National Basketball Association
Florida St. 65, Miami - Florida 59
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 26, 2011
Where: Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Florida
Officials:
# Ray Natili, # Jeff Clark, # Sean Hull
Attendance:
11531
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Florida State built a 20-point halftime lead but had to hang on late to beat Miami 65-59 on Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla.
The Seminoles (20-8, 10-4 ACC) are now 3-1 since losing star forward and leading scorer Chris Singleton in mid-February to a broken foot and are in good shape to earn an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament.
Miami (17-12, 5-9) rallied late to get within three on a Malcolm Grant 3-pointer with 57 seconds to play. But Florida State’s Okaro White hit a clutch jumper with 30 seconds left and Bernard Jones sealed the Seminoles’ eighth straight home win with a late free throw.
White and Deividas Dulkys each had 17 to lead Florida State.
Grant had 19 to lead the Hurricanes, who shot just 32 percent from the field.
Top Game Performances
| Miami - Florida |
|
Florida St. |
|
Malcolm Grant 19 |
Scoring |
Deividas Dulkys 17 |
|
Garrius Adams 3 |
Assists |
Michael Snaer 5 |
|
Reggie Johnson 12 |
Rebounds |
Okaro White 7 |
|
Malcolm Grant 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Bernard James 5 |
|
Durand Scott 2 |
Steals |
Derwin Kitchen 3 |
|
Reggie Johnson 2 |
Blocks |
Bernard James 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Miami - Florida
|
59 |
31.7 |
8-32 |
11-13 |
8 |
38 |
3 |
4 |
|
| Florida St.
|
65 |
44.9 |
8-14 |
13-20 |
14 |
31 |
3 |
11 |
|