Florida State (14-5, 5-2 ACC) faces off against Virginia (8-9, 0-6) on Sunday at 2 p.m. There will be a live stream on ACC Network Extra. FSU is fourth in the ACC, while Virginia is tied for last.
UVA holds a 35-22 series lead, but the Seminoles have won nine of the past 10 meetings.
Florida State boasts one of the best quartets in the ACC in Ta’Niya Latson (20.3 points), O’Mariah Gordon (13.9), Makayla Timpson (13.6)and Sara Bejedi (13.2). The group has accounted for 85.5 percent of the team’s points production in ACC play.
In FSU’s 14 wins this season, it is averaging 86.1 points, 15.4 assists and owning a +4.4 turnover margin per game.
Sophomore Ta’Niya Latson is coming off a 22-point performance at Syracuse on Thursday, her 29th 20-point game in 49 career games.
Junior forward Makayla Timpson owns three six-block performances in her career, with one of them coming in last year’s 77-68 road win atVirginia. Timpson has 54 blocks this season, eyeing the lofty single-season record of 84 held by Jacinta Monroe in the 2008-09 season. HeadCoach Brooke Wyckoff is second on the single-season FSU list with 80 blocked shots as a freshman in 1997-98.
Florida State’s 79.7 points per game in ACC play leads the league, while its 83.2 overall points per game is second in the ACC.
Latson remains one 30-point game shy of sole possession of first place in school history. Latson is currently tied with Seminole legend Sue Galkantas (1980-84) with 11 30-point performances in their FSU careers.
Junior guard O’Mariah Gordon continues her impressive comeback season after battling foot injuries last year. Gordon is averaging 14.0 points vs. ACC opponents this year, shooting 48.1 percent overall, 39.3 percent from downtown, 3.4 rebounds per game and a 1.8 assist/turnover ratio.
UVA holds a 35-22 series lead, but the Seminoles have won nine of the past 10 meetings.
Florida State boasts one of the best quartets in the ACC in Ta’Niya Latson (20.3 points), O’Mariah Gordon (13.9), Makayla Timpson (13.6)and Sara Bejedi (13.2). The group has accounted for 85.5 percent of the team’s points production in ACC play.
In FSU’s 14 wins this season, it is averaging 86.1 points, 15.4 assists and owning a +4.4 turnover margin per game.
Sophomore Ta’Niya Latson is coming off a 22-point performance at Syracuse on Thursday, her 29th 20-point game in 49 career games.
Junior forward Makayla Timpson owns three six-block performances in her career, with one of them coming in last year’s 77-68 road win atVirginia. Timpson has 54 blocks this season, eyeing the lofty single-season record of 84 held by Jacinta Monroe in the 2008-09 season. HeadCoach Brooke Wyckoff is second on the single-season FSU list with 80 blocked shots as a freshman in 1997-98.
Florida State’s 79.7 points per game in ACC play leads the league, while its 83.2 overall points per game is second in the ACC.
Latson remains one 30-point game shy of sole possession of first place in school history. Latson is currently tied with Seminole legend Sue Galkantas (1980-84) with 11 30-point performances in their FSU careers.
Junior guard O’Mariah Gordon continues her impressive comeback season after battling foot injuries last year. Gordon is averaging 14.0 points vs. ACC opponents this year, shooting 48.1 percent overall, 39.3 percent from downtown, 3.4 rebounds per game and a 1.8 assist/turnover ratio.
