No. 23 Florida State travels to the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Fla. to face Miami on Sunday at 6 p.m. The game will be shown on ESPNU. Anish Shroff and Cory Alexander will be on the call. You can stream the game here. It can also be heard on the Seminole IMG Radio Network. Gene Deckerhoff and Keith Jo nes will provide coverage. You can hear the audio here. It is the second game of the season series between the two in-state rivals. The Seminoles (14-5, 2-4 ACC) defeated the Hurricanes (9-9, 1-5 ACC), 68-62, at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Fla. on January 9th. David Nichols had 13 points and PJ Savoy scored eight of his 10 in the second half as the bench players helped No. 13 Florida State beat Miami, 68-62, on January 9, 2019 at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee. The Hurricanes used an 8-0 run late to close the gap to 64-62 with 46.4 seconds left, but Terance Mann’s putback with 29 seconds remaining gave the Seminoles breathing room. Mann finished with nine points and seven rebounds. Phil Cofer added seven points and six rebounds for the Seminoles Chris Lykes scored 17 points and Anthony Lawrence II added 14 for Miami. Ebuka Izundu had 13 points and nine rebounds. Florida State adjusted its rotation frequently on a night when it was called for 20 fouls, including 12 in the first half. Florida State shot 42 percent (27 of 64) from the floor and made 23 percent (6 of 26) of its 3- pointers. Miami shot 38 percent (20 of 53) from the field and hit just 22 percent (4 of 18) of its 3s. Dejan Vasilijevic was averaging 44 percent from 3-point range but was held to just a pair of 3s in 29 minutes. FSU last swept the regular season series against Miami during the 2016-17 season. POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUP FOR FLORIDA STATE C #21 Christ Koumadje (6.6 rpg, 1.5 bpg; 13 pts and 1 blk vs. Miami, Jan. 27, 2018) G #3 Trent Forrest (9.9 ppg, 3.6 apg; 14 pts and 7 rebs vs. Miami, Jan. 27, 2018) G #5 PJ Savoy (7.7 ppg, 2.0 rpg; 10 pts and 1 rebs vs. Miami, Jan. 9, 2019) G #14 Terance Mann (11.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg; 14 pts and 7 rebs vs. Miami, Jan. 27, 2018) G #23 M.J. Walker (7.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg; 13 pts and 2 rebs vs. Miami, Jan. 27, 2019) TOP RESERVES F #25 Mfiondu Kabengele (12.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg; 9 pts and 7 rebs vs. Miami, Jan. 9, 2019) G #13 Anthony Polite (3.4 ppg, 1.7 rpg; 0 pts and 0 rebs vs. Miami, Jan. 9, 2019) F #0 Phil Cofer (9.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg; 21 pts and 8 rebs vs. Miami, Jan. 27, 2019) G #31 Wyatt Wilkes (1.6 ppg, 0.6 rpg; First career game vs. Miami) F #1 RaiQuan Gray (4.0 ppg; 2.1 rpg; 6 pts and 3 rebs vs. Miami, Jan, 9, 2019) G #10 David Nichols (7.1 ppg, 1.3 apg; 13 pts and 3 asts vs. Miami, Jan. 9, 2019) G #24 Devin Vassell (4.4 ppg, 1.3 rpg; 3 pts and 7 rebs vs. Miami on Jan. 9, 2019) Note: Cofer is still termed as day-to-day by head coach Leonard Hamilton. POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUP FOR MIAMI F #15 Ebuka Izundu (11.6 ppg, 9.4 rpg; 13 pts and 9 rebs vs. Florida State, Jan. 9, 2019) G #0 Chris Lykes (17.5 ppg, 3.6 apg; 18 pts and 2 asts vs. Florida State, Jan. 7, 2018) G #3 Anthony Lawrence (12.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg; 19 pts and 5 rebs vs. Florida State, Jan. 27, 2018) G #5 Zach Johnson (13.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg; 6 pts and 6 rebs vs. Florida State, Jan. 9, 2019) G #13 Anthony Mack (3.4 ppg, 1.4 rpg; 2 pts and 4 asts vs. Florida State, Jan. 9, 2019) Officials: Referee is Ron Groover and the umpires are John Gaffney and Jerry Heater. Series history: FSU leads the all-time series 46-36. FSU has won two in a row and three of its last four games against Miami. Miami won their meeting in Coral Gables last season. Hamilton versus Miami: Leonard Hamilton, a former Miami head coach, is 19-12 all-time against the Hurricanes as an opposing coach. He is 18-12 at Florida State and was 1-0 at Oklahoma State. Coaches vs. Cancer Week: The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) celebrates the 26th anniversary of its partnership with the American Cancer Society as the college basketball fraternity will participate in the annual Suits and Sneakers week, Jan, 21-27. Coaches and administrators will wear sneakers with special laces, in memory of Lacey Holsworth, an 8-year old basketball fan who died of the dreaded disease. The coaches and administrators will wear sneakers and specially designed ties that will be auctioned off to help fight the disease. The American Cancer Society will receive 85 percent of the proceeds from the campaign and Princess Lacey’s Legacy will receive 15 percent of the monies raised during the week-long campaign. The proceeds will help provide free rides to chemo treatments, free places to stay near hospitals and funds for research. #laceupforlacey #coachesvscancer #suitsandsneakers www.ebay.com/coachesvscancer. Mann names a Semifinalist for the Wooden Citizenship Cup Award: Florida State senior Terance Mann was named one of 25 semifinalists for the John R. Wooden Citizenship Cup which is presented to distinguished athletes from any sport – two high school, one intercollegiate, and one professional – that best display character, teamwork, and citizenship, the attributes Athletes for a Better World deems central to transforming individuals, sport, and society. The award establishes the recipients as athletes of excellence both on and off the field, role models both as performers and persons, the most important and distinctive honor athletes can achieve. Up next: Following Sunday’s game at Miami, the Seminoles play host to Georgia Tech in the first of two meetings between the two teams on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at noon.<doc-sep>After a come from behind victory against Clemson, FSU headed south and led Miami from start to finish en route to an easy 78-64 victory. This was Florida State’s first road win of conference play and brings their league record to 3-4. The Seminoles jumped out of the gate to a 7-0 lead barely two minutes in thanks to two Christ Koumadje buckets sandwiched around a deep PJ Savoy three. Savoy’s three was a sign of things to come, as the hot shooting ‘Noles made seven of their first 10 attempts from beyond the arc. After pushing the initial lead out to 12-3, Miami started hitting some shots of their own. Sophomore big man Sam Waardenburg carried the Hurricanes as they steadily closed the margin. With 5:27 left in the first half, a Waardenburg dunk made the score 30-27 FSU and the crowd was starting to feel it. Then FSU erupted. Coach Hamilton subbed early and often, knowing that FSU could wear down the thin Hurricane squad. At times he even made whole-sale lineup changes, bringing a fresh five off the bench all at once. This led to a visibly tired Miami team and Florida State was able to reel off a 15-1 run to finish the first half, taking a 45-28 lead into the locker room. Mfiondu Kabengele and M.J. Walker did much of the damage during the run and FSU was able to get several easy buckets in transition as well. The second half started a bit choppy, with both teams missing open shots. A Zach Johnson three-pointer cut FSU’s lead to 13, but Kabengele wasn’t about to let Miami climb back into the game. Multiple dunks by the rapidly improving big man kept FSU comfortably ahead. Unlike against Boston College, Florida State kept the intensity high. Also unlike against the Eagles, the Seminoles’ shots kept falling, and falling, and falling. Terance Mann rocked the rim with a spectacular, one-handed put-back jam. M.J. Walker went Fred McGriff on Miami and buried back-to-back-to-back threes...and then hit one more a few minutes later. From there it was all decided other than the final margin. The refs dragged out the game longer than it should have been with a ridiculous ejection of Koumadje for being tall, but when the dust settled the Seminoles left Coral Gables with a much needed road win. Walker led all scorers with 22, 18 of which came on made threes. Kabengele had 17 and Mann added 10 points and 10 rebounds. Trent Forrest dished out 6 assists and the Seminoles as a team had 20 assists on 28 made baskets. Defensively, the ‘Noles held Miami’s leading scorer Chris Lykes to just 1 point on 0-12 shooting from the field.<doc-sep>
Florida State basketball (14-5, 2-4) returns to the hardwood tonight, as the Seminoles will play an ACC rematch for the first time this season, at Miami (9-9, 1-5). Earlier in January, the ’Noles defended their home court with a 68-62 win over the Hurricanes in Tallahassee, and the ’Canes will now try to return the favor in Coral Gables. The game will get started at 6 pm and be broadcast on ESPNU; FSU opened as a three-point favorite. The Seminoles are currently No. 30 in KenPom’s rankings, while Miami is No. 93. The ’Noles are a better team at both ends of the floor, sporting a top-40 offense (38th) and defense (33rd), while those units for the Hurricanes rank 65th and 138th. But the real distinguishing factor between these teams is depth. The ’Canes are a shallow roster, and in that regard, Florida State is rather unlucky to have both off their games against Miami come so early in the conference schedule, before the real grind of the ACC has set in. The Hurricanes have eight players who average double-digit minutes per game played— and nobody on the rest of the roster averages more than two. Meanwhile, FSU goes 10-deep with players averaging double-digit minutes, and Devin Vassell, at 9.1, just misses that mark, which would bring this to 11. For Miami to stay in games, they need help from officiating; and that’s exactly what they got in Tallahassee earlier this month. In that game, Florida State was unable to run the legs off the ’Canes because the latter found peculiarly favorable road whistles, shooting 15 of the game’s first 20 free throws. The fouls evened out some as the game wore on, but the initial benefit of the doubt kept the Hurricanes close: they wound up making 20 field goals to 18 free throws. Then again, Miami getting calls is not just something that the Seminoles have experienced this season. The Hurricanes have been called for fewer fouls (257) than any other ACC team. Where does Florida State find itself on the list? Only NC State has been whistled for more personal fouls in the conference, with 405 to FSU’s 384. But the Wolfpack have also played 20 games, to the Seminoles’ 19. Now typically this season, Miami has been able to hang with its opposition for about 30 minutes or so before the Hurricanes wear down. So it’ll be important for FSU to hang around until the 10-minute mark or so, come what may from the ’Canes or the refs, and give themselves a shot to grab their first conference road win of the year down the stretch. Be sure to chime in before and during the game in the comments section below.