NCAAB

Florida State Seminoles at Virginia Tech Hokies

· ACC Tournament pres. by T. Rowe Price - 2nd Round
17-15, 4-7 Away
Final
86 - 76
18-14, 14-2 Home

Watkins scores career-high 34 as Florida State eliminates Virginia Tech from ACC Tournament

Watkins throws down alley-oop dunk

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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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 86 - 76
2nd 0:18 Jamir Watkins Defensive Rebound. 86 - 76
2nd 0:18 MJ Collins missed Three Point Jumper. 86 - 76
2nd 0:22 Jamir Watkins made Free Throw. 86 - 76
2nd 0:22 Jamir Watkins made Free Throw. 85 - 76

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

Capital One Arena

Location: Washington, DC
Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
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
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