National Basketball Association
Florida State 78, Louisville 65
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 4, 2020
Where: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Officials:
# Tim Clougherty, # John Gaffney, # Jeffrey Clarke
Attendance:
17786
By Field Level Media
M.J. Walker scored 23 points and Trent Forrest added 20 as No. 18 Florida State won its sixth straight game, a 78-65 Atlantic Coast Conference road victory against No. 7 Louisville on Saturday afternoon at KFC Yum! Center.
Devin Vassell added 14 points for the Seminoles (13-2, 3-1 ACC), who won for the 13th time in 14 games. FSU, which didn't attempt a free throw until Forrest went 1-for-2 with 6:42 left, led by double digits throughout the final 4:07.
Jordan Nwora scored 32 points for the Cardinals (11-3, 2-1) , who lost their second straight game. They were defeated 78-70 in overtime at then-No. 19 Kentucky a week earlier.
Consecutive layups by Nwora pulled Louisville within 54-51 with 9:59 remaining. Florida State called a 30-second timeout, then answered with an 8-2 run -- sparked by Vassell's seven points (two jumpers, 3-pointer) -- to build a nine-point lead with 8:01 to go.
Forrest scored five points in a 2:38 span to help the Seminoles go ahead 67-56 with 4:43 to go.
Florida State shot 55.2 percent (32 of 58) overall and sank 11 of 23 from behind the arc.
Walker made 6 of 8, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range, to score 15 points and help the Seminoles grab a 39-32 halftime lead. The junior guard had missed FSU's previous game, against Georgia Tech, due to a sore hip.
Florida State went on a 12-2 run during the half's final 3:19. Walker and RayQuan Evans each had five points to fuel the spurt.
Florida State shot 55.2 percent (16 of 29) in the first half -- which it also did in the second half -- while Louisville hit just 27 percent (10 of 37).
Louisville had more offensive rebounds (12-4) and scored 10 second-chance points to keep things close.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Florida State |
|
Louisville |
|
M.J. Walker 23 |
Scoring |
Jordan Nwora 32 |
|
Trent Forrest 5 |
Assists |
Dwayne Sutton 4 |
|
Malik Osborne 9 |
Rebounds |
Jordan Nwora 10 |
|
Raiquan Gray 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Jordan Nwora 5 |
|
Trent Forrest 2 |
Steals |
Steven Enoch 1 |
|
Patrick Williams 3 |
Blocks |
Steven Enoch 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Florida State
|
78 |
55.2 |
11-23 |
3-5 |
15 |
31 |
6 |
6 |
13 |
| Louisville
|
65 |
38.7 |
8-19 |
9-14 |
12 |
33 |
5 |
5 |
16 |
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