Vs. Uab Blazers (3‐0, 0‐0 Cusa) 2018 Advocare Invita
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NO. 13/14 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (3‐0, 0‐0 ACC) 2018‐19 Florida State Schedule VS. O26 1 West Florida W, 96‐56 UAB BLAZERS (3‐0, 0‐0 CUSA) N1 1 Valdosta State W, 99‐77 N6 Florida W, 81‐60 2018 ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL N11 at Tulane W, 80‐69 HP FIELDHOUSE (7,500) N19 Canisius W, 93‐61 LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA N22 2 UAB 9:30 p.m. N23 2 Charleston/LSU TBD THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2018; 9:30 PM ET N25 2 TBD TBD ESPN2 (MIKE MORGAN, TIM WELSH) N28 3 Purdue 9:15 p.m. SEMINOLE IMG RADIO NETWORK (TOM BLOCK, KEITH JONES) D3 Troy 8:00 p.m. D8 4 vs. UConn 6:30 p.m. “PJ Savoy has always been productive in limited minutes, but now that he's taken on a starting role, he's been a D17 Southeast Missouri 7:00p.m. consistent scorer. Savoy went 8‐for‐14 from 3‐point range and scored 34 points in two games last week. D19 North Florida 7:00p.m. Jeff Borzello D22 5 St. Louis 2:30 p.m. ESPN J1 Winthrop 2:00 p.m. NATIONALLY RANKED SEMINOLES PLAY UAB IN SECOND ROUND OF ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL J5 * at Virginia 3:00 p.m. Florida State, which moved up one spot to No. 13 in the USA Today Coaches Poll this week, travels to Lake Buena J9 * Miami 9:00 p.m. Vista., Fla., to face UAB at the HP Fieldhouse in the first bracketed round of the 2018 AdvoCare Invitational. The J12 * Duke 2:00 p.m. Seminoles began play in the event with a 93‐61 win over Canisius in Tallahassee on Monday night. Florida State J14 * at Pitt 7:00 p.m. enters Thursday’s game with a perfect 3‐0 record and a +21.3 point margin of victory. The Seminoles’ 32‐point J20 * at Boston College 12 Noon victory over the Golden Griffins is their largest of the early season. Florida State plays UAB in its fourth game of J22 * Clemson 7:00 p.m. the season – with three of the first four being played in the state of Florida. The Seminoles play 11 of their 13 J27 * at Miami 6:00 p.m. non‐conference games in the Sunshine State with the only two out‐of‐state games coming at Tulane (Nov. 11, F2 * Georgia Tech 12 Noon 80‐69 win) and at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. in the Never Forget Tribute Classic against UConn (Dec. F5 * at Syracuse 8:00 pm. 8). Following Thursday night’s game against UAB, the Seminoles will face either the College of Charleston or LSU F9 * Louisville 4:00 p.m. in the second bracketed round of the AdvoCare Invitational on Friday. F13 * Wake Forest 7:00 p.m. F16 * at Georgia Tech 2:00 p.m. FLORIDA STATE VS. UAB – A SERIES HISTORY F19 * at Clemson 9:00 p.m. Florida State will face UAB in the first bracketed round of the 2018 AdvoCare Invitational at Disney’s Wide World F23 * at North Carolina 3:45 p.m. of Sports Complex on Nov. 22, at 9:30. The game between the Seminoles and the Blazers is the fourth game in F25 * Notre Dame 7:00 p.m. the series, which dates back to the 1978‐79 season. The Seminoles lead the series by a 3‐0 margin with one win M2 * NC State 12 Noon in Birmingham, one in Tallahassee and one in Daytona Beach, Fla., in the Glenn Wilkes Classic. Rob Ehsan is in M5 * Virginia Tech 7:00 p.m. his second season as the head coach at UAB. He was a graduate assistant (2005‐07), assistant recruiting director M9 * at Wake Forest 12 Noon (2008), and assistant coach (2009‐11) at Maryland. Florida State was 3‐5 against Maryland with Ehsan on the M12‐16 at ACC Tournament TBD Terrapins’ bench. Ehsan was also an assistant coach at Virginia Tech in 2012 – the Seminoles were 2‐0 against 1 – Exhibition Game and Donald L. Tucker Center, the Hokies in his only season in Blacksburg. Zavier Anderson, the Blazers’ Director of Player Operations, played Tallahassee, Fla.; 2 – AdvoCare Invitational, HP Field at Clemson (2008‐11). The Seminoles were 5‐4 against the Tigers with Anderson in their lineup. Nick Michael, House, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.; 3 – ACC / Big Ten the strength and conditioning coach for the Blazers, was at VCU during the 2013‐14 season when Florida State Challenge, Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Fla.; 4 topped the Rams, 85‐67, in the first round of the Puerto Rico Shootout. ‐ Never Forget Tribute Classic, Prudential Center, Newark, N.J.; 5 – Metro PCS Orange Bowl Basketball FLORIDA STATE’S HISTORY AT THE ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL Classic, BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla.; ACC Tournament, Florida State is playing in this event for the second time after earning the championship of the former Old Spice Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C. Classic during the 2009‐10 season. The Seminoles defeated Iona (64‐49, Nov. 26, 2009), Alabama (60‐51, Nov. 27) and Marquette (57‐56, Nov. 29) to win the tournament championship. Florida State rallied late behind Chris 2017‐18 ACC Standings Singleton’s 18 points to take the 57‐56 win and the Championship over the Golden Eagles after trailing by 17 Team W L Pct. W L Pct. points early in the second half. Singleton earned Player of the Championship Game honors as he enjoyed an Virginia 17 1 .944 31 3 .912 outstanding tournament. Singleton was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player as he averaged 15.0 Duke 13 5 .722 29 8 .784 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 1.0 block per game. In the championship game, he had 18 points and 10 Miami 11 7 .611 22 10 .688 rebounds with four steals. Florida State scored the game‐winning basket against Marquette on a turnaround Clemson 11 7 .611 24 10 .706 baseline jumper by Solomon Alabi with 11.6 seconds remaining in the game. NC State 11 7 .611 21 12 .636 N. Carolina 11 7 .611 26 11 .703 FLORIDA STATE’S TRENT FORREST – ONE OF THE NATION’S TOP ALL‐AROUND PLAYERS Virginia Tech 10 8 .556 21 12 .636 Florida State junior Trent Forrest totaled eight points, six assists and five rebounds in the Seminoles’ 93‐61 win Florida State 9 9 .600 23 12 .657 over Canisius on Monday night in Tallahassee. It marked the 12th time in his career that he had scored five or Louisville 9 9 .529 22 14 .611 more points, pulled down five or more rebounds and was credited with five or more assists in his career. Said Notre Dame 8 10 .444 21 15 .583 Canisius Head Coach Reggie Witherspoon about Forrest after Monday’s game: “He sets the bar for their defense, Syracuse 8 10 .444 23 13 .639 pressure and intensity. Every single solitary possession, he’s down in his stance. Our guy is pretty quick and Boston College 7 11 .389 19 16 .543 people don’t typically try to do that for a whole game, and he (Trent) did not look uncomfortable at all. When Georgia Tech 6 12 .333 13 19 .406 you have a guy who has that kind of poise, and in the middle of playing in that effort...usually you have guys Wake Forest 4 14 .222 11 20 .355 playing as hard as they can but the decisions are all out of order. But he doesn’t do that.” Pittsburgh 0 18 .000 8 24 .250 LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO… For Information on FSU Basketball …Defeat UAB and win its fourth consecutive game against the Blazers. The Seminoles enter the AdvoCare Please contact Chuck Walsh at (850) 694‐2540 Invitational with a 3‐0 all‐time record against UAB; …Defeat UAB and improve its record to 4‐0 for the third consecutive season and for the ninth time under 17‐ year head coach Leonard Hamilton; …Defeat UAB and improve its record to 4‐0 in this event. The Seminoles won the championship of the previously named Old Spice Classic with a 3‐0 record in 2009. FLORIDA STATE VS. CANISIUS – SEMINOLES BY THE NUMBERS… Florida State Men’s Basketball …Florida State’s bench scored 51 of its 93 points (.548 percent) in its 93‐61 win over Canisius on Tuesday night. The 51 In the National Polls points off of the bench was the most this season and the most since the Seminoles’ received 66 points off of the bench in ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL a 98‐49 win over Southern Miss on Dec. 21, 2017; Rk. Team 18‐19 Rec. …Florida State shot 50 percent in both halves of its win over Canisius (.531 in the first half and .525 in the second half). The 1. Duke (53) 3‐0 Seminoles are shooting .497 through its first three games of the season and have shot better than 50 percent of four of six 2. Kansas (7) 3‐0 halves this season; 3. Gonzaga 3‐0 …Florida State shot a season‐high .800 from the free throw line in its win over Canisius and is shooting .727 from the free 4. Virginia (2) 3‐0 throw line in its first three games. The Seminoles have shot 28 more and made 26 more free throws than their opponents 5. Tennessee (1) 3‐0 in their first three games. 6. Nevada 3‐0 7. North Carolina 4‐0 FLORIDA STATE FROM THE 3‐POINT LINE 8.