Taylor Bol Bowen was FSU's best player, finishing with 14 points and 9 rebounds, followed closely by Jerry Deng's 13 points. Jamir Watkins had just nine points on 4/13 shooting, and Malique Ewin was nowhere to be found, finishing with two points on 1/4 shooting.
Virginia Tech men's basketball came to play on Wednesday - wiping away a three-game skid by taking down Florida State on the road 76-66.Not only was it a big ro
Tobi Lawal scored 17 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Virginia Tech never trailed in beating Florida State 76-66.
Florida State men's basketball couldn't overcome a 20-point deficit against Virginia Tech, falling to the visitors for a third straight ACC loss.
Neither Virginia Tech nor Florida State are lighting the world on fire in the ACC this season, as the Seminoles are tenth in the conference and the Hokies are 13th. It hasn’t been a great conference schedule for them,
Mike Young picked up a milestone victory as the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team beat Florida State 76-66 on Wednesday night in Tallahassee, Florida. Young won his 400th game as a college head coach, including 299 victories in 17 seasons at Wofford and 101 wins in six seasons with the Hokies.
Percentages: FG .414, FT .600. 3-Point Goals: 10-26, .385 (Young 3-4, Schutt 3-8, Rechsteiner 2-3, Lawal 1-2, Hammond 1-3, Burnham 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Brown 0-3).
Lawal 6-11 4-9 17, Poteat 3-5 3-4 9, Hammond 2-6 2-4 7, Johnson 2-6 2-5 6, Schutt 3-9 7-8 16, Burnham 1-4 0-0 2, Rechsteiner 3-5 0-0 8, Young 3-5 0-0 9, Brown 1-6 0-0 2, Wessler 0-1 0-0 0, Serven 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-58 18-30 76.
The Hurricanes will have eight games at Hard Rock Stadium this year — the first time they have played eight home games since 1971.
Notable notes, stats that stand out, and emerging trends as college basketball closes out the month of January.
No. 25 Florida St. (16-4) at Boston College (12-10), 6 p.m. No. 1 UCLA (20-0) vs. Minnesota (18-3), 3 p.m. No. 4 Southern Cal (18-1) at Iowa (14-7), 1:30 p.m. No. 5 Texas (20-2) at Texas A&M (10-9), 6 p.m.