
Florida State Seminoles at Virginia Tech Hokies
· ACC Tournament pres. by T. Rowe Price - 2nd RoundWatkins scores career-high 34 as Florida State eliminates Virginia Tech from ACC Tournament

Watkins was 9 of 15 from the field and 14 of 17 at the free-throw line to set a program record for points in an ACC Tournament game. He also had 11 rebounds and four steals. Warley made 8 of his 10 shots as Florida State shot 54% from the field.
Virginia Tech was 4-of-17 shooting in the opening 17 minutes of the second half. The Hokies also finished with 13 turnovers, leading to 25 points for the Seminoles.
Florida State (17-15) advances to play top-seeded and fourth-ranked North Carolina in the quarterfinals on Thursday. The Seminoles dropped both regular-season meetings with the Tar Heels, 78-70 on the road and 75-68 at home. Florida State hasn't beaten North Carolina since the 2020-21 season.
Tyler Nickel sank a long 3-pointer with 7:28 left to tie it at 57-all, but Virginia Tech did not make another field goal until Sean Pedulla’s basket with 2:42 left to pull within 71-62.
Florida State took advantage of back-to-back Virginia Tech turnovers with layups by Warley and Primo Spears to take a 63-58 lead with 5:01 left. Another steal under the basket led to Warley’s fast-break layup to make it 68-58 at 3:06.
Each team turned it over on an inbounds play and Watkins was fouled before making two free throws at 2:49. Watkins added two more free throws at 2:30 and had an alley-oop dunk at 2:11 for a 74-65 lead.
Spears finished with 10 points for the Seminoles.
Pedulla scored 24 points, Nickel added 18 and MJ Collins had 15 for Virginia Tech (18-14).
Both teams shot 55% or better from the field in the first half. Virginia Tech shot 64% (16 of 25), despite going 4 of 11 from 3-point range, in the first half before finishing at 49%.
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2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 86 - 76 |
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2nd 0:18 | MJ Collins missed Three Point Jumper. | 86 - 76 |
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Statistics
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29-54 | FG | 26-53 |
53.7 | Field Goal % | 49.1 |
3-13 | 3PT | 6-24 |
23.1 | Three Point % | 25.0 |
25-30 | FT | 18-24 |
83.3 | Free Throw % | 75.0 |
34 | Rebounds | 25 |
9 | Offensive Rebounds | 5 |
25 | Defensive Rebounds | 20 |
12 | Assists | 14 |
10 | Steals | 4 |
3 | Blocks | 1 |
10 | Turnovers | 13 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
10 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
25 | Points Off Turnovers | 9 |
18 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
48 | Points in Paint | 32 |
15 | Fouls | 20 |
10 | Largest Lead | 8 |
Game Information

Location: Washington, DC
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2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
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Duke | 19-1 | - | 35-4 |
Clemson | 18-2 | 1 | 27-7 |
Louisville | 18-2 | 1 | 27-8 |
SMU | 13-7 | 6 | 24-11 |
Wake Forest | 13-7 | 6 | 21-11 |
North Carolina | 13-7 | 6 | 23-14 |
Stanford | 11-9 | 8 | 21-14 |
Georgia Tech | 10-10 | 9 | 17-17 |
Florida State | 8-12 | 11 | 17-15 |
Pittsburgh | 8-12 | 11 | 17-15 |
Virginia | 8-12 | 11 | 15-17 |
Notre Dame | 8-12 | 11 | 15-18 |
Virginia Tech | 8-12 | 11 | 13-19 |
Syracuse | 7-13 | 12 | 14-19 |
California | 6-14 | 13 | 14-19 |
NC State | 5-15 | 14 | 12-19 |
Boston College | 4-16 | 15 | 12-19 |
Miami | 3-17 | 16 | 7-24 |