National Basketball Association
Florida St. 65, Florida 63
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Where: Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Florida
Officials:
# Clarence Armstrong, # Roger Ayers, # Tim Comer
Attendance:
8273
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Florida State 65, Florida 63: Gators forward Jacob Kurtz accidentally tipped in an errant 3-point attempt by a Seminoles player with four-tenths of a second left to provide host Florida State with a bizarre win against its in-state rival.
Devon Bookert took a fall-away 3-pointer from the right corner that was short, but Kurtz went up to grab the rebound and tipped it off the backboard and into the hoop to seal it. A 3-pointer by Bookert gave the Seminoles a 59-54 lead with 1:37 left, but
Kasey Hill converted a three-point play and fed an alley-oop to Dorian Finney-Smith
with nine seconds left to tie the game.
Montay Brandon scored 17 points as the Seminoles snapped a five-game losing streak in the series. Freshman Xavier Rathan-Mayes scored 13 points and Bookert finished with 12 for the Seminoles (8-5), who have won four straight overall.
Hill scored 17 points for the Gators (7-5), who had their four-game winning streak snapped. Finney-Smith had 14 points and seven rebounds for Florida.
In a first half that featured a combined 33.9 percent shooting and 24
turnovers, Rathan-Mayes scored nine points, including a 3-pointer with a
second left in the half that gave the Seminoles a 26-24 lead at the
break. Finney-Smith's three-point play and Michael Frazier II's shot from the arc sparked a 12-5 run that tied the contest 54-54 with four minutes left.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Florida entered averaging 12.3 turnovers per game and committed 12 in the first half and 17 overall. … The Seminoles were 4-of-17 from the arc and the Gators 4-of-19. ... Gators starting Fs Jon Horford and Finney-Smith combined to shoot 2-of-8 from the floor with seven turnovers in the first half.
Top Game Performances
| Florida |
|
Florida St. |
|
Kasey Hill 17 |
Scoring |
Montay Brandon 17 |
|
Kasey Hill 3 |
Assists |
Boris Bojanovsky 3 |
|
Jacob Kurtz 8 |
Rebounds |
Jarquez Smith 8 |
|
Kasey Hill 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Phil Cofer 5 |
|
Devin Robinson 2 |
Steals |
Boris Bojanovsky 2 |
|
Chris Walker 1 |
Blocks |
Kiel Turpin 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Florida
|
63 |
42.6 |
4-19 |
7-13 |
7 |
33 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
| Florida St.
|
65 |
39.6 |
4-17 |
17-25 |
9 |
37 |
1 |
7 |
15 |
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