National Basketball Association
Florida St. 96, Central Florida 73
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 6, 2014
Where: Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Florida
Officials:
# Clarence Armstrong, # Tim Nestor, # Raymond Styons
Attendance:
5732
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Florida State 96, UCF 73: Montay Brandon scored a career-high 23 points and Aaron Thomas added 22 as the host Seminoles remained perfect against their in-state rivals.
Jarquez Smith scored 16 points for Florida State (4-4), which has won all 11 meetings with UCF. Kiel Turpin chipped in 10 points for the Seminoles, who shot 62.1 percent.
Brandon Goodwin scored 16 points to lead UCF (5-2), which fell to 1-28 against current members of the ACC. B.J. Taylor and Adonys Henriquez added 14 points apiece and Daiquan Walker scored 12 off the bench.
Thomas scored six points during an 11-0 run that extended Florida State's lead to 39-26 with 4:20 left in the half before the Knights were able to narrow the margin to 47-37 at the break. The Seminoles shot 75 percent from the field in the half as Thomas, Brandon and Turpin combined for 34 points on 16-of-20 shooting.
The Knights pulled within eight on Staphon Blair's layup to open the second half but never got that close again. Brandon converted back-to-back three-point plays to cap a 10-0 burst that pushed the margin to 64-45 with 13:54 left and the Seminoles cruised from there.
GAME NOTEBOOK: UCF C Justin McBride, who scored 45 points in the previous two games, was limited to two points on 1-of-4 shooting. … G Xavier Rathan-Mayes, who entered as Florida State's leading scorer at 14.3 points per game, was held scoreless on 0-for-4 shooting. … Florida State held a 42-25 advantage on the boards.
Top Game Performances
| Central Florida |
|
Florida St. |
|
Brandon Goodwin 16 |
Scoring |
Montay Brandon 23 |
|
B.J. Taylor 3 |
Assists |
Dayshawn Watkins 6 |
|
Brandon Goodwin 5 |
Rebounds |
Montay Brandon 6 |
|
B.J. Taylor 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Montay Brandon 3 |
|
Brandon Goodwin 1 |
Steals |
Jarquez Smith 2 |
|
Staphon Blair 1 |
Blocks |
Boris Bojanovsky 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Central Florida
|
73 |
41.0 |
6-16 |
17-21 |
7 |
23 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
| Florida St.
|
96 |
62.1 |
3-12 |
11-20 |
20 |
38 |
7 |
5 |
12 |
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