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The second consecutive Top 25 matchup at the Tucker Center takes place in front of a national audience on Sunday at 1 p.m. The No. 21 Seminoles (13-4, 4-1) host 11th-ranked Virginia Tech (13-2, 4-0) on ESPN.
FSU searches for its third AP Top 25 win this season after defeating No. 11 Tennessee (92-91) and 20th-ranked North Carolina (70-62), both at home.
Florida State enters Sunday’s game in third place in the ACC standings at 4-1, currently the only ACC team to have played five conference games so far. The Hokies lead the conference as the only team sporting a 4-0 conference record.
Fifth-year guard Sara Bejedi recorded her fifth career 20-point game on Thursday, putting FSU on her back to defeat the No. 20 Tar Heels. Bejedi recorded a season-high 23 points and went 5-of-9 from three-point range, equaling her career high of five 3s the previous game at Clemson. Bejedi is now 10 of her last 16 from downtown, and plays in her 82nd consecutive game for the Seminoles on Sunday.
One of the best post matchups across the country occurs on Sunday between FSU junior forward Makayla Timpson and Virginia Tech graduate center Elizabeth Kitley. Both players rank in the Top 5 in the ACC in rebounding, field goal percentage, blocked shots and double-doubles.
Sophomore guard Ta’Niya Latson is 17 points shy of becoming the 40th Seminole to cross 1,000 career points. If she reaches that number on Sunday, she would tie FSU all-time leader Sue Galkantas as the fastest Seminole to reach 1,000 points, with both doing it in their first 48 games played.
The Seminoles have had three different leading scorers over their last three games. Latson led the Seminoles with 30 points at No. 3 NC State on Jan. 4. Timpson poured in 22 points at Clemson on Jan. 7, and Bejedi guided FSU with 23 points last game vs. No. 20 UNC. Overall, FSU has been led in scoring this season by Latson (9 games), O’Mariah Gordon (3 games), Timpson (3 games) and Bejedi (2 games).
Coach Brooke Wyckoff aims for her seventh AP Top 25 win in 2 1/2 seasons as head coach. Following the win vs. UNC, she owns a 9-3 record against the ACC’s North Carolina schools.
Emphasized by Wyckoff as one of FSU’s most important stats, the Seminoles have out-scored their last two opponents 31-13 in points off turnovers. The Seminoles rank ninth nationally averaging just 11.5 turnovers per game. Through 17 games last year, the Noles were averaging 13.9 turnovers per game.
With Brianna Turnage on the floor, the Seminoles are +52 in ACC play. She has led the Seminoles in +/- rating in each of the last three games, providing a major defensive need on the floor as well as working seamlessly within FSU’s pace and space attack on offense.
The second consecutive Top 25 matchup at the Tucker Center takes place in front of a national audience on Sunday at 1 p.m. The No. 21 Seminoles (13-4, 4-1) host 11th-ranked Virginia Tech (13-2, 4-0) on ESPN.
FSU searches for its third AP Top 25 win this season after defeating No. 11 Tennessee (92-91) and 20th-ranked North Carolina (70-62), both at home.
Florida State enters Sunday’s game in third place in the ACC standings at 4-1, currently the only ACC team to have played five conference games so far. The Hokies lead the conference as the only team sporting a 4-0 conference record.
Fifth-year guard Sara Bejedi recorded her fifth career 20-point game on Thursday, putting FSU on her back to defeat the No. 20 Tar Heels. Bejedi recorded a season-high 23 points and went 5-of-9 from three-point range, equaling her career high of five 3s the previous game at Clemson. Bejedi is now 10 of her last 16 from downtown, and plays in her 82nd consecutive game for the Seminoles on Sunday.
One of the best post matchups across the country occurs on Sunday between FSU junior forward Makayla Timpson and Virginia Tech graduate center Elizabeth Kitley. Both players rank in the Top 5 in the ACC in rebounding, field goal percentage, blocked shots and double-doubles.
Sophomore guard Ta’Niya Latson is 17 points shy of becoming the 40th Seminole to cross 1,000 career points. If she reaches that number on Sunday, she would tie FSU all-time leader Sue Galkantas as the fastest Seminole to reach 1,000 points, with both doing it in their first 48 games played.
The Seminoles have had three different leading scorers over their last three games. Latson led the Seminoles with 30 points at No. 3 NC State on Jan. 4. Timpson poured in 22 points at Clemson on Jan. 7, and Bejedi guided FSU with 23 points last game vs. No. 20 UNC. Overall, FSU has been led in scoring this season by Latson (9 games), O’Mariah Gordon (3 games), Timpson (3 games) and Bejedi (2 games).
Coach Brooke Wyckoff aims for her seventh AP Top 25 win in 2 1/2 seasons as head coach. Following the win vs. UNC, she owns a 9-3 record against the ACC’s North Carolina schools.
Emphasized by Wyckoff as one of FSU’s most important stats, the Seminoles have out-scored their last two opponents 31-13 in points off turnovers. The Seminoles rank ninth nationally averaging just 11.5 turnovers per game. Through 17 games last year, the Noles were averaging 13.9 turnovers per game.
With Brianna Turnage on the floor, the Seminoles are +52 in ACC play. She has led the Seminoles in +/- rating in each of the last three games, providing a major defensive need on the floor as well as working seamlessly within FSU’s pace and space attack on offense.
