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FSU women's hoops faces Clemson

Bob Ferrante

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May 10, 2022
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No. 22 Florida State Women’s Basketball (11-4, 2-1) prepares for its 65th meeting with Clemson (8-6, 1-1) on Sunday at 4 p.m. at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, S.C. FSU leads the all-time series 36-28 and has won four of its last five matchups with the Tigers.

Sunday’s game will air on the ACC Network, and can also be heard locally on 96.5 FM and through the Seminole Gameday App.

Sophomore guard Ta’Niya Latson trails only Iowa’s Caitlin Clark among players over the last decade with the most 30-point games through their first 50 games played. Latson has 11 30-point games in her first 45 games played at FSU, a total that puts her ahead of Ohio State legend Kelsey Mitchell (10) and NCAA scoring leader Kelsey Plum (10). Clark had 18 30-point games through 50 games.

Latson’s next 30-point performance will break the FSU all-time record. Latson is currently tied with FSU all-time leading scorer Sue Galkantas (1980-84) for the career lead with 11 30-point games. Galkantas scored 2,323 points in her illustrious career with the Noles.

Two of the ACC’s best in the post face off in FSU junior forward Makayla Timpson and Clemson graduate forward Amari Robinson. Timpson is among the conference’s leaders in blocked shots, double-doubles, field goal percentage and offensive rebounding, while Robinson is the only player in the ACC with six games of 20+ points on 60 percent shooting.

In ACC play, FSU has outscored its three opponents (Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, No. 3 NC State) 129-107 in the second half.

Junior guard O’Mariah Gordon ranks in the top 10 in the ACC in assist/turnover ratio (4th), assists (8th) and 3-point field goals made (10th).

Florida State continues to keep its turnovers low on the offensive end. FSU’s 11.6 turnovers per game are the lowest in the ACC and the ninth-lowest in the country. Of its 15 games played, FSU has committed more turnovers than its opponent in three games.

Offensively, FSU ranks 13th in the country and second in the conference averaging 84.7 points per game.

Both Sara Bejedi and Timpson are set to play in their 80th consecutive games with the Seminoles on Sunday.

Following FSU’s game at Clemson, the Seminoles have two key home games next week. They host North Carolina on Thursday at 6 p.m. in a game where the first 100 students receive a free Fear The Spear T-shirt.

FSU then welcomes No. 13 Virginia Tech to Tallahassee on Sunday, Jan. 14, at 1 p.m. in an ESPN-televised game. The matchup is an FSU Faculty and Staff Appreciation game.
 
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Coach must be reading the board. I’ve been begging to switch the starting lineup up and take Tucker out and today Turnage is getting the start.
 
Yeah this team just doesn’t know how to put teams away. Should’ve been a 20+point win.

Latson and Gordon having off games. We always seem to struggle at Clemson so I will be happy with a W after that game last year.
 
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Yeah this team just doesn’t know how to put teams away. Should’ve been a 20+point win.

Latson and Gordon having off games. We always seem to struggle at Clemson so I will be happy with a W after that game last year.
Found a way, thank goodness.
 
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Bonner didn’t play today after getting hurt at the end of the NCST game. I hope she isn’t out too long.

Big game from Timpson as the team seem to make an effort to get her involved early. I like adding Turnage to the lineup, she adds length and rebounding that we need.

Huge games this week against UNC and VT.
 
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No. 22 Florida State Women's Basketball was put to the test on Sunday at Clemson, but big offensive possessions in the fourth quarter and key stops on defense allowed the Seminoles to escape with a 78-72 win at Littlejohn Coliseum.

The Seminoles (12-4, 3-1) trailed 65-64 early in the fourth quarter, but finished the game on a 13-8 run. Junior forward Makayla Timpson had seven huge points down the stretch and finished with 22 points on 10-of-11 shooting along with nine rebounds. Timpson was enormous in FSU's 17-point fourth quarter.

Fifth-year senior guard Sara Bejedi added 19 points and made a career-high five 3-point field goals, adding five rebounds in the win. Sophomore guard Ta'Niya Latson totaled 15 points with five assists.
 
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