Tallahassee — Florida They closed out the exhibition season on Thursday night with a 74-66 victory over Newbury College at the Donald L. Tucker Center. FSU led by as much as 16 points in the second half with just a five-point gap with 2:48 remaining. Newbury is an NCAA Division II member of the South Atlantic Conference. The Wolves finished with his 15-13 record overall, including his 15-11 in conference play last season.
‘We weren’t playing as well as we could,’ says FSU head coach Leonard Hamilton said after the game. “That’s part of what we inexperienced have to overcome. We haven’t seen anything we can’t fix, but it’s clear we’re not where we wanted to be. Hmm.”
FSU had five scorers in double figures – UCF transfer guard Darrin Green Jr. They led by 15 points and made 4/8 (50.0%) of their 3-point attempts.freshman forward Bubba Miller and veteran center Naheem McLeod Add 11 points each while being a veteran guard Caleb Mills And freshman forward Cameron Cohen Each was 10 points.
Mills had nine assists in just two turnovers. He also had 4 rebounds and 1 block. McLeod added nine rebounds and his five blocks. Miller had 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block and 1 steal. From the field he was 4/6 (66.7%) and from the perimeter he was 3/5 (60.0%).
veteran forward Camron Fletcher He led FSU with 10 rebounds and had 8 points, 2 rebounds, a team-high 2 steals and a block.
Other veteran Seminoles who have played Matthew Cleveland, 9th (0%) in the evening and finished without points. He recorded 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
freshman tom house He went 3-of-5 (60.0%) with 9 points from the field. He also added 3 rebounds and 1 steal.
FSU was 27/64 (42.2%) from the field. They were 11/23 (47.8%) from deep. They made 9 of his 14 (64.3%) free throw attempts. FSU scored 32 points in the paint. The bench contributed 27 points to the victory.
As a team, the Seminoles recorded 19 assists (on 27 successful buckets) but 18 turnovers.
They also recorded 11 blocks and 6 assists.
Newbury College led by 18 points from TJ Brown. He was one of his three to score in double figures with the Wolves. They were 24 of 77 (31.2%) from the field and 8 of 27 (29.6%) from the deep. They were on the line and he was 10/16 (62.5%). They recorded 15 assists and 14 turnovers. They recorded 11 steals but no blocks.
Each team finished with 47 rebounds on the evening.
Summary of the first half
FSU led the Wolves 38-26 at the half. Green Jr. led the Seminoles by 11 points as he entered the locker room to regroup. Miller scored eight points in the first 20 minutes.
As a first-half team, FSU went 14/38 (36.8%) from the floor (but only 2/10 on layup attempts) and 8/15 (53.3%) from the deep. FSU was on the line and he was 2/4 (50.0%). FSU had 11 assists in just 5 turnovers. The Seminoles recorded four blocks and two steals in his first 20 minutes.
out of service: FSU played without guard chandler jackson (thumb), Jalen WorleyWhen Jeremiah Benbury (injury), and forward Deante Green (knee) Thursday evening.
Outside: brown forward transfer Jaylan Gainey He will miss the season due to a knee injury he sustained during the preseason. Thursday night he was with the team on crutches.
Aubrey Boyd Charitable Foundation: FSU’s exhibition was staged in part to benefit the Aubrey Boyd Foundation. twenty onest The Seminoles help raise money for Boyd, who enjoyed an outstanding Seminole career. He picked up an injury during his football game and was paralyzed from the neck down in 1995. Fans interested in donating to the Aubry Boyd Charitable Foundation can do so on this page. Aubrey Boyd fundraising linkFive fans who donated via the Aubrey Boyd fundraiser link will be selected and given the opportunity to attend upcoming men’s basketball practices.
next: FSU will begin its regular season on Monday, November 7 at 7:00 p.m. and host Stetson at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Florida. The Seminole-Hatter match will be televised on his RSN.
