March 5, 2022; 89-76)
\u2026Defeat Wake Forest and win its third consecutive ACC house recreation. The Seminoles most just lately in the course of the 2021- 22 season with wins towards Louisville (January 8, 2022, 79-70), Miami (January 11, 2022; 65-64) and Duke (January 18, 2022; 79-78 in extra time).
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