20162016 FSU FSU FOOTBALL FOOTBALL | GM| GM 3: 2:1: LOUISVILLE OLECHARLESTON MISS SOUTHERN #11/11 FLORIDA STATE BUFFALO SEMINOLES BULLS GAME 33 3 SEED 11 SEED NCAA Second Round VS March 19, 2018 | Tallahassee, Fla. 26-6, 12-4 28-5, 16-2 Donald L. Tucker Center (11,500) Head Coach TEAM COMPARISON Head Coach Noles go for fourth straight second-round win Sue Semrau (UC-San Diego ‘85) FSU UB Felisha Legette-Jack (Syracuse ‘89) 3 GAME COVERAGE Career Record: 405-239 | 21st Season 81.5 POINTS PER GAME 78.3 Career Record: 259-238 Record at FSU: 405-2393 | 21st Season +17.9 SCORING MARGIN/GAME +13.6 Record at UB: 118-75 | Sixth Season TV/LIVE STREAM | ESPN2 42.9 REBOUNDS PER GAME 42.5 PBP: Clay Matvick l Analyst: Katie Smith STAT LEADERS 15.3 ASSISTS PER GAME 18.4 STAT LEADERS RADIO | WQTL 106.1 FM SCORING | #20 SHAKAYLA THOMAS 46.0 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 43.4 SCORING | #24 CIERRA DILLARD PBP: Ariya Massoudi l Analyst: Melissa Bruner 17.5 PPG l 561 TOTAL POINTS 63.6 POINTS ALLOWED/GAME 64.7 15.6 PPG l 515 TOTAL POINTS 36.2 3-POINT PERCENTAGE 34.0 SOCIAL MEDIA | TWITTER REBOUNDING | #50 CHATRICE WHITE REBOUNDING | #00 SUMMER HEMPHILL +2.3 TURNOVER MARGIN +4.7 @fsuwbb 7.8 RPG | 248 TOTAL REBOUNDS 7.3 RPG | 241 TOTAL REBOUNDS 2017-18 SCHEDULE ASSISTS | #4 AJ ALIX ASSISTS | #1 STEPHANIE REID 6.4 APG | 197 TOTAL ASSISTS NCAA TOURNAMENT ALL-TIME RESULTS 7.0 APG | 204 TOTAL ASSISTS 23-16 in NCAA Tournament Play #11/11 FLORIDA STATE SHOOTING | #20 SHAKAYLA THOMAS 5-9 all-time in NCAA Second Round Games SHOOTING | #00 SUMMER HEMPHILL 51.3 PERCENT | 241-OF-470 13th NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005 57.5 PERCENT | 138-OF-240 Date Opponent EST Time/Result Nov. 5 (Sun.) Columbus State (Exh.) W, 102-49 Nov. 10 (Fri.) UNF W, 109-51 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Nov. 12 (Sun.) at Jacksonville State W, 75-51 Nov. 17 (Fri.) at Florida (SEC Network +) W, 84-54 • The third-seeded Florida State Seminoles (26-6) and the No. 11 seed Buffalo Bulls (28-5) meet for the first time Nov. 19 (Sun.) at Grambling State W, 96-53 Nov. 24 (Fri.) Sacred Heart (ACC Network Extra) W, 101-52 on Monday night in the NCAA Second Round at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Fla. Nov. 26 (Sun.) Samford (ACC Network Extra) W, 87-62 Nov. 29 (Wed.) at Iowa (Big Ten Network)1 W, 94-93 • Florida State is 3-0 in NCAA Second Round games that take place in Tallahassee. In 2010, FSU defeated St. Dec. 3 (Sun.) at James Madison W, 79-63 John’s 66-65 in overtime to advance to its second NCAA Sweet 16. In 2015, the Seminoles beat FGCU 65-47 to reach Dec. 7 (Thur.) Stetson (ACC Network Extra) W, 84-39 Dec. 10 (Sun.) Arizona State (ACC Network Extra) W, 77-66 its third NCAA Sweet 16. Last season, FSU upended Missouri 77-55 to head back to the round of 16. Dec. 17 (Sun.) at 8/8 Texas (FS1) L, 72-87 Dec. 21 (Thur.) at Creighton W, 92-82 • Senior forward Shakayla Thomas is coming off an NCAA postseason high 26 points (11-of-15) in 19 minutes Dec. 28 (Thur.) Jacksonville (ACC Network Extra) W, 82-50 played in FSU’s 91-49 win over No. 14 seed Little Rock on Saturday. Thomas’ performance was just two points shy of Dec. 31 (Sun.) North Carolina (ACC Network Extra)* W, 103-65 Jan. 4 (Thur.) at Clemson (ACC Network Extra)* W, 69-47 matching FSU’s postseason record of 28 points scored by Roneeka Hodges against Connecticut on March 22, 2005. Jan. 7 (Sun.) at Syracuse (Fox Sports Florida/ Sun)* L, 69-76 Jan. 11 (Thur.) Miami (Fox Sports Florida/ Sun)* W, 105-67 • A win over Buffalo on Monday would be FSU’s first against a double-digit seed in the NCAA Second Round. In Jan. 14 (Sun.) Virginia Tech (Fox Sports Florida/ Sun)* W, 107-62 the Seminoles’ five previous second-round wins that resulted in NCAA Sweet 16 appearances, they defeated No. 2 Jan. 18 (Thur.) at Wake Forest (ACC Network Extra)* W, 81-79 (OT) Stanford (2007), No. 6 St. John’s (2010), No. 7 FGCU (2015), No. 4 Texas A&M (2016) and No. 6 Missouri (2017). Jan. 21 (Sun.) at 2/2 Louisville (ESPN2)* W, 50-49 Jan. 28 (Sun.) 5/5 Notre Dame (ESPN2)* L, 69-100 • Both FSU and UB are coming off outstanding shooting performances in their opening-round games. The Semi- Feb. 1 (Thur.) at NC State (ACC Network Extra)* L, 56-65 Feb. 4 (Sun.) at Pittsburgh (Fox Sports Florida/Sun)* W, 66-59 noles set a program record in NCAA postseason play by shooting 58.3 percent (35-of-60) against Little Rock. The Feb. 8 (Thur) Virginia (ACC Network Extra)* W, 77-62 Bulls shot 53.2 percent (33-of-62), including 51.9 percent from deep (14-of-27), in a 102-79 win over No. 6 seed USF. Feb. 11 (Sun.) at Miami (ESPN2)* W, 91-71 Feb. 15 (Thur.) Clemson (ACC Network Extra)* W, 91-43 • FSU aims for its fourth consecutive NCAA Sweet 16 appearance and its sixth in program history (all since Feb. 19 (Mon.) at 20/16 Duke (ESPN2)* L, 66-79 Feb. 22 (Thur.) Boston College (ACC Network Extra)* W, 67-39 2007). The Seminoles have made the NCAA Elite Eight in two of the past three years (2015 and 2017), one of just Feb. 25 (Sun.) Georgia Tech (Fox Sports Florida/ Sun)* W, 64-61 seven schools to reach multiple Elite Eights since 2015 (joins UConn, South Carolina, Notre Dame, Baylor, Tennes- Mar. 2 (Fri.) vs. Miami - ACC Tournament QF (FOX Sports Sun) 2 W, 73-69 Mar. 3 (Sat.) vs. 5/4 Notre Dame - ACC Tournament SF (ESPNU) 2 L, 80-90 see and Stanford). Mar. 17 (Sat.) No. 14 seed Little Rock (ESPN2) 4 W, 91-49 Mar. 19 (Mon.) No. 11 seed Buffalo (ESPN2) 5 6:30pm • Saturday’s NCAA First Round chaos included upset wins by mid-majors and double-digit seeds FGCU, Central Michigan and Buffalo. Florida State has won its last 59 games played against mid-major programs. Its last loss *ACC Game 1 - Big Ten/ACC Challenge to a mid-major program was at Yale on Dec. 18, 2010. 2 - Held in Greensboro, N.C. Rankings AP/Coaches • Florida State has won its last seven preliminary round games (first and second rounds) of the NCAA Tournament. 3 - 22 wins were vacated by the NCAA (2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons) 4 - NCAA First Round (Tallahassee, Fla.) FSU has not lost a first or second round game since falling to No. 2 seed Stanford in the 2014 second round at 5 - NCAA Second Round (Tallahassee, Fla.) Unofficial record is 427-239 Ames, Iowa. 1 NUMBERS AND NOTES FSU’S RECORD WHEN This season, Imani Wright became just the fifth ACC RANDOM FACTS Overall ............................................................... 26-6 player to amass 100 3-point • Florida State is 9-1 against the current Home .................................................................14-1 field goals in a season. She has a Mid-American Conference schools. Its only Away .....................................................................11-4 5 Neutral ...................................................................1-1 team-leading 103 3-pointers. loss was an 86-80 defeat at Northern Illinois Leading at Halftime ....................................19-2 on Feb. 9, 1993. FSU head coach Sue Semrau Trailing at Halftime .........................................7-4 was an assistant coach for Northern Illinois Tied at Halftime ..............................................0-0 at the time under Jane Albright. Overtime Games ..............................................1-0 Graduate point guard AJ Alix’s TV Games ..........................................................24-6 NCAA Tournament debut vs. • The trio of point guard AJ Alix (Lieberman vs. Top-25 Opponents ....................................1-4 Little Rock included her 27th Award Award), shooting guard Imani Wright vs. Top-10 Opponents .................................... 1-3 game of the season with more 27 (Ann Meyers Drysdale Award) and small FSU shoots 50% or better from field ............12-0 assists (5) than turnovers (2). forward Shakayla Thomas (Cheryl Miller FSU shoots 40-49% from field .........................10-3 Award) were Top 10 award candidates at FSU shoots under 40% from field ......................4-3 their positions. Opponent shoots 50% or better from field ...1-2 Opponent shoots 40-49% from field ................7-3 In its opening round win over the • FSU looks to average 80+ points for just Opponent shoots under 40% from field .......18-1 14th-seeded Little Rock Trojans, FSU the second time in program history. The first Opponent shoots under 35% from field ......13-0 averaged 1.3 points per posses- and only time came in 1990-91, averaging a FSU outrebounds opponent ...............................24-2 Opponent outrebounds FSU .................................2-4 sion. FSU is 10th nationally averag- record 83.8 points. Tied in rebounds ........................................................0-0 ing 1.094 points per possession. 1.3 FSU records 10 or more steals .........................10-0 •AJ Alix is three assists away from becoming FSU records 15 or more assists .......................16-2 the second Seminole with 200+ dimes in a FSU commits less than 15 turnovers ............19-2 season. She currently has 197, third behind FSU commits 15 or more turnovers ..................7-3 Against non-ACC opponents Courtney Ward (198 in 2009-10) and Cheetah FSU commits less turnovers than opp. ......... 21-1 this season, Florida State is Delgado (216 in 2013-14). FSU commits more turnovers than opp. ........ 3-4 averaging 87.4 points per FSU shoots 70% or better from the line .......17-2 • is preparing for her game.