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Pregame notes / live updates: Louisville at FSU

Bob Ferrante

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Morgan Jones makes her return to Tallahassee with Louisville on Sunday at 1 p.m. Louisville (13-6, 4-2) and Florida State (16-3, 5-1) are two of just eight schools nationally that have made each of the last nine NCAA Tournaments.

You can watch on Regional Sports Networks like Bally Sports Florida and here's the full affiliate list.

The Sunday game at the Tucker Center pits the two best scorers in the ACC. Louisville junior guard Hailey Van Lith (Wenatchee, Wash.) is second in the league averaging 20.8 points per game. FSU freshman guard Ta’Niya Latson (Miami, Fla.) leads the conference averaging 25.0 points.

Florida State sits third in the country averaging 87.5 points, only trailing LSU (88.9) and Georgia Southern (88.4).

The Seminoles are coming off a 19-point win at home over No. 11 NC State on Thursday, winning 91-72. It is FSU’s most lop-sided AP Top 25 win as an unranked team since it knocked off No. 17 Southern Miss, 97-72, at home on Feb. 24, 1990.

Latson is on the fast track to win National Freshman of the Year. Her 25.0 points per game are just over six points per game more than the next closest freshman nationally in Texas Southern’s Micah Gray (18.9), and her 320 made field goals that rank third in the country are nearly 100 more than the next closest freshman in Santa Clara’s Tess Heal (235).

FSU moves up to 15th in the latest NCAA NET rankings, while Louisville is 32nd. The Seminoles own a 4-2 record this season against current NET Top 50 opponents (wins over No. 13 NC State, No. 22 UNC, No. 43 Miami and No. 48 Purdue).
 
FSU is 2-0 against players from last years team so far this season (GT-Jackson & NCST- Baldwin).

Jones had a good game on Thursday for Louisville but overall has struggled fitting in Jeff Walz’s system. Will be interesting to see how she does today. Wonder who Wyckoff has guard her as she could be a problem with her length.
 
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Van Lith is dangerous. There with a drive, gets the foul and FT

15-11 FSU
 
FSU leads 20-14 after 1Q

Bejedi with eight points

Van Lith started to heat up and has six points for the Cards
 
Louisville with seven turnovers

FSU has three steals, including a nice one there by Latson off the Van Lith pass
 
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Louisville is good. But they are frustrated by FSU's defense and turnover-prone. Cards have nine turnovers already at 4:31 TV timeout

FSU 24-21
 
Latson has had some good looks. But she is 0 for 5 from the floor with two points
 
Mo Jones does it again, almost from same spot. And right in front of FSU bench
 
Good drive by O'Brien, got the ball inside to Latson. She gets the bucket and picks up the FT too

31-27 FSU
 
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2Q was not pretty. Louisville only outscored FSU 33-29, though

Bejedi at 10 points and FSU leads 33-29 at the half

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Need to get a Timpson going in the 2nd half. Gotta think Latson will get hers. Bejedi playing well on both ends and making things difficult for HVL. Solid play from Obrien as well.
 
Mo Jones up to 16 points on 7 of 8 shooting.

She makes 1 of 2 free throws and cuts the deficit to 40-39

6:27 left in 3Q
 
Bejedi with a tough drive, gets the one-hander off at the rim and is fouled.

Very impressive how she has played here of late the last few games

15 points
 
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The drive-and-dish game is on point for FSU. That time, Latson drives and OMG drills a 3

52-48 FSU
 
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After 3Q, FSU leads 57-51

Mo Jones at 20 points and nine rebounds for the Cards

Bejedi at 17 points, Taylor O'Brien with nine points but on 2 of 9 shooting

Latson is 5 of 5 from the line but struggling with just seven points on 1 of 9 shooting
 
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Louisville with a few layups and now a Carr 3

Cards up 58-57

Wyckoff pushing hard for a foul during the timeout with one of the refs, pleading her case
 
A couple of bad calls and no calls, but Louisville is in front 64-61
 
Bejedi halts a streak in which FSU had gone 0 for 5 from the rim

But Louisville counters with a layup

70-65 Cards with 4:27 to go
 
Bejedi with a stone-cold 3 and FSU isn't out of it yet. Seminoles trio 72-68 with 3:06 left

Carr called for offensive foul, so FSU gets it back. But O'Brien is called for an offensive foul

Just a mess here with the whistles impacting the game
 
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Mo Jones with an offensive board off the Van Lith miss, bucket and foul. She makes the FT

77-72 with 1:36 to go
 
Van Lith puts up an off-balance jumper and sinks it. Cards in front 80-75 with 25.1 seconds left
 
This isn’t a bad loss but in the ACC you really can’t afford to lose home games.

I think rebounding is a big reason for the loss. Seemed like we got defensive stops/forced tough shots but they got offensive rebounds at key moments.

Bejedi was great and her last three games have been promising.

This team is talented but has to learn to put together consecutive wins against quality opponents. We beat #13 UNC then lost to unranked BC. We beat #11 NCST then lose to unranked Louisville.
 
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