Florida State University's men's basketball team clinched an 85-69 win against Syracuse, marking their sixth victory in the last seven ACC games. FSU's Jamir Watkins starred with 27 points and 11 rebounds, leading his team to a strong second half where they scored 50 points. This game was Syracuse's first home game loss of the season, with the team struggling on the offensive end, going 1-14 on 3-pointers, and making only 50% of their free throws. Despite Judah Mintz contributing 12 points for Syracuse, FSU's performance, particularly in the second half, proved too much for the home team.
Syracuse committed 16 turnovers, went 1-14 on 3s and gave up 50 second-half points. Other than that …. https://t.co/g30yY0mTll
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FSU scored 50 second-half points, Jamir Watkins was magnificent and the Seminoles left the dome with a W. https://t.co/HBgUZU3V8N
Watkins was great. FSU just wore Syracuse down in the second half. Seminoles remain in second place in the ACC. And if you weren't aware, the first-place North Carolina Tar Heels (ranked No. 3 in the country) will be in Tallahassee on Saturday afternoon. Could/should be a fun one https://t.co/IB0WB7FJjC
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ANOTHER ACC W FOR THE 'NOLES! #FSU travels to Syracuse and comes out on top with a strong second half performance. More coverage on https://t.co/wBSINVAbvs @FSUHoops https://t.co/oSsjtwEjBM
Make that six wins in the last seven ACC games for @FSUHoops, which went into Syracuse tonight and came away with an 85-69 win. Jamir Watkins came up huge with 27 points and 11 rebounds.
Frogs trail 56-53 with 6:12 left in the contest. Three players with four fouls. Running out of steam. 27 points in the first quarter, just 26 since.
Leggett hit just one of two then George airballed a three and Coleman had to foul with 27.4 left. GT trails 70-64 with two more Pitt FTs coming up from Leggett.
Guillermo Diaz Graham fouls out with 49 seconds remaining. That ends a really good night off the bench for the sophomore, who finished with 12 points, two rebounds and a steal.
Diaz Graham fouls out with 49 seconds left. Gapare headed to the line, GT trails 69-63.
Reeves hits a pair of FTs and GT cuts the lead to six again 69-63
Pitt and GT trade threes, still a six-point game with under two to play.
Autry switches into a zone but FSU still drills a 3 to take a 70-62 lead over SU. 6:00 to go.
Tech trails 59-52 with 3:57 to go and Kyle going to the line for two FTs.
Primo Spears making things happen for the Seminoles. He assists on a lob to Corhen in the halfcourt set and then throws a transition lob to Watkins. FSU up 57-54. Maliq Brown (3 fouls) coming back in for Syracuse.
It's a wrestling match out there at times between Syracuse and Florida State. A total of 33 fouls have been called and we've got 11:13 left. SU up 54-53.
Tech trails 50-48 to Pitt at the third media timeout with 7:37 remaining despite Miles Kelly being held scoreless so far.
Have a night Guillermo Diaz Graham. That's 10 points off the bench from the sophomore in nine minutes of action. He has led the charge in bringing his team back to life this half.
FSU goes on a 6-0 spurt here to tie the game at 48-48. This has been a game with too many whistles and no flow. Gonna be a grind to the end here. 13:55 to go.
Maliq Brown picks up his 3rd foul with 14:26 left. Syracuse leads 48-46 Copeland in for Brown; as SU goes with small lineup.
Guillermo Diaz Graham puts Pitt back ahead with a triple, his second of the game. Panthers are on a 9-0 run and now lead 46-43 with 11:13 remaining.
Jaland Lowe gets it to a 1-point deficit with a nice drive through the lane. He will have a chance to tie it at 43 once we come back from the media break. 11:59 remaining.
SU leads 44-39 with 15:57 left. Mintz just drove and forced Baba Miller into commiting his 3rd foul. Mintz has 16 points and will get 2 FTs afer this timeout.
Blake Hinson picks up his third foul with 13:33 remaining. GT up 41-37
That's three fouls on Hinson with 13:33 remaining. He will take a seat. Georgia Tech leads 41-37.
Zack Austin took a hard spill after that missed layup. As he made his way back to the other end of the court, GT knocked down a triple to take the lead. Yellow Jackets are ahead 34-31 thanks to a 7-0 run to start the half. Capel calls timeout.
Halftime at the JMA. SU 36. FSU 35. It's better you just look away from the free throw stats though JJ hit a couple before the buzzer for a flicker of hope. Judah Mintz leads the Orange with 12 points. Watkins with 12 for FSU. Stats below. Smoke if you got 'em. https://t.co/p2tBE1vGOi
Syracuse, which has made 74% of its free throws this season, is 5-of-10 tonight. Orange trails 24-22.
Interesting choices in foul calls tonight (90s NBAish). Both teams not enjoying the choices being made. GT trails 24-21 at the final media timeout of the half with George heading to the line for two FTs, 3:38 left.
The nickname "The Logo" is already taken. But if it wasn't, Blake Hinson might earn it. He hit one from (really) deep and Jaland Lowe followed with a three of his own (from normal distance) and Pitt leads 22-16 with 7:27 left in the first half.
FSU 21, SYR 15. 7:46 to go 1st hlf. Seminoles hit a deep 3 then get a break with an easy dunk. Orange have 6 turnovers already and shooting just 35% (6-17). 1-of-8 from 3-point range.
FSU goes up 21-15. SU's last 5 possessions consist of 3 turnovers and 2 missed 3s.
Syracuse is 6-for-17 and 1-for-8 from 3.
10 minutes into this game SU has played 9 guys, FSU has played 10 guys.
FSU leads 16-15 at 10:07. Mounir Hima about to check in. Both teams are 1-6 on 3s.
Quadir Copeland is in and out of the lineup in a flash as he picks up 2 quick fouls. SU will have to do without its emotional engine for a bit. FSU 16, SU 13. 11:00 to go in the 1st half.
#GaTech trails 13-11 at the second media timeout with 11:15 remaining in the half. GT with a couple of missed open threes marking the difference so far.
Syracuse is missing jump shots and FSU is capitalizing in transition.
Very ugly start for both teams, GT trails 6-5 to Pitt at the first media timeout with 15:05 left in the half. 5-16 combined shooting and four of the makes were layups or dunks.
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