NO. 17/19 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (18-5, 6-4 ACC)
VS.
2018-19 Florida State Schedule/Results
O26 N1 N6
N11
N19
N22 N23 N25
N28 D3
1 West Florida 1 Valdosta State Florida
at Tulane
Canisius
2 vs. UAB 2 vs. LSU 2 vs. Villanova
W, 96-56
WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS (9-13, 2-8 ACC)
W, 99-77 W, 81-60
W, 80-69
W, 93-61
W, 81-63 W, 79-76 (ot) L, 60-66
DONALD L. TUCKER CENTER (11,675)
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019; 7:00 P.M.
RAYCOM SPORTS (WES DURHAM, MIKE GMINSKI)
SEMINOLE IMG RADIO NETWORK (GENE DECKERHOFF, KEITH JONES)
3 Purdue Troy
4 vs. UConn
Southeast Missouri State North Florida
5 St. Louis
W, 73-72 W, 83-67
W, 79-71
W, 85-68 W, 95-81
W, 81-59
W, 87-76
L, 52-65
“(I) have to give him (Mfiondu Kabengele) credit, he got our bigs up in the air. Up and unders became two points. He’s a really good player; he might be their best offensive player.”
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Chris Mack
Louisville Basketball
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J14 J20
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NO. 17/19 SEMINOLES PLAY HOST TO WAKE FOREST TO CLOSE OUT TWO-GAME HOMESTAND
Winthrop
* at Virginia
No. 17/19 Florida State, which has won five consecutive ACC games, plays host to Wake Forest on Wednesday, February 13, at 7:00 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee. The game is the first of two meetings between the two teams between now and the end of the regular season – the Seminoles travel to play at Wake on the final day of the regular season in Winston-Salem, N.C. Florida State enters Wednesday’s game against the Demon Deacons having won five consecutive ACC games with wins over Clemson (January 22, 77-68), at Miami (January 27, 78-66), against Georgia Tech (February 2, 59-49), at Syracuse (February 5, 80-62) and most recently against No. 16 Louisville (February 9, 80-75 in overtime). The Seminoles’ current-five game winning streak is its longest since winning a school record seven straight ACC games during the 2011-12 season in its run to the 2012 ACC Championship. Wake Forest represents one of four remaining home ACC games for the Seminoles this season who will play host to Notre Dame (February 25), NC State (March 2) and Virginia Tech (March 5) in a three-game home stand before closing the season with a visit to the Demon Deacons. The Seminoles are 11-1 at home with four of their six conference wins coming in its home arena. Following Wednesday’s game against Wake Forest, the Seminoles begin a three-game road swing at Georgia Tech on Saturday (February 16) when they face the Yellow Jackets for the second time in two weeks. The road trip also includes games at Clemson (February 19) and at North Carolina (February 23) before returning home to play host to Mike Brey and the Fighting Irish.
* Miami * Duke
W, 68-62 L, 78-80
* at Pitt * at Boston College
* Clemson
L, 62-75 L, 82-87
W, 77-68
W, 78-66
W, 59-49
W, 80-62
W, 80-75 (ot) 7:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 3:45 p.m.
7:00 p.m. 12 Noon 7:00 p.m.
12 Noon
TBD
* at Miami
* Georgia Tech
* at Syracuse
* Louisville * Wake Forest
* at Georgia Tech * at Clemson * at North Carolina
* Notre Dame * NC State
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F9 F13
F16 F19 F23
F25 M2 M5
M9
* Virginia Tech
* at Wake Forest
FLORIDA STATE HAS WON 42 OF ITS LAST 45 HOME GAMES
No. 17/19 Florida State, which has won 42 of its last 45 games (.933 winning percentage) at home since the tail end of the 2015-16 season, will look to up its 2018-19 home record to 12-1 when it plays host to Wake Forest on Wednesday night. The Seminoles enter Wednesday’s game against the Demon Deacons having won .933 percent of their games (42-3) and 88 percent of their ACC games (22-3) at home since the end of the 2015-16 season. Florida State’s streak began with a 77-56 win over No. 23 Notre Dame on February 27, 2015. The Seminoles were 18-0 at home (including 9-0 in the ACC) during the 2016-17 season.
M12-16 at ACC Tournament
1 – Exhibition Game and Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Fla.; 2 – AdvoCare Invitational, HP Field House, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.; 3 – ACC / Big Ten Challenge, Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Fla.; 4
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- Never Forget Tribute Classic, Prudential Center,
Newark, N.J.; 5 – Metro PCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic, BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla.; ACC Tournament, Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C.
SEMINOLES’ HAMILTON AMONG WINNINGEST COACHES IN ACC HISTORY
Florida State’s 80-75 victory over Louisville on Saturday gave Seminole Head Coach Leonard Hamilton 142 career ACC wins (regular season and ACC Tournament) and 323 career wins (since the start of the 2002-03 season). He enters Wednesday’s game against Wake Forest as the seventh all-time winningest coach in the ACC in terms of conference wins (142) and moved him closer to seventh place in the ACC for all-time coaching wins (323). Hamilton is three overall wins away from moving into a tie for seventh place in ACC history with Terry Holland of Virginia who won 326 games during his career as the head coach of the Cavaliers.
2018-19 ACC Standings
Team
Duke Virginia N. Carolina Louisville Syracuse Virginia Tech
Florida State
Clemson
W
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6
55332222
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- Pct.
- W
- L
- Pct.
122335
4
56888899
.900 21 .818 21 .818 20 .727 17 .727 17 .636 18
.600 18
.500 15 .455 17
224775
5
87
.913 .913 .833 .708 .708 .783
.783
.652 .708
Hamilton’s Career Wins At Florida State Rank
1.
- Coach, School
- Wins
1046 326
Mike Krzyzewksi, Duke Terry Holland, Virginia Leonard Hamilton, Florida State
7.
- 8.
- 323
NC State
Hamilton’s ACC Wins At Florida State
Notre Dame Georgia Tech Boston College Wake Forest Pittsburgh Miami
.272 13 11 .542 .272 11 13 .458 .200 11 11 .500
Rank
1. 6. 7.
- Coach, School
- Wins
482 149 142
Mike Krzyzewksi, Duke Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech Leonard Hamilton, Florida State
- .200
- 9
- 13 .409
.182 12 12 .500 .182 10 13 .435
LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO…
…Defeat Wake Forest and win its sixth consecutive ACC game. It would mark the first time since the Seminoles’ ACC Championship season of 2011-12 that they have defeated six consecutive ACC opponents. Florida State won a school record seven consecutive ACC games with wins at Virginia Tech (January 10, 63- 59), against North Carolina (January 14, 90-57), against Maryland (January 17, 84-70), at Duke (January 21, 76-73), at Wake Forest (January 25, 75-52), against Georgia Tech (February 1, 68-54) and against Virginia (February 4, 58-55) and won the ACC Tournament championship at the end of that season.
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SEMINOLES IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
Florida State Men’s Basketball
In the National Polls
Florida State enters Wednesday’s game against Wake Forest ranked No. 17 in this week’s Associated Press poll and No. 19 in the USA Today poll. The Seminoles were ranked in the first 10 polls of the regular and now 14 of the first 15 AP polls of the 2018-19 season. The Seminoles were ranked in the AP poll for a school-record 17 consecutive weeks during the 1988- 89 season. Florida State has been nationally ranked in the AP in each of the last three seasons – for 15 consecutive weeks during the 2016-17 season, for five weeks during the 2017-18 season and in 14 of the 15 regular season polls this season.
ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL
- Rk. Team
- 18-19 Rec.
1. Tennessee (40)
2. Duke (24)
3. Gonzaga
4. Virginia
5. Kentucky 6. Michigan 7. Nevada
22-1
21-2
23-2
20-2
20-3 22-2 23-1
19-4
23-1 20-4 19-5
17-6
19-5 18-6 19-5
17-7
18-5
18-5 19-4 17-7 19-5
18-5
18-6 18-6 20-3
HAMILTON AND THE SEMINOLES AGAINST NON-RANKED ACC OPPONENTS AT HOME
Including victories over Miami (January 9, 68-62), Clemson (January 22, 77-68) and Georgia Tech (February 2, 59-49) already this season, the Seminoles have won 13 of their last 14 games against unranked ACC opponents dating to their victory over Syracuse on Senior Day in 2016 (March 5, 2016, 78-73). The Seminoles have also earned victories over 11 of their last 13 ranked ACC opponents since their win over No. 23 Notre Dame in their last game in the month of February during the 2015- 16 season (February 27, 2016, 77-56).
8. North Carolina
9. Houston
SEMINOLES ALSO SUCCESSFUL IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
10. Marquette 11. Michigan State
12. Purdue
13. Villanova 14. Kansas 15. Texas Tech
16. Louisville
17. FLORIDA STATE
18. Kansas State 19. LSU 20. Wisconsin 21. Iowa
With a 2-0 start to the month of February in 2019, the Seminoles have won seven of their last eight ACC home games during the month of February. The Seminoles have wins over both Georgia Tech and Louisville this year in the month of February, were 2-1 during the month of February in 2018 and were 3-0 at home in the month of February in 2017.
FLORIDA STATE HAS WON A SCHOOL RECORD FIVE CONSECUTIVE OVERTIME DECISIONS
With its 80-75 overtime win over Louisville on Saturday in Tallahassee, the Seminoles have won two overtime games this season (against LSU and Louisville) and are 5-0 in overtime games in the last two seasons (with ACC wins over Syracuse, Miami and Clemson). The Seminoles have won six of the last seven overtime games dating to their 82-76 double overtime win over Wake Forest on December 28, 2015. Florida State’s overtime win over Louisville gave it a school record five consecutive overtime wins – the previous record was four with all four coming during the 1992-93 season.
Seminoles’ Overtime Wins in 2018-19
22. Virginia Tech
23. Iowa State 24. Maryland 25. Buffalo
Opponent
LSU Louisville
Current Rank Score
19 16
Notes
79-76 85-80
Mfiondu Kabengele with game-winning 3-point shot at buzzer Mfiondu Kabengele with team-leading 22 points
USA TODAY POLL
FLORIDA STATE’S MARGIN OF VICTORY DURING ITS CURRENT FIVE-GAME WINNING STREAK
- Rk. Team
- Points
798
768
734
689
667 609 607
583
517 488
430
420
411
320 305
266
250 233
211
207 200
194 174 86
Florida State is enjoying a double-figure (+10.8 ppg) margin of victory during its current five-game winning streak. The Seminoles have won each of their last five games by at least five points and defeated Syracuse (80-62, +18), Miami (78-66, +12) and Georgia Tech (59-49, +10) by double figures in three consecutive games.
1. Tennessee (30)
2. Duke (2)
3. Gonzaga
4. Virginia
5. Kentucky 6. Nevada 7. Michigan
8. North Carolina
9. Houston 10. Marquette
11. Purdue
12. Michigan State
13. Villanova
14. Kansas 15. Texas Tech
16. Virginia Tech
17. Iowa 18. Kansas State
19. FLORIDA STATE
20. Louisville 21. LSU
FLORIDA STATE FROM THE FREE THROW LINE IN ITS WIN OVER LOUISVILLE
Florida State made a season-high 27 free throws on a season-high 36 attempts in its 80-75 overtime win against Louisville on Saturday. The Seminoles scored more than twice as many points from the free throw line as the Cardinals (27-13) as the attempted more than twice as many free throws (36-16) than their visitors in gaining the win. The Seminoles were nearly perfect from the free throw line (11 of 12) in the overtime period as they outscored the Cardinals by a 15-10 margin during the extra period. During the overtime period, Florida State made its first six free throws and its last four free throws.
SEMINOLES WITH A NEAR SEASON-LOW EIGHT TURNOVERS AGAINST LOUISVILLE
Florida State committed a near season-low tying eight turnovers in their 80-75 overtime victory over Louisville on Saturday. The Seminoles’ eight turnovers led to only five points off of turnovers and only four fast break points by the Cardinals. Louisville totaled zero points off of turnovers and zero fast break points during the overtime period as Florida State outscored the Cardinals by a 15-10 margin. Earlier this season, the Seminoles committed a season-low six turnovers in their victory over North Florida (December 19) and totaled their ACC low of eight in their win against Clemson (January 22).
SEMINOLES WITH 11 STEALS IN LAST TWO GAMES
Led by All-ACC Defensive team candidate Trent Forrest’s five steals, Florida State totaled 11 steals in its victory over Louisville on Saturday – including seven in the second half and one in the overtime period. It marked the second consecutive game in which the Seminoles earned 11 steals after earning 11 steals in their win at Syracuse last Tuesday night (February 5).
22. Iowa State 23. Wisconsin 24. Buffalo
Seminoles’ Steals During Their Five-Game Winning Streak
- 25. Maryland
- 65
- Opponent
- Steals
- Pts/Turnover
- Fastbreak Points
- Notes
Clemson at Miami Georgia Tech at Syracuse Louisville
15511 11
18 10 13 16 32
47629 11
RaiQuan Gray with 1 steal Trent Forrest with 3 steals Trent Forrest with 3 steals Trent Forrest with 3 steals Trent Forrest with career-high 5 steals
FORIDA STATE IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
- Week
- AP
17 14 14 15 11 10 11 9
USA Today
Preseason Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15
15 NP 13 14 11 10 12 9
NOTING FLORIDA STATE’S STEALS
Florida State has earned at least 10 steals in seven different games – including 11 each in victories at Syracuse (February 5) and against Louisville (February 9). The Seminoles enter Wednesday’s game against Wake Forest ranked third in the ACC with 181 steals and a 7.9 steals per game average. Florida State is 7-0 when they earn 10 or more steals in a game.
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SEMINOLES RECOVER FROM HALFTIME DEFICIT AGAINST LOUISVILLE
13 11 (26) 25 22 17
13 11 23 (27) 24
Florida State rallied from a six-point halftime deficit (31-25) and outscored No. 16/17 Louisville by a 55-44 margin in the second half and the overtime period to earn its 80-75 win over the Cardinals on Saturday in Tallahassee. It marked the second time the Seminoles had rallied from a halftime deficit to win an ACC game this season. Florida State trailed Clemson by a 41-35 margin at the intermission before outscoring the Tigers by a 42-27 margin over the final 20 minutes to gain the 77-68 win also in Tallahassee.
POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUP FOR FLORIDA STATE…
Florida State Men’s Basketball
Upcoming Milestones
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#21 #3 #0 #14 #23
Christ Koumadje (5.9 rpg, 1.5 bpg; 10 pts and 8 rebs vs. Wake Forest, Jan. 31, 2018) Trent Forrest (9.4 ppg, 4.0 apg; 5 pts and 3 stls vs. Wake Forest, Jan. 31, 2018) Phil Cofer (7.5 ppg, 2.9 rpg; 23 pts and 8 rebs vs. Wake Forest, Jan. 31, 2018) Terance Mann (12.3 ppg, 6.6 rpg; 10 pts and 4 rebs vs Wake Forest, Jan. 31, 2018) M.J. Walker (8.2 ppg, 2.1 rpg; 9 pts and 2 rebs vs. Wake Forest, Jan. 31, 2018)
Leonard Hamilton
Victories as an ACC Coach
323 (Career at Florida State)
+4 (Needs)
…AND TOP RESERVES
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- #25
#5 #13 #31 #1 #10 #24
Mfiondu Kabengele (13.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg; 8 pts and 4 rebs vs. Wake Forest, Jan. 31, 2018) PJ Savoy (7.0 ppg, 1.9 rpg; 0 pts and 0 rebs vs. Wake Forest, Dec. 28, 2018) Anthony Polite (3.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg; First career game vs. Wake Forest) Wyatt Wilkes (1.6 ppg, 0.6 rpg; First career game vs. Wake Forest) RaiQuan Gray (4.1 ppg; 2.0 rpg; First career game vs. Wake Forest) David Nichols (6.6 ppg, 1.4 apg; First career game vs. Wake Forest) Devin Vassell (4.2 ppg, 1.2 rpg; First career game vs. Wake Forest)
327
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To Become the 7th Winningest Coach in ACC
History (all victories)
Leonard Hamilton ACC Victories at
(Regular Season + ACC Tourn.)
142 (career at Florida State)
+9 (Needs)
POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUP FOR WAKE FOREST
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- #10
#30 #0 #2 #23
Jaylen Hoard (14.0 ppg, 8.4 rpg; First career game vs. Florida State)
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Olivier Sarr (5.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg; 0 pts and 3 rebs vs. Florida State, Jan, 31, 2018) Brandon Childress (15.3 ppg, 4.1 apg; 14 pts and 5 asts vs. Florida State, Jan. 31, 2018) Sharone Wright, Jr. (7.0 ppg. 2.5 rpg; First career game vs. Florida State) Chaundee Brown (10.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg; 15 pts and 1 reb vs. Florida State, Jan. 31, 2018)
To Become the 6th Winningest Coach in ACC history (ACC games) – surpassing Bobby Cremins of Georgia Tech
Leonard Hamilton
Wins vs. AP No. 1 In Career
4 (career at Florida State)
FLORIDA STATE VS. WAKE FOREST -- A SERIES HISTORY
The Series: First Game: Last Game: Last Florida State Win: Last Wake Forest Win: Last Florida State Win In Tallahassee: Last Wake Forest Win In Tallahassee: Current Streak:
Wake Forest leads, 26-25 December 1, 1958; at Wake Forest 73, Florida State 64 January 31, 2018; at Wake Forest 76, Wake Forest 72 December 28, 2016; at Florida State 88, Wake Forest 72 January 31, 2018; at Wake Forest 76, Wake Forest 72 December 28, 2016; at Florida State 88, Wake Forest 72 February 14, 2008; Wake Forest 78, at Florida State 70 Wake Forest has won 1
+3 (Needs)
To move into a tie for first place college basketball history with Roy Williams and Gary Williams for all-time wins vs. the nation’s No. 1 ranked team
Christ Koumadje Career Blocked Shots
128 (career at Florida State)
+9 (Needs)
Current Streak In Tallahassee: Leonard Hamilton vs. Wake Forest:
Florida Stat has won 5 14-12 (14-11 at Florida State, 0-1 at Miami)
FLORIDA STATE VS. WAKE FOREST – THE LAST FOUR GAMES
137
- Jan. 31, 2018
- Dec. 28, 2016
- Feb. 6, 2016
Florida State 91 at Wake Forest 71
Jan. 26, 2015 at Florida State 82 (2 OT) Wake Forest 76
To move into 7th place in school history for career blocked shots passing Jarquez Smith
(2014-17) and Chris Singleton (2009-11)
Florida State 72 at Wake Forest 76 at Florida State 88 Wake Forest 72
FLORIDA STATE VS. WAKE FOREST – THE LAST GAME
PJ Savoy
Career-3-Point Shots Made
124 (career at Florida State)
+4 (needs)
Brandon Childress hit the go-ahead free throws with 44.1 seconds left and Wake Forest did just enough down the stretch to hold off Florida State 76-72 on January 31, 2018 at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Deacons sealed this one only when Doral Moore -- who came into the game shooting 45 percent from the line -- hit a free throw with 2.3 seconds left to make it a two-possession game. The Seminoles trailed by six midway through the second half before twice pushing ahead late, first when Braian Angola knocked down jumper despite being 0 for 7 from the field at the 1:49 mark. Then, after two free throws from Bryant Crawford (19 points), Phil Cofer scored inside at the 1:06 mark for a 72-71 lead. But Florida State couldn’t hang on, with Cofer missing two free throws with 29.5 seconds left after Childress’ go-ahead shots and M.J. Walker missing a tying 3-pointer in the final seconds. Cofer scored 23 points to lead Florida State.
128
To move into 13th place in school history with 124 career 3-point shots made passing
Xavier Rathan-Mayes (2015-17)