Florida St. breaks school record against Tigers

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by David Hood

– Senior Editor
– 2019-02-19 23: 11: 37.0

Clemson lost his third consecutive game (Photo by Josh Kelly, USAT)

CLEMSON – A series of three defeats at the end of February is not optimal for a Bubble team looking for a place in the NCAA tournament.

No. 16 Florida St. ran 15-2 to end the first period and win a dominant 77-64 win over Clemson on Tuesday night at the Littlejohn Coliseum, giving the Tigers a three-game losing streak after toppling a team. ranked Virginia Tech. February 9th.

Clemson drops to 15-11 overall and at 5-8 to the ACC game, while Florida St.'s improves to 21-5 overall and 9-4 in the league.

Florida State won its eighth consecutive game with ACC, a record for its school. They have won each of their matches since their victory over Clemson 77-68 on January 22 in Tallahbadee. Florida State is 4-0 at home and 4-0 on the road in ACC matches during its seven-game winning streak. Clemson is now 32-43 of all time against the Seminoles.

Marcquise Reed leads Clemson with 20 points, while Elijah Thomas added 13 and Shelton Mitchell 12

The FSU outscored Clemson 19-9 in second chance, beating the Tigers 43-32, Seminoles overclbading Clemson 30-2 and FSU 36-26 in the table.

Florida St. had a 15-point lead in the intermission and kept that margin for much of the first 11 minutes of the second half. The Seminoles opened a 59-43 lead after a David Nichols play with 10:42 to play, but the Tigers began to show signs of life.

Elijah Thomas grabbed his own miss and hit the next ball to bring the score to 59-49. He was fouled on the game and managed a free kick to put 59-50 to play in 8:44, as part of a 7-0 run at Clemson. Following a Seminole rollover, Skara grabbed a rebound and managed a free kick to return to 59-52.

Florida St. finally pushed the lead to 13-5 at 53-5 and the Tigers could not get back to a figure as the Seminoles made free throws.

The Tigers took the advantage 6-2. David Skara opened the game with a pointer to 3, and gave a free kick a minute later to give Clemson the advantage of four points. That's when the Noles started their first big halftime series, outscoring Clemson 10-0 in the space of four minutes to take a 12-6 lead.

The Seminoles finally opened a 9-point lead at 23-14, but Mitchell was fouled and shot the free kick after hitting a 3-pointer, and Reed hit his own 3-pointer who brought Clemson to 23 – 23 21

That's when the FSU made another 10-0 try for five minutes to take a 33-21 lead with just over two minutes to play. Skara opened the scoring with 1:45 to play to end the race, but Noles ended the half-time on another 5-0 run to take a 38-23 lead in the break. Overall, Florida St. outscored Clemson 15-2 in the last five minutes of the second half.

Clemson returns to action Saturday, hosting Boston College in a noon board.