2016-17 Women's Basketball

2016-17 Women's Basketball - Year In Review
Coaching Staff Sue Semrau, Head Coach Danielle Atkinson, Assistant Coach Gabby Bevillard, Student Assistant Melissa Bruner, Director of Operations Victoria Cecil, Graduate Assistant Aaron Jenkins, Graduate Assistant Dave Plettl, Strength and Conditioning Lance White, Associate Head Coach Brooke Wyckoff, Assistant Coach Click here to see individual mug shots	2016-17 Women's Basketball

2016-17 Florida State Signees/Newcomers

Nicki Ekhomu, 5-9, G, Bolingbrook, Ill.

A'Tyanna Gaulden, 5-7, G, Ocilla, Ga.

Iho Lopez, 6-2, F, Blanes, Spain

Jasmine Walker, 6-3, F, Montgomery, Ala.

Chatrice White, 6-3, C, Shelby, Neb.

Nausia Woolfolk, 5-9, G, Fort Valley, Ga.

2016-17 Roster - By Name

L
T                                             PY
R No Name                  Pos     Hgt   Cl   Ltr  Hometown (Prior School)
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* 12 Brittany Brown        G       5-8   Sr   ***  Fort Walton Beach (Choctawhatchee)
* 11 Maria Conde           F       6-1   So   *    Madrid, Spain
* 25 Ama Degbeon           C       6-2   Jr   **   Grunberg, Germany (Grunberg)
* 24 Nicki Ekhomu          G       5-9   Fr        Bolingbrook, Ill. (Joliet Catholic Academy)
*  1 A'Tyanna Gaulden      G       5-7   Fr        Ocilla, Ga. (Americus Sumter)
* 42 Kai James             C       6-5   Sr   ***  West Palm Beach (Dwyer)
  22 Iho Lopez             F       6-2   Fr        Blanes, Spain (IMG Academy)
* 10 Leticia Romero        G       5-8   Sr   **   Las Palmas, Spain (IES Joaquin Artiles/Kansas State)
* 23 Ivey Slaughter        F       6-1   Sr   ***  Macon, Ga. (Tattnall Square Academy)
* 20 Shakayla Thomas       F       5-11  Jr   **   Sylacauga, Ala. (Sylacauga)
* 40 Jasmine Walker        F       6-3   Fr        Montgomery, Ala. (Jefferson Davis)
* 50 Chatrice White        C       6-3   So-R      Shelby, Neb. (Shelby-Rising City/Illinois)
* 13 Nausia Woolfolk       G       5-9   Fr        Fort Valley, Ga. (Peach County)
* 32 Imani Wright          G       5-9   Jr-R      Hooks, Tex. (Liberty Eylau/Baylor)

2016-17 Roster - By Number

L
T                                             PY
R No Name                  Pos     Hgt   Cl   Ltr  Hometown (Prior School)
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*  1 A'Tyanna Gaulden      G       5-7   Fr        Ocilla, Ga. (Americus Sumter)
* 10 Leticia Romero        G       5-8   Sr   **   Las Palmas, Spain (IES Joaquin Artiles/Kansas State)
* 11 Maria Conde           F       6-1   So   *    Madrid, Spain
* 12 Brittany Brown        G       5-8   Sr   ***  Fort Walton Beach (Choctawhatchee)
* 13 Nausia Woolfolk       G       5-9   Fr        Fort Valley, Ga. (Peach County)
* 20 Shakayla Thomas       F       5-11  Jr   **   Sylacauga, Ala. (Sylacauga)
  22 Iho Lopez             F       6-2   Fr        Blanes, Spain (IMG Academy)
* 23 Ivey Slaughter        F       6-1   Sr   ***  Macon, Ga. (Tattnall Square Academy)
* 24 Nicki Ekhomu          G       5-9   Fr        Bolingbrook, Ill. (Joliet Catholic Academy)
* 25 Ama Degbeon           C       6-2   Jr   **   Grunberg, Germany (Grunberg)
* 32 Imani Wright          G       5-9   Jr-R      Hooks, Tex. (Liberty Eylau/Baylor)
* 40 Jasmine Walker        F       6-3   Fr        Montgomery, Ala. (Jefferson Davis)
* 42 Kai James             C       6-5   Sr   ***  West Palm Beach (Dwyer)
* 50 Chatrice White        C       6-3   So-R      Shelby, Neb. (Shelby-Rising City/Illinois)

1/12/2017 - Jasmine Walker has left the basketball team for personal reasons.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

ShakaylaThomas and Leticia Romero Earn AP All-America Honors.
Romero takes in her school-record third All-America award while Thomas wraps up her second.

March 27, 2017

TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State Women's Basketball program was recognized on Monday as student-athletes Leticia Romero and Shakayla Thomas earned Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America honors.

The recognition is significant for both players. Romero becomes the first Seminole to be named a three-time All-American, earning AP honors in 2015 and WBCA honors in 2016. Thomas joins past Seminoles Adut Bulgak (2015 & 2016), Sue Galkantas (1981 & 1983), Natasha Howard (2011 & 2014) as well as Romero in earning multiple All-America honors.

Thomas has enjoyed another outstanding season with Florida State. She averages a team-best 15.1 points with six rebounds while shooting 49.6 percent (209-of-421) from the floor. The Sylacauga, Ala., native became the first Seminole to earn ACC Player of the Year honors, and recently was selected as a WBCA All-Region honoree alongside Romero.

Thomas is putting together a slew of strong performances when it matters most in the NCAA postseason. In three NCAA Tournament games, she has recorded three double-doubles while averaging 18.3 points and 12.0 rebounds. In the NCAA Second Round win over Missouri, she produced 20 points and 11 rebounds, then added 12 points and 11 boards in FSU's NCAA Sweet 16 win over Oregon State.

Romero, a Canary Islands native, is quite possibly the most efficient offensive performer in women's college basketball. She averages 12.4 points, shoots 50.6 percent (137-of-271) from the floor, 51.9 percent (55-of-106) from 3-point range and 89.6 percent (69-of-77) from the free throw line. She is an All-ACC First Team performer who is coming off a big 18-point, five-rebound performance vs. Oregon State.

College basketball's only returning Olympic medalist is averaging 14.7 points and shooting 53.1 percent (17-of-32) overall in her three NCAA postseason games this year.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Lance White Named WBCA Division I Assistant Coach of the Year.
Florida State Women's Basketball's Associate Head Coach has been a driving force in FSU's immense success during his 14-year tenure.

March 29, 2017

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida State Women's Basketball Associate Head Coach Lance White has been named the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's Division I Assistant Coach of the Year, announced by the WBCA.

The WBCA Assistant Coach of the Year award is presented to one associate head coach or assistant coach in each membership division who demonstrates commitment to their program, their student-athletes and their head coach; their impact coaching on court; their mentorship and impact on other coaches; and their professional manner and attitude.

"The role of an assistant coach is vital in reinforcing a positive student-athlete environment with encouragement, excellence, structure, security, support and integrity. The WBCA is proud to honor these individuals as our assistant coaches of the year in their respective divisions of membership," said WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew. "Each coach was selected by vote of their peers, and the WBCA celebrates and applauds their lasting commitment to use our game as a platform to positively impact their student-athletes, institutions and communities."

White has been instrumental in the success of the FSU program, coming to Tallahassee in 2003. Over his 14 years with the Seminoles, Florida State has produced a 324-138 (70.1 winning percentage) record despite playing in one of the nation's best conferences in the ACC.

The Texas Tech graduate has taken hold of the FSU offense over the last six seasons and has guided the Seminoles to new heights on the scoring end. FSU averaged 79.0 points per game, the highest by the program since the 1990-91 season (83.8) and the highest since joining the ACC in 1991-92.

Florida State finished its 2016-17 season with a school-record nine AP Top 25 wins, surpassing its previous high of six in the 2014-15 season. White helped guide senior point guard Leticia Romero toward becoming a three-time All-American, the first in program history. Under White's tutelage, junior forward Shakayla Thomas won ACC Player of the Year and also earned her second All-America honor.

White was also a key factor in solidifying a 2016 recruiting class that featured current freshmen guards A'Tyanna Gaulden, Nicki Ekhomu, Nausia Woolfolk and forward Iho Lopez. The current crop of players was ranked as high as fourth nationally in the ESPNW recruiting rankings.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Romero, Thomas Honored as WBCA All-Americans.
Florida State Women's Basketball student-athletes Leticia Romero and Shakayla Thomas earn Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-America honors for the second straight year.

April 2, 2017

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida State Women's Basketball student-athletes Leticia Romero and Shakayla Thomas continue to add to their award collection, with each earning Women's Basketball Coaches Association Honorable Mention All-America honors.

The two Seminole standouts have each been honored as WBCA All-Americans for the second straight season. Both performers were also named Associated Press All-Americans as well, while Romero recently earned a spot as a Senior CLASS Award First Team All-American.

Washington's Kelsey Plum was recognized as the 2017 Wade Trophy winner, considered the "Heisman of Women's Basketball." In addition to Romero and Thomas, eighth other ACC student-athletes were recognized as WBCA All-Americans.

Thomas earns her third All-America award since coming to FSU as a freshman in 2014. The Sylacauga, Ala., native was the ACC Player of the Year as selected by the league's coaches, averaging 14.9 points, 6.0 rebounds and shooting 49.4 percent from the floor.

Romero joined Thomas as an All-ACC First Team member this past season, finishing second on the team with 12.5 points while shooting 48.6 percent from the floor and 50.9 percent from three-point range. The Las Palmas, Spain, native finishes her career as one of the best players in program history, emerging as the program's lone three-time All-American in three years played.

Romero and Thomas guided FSU to a 28-7 overall record, a 13-3 conference mark and a runner-up finish in the ACC regular season. The Seminoles were one of seven NCAA programs to reach the Elite Eight in at least two of the last three seasons, reaching the round of eight this past season.

Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. The WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to the organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport.

2016-17 Conference Awards

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Brittany Brown           Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Defensive Team

Adut Bulgak              Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team

Leticia Romero           Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team (BRP)
                         Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 2nd Team (COACH)

Shakayla Thomas          Atlantic Coast Conference - Player of the Year
                         Atlantic Coast Conference - Sixth Player of the Year
                         Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team

Chatrice White           Atlantic Coast Conference - Sixth Player of the Year

All-Conference -  5

2016-17 All-Americans

Name                     Organization
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Leticia Romero           Associated Press - All-American - Honorable Mention
                         Women's Basketball Coaches Association - All-American - Honorable Mention

Shakayla Thomas          Associated Press - All-American - Honorable Mention
                         Women's Basketball Coaches Association - All-American - Honorable Mention

All-Americans -  2

2016-17 Schedules and Results

DATE	POST GAME	BOX SCORE	LOC	OPPONENT	SCORE
11/11	Postgame	Box	H	Jacksonville State	W 73-62
11/14	Postgame	Box	H	Connecticut	L 76-78
11/17	Postgame	Box	H	Jacksonville	W 90-47
11/20	Postgame	Box	H	James Madison	W 84-64
11/24	Postgame	Box	N	Winthrop Paradise Jam, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands	W 98-35
11/25	Postgame	Box	N	Gonzaga Paradise Jam, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands	W 87-69
11/26	Postgame	Box	N	Michigan Paradise Jam, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands	W 76-62
11/30	Postgame	Box	A	Minnesota ACC/B1G Challenge	W 75-61
12/04	Postgame	Box	H	Western Carolina	W 90-41
12/08	Postgame	Box	H	Florida	W 83-58
12/10	Postgame	Box	A	Alabama-Birmingham	W 93-47
12/19	Postgame	Box	H	North Florida	W 95-39
12/21	Postgame	Box	A	Mercer	W 83-40
12/29	Postgame	Box	A	Miami	W 81-66
01/02	Postgame	Box	H	North Carolina State	L 61-70
01/05	Postgame	Box	A	North Carolina	W 90-77
01/08	Postgame	Box	H	Duke	W 69-45
01/12	Postgame	Box	H	Louisville	W 72-65
01/15	Postgame	Box	A	Clemson	W 86-27
01/19	Postgame	Box	H	Syracuse	W 77-58
01/22	Postgame	Box	A	Virginia Tech	W 82-54
01/26	Postgame	Box	A	Georgia Tech	W 69-63
02/02	Postgame	Box	A	Boston College	W 85-53
02/06	Postgame	Box	H	Miami	W 80-71
02/09	Postgame	Box	H	Wake Forest	W 102-60
02/13	Postgame	Box	H	Texas 2 OT	L 88-92
02/16	Postgame	Box	A	Virginia	L 51-60
02/18	Postgame	Box	H	Clemson	W 80-47
02/23	Postgame	Box	H	Pittsburgh	W 79-48
02/26	Postgame	Box	A	Notre Dame	L 61-79
03/03	Postgame	Box	N	Miami ACC, Myrtle Beach, S.C.	L 54-56
03/17	Postgame	Box	H	Western Illinois NCAA	W 87-66
03/19	Postgame	Box	H	Missouri NCAA	W 77-55
03/25	Postgame	Box	N	Oregon State NCAA, Sweet 16, Stockton, Calif.	W 66-53
03/27	Postgame	Box	N	South Carolina NCAA, Elite Eight, Stockton, Calif.	L 64-71

EOY Stats Ref

                Overall   Home    Away   Neutral
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FSU record is   28- 7    15- 3     9- 2     4- 2
vs ACC          13- 3     7- 1     6- 2     0- 0

2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Results
 1  Notre Dame           15- 1    33- 4 
 2t Florida State        13- 3    28- 7 
 2t Duke                 13- 3    28- 6 
 4t North Carolina State 12- 4    23- 8 
 4t Louisville           12- 4    29- 8 
 6  Syracuse             11- 5    22-11 
 7  Miami                10- 6    24- 9 
 8  Virginia              7- 9    20-13 
 9  Wake Forest           6-10    16-16 
10  Georgia Tech          5-11    23-14 
11t Pittsburgh            4-12    13-17 
11t Virginia Tech         4-12    20-14 
13t Clemson               3-13    15-16 
13t North Carolina        3-13    15-16 
15  Boston College        2-14     9-21

2017 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT, Conway, SC
   Date                    Score                                    Comments
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03/01/2017  (13)Clemson 67, (12)Virginia Tech 66                Round 1
03/01/2017  (10)Georgia Tech 71, (15)Boston College 67          Round 1
03/01/2017  (14)North Carolina 72, (11)Pittsburgh 60            Round 1
03/02/2017  (5)Louisville 68, (13)Clemson 46                    Round 2
03/02/2017  (8)Virginia 61, (9)Wake Forest 44                   Round 2
03/02/2017  (7)Miami 87, (10)Georgia Tech 71                    Round 2
03/02/2017  (6)Syracuse 83, (14)North Carolina 64               Round 2
03/03/2017  (5)Louisville 59, (4)North Carolina State 58        Round 3
03/03/2017  (1)Notre Dame 76, (8)Virginia 59                    Round 3
03/03/2017  (7)Miami 56, (2)Florida State 54                    Round 3
03/03/2017  (3)Duke 68, (6)Syracuse 46                          Round 3
03/04/2017  (1)Notre Dame 84, (5)Louisville 73                  Round 4
03/04/2017  (3)Duke 57, (7)Miami 52                             Round 4
03/05/2017  (1)Notre Dame 84, (3)Duke 61                        Round 5

2016-17 EOY Stats
                                               --3 Point---                            ----REBOUNDS-----
Name                 GP GS  Min FGM  FGA  PCT  FGM FGA  PCT  FTM FTA  PCT  PTS  AVG    OFF DEF  TOT  AVG  PF DQ  AST   TO  BLK  STL
===================================================================================================================================
Shakayla Thomas      33 33  824 212  429 .494    0   0 .000   67 103 .650  491 14.9     71 128  199  6.0  63  0   25   44   21   34
Leticia Romero       33 32  924 143  294 .486   56 110 .509   72  81 .889  414 12.5     35  97  132  4.0  61  1  123   72   12   47
Imani Wright         35 35  966 139  355 .392   68 180 .378   29  42 .690  375 10.7     15  63   78  2.2  59  0   43   33    2   36
Brittany Brown       35 35 1055 126  297 .424   28  87 .322   64  95 .674  344  9.8     51 144  195  5.6  56  1  170  107    2   91
Ivey Slaughter       35 35  826 118  225 .524    1  10 .100   94 118 .797  331  9.5    111 116  227  6.5  95  2   39   68   18   62
Chatrice White       35  2  640 113  213 .531    3  20 .150   81 104 .779  310  8.9     84  95  179  5.1  82  0   25   34   50   14
Ama Degbeon          34  0  383  42   70 .600    0   0 .000   30  45 .667  114  3.4     33  32   65  1.9  43  1   10   29   11   14
Maria Conde          35  3  547  42  126 .333   10  46 .217   20  26 .769  114  3.3     24  43   67  1.9  30  0   39   32    2   22
Nicki Ekhomu         32  0  422  35   95 .368    9  35 .257   30  51 .588  109  3.4     14  39   53  1.7  45  0   25   27    9   14
Kai James            22  0  152  30   54 .556    0   0 .000   14  33 .424   74  3.4     30  28   58  2.6  26  0    0   20    4    7
Nausia Woolfolk      17  0  151  14   44 .318    4  20 .200   10  17 .588   42  2.5      8  20   28  1.6  17  0   11   13    2    6
Jasmine Walker        5  0   41  11   23 .478    1   4 .250    0   2 .000   23  4.6      2   5    7  1.4   2  0    2    4    0    1
A'Tyanna Gaulden     21  0  119   7   15 .467    0   0 .000    9  14 .643   23  1.1      2  10   12  0.6  24  1   22   15    0   13
Team                                                                                    53  60  113  0.0                4
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FSU                  35        1032 2240 .461  180 512 .352  520 731 .711 2764 79.0    533 880 1413 40.4 603  6  534  502  133  361
Opp                  35         745 1928 .386  178 545 .327  371 538 .690 2039 58.3    346 747 1093 31.2 665 15  354  698  112  215

Florida State 73, Jacksonville State 62
11/11/2016, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Women's Hoops Gets Past Jacksonville State.

TALLAHASSEE, FL � Shakayla Thomas scored 16 points, Imani Wright had 13 points and nine rebounds, and No. 12 Florida State beat Jacksonville State 73-62 on Friday in a season opener for both teams.

Wright, a transfer from Baylor, gave Florida State a 19-point lead early in the fourth quarter. Jacksonville State pulled to 69-61 with 2:32 left, but Thomas answered with a basket and the Seminoles led by double figures the rest of the way.

Ivey Slaughter and Brittany Brown each added 10 points for Florida State, which has won 16 consecutive season-opening home games. Chatrice White, a transfer from Illinois, had eight points and eight rebounds. It was Slaughter's 49th career game scoring in double figures.

Florida State coach Sue Semrau started her 20th season and coached in her 600th game.

Briana Benson made six of nine 3-pointers and scored 21 points for Jacksonville State, which played against a ranked team for the first time since 2010. Gretchen Morrison added five 3-pointers and 16 points as the Gamecocks hit 13 of 25 shots from distance.

Jacksonville State missed 11 consecutive shots in the first half, but only trailed 36-34.

POST-GAME NOTES FROM FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Head Coach Sue Semrau was honored after the game with a video on the jumbotron for her 600th career game and 20th season at FSU.
The Seminoles improved to 21-1 all-time in season openers at home.
FSU stretch its non-conference home win streak to 33 consecutive games.
FSU out-scored Jacksonville State 20-6 in the third period, holding the Gamecocks to 2-of-18 (11.1 percent) in that frame.
For the 23rd time in her career, Shakayla Thomas led the Seminoles in scoring with 16 points (8-of-15).
Senior Brittany Brown led FSU with six assists while helping fill the point guard role.
The Seminoles out-scored Jacksonville State 46-8 in the paint, helped by the 10 points and nine rebounds from Ivey Slaughter. The Macon, Ga., native also led the Seminoles with three steals.
FSU is now 33-1 in its last 34 home games.
Sophomore Maria Conde�s six rebounds on Friday tied a career high she set last season vs. UAB.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
11 Maria Conde           f  24   0   3    0    2   0   0   0      1    5   6  1   2  1   0   0
12 Brittany Brown        g  32   5  11    0    1   0   0  10      0    4   4  4   6  3   0   0
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  25   8  15    0    0   0   0  16      3    3   6  2   0  0   2   0
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  22   4   9    0    0   2   2  10      3    6   9  1   0  1   1   3
32 Imani Wright          g  30   5  12    2    4   1   2  13      1    8   9  1   0  1   0   0
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          9   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    2   2  1   2  0   0   1
13 Nausia Woolfolk           5   0   1    0    0   0   0   0      1    1   2  0   0  0   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu             18   2   5    0    1   2   4   6      0    3   3  4   1  1   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon               4   1   1    0    0   0   0   2      1    0   1  1   0  1   0   1
40 Jasmine Walker            6   1   3    0    1   0   0   2      0    0   0  1   0  1   0   0
42 Kai James                 8   3   3    0    0   0   0   6      1    1   2  2   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White           17   3   8    0    1   2   2   8      3    5   8  1   1  2   1   0
   Team                                                                2   2                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  32  71    2   10   7  10  73     14   40  54 19  12 11   4   5
   Opp                     200  21  64   14   25   6  17  62      7   24  31 12  12 11   3   2

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jacksonville State	22	12	6	22	62
Florida State	19	17	20	17	73

Connecticut 78, Florida State 76
11/14/2016, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

No. 12 Noles Fall Narrowly to No. 3/1 UConn.
Florida State Women's Hoops' 3-pointer falls just short as time expires in 78-76 defeat to the Huskies.

TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Napheesa Collier had 28 points and a big block down the stretch to help No. 3 UConn open its season with a 78-76 win over No. 12 Florida State on Monday night.

Saniya Chong scored 16 points and Katie Lou Samuelson added 14 as the Huskies (1-0) extended their winning streak to 76 games, which is the third-longest streak in college basketball history.

The Seminoles trailed by 65-59, but had a chance to tie it with 13.7 seconds left when Brittany Brown was fouled on a 3-point attempt by Kia Nurse. She made the first two to get within 77-76, but missed the third. The Huskies could not secure the ball and FSU (1-1) retained possession when it went out of bounds.

Shakayla Thomas then drove the lane, but her shot was blocked by Collier. Crystal Dangerfield made the first free throw, but missed the second. Imani Wright missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Wright led Florida State (1-1) with 25 points while Brown added 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Florida State led 34-30 at halftime and led by as many as seven early in the third quarter before the four-time defending champions started chipping away.

UConn's winning streak sits only behind the team record of 90 straight set from 2008-10 and the UCLA men's record of 88 consecutive victories.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Florida State's narrow two-point loss to UConn was the Huskies' thinnest margin of victory by far during their 76-game win streak. Their previous smallest margin were 10-point wins over Notre Dame (2015 National Championship) and vs. Maryland (Dec. 28, 2015).
For the second consecutive game, FSU had four double-figure scorers in Imani Wright (25 points), Brittany Brown (16), Shakayla Thomas (14) and Ivey Slaughter (12). Those four also had double figures vs. Jacksonville State.
Brown, a senior guard, assumed point-guard duties for the second straight game with Leticia Romero out with an injury. Brown recorded her fifth double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. She also had a game-high seven assists.
Wright, who transferred from Baylor, recorded her career high as a collegiate student-athlete with 25 points. Her previous high was 18 points vs. Michigan State on Dec. 12, 2014.
Both teams combined to shoot 19-of-33 in the fourth period, which FSU outscored the Huskies 29-27 in the final frame.
FSU's 33-game non-conference win streak at home was snapped vs. the Huskies. Prior to Monday's game, FSU had not lost to a non-ACC team on its home floor since Nov. 27, 2011.
FSU is now 33-2 over its last 35 home games.
Ivey Slaughter became the 12th Seminole to record 700+ rebounds in a career, now having 701 boards. She finished with seven rebounds.
The Seminoles totaled 11 assists to just nine turnovers against UConn. It was FSU's lowest amount of turnovers since recording just eight turnovers vs. Miami on March 8, 2013, in the ACC Tournament.
FSU out-scored UConn 16-11 in points off turnovers, forcing 17 turnovers.
The Seminoles registered 12 fast-break points to UConn's seven.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
11 Maria Conde           f  23   0   5    0    2   0   0   0      2    1   3  2   1  2   0   1
12 Brittany Brown        g  36   5  12    2    3   4   6  16      4    6  10  1   7  4   0   3
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  26   5  11    0    0   4   7  14      2    5   7  3   0  0   1   1
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  34   4  10    0    0   4   4  12      3    4   7  2   1  1   0   1
32 Imani Wright          g  33   8  22    3   11   6   6  25      2    3   5  3   0  1   0   4
24 Nicki Ekhomu             24   1   5    0    2   1   1   3      0    2   2  2   1  0   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon               2   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  0   1   0
42 Kai James                 3   0   1    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  2   0  1   0   0
50 Chatrice White           19   3   6    0    1   0   0   6      1    0   1  4   1  0   1   0
   Team                                                           2    1   3                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  26  72    5   19  19  24  76     16   22  38 19  11  9   3  10
   Opp                     200  28  57    6   16  16  21  78      8   30  38 21  20 17   4   4

	1	2	3	4	Total
Connecticut	16	14	21	27	78
Florida State	17	17	13	29	76

Florida State 90, Jacksonville 47
11/17/2016, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

No. 12 Florida State Breezes Past Jacksonville.
Seminole Women's Basketball shoots 58.2 percent from the floor in a 90-47 win over the Dolphins on Thursday night.

TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Shakayla Thomas had 15 of her 20 points in the first half and No. 12 Florida State rolled to a 90-47 win over Jacksonville on Thursday night.

The Seminoles (2-1) led 12-2 midway through the first quarter and hit their last eight shots to make it 29-13. Ivey Slaughter made it nine straight to start the second quarter, and Florida State led 46-22 at the half.

Florida State, which lost 78-76 to UConn on Monday, made 8 of 11 shots in the third quarter to push the lead to 74-38.

The Seminoles also got 10 points apiece from Imani Wright and Chatrice White. They ended up at 58 percent (32 of 55), making 7 of 10 behind the arc, which was better than the 19 of 34 from the foul line (56 percent).

Sherranda Reddick had 17 points for the Dolphins (2-1).

Since the 2012-13 season, FSU is 23-3 against teams from Florida.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Junior forward Shakayla Thomas' 20 points was the ninth 20+ point outing of her career. The previous eight all came as a sophomore.
Thomas' 20 points came in 20 minutes of action, and marked her 54th career double-figure scoring game.
FSU shot 58.2 percent from the floor (32-of-55). Last year against Jacksonville it shot 55.8 percent (29-of-52).
Three key categories where the Seminoles blew the game open were in points in the paint (40-12), fast-break points (14-4) and bench points (39-9). It was FSU's most bench points since scoring 41 at Wake Forest on Jan. 28, 2016.
In the second (2-of-13) and fourth periods (2-of-12), the Seminoles combined to hold Jacksonville to 4-of-25 shooting (16 percent).
In the first (29 points) and third (28 points) periods, the Seminoles combined for 57 points.
In senior point guard Leticia Romero's first game back from injury, she recorded nine points, six assists and one steal in 18 minutes off the bench.
Jacksonville senior forward Kimberly Dawkins entered tonight's contest second nationally with 15 rebounds per game. She totaled just four along with four points and four personal fouls.
FSU is now 1-1 vs. reigning NCAA Tournament teams from last season after defeating the Atlantic Sun champion Dolphins.
FSU is 6-0 vs. Jacksonville and has defeated them in four consecutive years. The 43-point margin of victory is FSU's second-most in the series, trailing its 46-point win (97-51) in the first meeting on Dec. 7, 2001.
The Seminoles' 70 percent shooting (7-of-10) from beyond the arc ties for their seventh-highest single-game 3-point field goal percentage in program history.
Sophomore forward Maria Conde's four assists tie her career high.
Redshirt junior forward Imani Wright's 10 points give her double figures in all three of her games as a Seminole.
Freshman guard Nausia Woolfolk (four points) and Conde (six points) each recorded their first points of the season on Thursday.
Junior center Chatrice White amassed her first double-figure scoring performance with the Seminoles, totaling 10 points in 16 minutes.
Since the 2012-13, the Seminoles are 47-7 in non-conference regular season games.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
11 Maria Conde           f  16   2   3    2    3   0   0   6      0    2   2  2   4  3   0   1
12 Brittany Brown        g  20   2   6    1    2   3   8   8      1    5   6  1   4  2   0   3
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  20   8  10    0    0   4   6  20      1    0   1  0   0  2   0   0
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  16   3   4    0    0   1   2   7      4    3   7  1   2  0   0   3
32 Imani Wright          g  18   4   5    2    2   0   1  10      0    1   1  1   0  0   0   0
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden         12   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    2   2  3   1  3   0   0
10 Leticia Romero           18   2   4    1    1   4   4   9      0    1   1  2   6  2   0   1
13 Nausia Woolfolk          13   2   4    0    1   0   0   4      1    3   4  2   1  0   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu             20   0   3    0    0   2   6   2      0    5   5  2   2  0   1   1
25 Ama Degbeon              10   2   3    0    0   1   2   5      1    2   3  2   0  1   1   1
40 Jasmine Walker           12   3   6    1    1   0   0   7      0    1   1  0   0  1   0   0
42 Kai James                 9   1   4    0    0   0   0   2      1    1   2  0   0  1   0   0
50 Chatrice White           16   3   3    0    0   4   5  10      3    1   4  4   1  1   2   0
   Team                                                           2    2   4                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  32  55    7   10  19  34  90     14   29  43 20  21 16   4  10
   Opp                     200  16  54    6   24   9  20  47     14   17  31 26   8 24   3   7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jacksonville	13	9	16	9	47
Florida State	29	17	28	16	90

Florida State 84, James Madison 64
11/20/2016, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

No. 12 Florida State Takes Down James Madison.
Florida State Women's Basketball defeats its second consecutive NCAA Tournament team, winning 84-64.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Shakayla Thomas had 17 points and seven rebounds, Chatrice White added 16 points and No. 12 Florida State beat James Madison 84-64 on Sunday.

Senior guard Brittany Brown had nine points, eight rebounds, six assists and four steals for Florida State (3-1). She went over 300 career assists to become the only Seminole to amass 500 rebounds, 300 assists and 200 steals.

Leticia Romero added 13 points for Florida State, which made 21 of 24 free-throw attempts. The Seminoles led 48-25 at halftime and cruised.

Precious Hall, who entered averaging 26.7 points per game, made just 8 of 28 shots and scored 27 points for James Madison (2-2). Hall hit 4 of 11 3-pointers and Amber Porter added 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting.

James Madison, the reigning Colonial Athletic Association champion, is the third 2015-16 NCAA Tournament team that the Seminoles have faced this season.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Brittany Brown's milestone moment came on the first possession of the third period when she dished an assist to Leticia Romero - Brown became the first Seminole to amass 500+ rebounds, 300+ assists and 200+ steals in a career.
Florida State's win over James Madison is the second straight victory over a 2016 NCAA Tournament Team. FSU defeated Jacksonville 90-47 on Thursday night.
Coming in with the nation's third-best scoring average, JMU guard Precious Hall recorded 27 points on 28 shots (9-of-28) while committing five turnovers. Hall attended high school at Maclay.
FSU registered 33 bench points in Sunday's contest - headlined by a season-high 16 points from junior center Chatrice White and nine points from sophomore forward Maria Conde.
Senior point guard Leticia Romero made her first start of the season following injury - Sunday's starters included Romero (1), Brown (2), Imani Wright (3), Shakayla Thomas (4) and Ivey Slaughter (5).
Brown's final sheet was a stat stuffer: nine points, eight rebounds, six assists and four steals in 29 minutes.
FSU shot 21-of-24 from the free throw line, equivalent to 87.5 percent. James Madison went 9-of-11.
The Seminoles were aided by another fast start, outscoring JMU 26-10 in the first period after out-scoring Jacksonville 29-13 in the previous game.
For the third time in four games this season, Shakayla Thomas led FSU in points with 17 (7-of-14) while adding seven rebounds. She has led the Seminoles in scoring in 25 games of her career.
Thomas' seven baskets gives her 416 made field goals for her career, tying Chasity Clayton (2010-13) for 24th in school history.
In four games against quality competition, the Seminoles have yet to be out-rebounded. FSU registered 39 boards compared to JMU's 35.
Conde's six free throws made ties her career high set last season vs. Tulane.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  30   5  10    1    3   2   2  13      1    3   4  2   3  4   0   0
12 Brittany Brown        g  29   3   5    1    3   2   3   9      2    6   8  2   6  2   0   4
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  28   7  14    0    0   3   3  17      3    4   7  2   1  1   1   0
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  15   3   4    0    0   0   0   6      0    1   1  3   1  0   0   1
32 Imani Wright          g  27   3   6    0    3   0   0   6      0    1   1  1   0  0   0   1
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          4   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
11 Maria Conde              14   1   7    1    4   6   7   9      1    3   4  0   1  1   0   0
13 Nausia Woolfolk           5   0   1    0    0   0   0   0      1    1   2  0   0  0   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu             11   2   3    1    1   2   2   7      0    1   1  2   1  2   1   1
25 Ama Degbeon               5   0   0    0    0   1   2   1      0    0   0  1   0  2   0   0
40 Jasmine Walker            7   0   3    0    1   0   0   0      1    2   3  0   0  1   0   0
42 Kai James                 3   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    1   1  0   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White           22   5  10    1    2   5   5  16      1    3   4  3   2  2   1   0
   Team                                                           1    2   3                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  29  63    5   17  21  24  84     11   28  39 16  15 15   3   7
   Opp                     200  24  63    7   22   9  11  64     13   22  35 17   9 16   2   6

	1	2	3	4	Total
James Madison	10	15	19	20	64
Florida State	26	22	20	16	84

Florida State 98, Winthrop 35
11/24/2016, Paradise Jam, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Florida State Women�s Hoops Throttles Winthrop at Paradise Jam.
No. 10/9 Seminoles defeat the Eagles 98-35 in their opener in the Virgin Islands.

ST. THOMAS, VI � Leticia Romero scored 17 points, and No. 10 Florida State put Winthrop away early Thursday during a 98-35 victory in the Paradise Jam tournament.

Jasmine Walker added 14 points, Ivey Slaughter 13 and Nicole Ekhomu 11 for the Seminoles (4-1), who had 12 players score en route to their most-dominating win this season.

Florida State shot 61.5 percent from the field (40 of 65), while its defense held the Eagles (1-4) to 34.1 percent (14 of 41) and forced them into a season-worst 34 turnovers.

Behind the turnovers, the Seminoles, who had just 12 turnovers, outscored Winthrop 40-10, as well as had a 33-12 advantage in fast-break points. They also outrebounded the Eagles 33-25.

Erica Williams scored 12 points for Winthrop, which trailed 30-13 by the end of the first quarter and 53-16 at the halftime break.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Florida State�s 98 points scored marked a tournament record for the Paradise Jam.
FSU�s 62-point win was the sixth-largest victory in program history.
Four Seminoles scored in double figures, include Romero (17), Walker (14), Ivey Slaughter (13) and Nicki Ekhomu (11).
The Seminoles generated enormous numbers in several specialty categories: 58 points in the paint, 40 points off turnovers, 33 fast-break points and 47 bench points.
A few career highs were established for the freshmen players: A�Tyanna Gaulden had eight assists, Ekhomu posted 11 points and Walker generated 14 points on 7-of-11 shooting.
FSU generated season highs in points, field goals made (40), shooting percentage (61.5 percent), assists (26) and steals (18).
Florida State out-scored Winthrop 23-3 in the second period, its lowest amount of points allowed in a period this season.
FSU has generated a positive assist/turnover ratio in all five games, finishing with 26/12 on Thursday night.
The Seminoles improve to 13-6 overall in Caribbean tournaments, with the Paradise Jam marking their eighth tournament played.
FSU averaged 1.3 points per possession vs. Winthrop, scoring on 47 of its 75 possessions (62.7 percent).
Junior forward Shakayla Thomas surpassed former players Glenda Stokes, Lorraine Rimson and Lysa Moorefield for 21st on the FSU career field goals made list.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  15   7   7    3    3   0   0  17      0    5   5  1   4  1   0   3
12 Brittany Brown        g  16   1   2    0    0   4   4   6      0    3   3  0   5  2   0   3
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  13   4   9    0    0   0   1   8      2    2   4  0   1  0   1   0
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  14   5   5    1    1   2   2  13      1    1   2  1   0  1   0   1
32 Imani Wright          g  14   3   5    0    0   1   2   7      0    0   0  0   2  0   0   1
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden         16   1   2    0    0   1   2   3      1    1   2  2   8  1   0   3
11 Maria Conde              17   3   6    1    3   0   0   7      1    0   1  0   0  0   0   2
13 Nausia Woolfolk          18   1   2    0    0   3   4   5      0    1   1  4   2  0   0   1
24 Nicki Ekhomu             23   5   9    0    2   1   2  11      0    2   2  2   1  3   1   1
25 Ama Degbeon              13   1   3    0    0   0   0   2      0    1   1  1   0  1   0   1
40 Jasmine Walker           15   7  11    0    1   0   2  14      1    2   3  1   2  1   0   1
42 Kai James                15   1   1    0    0   1   2   3      0    0   0  2   0  2   1   1
50 Chatrice White           11   1   3    0    0   0   0   2      2    1   3  2   1  0   0   0
   Team                                                           5    1   6                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  40  65    5   10  13  21  98     13   20  33 16  26 12   3  18
   Opp                     200  14  41    2   11   5   7  35      8   17  25 20   7 34   2   6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	30	23	27	18	98
Winthrop	13	3	7	12	35

Florida State 87, Gonzaga 69
11/25/2016, Paradise Jam, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Romero's 25 Leads No. 10/9 Florida State Past No. 25 Gonzaga.
Senior point guard Leticia Romero scores career-best 25 points in 87-69 win over the Bulldogs at the Paradise Jam.

ST. THOMAS, VI - Leticia Romero's career night helped Florida State beat its first ranked opponent of the season.

Romero scored a career-high 25 points, and the No. 10 Seminoles used a big first-quarter run to pull away from No. 25 Gonzaga for an 87-69 victory Friday in the Paradise Jam tournament.

Imani Wright added 15 points, Shakayla Thomas 14 and Brittany Brown 11 for the Seminoles (5-1), who led 27-14 after the first quarter and went up by as many as 19 points in the fourth period.

"It's a Top 25 opponent, that's always a big deal," Florida State coach Sue Semrau said. "We just disrupted a lot of what they were trying to do. I hope that gives us a lot of confidence. We still didn't quite play our best, so knowing that gives me hope that we can continue to get better."

Jill Barta scored 20 points for the Bulldogs (3-2), who were forced into 21 turnovers by Florida State's defense. That gave the Seminoles a 24-17 advantage in points off turnovers.

"That's the second night in a row that we've struggled to defend the 3 and the 2," Gonzaga coach Lisa Fortier said. "And we didn't shoot particularly well ourselves. We didn't handle their pressure well. It's tough to overcome those things against really good teams."

Wright scored 10 points during Florida State's 17-6 run to open the game, which gave the Seminoles their first double-digit lead. She kicked off the run with a layup, then ended it with back-to-back 3-pointers at the 5:10 mark.

Florida State took its biggest lead with less than a minute remaining in the fourth quarter, when Nausia Woolfolk hit a reverse layup to put the Seminoles ahead 87-66 with 37 seconds left.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Florida State's AP Top 25 win over Gonzaga was the 33rd nationally-ranked win for head coach Sue Semrau and the 46th in program history.
Senior point guard Leticia Romero established a career high in points (25) while tying her career high with 10 field goals made. Romero's 20+ point performance was the third of her FSU career.
Senior forward Ivey Slaughter added four rebounds to go along with her nine points. The Macon, Ga., native is now 10th on the FSU career list with 715 rebounds, and her 994 career points puts her six shy of 1,000. She is looking to become the 32nd Seminole with 1,000 career points.
Senior Brittany Brown tied her season high with seven assists while adding 11 points, her 40th double-figure scoring performance at FSU.
Redshirt junior guard Imani Wright sparked the Seminoles with 13 of her 15 points in the first half. She entered the game with two assists and recorded three vs. Gonzaga.
Junior forward Shakayla Thomas added 14 points and seven rebounds, with her numbers on the glass tying a season high.
FSU out-scored Gonzaga 45-35 in the second half, boosted by a fourth period where the Seminoles shot 9-of-13 (69.2 percent) from the floor. For the game, FSU shot 53.7 percent (36-of-67), its third game shooting above 50 percent this season.
The Seminoles tied a season high with seven 3-pointers, going 7-of-13 (53.8 percent) on the night. Romero (3-of-4) and Wright (3-of-5) combined for six of the seven triples.
FSU recorded 12 fast break points vs. Gonzaga, exceeding 10+ in all six of its games this season.
The Seminoles out-rebounded Gonzaga 32-28, continuing their trend of not losing the rebounding battle this season.
Florida State's last two AP Top 25 wins have been by 18-point margins, including a 74-56 win over No. 18 Texas A&M in last year's NCAA Second Round.
Over the last four games, FSU has outscored its opponents 112-50 in the first period.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  33  10  14    3    4   2   2  25      0    2   2  1   2  1   1   1
12 Brittany Brown        g  31   5   8    1    3   0   0  11      1    4   5  3   7  5   0   3
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  32   6  14    0    0   2   3  14      3    4   7  3   2  0   2   2
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  24   3   6    0    0   3   3   9      4    0   4  4   0  1   0   1
32 Imani Wright          g  23   6  11    3    5   0   0  15      0    1   1  1   3  2   0   1
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          1   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  1   0   0
11 Maria Conde              19   3   7    0    1   1   1   7      2    1   3  3   0  1   0   0
13 Nausia Woolfolk           4   1   2    0    0   0   0   2      0    0   0  1   0  0   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu              8   1   2    0    0   0   0   2      0    1   1  1   2  2   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon              11   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    2   2  1   0  1   0   0
40 Jasmine Walker            1   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
42 Kai James                 1   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White           12   1   3    0    0   0   0   2      1    1   2  4   0  3   0   1
   Team                                                           3    2   5                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  36  67    7   13   8   9  87     14   18  32 22  16 17   3   9
   Opp                     200  23  54    6   24  17  23  69     14   14  28 19   9 21   5   6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	27	15	20	25	87
Gonzaga	14	20	15	20	69

Florida State 76, Michigan 62
11/26/2016, Paradise Jam, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Florida State Women's Basketball Wins Paradise Jam.
Leticia Romero earns tournament MVP while Shakayla Thomas makes all-tournament team following 76-62 win over Michigan.

ST. THOMAS, VI - Shakayla Thomas picked the right time to come up with her first double-double of the season.

Thomas had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 10 Florida State pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Michigan 76-62 on Saturday in the final day of the Paradise Jam tournament.

Imani Wright added 19 points, Ivey Slaughter had 15 and Leticia Romero 10 for the Seminoles (6-1), who won their third straight game.

"We just had to come together as a team, and keep the momentum," Thomas said after her sixth career double-double. "It was all about our momentum. We had it on the court, and all about staying positive. Even when we got down, we just got back on defense and started working."

Katelynn Flaherty scored 18 points, Kysre Gondrezick added 17 and Hallie Thome 13 for the Wolverines (6-1), who fell behind in the second quarter but stayed close until the Seminoles opened the fourth quarter with a 16-8 run.

"They're a really tough team to guard," Florida State coach Sue Semrau said. "But we did a great job of fighting through the fatigue. We did a much better job of rebounding the ball. Shakayla rebounded the heck out of the ball."

Thomas' layup with 2:54 left capped the run, putting Florida State up 69-56.

"We just went on a scoring drought," Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico said. "I don't know if we got worn down a little bit or what. We started to press a little bit and started to force things instead of sharing the ball. We were in a great spot, we just didn't come out the way we needed to."

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Senior forward Ivey Slaughter and junior forward Shakayla Thomas became the 32nd and 33rd Seminoles to surpass 1,000 points. Slaughter now has 1,009 career points while Thomas has 1,002.
Florida State won its second Paradise Jam title and its fifth championship at a tournament located in the Caribbean.
Michigan entered Saturday's contest averaging 89.5 points while shooting 52.8 percent overall and 44.9 percent from long range. The Wolverines scored a season-low 62 points, shot 44.4 percent from the floor but did go 8-of-16 from long range.
Senior point guard Leticia Romero was named tournament MVP, finishing with 17.3 points while shooting a tournament-record 70.4 percent (19-of-27) from the floor. Thomas was added to the Paradise Jam All-Tournament Team as well.
Thomas' 19 points and 11 rebounds marked the sixth double-double of her career.
Redshirt junior guard Imani Wright was enormous with 19 points, including four 3-point field goals. She shot 7-of-11 from beyond the arc in her three games at the Paradise Jam.
Senior guard Brittany Brown had three steals to boost her career total to 251. She is third all-time at FSU, trailing second-place Tia Paschal by 18 (269) and all-time leader Alicia "Ice" Gladden by 24 (275).
FSU's offense executed well once again down the stretch, shooting 60 percent (6-of-10) in the fourth period. Michigan shot 5-of-14 (35.7 percent) in the final 10 minutes.
FSU has won four consecutive games against Big Ten opponents, and faces another team from the conference in Minnesota in next week's ACC/Big Ten Challenge. FSU and the Golden Gophers play in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. ET on the Big Ten Network.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  36   2   6    2    3   4   4  10      0    4   4  3   2  2   0   1
12 Brittany Brown        g  37   1   5    0    1   1   2   3      0    2   2  3   7  3   0   6
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  31   7  12    0    0   5   8  19      3    8  11  3   0  3   2   1
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  31   3   7    0    0   9  11  15      3    4   7  3   2  1   1   1
32 Imani Wright          g  36   6  12    4    6   3   4  19      0    1   1  1   0  1   0   0
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          0   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    1   1  0   0  0   0   0
11 Maria Conde               4   0   1    0    1   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
13 Nausia Woolfolk           2   1   1    1    1   1   2   4      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu              6   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  2   0  0   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon               1   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White           16   2   4    0    0   2   3   6      1    2   3  0   0  0   0   0
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  22  48    7   12  25  34  76      7   22  29 15  11 10   3   9
   Opp                     200  24  54    8   16   6  11  62      7   24  31 25  13 17   3   4

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	15	17	21	23	76
Michigan	14	14	20	14	62

Florida State 75, Minnesota 61
11/30/2016, ACC/B1G Challenge, Minneapolis, Minn.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

No. 8 Florida State Wins Fifth Consecutive ACC/Big Ten Challenge Game.
A hot shooting start helps Seminole Women's Hoops to a 75-61 road win over Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Nicole Ekhomu scored 16 points and Ivey Slaughter had 14 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 8 Florida State beat Minnesota 75-61 on Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Center Chatrice White added 13 points and seven rebounds for the Seminoles (7-1). They have won their six straight.

Florida State outrebounded Minnesota 51-32, including 23 offensive rebounds - leading to 18 second-chance points.

Kenisha Bell scored 17 points and Carlie Wagner added 15 for the Gophers (4-3). They have lost three in a row.

The Seminoles used a 12-2 run at the start of the second quarter to open up a 42-19 lead, their biggest of the night.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Freshman guard Nicole Ekhomu finished with a career-high 16 points on 6-of-6 shooting, including 3-of-3 from beyond the arc, while adding two blocks.
Junior forward Shakayla Thomas' three blocked shots are a season high.
Senior forward Ivey Slaughter recorded her 20th career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Slaughter's 14 points marked her 53rd double-figure game of her career.
FSU's eight 3-point field goals made are a season high.
FSU generated 18 points off offensive rebounds and out-scored Minnesota 37-20 off the bench.
Junior center Chatrice White finished with 13 points and eight rebounds. She has recorded double-figure point totals in all three of her games against Minnesota, averaging 17.5 points and 10 rebounds coming in.
Redshirt junior guard Imani Wright's 11 points marked her sixth double-figure game of the season.
The Seminoles improve to 8-2 all-time in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, currently the best record among active ACC programs.
FSU's victory over Minnesota marked its second straight game winning against a Big Ten opponent after defeating Michigan, 76-62, in the Paradise Jam Championship.
FSU has defeated multiple Big Ten schools in one season for the second time in program history. The other year was the 2007-08 year.
FSU is now 4-1 on the road in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
The Seminoles' 56 points at halftime were a season high.
FSU made seven 3-point field goals in the first half to tie its season high.
Florida State jetted out to a 30-17 first period lead, tying its season high for points in the opening period.
Despite finishing the game at 42 percent shooting, FSU was bolstered by a huge first half where it shot 67.6 percent (21-of-31) from the floor.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  17   0   3    0    1   0   0   0      2    3   5  4   5  1   0   0
12 Brittany Brown        g  33   2   9    1    4   2   2   7      3    6   9  2   3  4   0   2
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  23   3  11    0    0   0   1   6      1    4   5  1   2  3   3   0
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  28   5  10    0    1   4   5  14      7    3  10  3   2  3   1   1
32 Imani Wright          g  17   4  10    3    8   0   0  11      0    0   0  4   1  0   0   0
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          1   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
11 Maria Conde              18   3   6    1    2   0   0   7      1    2   3  0   1  1   1   0
13 Nausia Woolfolk           7   0   2    0    1   0   0   0      0    2   2  2   2  1   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu             27   6   6    3    3   1   1  16      1    3   4  1   2  3   2   1
25 Ama Degbeon               9   0   0    0    0   1   2   1      2    0   2  0   0  0   2   1
42 Kai James                 2   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  1   0  2   0   1
50 Chatrice White           18   6  12    0    0   1   3  13      3    5   8  4   1  1   2   2
   Team                                                           3        3         1        
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  29  69    8   20   9  14  75     23   28  51 22  19 20  11   8
   Opp                     200  19  56    5   18  18  27  61     11   21  32 19   7 15   3  10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	30	26	17	2	75
Minnesota	17	21	15	8	61

Florida State 90, Western Carolina 41
12/04/2016, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

No. 8 FSU Women's Basketball Routs Western Carolina.
The Seminoles record four double-figure scorers for the seventh time this season in a 90-41 win over the Catamounts.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Shakayla Thomas scored 18 points as eighth-ranked Florida State cruised to a 90-41 victory over Western Carolina on Sunday.

The junior forward was one of four to score in double figures for the Seminoles (8-1), who have won seven straight. Leticia Romero scored 16 points while Ivey Slaughter added 14 and Chatrice White had 10.

Florida State scored the first 10 points of the game as Western Carolina missed its first five shots and committed six turnovers before getting its first basket on an Emily Hatfield jumper with 3:42 remaining in the first.

The Seminoles, who have won by an average of 31.7 points during their winning streak, led by as many as 52 points midway through the third quarter.

Lauren LaPlant and Hatfield each had 12 points for the Catamounts (3-7), who shot 26 percent from the field.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Shakayla Thomas (9-of-13), Ivey Slaughter (5-of-7) and Leticia Romero (7-of-11) combined to go 21-of-31 from the floor, accounting for nearly half of FSU's field goal attempts.
The Seminoles held WCU to four points in the first period and eight points in the second frame. FSU has now recorded eight periods this year where it has held opponents to under 10 points. Its four points allowed in the first is the second-lowest surrendered this season (3 by Winthrop).
FSU's 54 points in the paint is its second time recording 50+ this season, scoring 58 in a 98-35 win over Winthrop on Thanksgiving Day.
The Seminoles are now averaging 27.7 bench points per game after totaling 37 on Sunday. FSU has posted five games of 33 bench points or more this season.
Junior center Ama Degbeon's seven rebounds more than doubled her career high. Senior center Kai James tied her career high with nine boards, doing so for the fourth time.
FSU's 22-4 lead in the first period opened the gap even further for itself in the first frame, now holding a 215-123 advantage.
The Seminoles had four players score in double figures for the seventh time this season, led by Thomas (18), Romero (16), Slaughter (14) and Chatrice White (10).
Thomas' nine made field goals are a season high, eclipsing eight made field goals.
Romero's four steals marked a season high.
Guard Brittany Brown finished with five points, seven rebounds and five assists. She has four games this season where she has recorded at least five boards and five dimes.
Freshman guard Nausia Woolfolk delivered seven points in 17 minutes, earning a career high in points scored.
FSU's 51.5 percent shooting from the field was its fourth game this season shooting 50 percent or better.
The Seminoles now lead Western Carolina 5-0 in the all-time series, and have defeated a program from North Carolina for the sixth straight time.
FSU now has a seven-game win streak, marking its eighth time recording a win streak of seven games or longer since the 2012-13 season.
The Seminoles improve to 20-12 all-time against Southern Conference schools, having won 15 consecutive games vs. the SoCon.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  21   7  11    1    4   1   2  16      0    2   2  0   3  3   1   4
12 Brittany Brown        g  22   2   4    1    2   0   0   5      2    5   7  1   5  1   1   2
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  21   9  13    0    0   0   1  18      2    4   6  1   0  1   1   0
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  15   5   7    0    0   4   4  14      2    2   4  4   1  3   0   1
32 Imani Wright          g  17   0   4    0    1   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   1  0   0   2
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden         10   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      1    0   1  2   1  1   0   1
11 Maria Conde              18   1   4    0    2   0   0   2      0    2   2  0   2  0   0   1
13 Nausia Woolfolk          17   2   5    1    3   2   4   7      2    0   2  0   0  1   0   1
24 Nicki Ekhomu             15   1   4    0    1   4   6   6      0    2   2  2   2  0   0   2
25 Ama Degbeon              14   3   5    0    0   0   0   6      4    3   7  3   0  3   0   1
42 Kai James                14   3   7    0    0   0   0   6      6    3   9  1   0  1   1   1
50 Chatrice White           16   2   4    0    0   6   9  10      4    1   5  4   0  3   1   1
   Team                                                           1    3   4                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  35  68    3   13  17  26  90     24   27  51 18  15 17   5  17
   Opp                     200  13  50    6   16   9  12  41     10   13  23 21   7 28   2   6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Western Carolina	4	8	12	17	41
Florida State	22	30	17	21	90

Florida State 83, Florida 58
12/08/2016, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

No. 7 Noles Throttle No. 23 Gators.
Florida State Women�s Basketball�s 83-58 win is the fourth-largest margin of victory by FSU in the long-running series.

TALLAHASSEE, FL � Leticia Romero scored 21 points and No. 7 Florida State beat No. 23 Florida 83-58 on Thursday night for its eighth straight victory.

Shakayla Thomas added 16 points for the Seminoles (9-1), and Ivey Slaughter had 13 points and 10 rebounds for her 20th career double-double. Florida State has won four of its last five meetings in the in-state rivalry.

Ronni Williams led the Gators (6-3) with 20 points. It was Florida's second loss to a ranked team in five days, with both coming on the road.

A big key to Florida State's win was rebounding as it enjoyed a 45-35 edge on the glass and a 19-2 advantage in second-chance points.

The 25-point win is the fourth-largest margin that the Seminoles have defeated the Gators.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Over FSU�s last three home games vs. Florida, it has combined to outscore the Gators 258-176. FSU�s 98-67 win in 2012 is the second-largest margin of victory for the Seminoles in the series. Its 77-51 win in 2014 is the third-largest, and Thursday�s 83-58 win is the fourth-largest.
The Seminoles have defeated the Gators 10 times in the last 14 meetings, including six of the last eight meetings.
FSU moves to 24-3 against Sunshine State opponents since the 2012-13 season.
The AP Top 25 win for FSU was its second of the season, already matching last year�s regular season total. It was head coach Sue Semrau�s 34th AP Top 25 win and the program�s 47th, including its 33rd at home.
Senior forward Ivey Slaughter totaled 13 points and 10 rebounds, her second double-double of the season and the 20th of her career. The Macon, Ga., native is now in sole possession of eighth on the FSU career double-double list.
Slaughter added a career-high tying six steals, the second time she has reached that number.
Senior guard Leticia Romero produced 21 points on 7-of-14 shooting along with four assists, three steals, six boards and just two turnovers. It is her fourth career 20-point game, but the second of the season. It is the first time she has recorded multiple 20-point games in a season.
Senior guard Brittany Brown finished with seven assists to five turnovers after ending the first half with one assist to four turnovers. She added 13 points and collected five steals, giving her 260 for her career.
FSU finished with five double-figure performers, a season high. They included Romero (21), junior forward Shakayla Thomas (16), Slaughter (13), Brown (13) and redshirt junior guard Imani Wright (12).
Entering the game eighth nationally with 138 free throws made, FSU went 23-of-32 from the charity stripe (71.9 percent). The Seminoles came in 11th in the country in free throw attempts.
The Seminoles damaged UF in two major areas on Thursday: second-chance points (19-2) and points off turnovers (25-12).
FSU�s strong defensive play forced the Gators into 27 turnovers compared to 10 assists.
The ACC is now 4-2 this season against ranked SEC teams.
42 combined personal fouls and 45 turnovers highlighted what was a very physical game.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  28   7  14    2    4   5   6  21      2    4   6  3   4  2   0   3
12 Brittany Brown        g  34   3   7    1    4   6   9  13      2    4   6  2   7  5   0   5
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  29   6  13    0    0   4   4  16      0    5   5  3   0  4   0   2
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  34   5   9    0    0   3   4  13      5    5  10  3   1  1   0   6
32 Imani Wright          g  36   3  13    3    9   3   5  12      1    3   4  2   4  3   0   1
11 Maria Conde               8   1   3    0    0   0   0   2      1    2   3  0   0  0   0   1
24 Nicki Ekhomu              8   0   2    0    1   0   0   0      1    0   1  3   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White           23   2   6    0    0   2   4   6      5    3   8  2   0  3   1   0
   Team                                                                2   2                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  27  67    6   18  23  32  83     17   28  45 18  16 18   1  18
   Opp                     200  24  59    3   11   7  14  58      9   26  35 24  10 27   2   6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	15	14	14	15	58
Florida State	22	17	18	26	83

Florida State 93, Alabama-Birmingham 47
12/10/2016, Birmingham, Ala.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

No. 7 Florida State Women's Hoops Blazes Past UAB.
The Seminoles defeat UAB on the road, 93-47, behind a roaring 60-point first half on Saturday afternoon in Birmingham.

BIRMINGHAM, AL - Brittany Brown scored 17 points on 7 of 11 shooting, and No. 7 Florida State routed UAB 93-47 on Saturday.

The Seminoles (10-1) broke to 11-0 lead and went up 20-2 after six minutes. In addition to Brown, the Seminoles were backed by Ivey Slaughter and Shakayla Thomas with 15 points each and Chatrice White with 10.

The Seminoles had 60 points in the first half. They dominated the boards, outrebounding UAB 49-20 for the game. Six players with had at least five boards.

UAB (4-4) shot just 27 percent in the first half and no player finished in double-digit scoring. Rachael Childress had nine points.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

In her return to her home state of Alabama, junior forward Shakayla Thomas' 15 points was her 60th double-figure points game of her career and the ninth of the season.
Senior Brittany Brown's 17 points are a season high, while her three triples (3-of-4) ties her career high. It was her fifth game with three 3-point field goals.
Senior point guard Leticia Romero recorded three blocked shots, marking a career high.
FSU's 93 points scored is the fourth time already the Seminoles have hit above the 90-point mark. Their season high is 98 in a 98-35 win over Winthrop.
Florida State out-rebounded UAB 49-20. Its +29 rebounding differential is its largest of the season.
Romero's assist to freshman Nausia Woolfolk in the fourth period marked her 300th career assist. Romero reached the milestone in her 63rd career game, the second-fastest in program history behind Cheetah Delgado (57 games).
Saturday's game was the 13th all-time meeting with UAB. FSU now owns an 8-5 edge in the series.
The Seminoles win over the Blazers gives them a nine-game win streak.
Saturday's matchup was FSU's first visit to UAB since Dec. 20, 2007, when it defeated the Blazers 66-52.
FSU has held a lead of 21 points or more in eight of its last nine games played.
Florida State led 60-23 at halftime, its most points at the half this season. It was the fourth time this season the Seminoles scored 50+ heading into the break.
FSU shot 12-of-12 in the first half from the charity stripe. The Seminoles finished 16-of-18 in the game.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  24   1   6    0    3   5   5   7      1    4   5  1   6  1   3   0
12 Brittany Brown        g  21   7  11    3    4   0   0  17      0    5   5  2   2  3   0   2
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  23   6  12    0    0   3   3  15      4    2   6  1   3  1   0   2
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  20   6   9    0    0   3   3  15      4    2   6  2   1  1   1   1
32 Imani Wright          g  17   0   4    0    2   0   0   0      1    0   1  2   1  2   0   1
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          4   1   1    0    0   0   1   2      0    0   0  1   0  1   0   1
11 Maria Conde              20   1   2    0    1   2   2   4      4    2   6  0   3  4   0   1
13 Nausia Woolfolk          17   3   8    2    6   0   0   8      1    1   2  2   3  1   0   1
24 Nicki Ekhomu             18   2   4    0    2   0   0   4      2    1   3  3   0  0   1   3
25 Ama Degbeon              13   2   2    0    0   1   2   5      1    0   1  1   1  1   0   0
42 Kai James                 5   3   7    0    0   0   0   6      2    2   4  2   0  0   1   0
50 Chatrice White           18   4   7    0    0   2   2  10      3    2   5  1   1  2   0   0
   Team                                                           1    4   5                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  36  73    5   18  16  18  93     24   25  49 18  21 17   6  12
   Opp                     200  14  44    4   19  15  22  47      6   14  20 15  10 22   1  13

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	28	32	14	19	93
Alabama-Birmingham	10	13	11	13	47

Florida State 95, North Florida 39
12/19/2016, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Florida State Takes Down Ospreys.
No. 7 Women's Basketball gets five players in double figures and defeats UNF 95-39.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Leticia Romero scored 22 points, helping No. 7 Florida State roll to a 95-39 victory over North Florida on Monday.

Florida State had five players score in double figures, led by Romero's third 20-point game of her senior season. Ivey Slaughter and Imani Wright each scored 14 points for the Seminoles (11-1), which have won 10 straight games for the eighth time in school history.

The 56-point win is the eighth-largest in school history and marks the second straight year FSU defeated the Ospreys by more than 50. Florida State won last year's game by 52.

A Claire Ioannidis 3-pointer gave North Florida a 3-2 lead before the Seminoles scored 14 straight points. Florida State led 52-17 at halftime.

Sierra Shepherd led the Ospreys (6-7) with 12 points, and Ioannidis added 11.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Florida State has scored 90+ points for the fifth time this season and for the second consecutive game. The last time FSU scored 90 or above in consecutive games was Nov. 14-21, 2014. In that stretch, FSU defeated UAB 92-62 in its season opener, then defeated Bethune-Cookman 103-34, followed by a 91-55 win over Eastern Illinois.
FSU's 10-game win streak is the eighth time it has recorded 10 or more straight wins, including three times in the last four seasons. It is tied for the third-longest win streak in program history. The record is a 12-game streak in the 2004-05 season.
The Seminoles improve to 7-0 all-time against UNF, and have defeated the Ospreys in four consecutive seasons.
FSU is now out-scoring opponents by +34.8 points per game in its 10-game win streak.
The Seminoles are now 25-3 vs. Florida schools since the 2012-13 season.
Senior point guard Leticia Romero's game-high 22 points is her fifth career 20-point game and the 16th time in her career where she has finished as FSU's leading scorer. Romero went 9-of-11 from the floor, including a career-high tying four 3-pointers (4-of-5).
Senior forward Ivey Slaughter finished with 14 points in 15 minutes against UNF.
Junior forward Shakayla Thomas recorded her 61st career game in double figures, the team's active leader. She has 10+ points in 10 of 12 games this season, including four straight following Monday's 12-point performance.
Senior guard Brittany Brown was on triple-double watch before being subbed out early in the fourth period. The Fort Walton Beach native had seven points, five rebounds and a season-high eight assists along with five steals.
Brown now has 267 career steals, just two shy of tying Tia Paschal (1989-93) who had 269 for second place. Brown is eight away from tying the school's all-time record of 275 held by the late great Alicia "Ice" Gladden (2003-07).
FSU's 52.1 percent shooting (37-of-71) was the fifth time it has shot above 50 percent from the floor this season.
The Seminoles out-scored UNF 18-0 in fast-break points. FSU is averaging 12.8 fast-break points per game this season.
FSU's seven turnovers were a season low, fewer than its nine turnovers committed against No. 1 UConn.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  23   9  11    4    5   0   0  22      1    4   5  1   2  1   0   1
12 Brittany Brown        g  25   3   7    0    3   1   3   7      0    5   5  0   8  0   0   5
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  20   5   9    0    0   2   4  12      2    2   4  0   3  0   0   1
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  15   5   7    0    0   4   4  14      4    1   5  4   0  2   0   1
32 Imani Wright          g  22   6  12    2    5   0   0  14      1    4   5  1   1  1   0   2
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          9   1   3    0    0   1   2   3      0    1   1  0   1  0   0   1
11 Maria Conde              12   1   3    0    1   0   0   2      0    1   1  1   1  1   0   1
13 Nausia Woolfolk          15   0   4    0    3   0   2   0      0    4   4  1   1  0   1   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu             14   1   4    0    1   0   0   2      0    0   0  1   1  0   1   0
25 Ama Degbeon              17   0   1    0    0   1   2   1      1    2   3  2   1  0   2   0
42 Kai James                11   3   5    0    0   1   4   7      4    3   7  2   0  1   0   0
50 Chatrice White           17   3   5    0    0   5   7  11      3    0   3  3   0  1   2   0
   Team                                                           2    1   3                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  37  71    6   18  15  28  95     18   28  46 16  19  7   6  12
   Opp                     200  14  57    5   19   6   8  39     13   23  36 23   7 28   2   2

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Florida	7	10	13	9	39
Florida State	23	29	26	17	95

Florida State 83, Mercer 40
12/21/2016, Macon, Ga.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

No. 7 Florida State Women's Hoops Reaches 11 Straight Wins.
A 61.3 percent shooting effort in the first half helps the Seminoles defeat Mercer on the road 83-40 on Wednesday night.

MERCER, GA - Leticia Romero scored 17 points, while Ivey Slaughter had 13 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 7 Florida State rout Mercer 83-40 on Wednesday night.

The Seminoles (12-1) led by 21 after the first quarter and 53-17 at the half and never were challenged by the Bears (9-3).

Florida State hit 30-of-58 shots from the floor (51.7 percent) and made 10 3-pointers. Romero hit six of her eight shots, including five 3-pointers. The Seminoles also dominated on the boards, finishing with a 56-28 rebounding advantage.

Mercer, which hosted a top 10 team for only the second time in program history, struggled throughout, hitting just 16-of-64 from the floor (25 percent). Kahlia Lawrence scored 16 points to lead the Bears.

Florida State point guard Brittany Brown finished with eight points and five assists, while Chatrice White had nine points and Maria Conde seven.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Senior Ivey Slaughter recorded her 21st career double-double, which is second most among active players in the ACC. She only trails Syracuse center Briana Day, who has 23. Her 11 rebounds on Wednesday marked a season high.
FSU stretched its winning streak to 11 games, tying for the second-longest in program history with last year's squad. The school record is 12 straight wins in the 2004-05 season.
Senior point guard Leticia Romero drilled a career-high five 3-point field goals on her way to 17 points. She now has 38 double-figure point games in her career and eight this season.
The Seminoles enter ACC play with just one loss for the fifth time in program history. FSU wraps up non-conference play with a Feb. 13, 2017 matchup vs. No. 16 Texas in Tallahassee.
Since the 2012-13 season, the Seminoles are now 68-15 in non-conference play.
Florida State improves to 7-8 all-time against Mercer and has won the last seven games in the series. FSU has not lost to the Bears since Jan.26, 1981.
Florida State's 10 3-point field goals made are tied for seventh-most in program history and are a season high. In FSU's last meeting with Mercer on Dec. 15, 2015, it also nailed 10 3-pointers.
FSU shot 51.7 percent (30-of-58) for the game, its third straight contest shooting above 50 percent. FSU has made more than half its shots in six games this season.
The Seminoles recorded a season-high 56 total rebounds on Wednesday. They also finished with 21 assists, tying for their second-most this year.
It was another dominant first half for Florida State, which led 53-17 going into the break. FSU had already tied its season high of eight 3-point field goals made by halftime, and shot above 60 percent in the first half (61.3 percent) for the fourth time this season.
FSU has led at halftime in all 13 games played this season.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  20   6   8    5    7   0   0  17      1    3   4  2   1  1   0   1
12 Brittany Brown        g  19   3   5    1    2   1   2   8      0    1   1  1   5  1   0   1
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  15   2   4    0    0   1   2   5      1    3   4  0   1  1   0   0
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  26   4   7    0    0   5   6  13      5    6  11  3   3  2   0   2
32 Imani Wright          g  18   2   5    2    5   0   0   6      1    1   2  0   2  0   0   0
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden         11   0   1    0    0   2   2   2      0    1   1  5   2  2   0   2
11 Maria Conde              17   2   6    2    5   1   2   7      1    2   3  1   1  2   0   0
13 Nausia Woolfolk          18   1   6    0    4   1   2   3      0    3   3  1   0  3   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu             17   1   5    0    3   0   0   2      2    4   6  3   3  3   0   1
25 Ama Degbeon              14   2   2    0    0   1   1   5      1    3   4  3   0  1   0   0
42 Kai James                 9   3   4    0    0   0   0   6      1    5   6  1   0  1   0   0
50 Chatrice White           16   4   5    0    1   1   1   9      3    1   4  2   3  1   1   1
   Team                                                           3    4   7                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  30  58   10   27  13  18  83     19   37  56 22  21 18   1   8
   Opp                     200  16  64    2   18   6  14  40     16   12  28 18   5 13   2  11

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	28	25	15	15	83
Mercer	7	10	10	13	40

Florida State 81, Miami 66
12/29/2016, Coral Gables, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Strong Second Half Lifts No. 7 Noles Past No. 11 Hurricanes.
Florida State Women's Basketball wins AP Top 15 matchup between the two in-state rivals 81-66 on Thursday night in Miami.

MIAMI, FL - Imani Wright and Leticia Romero each scored 19 points, and No. 7 Florida State pulled away after halftime to beat No. 11 Miami 81-66 on Thursday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams.

Shakayla Thomas scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Seminoles (13-1, 1-0), who have won 12 straight. Chatrice White added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Florida State, which outrebounded Miami 43-25.

Jessica Thomas had 20 points and Adrienne Motley scored 18 for Miami (11-2, 0-1), which had its 11-game winning streak snapped. Emese Hof scored 12 for the Hurricanes.

All of the Seminoles' 13 wins this season have been by double digits, and the lone loss was a two-point defeat against No. 1 Connecticut.

Miami came in 7-0 at home, never facing a deficit of more than three points on its own floor all season and trailing for a combined 6:30 in those seven games.

Florida State changed all that in the opening minutes, setting the tone.

The Seminoles led by as many as 12 in the first quarter and as many as 14 in the second, before a Miami flurry made it a one-point game at the half. Miami outscored Florida State 16-3 in the final 4:58 before intermission, with Motley making a pair of 3-pointers - as did Jessica Thomas, including a 25-footer from in front of the FSU bench as time expired.

But the Hurricanes never got the lead back. Florida State scored the first seven points of the second half to reclaim control, and took a 60-45 lead into the fourth.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

The win by the Seminoles ties a program record for 12 consecutive wins, also held by the 2004-05 team.
FSU is now 5-2 against Miami when facing the Hurricanes in an AP Top 25 matchup.
Senior point guard Leticia Romero entered Thursday's game averaging 16.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists and shooting 60.9 percent vs. Miami. She finished with 19 points (7-of-11), six assists and three rebounds.
Redshirt junior guard Imani Wright delivered 19 points while tying her season high with four 3-point field goals. It was Wright's most points since also scoring 19 in the Paradise Jam title game vs. Michigan on Nov. 26.
Five Seminoles finished in double-figure points: Romero (19), Wright (19), Shakayla Thomas (14), Chatrice White (13) and Brittany Brown (10).
Shakayla Thomas recorded her seventh career double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Junior center Chatrice White finished with her first career double-double at FSU, totaling 13 points and 10 rebounds. White led the Big Ten last season with 18 double-doubles.
FSU extends its win streak on the road at Miami to five consecutive games, tying the program record that was held from Jan. 20, 1978-Dec. 12, 1981.
FSU has now won eight of its past 11 ACC openers. The Seminoles are now 28-5 in their last 33 ACC games.
Head Coach Sue Semrau recorded her 35th AP Top 25 win at FSU, while the program reached its 48th AP Top 25 win.
Thursday's matchup was the seventh time FSU and Miami faced off as ranked opponents, including the fourth straight matchup.
The Seminoles were able to break away from the Hurricanes with a momentum-building third period, out-scoring Miami 28-14. FSU out-scored Miami 49-35 in the second half.
Some other impressive stats for FSU: Out-rebounding Miami 43-25 and out-scoring the Hurricanes 20-4 on second-chance points.
Florida State held a 32-31 halftime lead despite allowing a 16-3 run by Miami to end the half. FSU has led at the break in all 14 games played this season.
FSU improves to 40-13 all-time against the Hurricanes.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  30   7  11    3    6   2   2  19      0    3   3  0   6  2   0   4
12 Brittany Brown        g  35   3   8    0    2   4   5  10      4    3   7  1   4  3   0   1
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  27   5  16    0    0   4   6  14      6    5  11  3   0  2   0   1
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  22   1   3    0    1   1   2   3      1    1   2  5   3  3   0   2
32 Imani Wright          g  36   7  13    4    7   1   1  19      0    4   4  2   1  0   0   1
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          2   0   0    0    0   1   2   1      0    0   0  1   0  0   0   0
11 Maria Conde              14   1   3    0    2   0   0   2      0    1   1  1   1  0   0   0
13 Nausia Woolfolk           1   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  1   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu              2   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  1   0  0   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon               4   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  2   0  2   0   0
42 Kai James                 5   0   1    0    0   0   0   0      2    2   4  0   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White           22   5  11    0    3   3   3  13      6    4  10  2   0  1   1   0
   Team                                                           1        1                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  29  66    7   21  16  21  81     20   23  43 18  15 14   1   9
   Opp                     200  23  49    9   19  11  19  66      6   19  25 17  14 18   2   7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	19	13	28	21	81
Miami	12	19	14	21	66

North Carolina State 70, Florida State 61
01/02/2017, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

NC State Snaps Florida State's 12-Game Win Streak.
No. 6/7 Seminole Women's Hoops suffers rare home loss to the Wolfpack, 70-61, on Monday night at the Donald L. Tucker Center.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Ashley Wilson scored 19 points and Chelsea Nelson added 17 to help North Carolina State beat No. 6 Florida State 70-61 on Monday night, snapping the Seminoles' 12-game winning streak.

The Wolfpack (12-3, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) trailed 49-46 going into the fourth quarter before going on a 10-3 run to take the lead. Nelson scored seven points in the quarter. Wilson made all 14 of her free throws as the Wolfpack were 20 of 25 from the line.

Miah Spencer added 12 points for North Carolina State, which has defeated top-10 teams in back-to-back games for the first time since 2007. The Wolfpack ended Notre Dame's 35-game ACC winning streak last Thursday.

Leticia Romero scored 20 points for Florida State (13-2, 1-1), which lost for the first time since a two-point defeat to top-ranked UConn on Nov. 14. Their 12-game winning streak ties a school record with the 2004-05 squad.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

The Seminoles entered tonight's game with the sixth-longest win streak in the nation.
FSU's 70-61 defeat to NC State is a rare home loss in ACC play. The Seminoles had won 16 of their last 17 conference games at the Donald L. Tucker Center.
Senior point guard Leticia Romero has led FSU in scoring in four straight games and five of the last six. She delivered 20 points (7-of-17), her fourth 20-point game of the year and sixth of her career.
Romero tacked on four more 3-point field goals, shooting 4-of-7 for the contest. Over the last four games she has shot 16-of-25 from downtown.
Senior guard Brittany Brown registered three assists to just two turnovers, the 13th time in 15 games she has generated a positive assist/turnover ratio.
Junior center Chatrice White added 12 points and seven rebounds, including 10 key first-half points.
FSU's 10-point deficit with 27 seconds remaining in the game was its largest of the season.
For just the second time this season, the Seminoles were outscored in the paint 24-20. However, FSU held large advantages in second-chance points (17-5) and bench points (17-9).
Monday's loss snaps FSU's five-game win streak vs. North Carolina-based ACC schools.
NC State out-scored FSU 24-12 in the fourth period and shot 58.3 percent (7-of-12) in the frame after trailing 49-46 through three periods.
Senior forward Ivey Slaughter recorded a season-high 12 rebounds in the loss.
The Seminoles went 7-of-7 from the free throw line, but had far less free throw attempts compared to the Wolfpack (20-of-25).
FSU out-rebounded the opposition for the 13th time in 15 games this season.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  33   7  17    4    7   2   2  20      1    2   3  1   2  4   1   2
12 Brittany Brown        g  33   2   7    1    3   0   0   5      1    0   1  5   3  2   0   0
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  24   2   9    0    0   0   0   4      2    4   6  3   1  3   0   3
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  28   2   6    0    0   2   2   6      4    8  12  2   0  4   0   1
32 Imani Wright          g  37   4  13    1    6   0   0   9      0    2   2  3   3  1   1   0
11 Maria Conde               7   1   2    0    1   0   0   2      0    1   1  0   0  0   1   0
13 Nausia Woolfolk           1   0   1    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu              9   1   1    1    1   0   0   3      0    1   1  2   0  0   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon               4   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      1    0   1  1   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White           24   4  10    1    3   3   3  12      3    4   7  4   0  2   1   1
   Team                                                           1    2   3                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  23  66    8   21   7   7  61     13   24  37 21   9 16   4   7
   Opp                     200  22  52    6   18  20  25  70      7   29  36 13  13 16   3   7

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Carolina State	16	19	11	24	70
Florida State	19	11	19	12	61

Florida State 90, North Carolina 77
01/05/2017, Chapel Hill, N.C.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

No. 6/8 Noles Hang 90 in Road Win at UNC.
Florida State Women's Basketball walks away with a 90-77 victory to move to 2-0 in ACC road games and 2-1 in conference play on Thursday night in Chapel Hill.

CHAPEL HILL, NC - Imani Wright scored 22 points to help sixth-ranked Florida State beat North Carolina 90-77 on Thursday night.

Ivey Slaughter added 16 points for the Seminoles (14-2, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). They shot 49 percent, controlled the inside and ran off the first eight points of the third quarter to lead by as many as 19.

Wright, who was averaging 11.1 points, had 19 last week in a win at Miami and had another big day by making 9 of 16 shots.

The bigger Seminoles finished with a 37-30 rebounding advantage, doubled UNC's guard-dependent lineup on the offensive glass (16-8) and scored 19 second-chance points.

Stephanie Watts scored 19 points for the Tar Heels (11-4, 0-2), who also shot 49 percent. But with FSU controlling the boards, the Seminoles got plenty of extra looks (18 more shots) while also scoring 17 points off turnovers to keep UNC in catch-up mode all night.

POST-GAME NOTES COMPILED BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Redshirt junior guard Imani Wright recorded a game-high 22 points, her second 20-point game of the year. In her other ACC road game this season at Miami she delivered 19 points including four 3-point field goals made.
FSU recorded 90+ points against the Tar Heels for the second straight season, defeated UNC 94-63 last year.
Senior Leticia Romero picked up her 11th double-figure points game of the season with 14. Her 11th last season came on Feb. 14, 2015, against the Tar Heels.
Senior Ivey Slaughter corralled eight rebounds to move into eighth place on the FSU career rebounds list with 288. In seventh place is current assistant coach Brooke Wyckoff with 804 rebounds.
Senior Brittany Brown recorded a season-high 10 assists to move into sixth place at FSU with 369. She moved ahead of Cheetah Delgado (364 - 2012-14) and Robin Corn (364 - 1987-92).
Junior center Chatrice White's four blocked shots are the most by a Seminole this season. She also picked up her second double-double of the season with 11 points and a season-high 11 boards, including her second in three games vs. ACC schools.
Brown added four steals and is now three steals shy of passing the late Alicia "Ice" Gladden for the program's all-time record (275 steals from 2003-07). Brown has 273 career steals.
Florida State entered the locker room at the break with a 41-31 halftime lead, its 15th halftime lead in 16 games this season.
UNC shot 49.1 percent (27-of-55) from the field. FSU has not allowed an opponent to shoot 50 percent or better this season.
Thursday's tip-off between FSU and UNC marked the 35th anniversary of the first-ever meeting between both teams on Jan. 5, 1982, at the Hurricane New Year's Classic in Miami (FSU won 77-68).
FSU is now 13-1 in games following a loss in its last 14 chances.
FSU head coach Sue Semrau is now 163-132 all-time in ACC play, the second-winningest active coach in ACC play. UNC head coach Sylvia Hatchell is first with 282 ACC wins.
FSU is now 12-0 this season when it records 15 or more assists in a game. FSU had 19 assists.
FSU is 2-0 in road ACC games for the eighth time in program history and the first time since the 2013-14 season.
The Seminoles improve to 15-4 in their last 19 road ACC games.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  34   5  12    2    5   2   2  14      0    1   1  2   2  0   0   1
12 Brittany Brown        g  32   2  11    0    2   5   6   9      3    5   8  2  10  5   0   4
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  14   3   4    0    0   0   0   6      1    0   1  4   0  0   0   1
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  30   6   6    0    0   4   7  16      4    4   8  4   2  0   0   3
32 Imani Wright          g  30   9  16    3    7   1   2  22      1    4   5  0   1  0   0   1
11 Maria Conde              20   4   7    0    0   0   0   8      0    1   1  1   3  0   0   1
24 Nicki Ekhomu              5   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    1   1  1   0  1   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon              10   0   1    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
42 Kai James                 4   2   2    0    0   0   2   4      0    1   1  1   0  1   0   0
50 Chatrice White           21   5  14    0    1   1   1  11      7    4  11  4   1  0   4   0
   Team                                                                              1        
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  36  73    5   15  13  20  90     16   21  37 19  19  8   4  11
   Opp                     200  27  55    9   20  14  17  77      8   22  30 21  14 18   2   4

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	26	15	22	27	90
North Carolina	17	14	18	28	77

Florida State 69, Duke 45
01/08/2017, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Noles Deliver Statement Win over Duke.
No. 6/8 Florida State Women's Basketball puts forth arguably its finest defensive effort of the season in a 69-45 win against the No. 13/15 Blue Devils.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Shakayla Thomas scored 22 points and Imani Wright added 14 to help No. 6 Florida State beat No. 13 Duke 69-45 on Sunday.

The game drew a program-record 6,687 to the Tucker Center. The previous high was 6,440 against UConn in 2009.

The Seminoles (15-2, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) never trailed and took control with a 14-4 run during a 6:04 span at the end of the first period and beginning of the second.

Duke (14-2, 2-1), which saw its 10-game winning streak snapped, came into the game leading the ACC in field goal percentage, but shot a season-worst 25.4 (15 of 59) percent from the field.

Kyra Lambert led the Blue Devils with 12 points. Rebecca Greenwell and Lexie Brown, who were among the top five scorers in the ACC at a combined 37 points, were held to a combined 10 points.

POST-GAME NOTES COMPILED BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

The Seminoles held Duke to just 25.4 percent (15-of-59) from the floor. That is the 13th-lowest shooting effort by an FSU opponent ever, and the third-lowest by an ACC opponent. It was the lowest shooting percentage by an ACC opponent since Wake Forest shot 21.8 percent (12-of-55) vs. FSU on Feb. 7, 2010.
Florida State held Duke to 0-for-11 from beyond the arc. The stingy defensive effort snapped a 55-game streak in which Duke made at least one 3-point field goal.
FSU held redshirt junior standout guard Rebecca Greenwell to two points on 0-of-5 shooting. It was just the third time in her career where she did not record a field goal made.
The Seminoles' 24-point win against Duke was its largest margin of victory vs. the Blue Devils. Their previous high was in each of the two previous wins in the series (69-53 in 2016, 74-58 in 2015) which came at 16 points apiece.
Junior forward Shakayla Thomas had a season-best performance on Sunday. Her season-high 22 points came by way of her season-best 10 made field goals (10-of-17) while adding eight rebounds.
FSU used a solid second-half shooting effort to race past Duke, going 18-of-34 (52.9 percent) in the third and fourth periods.
FSU held Duke to just four assists and 20 turnovers.
For the third time this season, redshirt junior Imani Wright connected on a season-best four 3-pointers. Her 14 points marked her 11th double-figure game of the season.
Junior forward Chatrice White added four blocks for the second straight game, equaling her season high as well as the most by an FSU player this season.
FSU's win over Duke is its third straight in the series, its longest win streak since winning four straight against the Blue Devils from Jan. 2, 1992-Feb. 28, 1993.
For the second straight season, FSU defeated Duke and UNC in the same week. It is the fifth time it has defeated both schools in the same year.
The Seminoles now lead the ACC with four AP Top 25 wins, and are 4-1 this season vs. nationally-ranked opponents. FSU is on a four-game win streak vs. the AP Top 25, the longest in program history.
Senior guard Brittany Brown added six points on Sunday, upping her career total to 998 points. She is just two points shy of becoming the 34th Seminole to reach 1,000 career points.
Brown did not record a steal on Sunday, leaving her at 273 for her career. She needs three steals to break the FSU career record of 275 held by former player Alicia "Ice" Gladden (2003-07).
Thomas led the Seminoles with eight rebounds, raising her season average to 7.6 rebounds per game against Top 25 opponents - the most by a Seminole.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  31   3   7    1    1   0   0   7      2    2   4  2   6  2   0   3
12 Brittany Brown        g  30   3   7    0    1   0   0   6      2    3   5  2   5  5   0   0
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  28  10  17    0    0   2   3  22      3    5   8  1   2  1   1   0
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  23   1   6    0    2   0   0   2      2    2   4  4   1  4   1   2
32 Imani Wright          g  29   5  14    4    9   0   0  14      0    3   3  2   1  0   0   0
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          2   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    1   1  1   1  1   0   0
11 Maria Conde               5   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    1   1  0   1  1   0   0
13 Nausia Woolfolk           3   0   1    0    0   2   2   2      0    0   0  0   0  1   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu             18   0   1    0    0   2   2   2      0    3   3  1   0  2   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon               8   1   1    0    0   0   0   2      0    0   0  1   0  1   0   1
42 Kai James                 3   2   2    0    0   0   0   4      0    2   2  1   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White           20   2   3    0    0   4   4   8      3    2   5  2   0  0   4   0
   Team                                                           1    1   2                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  27  59    5   13  10  11  69     13   25  38 17  17 18   6   6
   Opp                     200  15  59    0   11  15  16  45     18   17  35 13   4 20   4   7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Duke	9	6	12	18	45
Florida State	14	12	19	24	69

Florida State 72, Louisville 65
01/12/2017, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Thomas Leads Seminoles to Top 10 Win vs. Louisville.
Junior forward Shakayla Thomas' 18 second-half points sparks No. 7 Florida State Women's Hoops to a big 72-65 win over ninth-ranked Louisville.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Whatever adjustments Shakayla Thomas has made at halftime the past two games, it has ended up working for Florida State.

The junior forward scored 18 of her season-high 24 points during the second half and had a couple big plays during a key fourth-period run to help No. 7 Florida State beat No. 9 Louisville 72-65 on Thursday night.

"I thought she worked really hard," said Florida State coach Sue Semrau of Thomas. "In the first half we didn't get it much inside. Credit the guards who set the screens to get her open."

Thomas has three 20-point games this season. In last Sunday's win against No. 12 Duke , 16 of her 22 points came after halftime.

"I don't know what it is. I guess it is more of the flow of the game," Thomas said about her second-half performances the past two games.

The Cardinals led 63-60 with 3:54 remaining before the Seminoles scored nine straight points to take control. Thomas scored the first four points during the run, including a pair of free throws with 2:12 remaining to give Florida State (16-2, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) the lead for good.

Imani Wright, who added 13 points, then hit a 3-pointer to put the Seminoles up by more than a possession with 1:39 left. Louisville, which shot 22 of 58 from the field, was held without a field goal over the final 3:54.

"When you give up nine straight points that is normally a backbreaker," Louisville coach Jeff Walz said. "We handled some adversity but we've got to be able to put games away."

Asia Durr led the Cardinals (15-4, 3-2) with 21 points, including 10 in the third period as it rallied back from a 32-25 halftime deficit. Durr had four points during a 9-0 run as they took a four-point lead (59-55) midway through the fourth. Mariya Moore added 15.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Florida State's key sequence in the game was the 9-0 run that lasted 2 minutes and 53 seconds late in the fourth. In that run, Shakayla Thomas scored four points and Leticia Romero capped it with two free throws with one minute left.
Senior guard Brittany Brown became Florida State's all-time steals leader with 7:58 left in the second period, recording her 276th career steal from Louisville's Myisha Hines-Allen. Brown passed Florida State standout Alicia "Ice" Gladden (2003-07), who had 275. Brown now has 279 career steals.
With 38 seconds left in the first period, Brown's 3-point field goal allowed her to join the 1,000-point club at FSU, the 34th in Seminole history.
Brown had another stat-stuffing performance, recording 12 points, a season-high 11 rebounds, seven assists and a season-high tying six steals.
Thomas poured in a season-high 24 points on 9-of-14 shooting, including 18 on 7-of-10 shooting in the second half. It is Thomas' 11th career 20-point game, her third of the season and her second straight. It is the first time in Thomas' career she has posted back-to-back 20-point games.
FSU totaled four double-figure scorers, including Thomas (24), redshirt junior guard Imani Wright (14), Brown (12) and senior point guard Leticia Romero (11).
Wright has made two or more 3-point field goals in six of her last seven games, including 10 over her last three games.
For the third consecutive game, junior center Chatrice White recorded four blocked shots.
FSU out-rebounded Louisville for the 16th time in 18 games this season, holding a close 37-34 edge.
After holding Duke All-ACC performer Rebecca Greenwell without a field goal on Sunday, FSU did a good job defensively vs. reigning and preseason ACC Player of the Year Myisha Hines-Allen. The junior forward recorded just four points (1-of-9) in 19 minutes, tied for her third-lowest total this season.
Florida State and Louisville's Top 10 matchup was the first of its kind in the Donald L. Tucker Center for women's basketball.
FSU improves to 5-1 this season against AP Top 25 teams. Its five AP Top 25 wins is tied for the second most nationally with Baylor and trails only UConn (8).
Florida State is now 4-1 all-time in AP Top 10 matchups. Overall, the Seminoles own 13 AP Top 10 wins after Thursday's victory over No. 9 Louisville.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  35   2   7    1    3   6   6  11      0    4   4  3   3  3   1   2
12 Brittany Brown        g  35   3  11    2    4   4   8  12      2    9  11  2   7  5   0   6
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  35   9  14    0    0   6   6  24      4    4   8  3   0  2   0   1
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  22   1   5    0    0   3   3   5      2    4   6  2   0  3   2   1
32 Imani Wright          g  36   5  15    3    7   1   1  14      0    0   0  3   2  2   0   1
11 Maria Conde              10   1   2    1    1   0   0   3      0    0   0  0   1  1   0   1
24 Nicki Ekhomu              3   0   1    0    1   0   0   0      0    0   0  1   0  0   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon               4   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White           20   1   3    0    0   1   2   3      0    2   2  2   0  1   4   2
   Team                                                           4    2   6                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  22  58    7   16  21  26  72     12   25  37 16  13 17   7  14
   Opp                     200  23  59    7   15  12  14  65     10   24  34 21  11 19   4   7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Louisville	14	11	20	20	65
Florida State	13	19	15	25	72

Florida State 86, Clemson 27
01/15/2017, Clemson, S.C.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Florida State Throttles Clemson
No. 7 Women's Basketball races past the Tigers in record fashion on Sunday.

CLEMSON, SC � Ama Degbeon scored a career-high 13 points, Kai James had 12 and Maria Conde 10 as No. 7 Florida State won its 15th straight over Clemson with an 86-27 victory Sunday.

The Seminoles (17-2, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) opened up a 28-4 first-quarter lead and never looked back, blowing past the Tigers and ending with the largest margin of victory in their 26 ACC seasons.

Florida State also surpassed the program's previous record streak of 14 straight against an opponent which it also did against Wake Forest from 2002-2011.

James, Degbeon and Conde all came in off the bench to reach double digits. The Seminoles led 46-12 at the half and 68-20 through three quarters. By the time the final period rolled around, Florida State's starters were bouncing around on the bench and practicing dance moves to the Sugar Hill Gang's "Apache."

The Seminoles pressured Clemson from the jump, forcing nine turnovers and holding the Tigers to one field goal (1-of-10 shooting) in the first 10 minutes. Things did not change at the end with A'Tyanna Gualden forcing a jump ball in the final two minutes that led to her basket.

Degbeon's showing bettered previous best of 11 points, set against Jacksonville in December 2014.

All of Florida State's 12 players in the box score scored points.

For Clemson it was a new scoring low in coach Audra Smith's four seasons. The 27 points were one fewer than when the Tigers lost at Middle Tennessee, 69-28, on Dec. 3, 2014.

Kobi Thornton led the Tigers, who played a third game without leading scorer Nelly Perry, with eight points. Clemson (11-7, 0-5) has lost 38 straight against ACC competition.

Florida State Sports Information Notes:

With its 86-27 victory over Clemson the Seminoles posted their largest margin over an ACC opponent (59 points) in their 26 years in the league. The previous high was 45, set against Wake Forest (Feb.7, 2010) and Clemson (Jan. 14, 2016);
The 59-point margin of victory is the eighth largest margin of victory in program history and the second-largest this season. The Seminoles defeated Winthrop 98-35 (63) earlier this season;
The Seminoles held the Tigers to fewer than 10 points in three of four quarters and have done that 15 times in 76 quarters this season;
FSU�s 47-14 halftime marked the sixth time this season the Noles have led by 33 points or more at halftime. The largest margin was 40 vs. Western Carolina, followed by 37 at UAB and vs. Winthrop, 36 at Mercer and 35 vs. UNF;
Ivey Slaughter moved into seventh place on the career rebounding list, passing current Seminole assistant Brooke Wykcoff (804) with six to push her career total to 806;
Ama Degbeon scored a career-high 13 points to lead the Seminoles. Kai James (12 points) and Maria Conde (10) each registered season-highs;
The Seminoles held Clemson to just 25-percent shooting from the floor (11-of-44), outscored the Tigers 50-18 in the paint, 40-7 off turnovers (28 forced) and 21-4 in second chance opportunities;
No starter played more than 15 minutes and FSU�s bench outscored the Clemson reserves 52-16.
All 12 Seminoles figured in the scoring, marking the fourth time this season that every member of the team made it into the scoring column.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  13   3   3    1    1   2   3   9      0    3   3  1   1  0   0   0
12 Brittany Brown        g  13   2   4    0    0   0   0   4      2    3   5  0   1  2   0   2
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  13   4   8    0    0   0   1   8      0    5   5  1   0  0   1   0
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  13   3   6    0    0   0   0   6      3    3   6  1   0  0   1   1
32 Imani Wright          g  15   3   4    1    1   0   0   7      0    0   0  0   1  1   0   2
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          9   1   2    0    0   0   1   2      0    0   0  2   1  1   0   3
11 Maria Conde              20   4   6    2    3   0   0  10      0    1   1  3   2  2   0   0
13 Nausia Woolfolk          20   3   5    0    1   1   1   7      2    3   5  2   2  5   1   3
24 Nicki Ekhomu             27   1   7    0    2   2   2   4      1    2   3  0   3  1   0   1
25 Ama Degbeon              23   4   8    0    0   5   8  13      3    3   6  2   1  1   0   4
42 Kai James                17   4   7    0    0   4   6  12      6    1   7  3   0  2   0   0
50 Chatrice White           17   1   6    0    0   2   2   4      2    1   3  0   2  1   1   3
   Team                                                           1    3   4                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  33  66    4    8  16  24  86     20   28  48 15  14 16   4  19
   Opp                     200  11  44    0    4   5   6  27      5   20  25 18   4 28   3   4

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	28	19	21	18	86
Clemson	4	10	6	7	27

Florida State 77, Syracuse 58
01/19/2017, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Orange Crushed: Noles Squeeze the Cuse 77-58.
A momentum-swinging 18-0 run in the first period set the tone for a 19-point win over defending NCAA runner-up Syracuse on Thursday night.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Shakayla Thomas scored 10 of her 17 points during the decisive first quarter, and No. 7 Florida State cruised to a 77-58 victory over Syracuse on Thursday night.

The Seminoles (18-2, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) hit 11 of their first 14 from the field, including nine straight during one stretch, as they built a 26-5 lead with 2:35 remaining in the first quarter. The Orange (13-7, 4-3) made their first two shots and then missed their next 10 as FSU went on an 18-0 run.

Leticia Romero added 12 points and Imani Wright 11 for the Seminoles, who led 72-39 early in the fourth quarter.

Alexis Peterson, who leads the ACC in scoring, had a game-high 26 points for Syracuse, with 21 coming in the second half.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Florida State assisted on 75.8 percent of its made field goals (22 assists on 29 baskets), its highest assist percentage of the season.
FSU's win continues its current lead in the ACC standings at 6-1 in conference play. Notre Dame trails in second place at 5-1.
The Seminoles' 18-2 overall record ties for the best 20-game start in school history with the 2014-15 squad and the 2004-05 team.
Junior forward Shakayla Thomas led FSU with 17 points (7-of-11), leading the team in scoring for the eighth time this season and 30th time in her career. Thomas recorded her 500th career made field goal in the game, making her the seventh-fastest player in FSU history to reach that feat (89 games).
Through 20 games played, FSU has not let an opponent shoot 50 percent or better. Syracuse shot 38.2 percent for the contest.
Florida State raced out to a 26-7 first-period lead, creating a 54-11 first-period advantage over the last two games. FSU led 45-20 at halftime, marking a 92-34 halftime advantage over the last two games.
Four Seminoles finished in double figures including Thomas (17), Romero (12), Imani Wright (11) and Ivey Slaughter (10). FSU has had four or more players in double figures in 14 games this season.
FSU finished the game shooting 53.7 percent (29-of-54) from the floor, its best shooting game in ACC play this season.
Romero's eight assists were a season high.
Brittany Brown added to her all-time steals lead with five, giving her 286 for her career. Brown has cracked the ACC's Top 25 career steals list, tying former players Ramona O'Neal (Clemson, 1986-89) and Andrea Stinson (NC State, 1989-91) for 24th.
Brown also led all players on Thursday with nine rebounds.
In 17 minutes off the bench, freshman Nicki Ekhomu contributed with eight points.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  31   4   9    2    3   2   2  12      1    3   4  3   8  4   0   0
12 Brittany Brown        g  28   2   5    2    3   2   2   8      2    7   9  1   3  5   0   5
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  30   7  11    0    0   3   4  17      0    3   3  4   0  1   0   2
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  24   5   8    0    0   0   1  10      1    1   2  2   3  2   0   0
32 Imani Wright          g  26   4   8    3    4   0   0  11      1    0   1  2   2  0   0   0
11 Maria Conde              18   1   3    0    1   0   0   2      0    2   2  0   3  1   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu             17   3   6    1    3   1   1   8      0    2   2  0   0  0   1   2
25 Ama Degbeon              10   1   2    0    0   0   0   2      2    0   2  0   1  1   0   0
42 Kai James                 2   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  1   0  2   0   0
50 Chatrice White           14   2   2    0    0   3   4   7      0    2   2  2   2  0   0   0
   Team                                                           1    1   2                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  29  54    8   14  11  14  77      8   21  29 15  22 16   1   9
   Opp                     200  21  55    6   12  10  13  58     12   18  30 15  11 21   5  11

	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	7	13	17	21	58
Florida State	26	19	19	13	77

Florida State 82, Virginia Tech 54
01/22/2017, Blacksburg, Va.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Romero's 18 Lifts No. 7 Noles Past No. 17 Virginia Tech.
Senior point guard Leticia Romero's smooth performance on Sunday helped FSU to an 82-54 win over the Hokies.

BLACKSBURG, VA - Leticia Romero scored 18 points and No. 7 Florida State took the lead early and gradually pulled away in an 82-54 victory over No. 17 Virginia Tech on Sunday.

Shakayla Thomas added 17 points and Brittany Brown 13 for the Seminoles (19-2, 7-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won their sixth in a row against ranked opponents. Florida State outscored the Hokies 49-22 after halftime.

Chanette Hicks had 18 points and Sidney Cook scored 16 with 11 rebounds for the Hokies (16-3, 3-3), who trailed 33-22 at halftime and were outscored 27-14 in the third quarter. The Hokies also committed 28 turnovers, leading to 33 points for the Seminoles.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Leticia Romero's 18 points were her 14th double-figure game of the season and her 44th overall. She has led FSU in points in eight games this season, and is shooting 54.8 percent against AP Top 25 teams this year.
Virginia Tech's 28 turnovers were its most this season, with the previous high being 22 at Auburn.
Today's win extends FSU's win streak to six games, the longest active streak in the conference.
FSU improves to 6-1 against the AP Top 25 this season, now in sole possession of the second-most nationally.
FSU's six AP Top 25 wins ties a program record, tying the 2014-15 team's six AP Top 25 wins.
FSU improves to 7-0 on the road this season.
Today's win marked head coach Sue Semrau's 300th career ACC game coached.
Over the last 21 ACC road games, Florida State is 17-4.
A key stretch in the game came immediately in the third period when FSU went on a quick 8-0 run in the first 1:50 of the period, forcing a Virginia Tech timeout.
FSU out-scored Virginia Tech 27-14 in the third period to effectively put the game out of reach.
Florida State took a 33-22 halftime lead against the Hokies, FSU's 20th halftime lead in 21 games this season.
The Seminoles held the Hokies to a stretch of nine minutes, 18 seconds with a made field goal. The drought stretched across the first and second periods.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  31   5   9    2    3   6   6  18      1    6   7  1   5  6   1   1
12 Brittany Brown        g  24   6  11    1    2   0   0  13      1    6   7  3   4  1   0   0
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  21   8  16    0    0   1   2  17      3    1   4  3   1  0   0   2
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  16   3   7    0    0   0   0   6      4    1   5  4   0  2   0   3
32 Imani Wright          g  28   2   7    0    2   0   0   4      0    1   1  1   3  0   0   2
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          2   0   1    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  1   1  0   0   0
11 Maria Conde              22   4   7    0    0   0   0   8      1    2   3  0   1  1   0   2
24 Nicki Ekhomu             16   0   5    0    2   0   2   0      0    2   2  3   1  2   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon              18   2   3    0    0   1   1   5      3    1   4  2   3  0   2   0
42 Kai James                 3   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White           19   4   7    0    2   3   3  11      1    3   4  0   0  0   1   0
   Team                                                           2    2   4                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  34  73    3   11  11  14  82     16   25  41 18  19 12   4  10
   Opp                     200  21  55    2   15  10  17  54     14   21  35 15   5 28   4   2

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	17	16	27	22	82
Virginia Tech	9	13	14	18	54

Florida State 69, Georgia Tech 63
01/26/2017, Atlanta, Ga.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Seminoles Hang On Against Yellow Jackets.
No. 6 Florida State Women's Hoops defeats Georgia Tech 69-63 on Thursday night in Atlanta.

ATLANTA, GA � Shakayla Thomas scored 17 points, Imani Wright added 14 and No. 6 Florida State won its seventh straight game with a 69-63 victory over Georgia Tech on Thursday night.

The Seminoles (20-2, 8-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) remained atop the league standings, trailing for just one possession and improving to 8-0 on the road.

Kaylan Pugh finished with 23 points and Zaire O'Neil had 12 for Georgia Tech (13-7, 2-5). The Yellow Jackets have lost three straight and five of seven.

O'Neil's layup gave Georgia Tech its only lead of the game, making it 50-49 with 8:36 remaining, but Florida State coach Sue Semrau immediately called a timeout, and Chatrice White followed with two quick baskets for a three-point lead.

Wright had a three-point play to make it 56-50, and Ama Degbeon scored inside for a 60-52 lead.

Ivey Slaughter had 11 points and six rebounds for Florida State.

Thomas' free throw gave the Seminoles their first double-digit lead at 43-33 with 4 minutes left in the third quarter.

The Seminoles missed 11 of their first 15 shots of the game, but they finished the first half shooting 50 percent and led 30-23.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Thursday�s win over Georgia Tech ties for the fastest to 20 wins in program history at 22 games (20-2). FSU is tied with the 2014-15 team, which also got its 20th win against the Yellow Jackets that season.
FSU has five straight 20-win seasons.
FSU�s seven-game win streak is the longest active win streak in the conference.
The Seminoles improve to 8-0 in road games this season, including 5-0 in ACC road games. FSU is now 18-4 in its last 22 ACC road games.
The senior class of Leticia Romero, Ivey Slaughter, Brittany Brown and Kai James now has a career record of 98-27, tying the 2010 and 2011 seniors for the most wins by a senior class.
FSU wraps up its longest ACC road stretch in 11 seasons on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. at Boston College.
FSU�s 8-1 start in ACC play is its best nine-game start since also 8-1 in 2014-15.
Florida State improves to 25-20 overall vs. Georgia Tech, including 13-8 on the road. The Seminoles have won five of the last six games in the series.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  32   2   8    0    0   2   2   6      2    2   4  1   3  4   1   3
12 Brittany Brown        g  33   3   7    0    2   3   6   9      2    4   6  1   3  7   0   2
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  30   8  18    0    0   1   2  17      2    2   4  2   0  0   0   2
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  17   5   7    0    0   1   2  11      3    3   6  4   1  2   2   0
32 Imani Wright          g  34   5  12    3    4   1   1  14      2    3   5  3   2  0   0   2
11 Maria Conde              13   0   1    0    0   0   0   0      0    1   1  1   0  2   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu              8   0   2    0    1   0   2   0      0    1   1  1   0  0   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon              15   3   3    0    0   0   0   6      0    2   2  0   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White           18   3   6    0    0   0   0   6      2    3   5  2   0  1   5   0
   Team                                                           1    4   5         2        
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  29  64    3    7   8  15  69     14   25  39 15   9 18   8   9
   Opp                     200  25  63    2    7  11  16  63     11   22  33 20   6 14   4   8

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	16	14	19	20	69
Georgia Tech	13	10	21	19	63

Florida State 85, Boston College 53
02/02/2017, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Thomas' 20 Helps No. 6/5 FSU Soar Past Eagles.
Shakayla Thomas goes 10-of-12 from the floor while FSU's senior class clinches record-breaking 99th win on Thursday night at Boston College.

CHESTNUT HILL, MA - Shakayla Thomas scored 20 points to lead No. 6 Florida State to an 85-53 rout of Boston College on Thursday night for its eighth straight win.

Chatrice White added 13 points and Brittany Brown 10 for the Seminoles (21-2, 9-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). Thomas went 10 for 12 from the floor in 22 minutes of action.

Mariella Fasoula scored 14 points and Kelly Hughes 13 for Boston College (8-15, 1-9). It was the Eagles' ninth straight loss.

Relying on their up-tempo style behind solid guard play and balanced scoring, the Seminoles took charge with an 18-6 run to close the opening quarter that pushed them to a 25-13 lead at the break. Imani Wright had five points in the run.

They started the second quarter by outscoring BC 16-4, getting a handful of steals that led to easy transition baskets.

Florida State had nine steals in the opening half, forced BC into 12 turnovers and led 43-21 at intermission.

At times, it looked like the Seminoles were laying off the Eagles' ball handler and simply looking to intercept passes.

Florida State pushed its lead to 31 points after three quarters.

POST-GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Florida State's senior class consisting of Brittany Brown, Ivey Slaughter, Kai James and Leticia Romero sets the record for most wins by a senior class. The group now has 99 wins, eclipsing the 2010 and 2011 senior classes (98 wins each).
Shakayla Thomas' 10-of-12 performance (83.3 percent) is tied for the 12th-best single-game shooting percentage in FSU history. Thomas' 9-of-10 (90 percent) game vs. Murray State on Dec. 19, 2015, is tied for the fifth best.
Thomas added a career-best five steals.
Brittany Brown's 10 points marks her ninth double-figure game this season.
Junior center Chatrice White picked up her third double-double at FSU with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Senior Leticia Romero dished out seven assists with just one turnover. As a team, FSU recorded 16 assists to just nine turnovers.
FSU shot 50 percent from the floor (32-of-64) while holding B.C. to 39.6 percent (21-of-53).
For the fourth time this season, FSU committed less than 10 turnovers with just nine.
FSU out-rebounded B.C. 43-25 overall, especially at 16-6 on the offensive glass.
FSU extends its win streak to eight games, the longest active streak in the ACC. It previously held a 12-game win streak earlier this season, which is tied for the longest in program history.
The Seminoles improve to 19-4 over their last 23 ACC road games.
FSU is 9-1 in the ACC for the third time in program history, joining the 2008-09 team (started 11-1) and the 2014-15 team (started 9-1).
The Seminoles remain tied with the 2014-15 team for what is the best 23-game record in program history (21-2).
FSU improves to 14-1 all-time against Boston College, having won each of the last eight matchups.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  29   2   6    1    3   3   4   8      1    2   3  2   7  1   1   0
12 Brittany Brown        g  25   4   9    0    1   2   2  10      1    4   5  0   2  0   0   1
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  22  10  12    0    0   0   0  20      1    4   5  1   0  1   0   5
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  28   4  10    0    1   0   0   8      5    4   9  1   3  1   2   2
32 Imani Wright          g  22   3   9    2    3   0   0   8      0    1   1  0   1  0   0   2
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          4   1   2    0    0   2   2   4      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
11 Maria Conde              26   2   7    0    3   1   2   5      2    1   3  2   2  1   0   1
25 Ama Degbeon              16   3   3    0    0   3   4   9      1    0   1  1   0  1   0   0
42 Kai James                 6   0   1    0    0   0   2   0      0    1   1  3   0  4   1   1
50 Chatrice White           22   3   5    0    1   7  10  13      3    8  11  3   1  0   1   0
   Team                                                           2    2   4                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  32  64    3   12  18  26  85     16   27  43 13  16  9   5  12
   Opp                     200  21  53    6   11   5   7  53      6   19  25 21  15 18   4   2

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	25	18	25	17	85
Boston College	13	8	16	16	53

Florida State 80, Miami 71
02/06/2017, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Fifth-Ranked Noles Take Down Miami Once Again.
Chatrice White's 19 points and 14 boards, along with Shakayla Thomas' 19, helps No. 5 Florida State to a hard-fought 80-71 win over No. 16 Miami.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Chatrice White scored 19 points, including nine in the fourth quarter, and fifth-ranked Florida State defeated No. 16 Miami 80-71 on Monday night.

White also had 14 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season. Shakayla Thomas also had 19 points, Brittany Brown added 13 and Ivey Slaughter 11 as the Seminoles (22-2, 10-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their ninth straight.

Florida State led by as many as 15 (35-20) midway through the second period before Miami cut the margin to 40-32 at halftime. The Hurricanes would eventually tie it at 54 early in the fourth on Keyona Hayes' 3-pointer but FSU would go on a 14-2 run, including seven straight points by White, to take control.

Miami closed within 72-69 on a Jessica Thomas 3-pointer but could not draw any closer.

Hayes led the Hurricanes (17-6, 6-5) with 17 points and Thomas added 16.

GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Junior center Chatrice White's double-double on Monday was her second in as many games against Miami. Including her career totals at Illinois, she now has 28 career double-doubles (four at FSU).
White's 19 points and 14 rebounds were both career highs at FSU. Her 14 boards are the most by a Seminole this season.
White became just the seventh Seminole in program history to make all her free throws based on a minimum of 10 attempts. She is the first since former center Cierra Bravard went 11-of-11 vs. Louisville on Nov. 25, 2011.
Junior Shakayla Thomas finished with 19 points to tie White for the team lead. Over her last five games, Thomas is averaging 18.0 points, including 11.2 second-half points.
Florida State improves to 6-2 all-time against Miami when both teams battle as AP Top 25 opponents. Monday's meeting was the fifth straight between the two teams as nationally-ranked squads.
FSU's senior class collected its 100th win against the Hurricanes. In what could possibly be their last matchup against Miami, the senior class is 8-2 against the Hurricanes.
The Seminoles are now an impressive 7-1 vs. AP Top 25 teams, and have won seven straight.
Prior to the game, Olympian Leticia Romero was honored for helping Spain win the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Games, Spain's first-ever Olympic medal in women's basketball.
FSU reached its 10th ACC win, the ninth time it has garnered 10+ wins in ACC play.
FSU out-rebounded Miami 42-31 and has now out-rebounded its opponents in 21 of 24 games this year.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  24   3   5    1    2   2   2   9      3    4   7  4   1  2   1   2
12 Brittany Brown        g  35   4   9    1    4   4   6  13      0    4   4  1   6  4   0   2
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  29   8  17    0    0   3   9  19      0    2   2  2   2  2   1   0
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  20   3   5    0    1   5   6  11      3    3   6  4   0  3   1   0
32 Imani Wright          g  35   3   8    2    3   1   3   9      0    3   3  4   0  5   1   0
11 Maria Conde              20   0   4    0    1   0   0   0      0    1   1  3   1  0   0   2
25 Ama Degbeon               9   0   1    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  3   0  1   1   0
50 Chatrice White           28   4   9    1    3  10  10  19      5    9  14  2   0  1   1   0
   Team                                                           4    1   5                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  25  58    5   14  25  36  80     15   27  42 23  10 18   6   6
   Opp                     200  26  61    5   13  14  20  71     10   21  31 28   7 18   5   8

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami	12	20	19	20	71
Florida State	20	20	14	26	80

Florida State 102, Wake Forest 60
02/09/2017, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Noles Cross Century Mark in Win Over Wake Forest.
Junior forward Shakayla Thomas' 23 points leads No. 5/4 Florida State Women's Basketball to a 102-60 win over the Demon Deacons.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Shakayla Thomas scored a season-high 23 points and fifth-ranked Florida State cruised to a 102-60 victory over Wake Forest on Thursday night.

The Seminoles reached the century mark for only the fourth time in Atlantic Coast Conference game. The last time was Jan. 25, 2015, also against Wake Forest.

Thomas, who has five 20-point games this season, scored seven of the Seminoles' first 11 points and had 11 in the first quarter. They were up 22-9 after the first 10 minutes.

FSU (23-2, 11-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) was up by as many as 44 midway late in the fourth quarter as it extended its winning streak to 10.

Chatrice White added 14 points and Ivey Slaughter 13 for the Seminoles.

Elisa Penna led the Demon Deacons (14-10, 5-6) with 18 points, and Alex Sharp added 11.

GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Florida State's 102 points scored is a season high and is the 28th time in program history it has reached triple digits. FSU last scored 100+ points in a 101-59 win over Murray State on Dec. 19, 2015.
The Seminoles' three other ACC games in which they have scored 100 points include: 112-101 overtime loss to UNC on Dec. 5, 1998; a 102-93 win at Boston College on Nov. 27, 2011; and a 110-80 win over Wake Forest on Jan. 25, 2015.
For the 15th time in program history, FSU had six players score in double figures: Thomas (23), Chatrice White (14), Ivey Slaughter (13), Brittany Brown (12), Imani Wright (12) and Ama Degbeon (11).
FSU set season highs tonight in points scored and points in the paint (66).
In the fourth period, the Seminoles shot 75 percent (12-of-16) in what was their second 30-point period of the game. Overall, FSU shot 56.5 percent (39-of-69).
Thomas recorded her 13th career 20-point game and fifth of the season. Her 10 made field goals marks the third time this season she has recorded double-digit field goals made and the seventh time in her career.
Brown recorded her seventh career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds, and also added seven assists. She flirted with a triple-double for the second straight year vs. Wake, posting 22 points, nine rebounds and 11 assists last season.
For the 12th time this season, redshirt junior guard Imani Wright made three 3-point field goals.
Freshman A'Tyanna Gaulden's layup with 1:48 left in the game put FSU over the century mark for the first time this season, making the score 101-58.
Junior center Chatrice White went 6-of-6 from the floor for 14 points in 16 minutes.
Wake Forest's Milan Quinn, who averaged a league-leading 10.3 rebounds, had just four boards tonight.
Thursday was FSU's seventh 'Samaritan's Feet' game it has hosted.
FSU shot 21-of-25 from the free throw line, the sixth time this season and second straight game it has made 20 or more from the charity stripe.
Florida State ended the game on a 22-2 run over the final 6:17.
FSU's 16 fast-break points was its most recorded in ACC play this year.
Thursday's win extends FSU's win streak to 10 games.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  17   0   4    0    0   2   2   2      2    1   3  1   6  3   0   1
12 Brittany Brown        g  29   5  10    0    0   2   2  12      4    6  10  2   7  1   1   2
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  20  10  12    0    0   3   3  23      2    1   3  2   1  0   0   0
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  25   3   7    0    1   7   8  13      2    3   5  2   2  2   0   3
32 Imani Wright          g  26   4  10    3    7   1   1  12      0    1   1  1   1  0   0   0
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden         10   1   1    0    0   0   0   2      0    0   0  2   1  1   0   0
11 Maria Conde              28   1   6    0    2   2   2   4      0    1   1  1   3  1   0   2
25 Ama Degbeon              16   5   8    0    0   1   2  11      2    2   4  2   1  2   1   0
42 Kai James                13   4   5    0    0   1   3   9      1    2   3  2   0  1   0   3
50 Chatrice White           16   6   6    0    0   2   2  14      0    1   1  2   0  0   1   0
   Team                                                                4   4                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  39  69    3   10  21  25 102     13   22  35 17  22 11   3  11
   Opp                     200  23  52    5   12   9  17  60     11   17  28 22   9 26   2   2

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wake Forest	9	18	17	16	60
Florida State	22	30	20	30	102

Texas 92, Florida State 88
02/13/2017, 2 OT, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

No. 8 Texas Outlasts Fourth-Ranked Noles in Double OT.
Florida State Women's Basketball has 10-game win streak snapped despite the end-of-regulation heroics of Leticia Romero.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Brooke McCarty scored a career-high 29 points as No. 8 Texas won its 19th straight Monday night, beating No. 4 Florida State 92-88 in double overtime.

The junior guard, who shot 11 for 16 from the field and 5 for 8 on 3-pointers, scored three points in the second extra period. Ariel Atkins added 21 points as the Longhorns (21-4) got their second road win against a top-five team in eight days. They won at then-No. 2 Baylor on Feb. 6.

Shakayla Thomas scored 23 points, and Brittany Brown and Ama Degbeon added 13 apiece for Florida State (23-3), which snapped a 10-game winning streak. The Seminoles missed their last six shots and were held without a field goal over the final 3:39, finishing 29 for 86 from the field.

Texas trailed 59-46 with 13 seconds left in the third quarter before they went on a 22-4 run to take a 68-63 lead with 1:23 remaining. Atkins had 10 points during the run while McCarty added six.

Florida State, which shot a season-low 33.7 percent for the game, was 1 of 11 at one point in the fourth but went on a 5-2 run to send the game into overtime, including Leticia Romero's 3-pointer from the right corner with 1 second remaining.

GAME NOTES BY FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Monday night's classic between FSU and Texas was the first double-OT game the Seminoles had played in 11 years. FSU's last game that went to two overtimes or longer was a 94-83 triple-OT win over Virginia Tech in Tallahassee on Feb. 19, 2005.
FSU's last overtime game in general came on Dec. 3, 2014, at Purdue in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. FSU won that game 67-64. The Seminoles are now 24-19 all-time in overtime games.
Junior forward Shakayla Thomas' 23 points and 11 rebounds marks her eighth career double-double and third this season. Thomas went 9-of-34 overall, with her 34 field goal attempts tying the school record shared by Bev Burnett vs. Georgia Southern on Dec. 16, 1987.
Thomas now has 14 career 20-point games, including a team-best six this season.
Senior guard Brittany Brown recorded her 127th career start, tying former player Natasha Howard for the most in FSU history.
Redshirt junior guard Imani Wright recorded her fourth double-figure performance in six career games vs. Texas. She finished with 11 points and tallied three 3-point field goals, the 13th time this season she has made three or more. Wright's 56 triples are the eighth-most in a season at FSU.
For the first time in her career, junior center Ama Degbeon enjoyed back-to-back double-figure games, finishing with 13 points, five rebounds and going 7-of-8 from the line. Her 18 minutes tied for her second-most this season.
Heading into the Clemson game on Jan. 15, Degbeon was averaging 1.8 points per game. Since that game (eight games), she has averaged 7.4 over the eight-game stretch.
Texas guard Brooke McCarty's 29 points and 11 made field goals (11-of-16) were the most by an FSU opposing player this season.
The Seminoles hoisted 86 field goal attempts, their most since shooting the same amount in an 85-77 loss to Duke in overtime on Jan. 23, 2014.
It took 26 games for an opponent to shoot 50 percent or better against the Seminoles - Texas shot 50.7 percent.
FSU was able to come away with more second-chance points (25-20) and lead in bench points (25-19).
A total of five players fouled out - Leticia Romero and Ivey Slaughter for FSU, and Joyner Holmes, Kelsey Lang and Audrey-Ann Caron-Goudreau for Texas.
Monday's game was just the third Top 25 non-conference game for FSU in the month of February.
FSU is now 4-2 all-time in AP Top 10 matchups, including 1-1 this season. Despite falling Monday, FSU defeated No. 9 Louisville, 72-65, on Jan. 12.
Texas' McCarty played all 50 minutes, while Brown led FSU with 45 minutes played.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  26   4   7    1    3   3   3  12      1    0   1  5   0  1   0   2
12 Brittany Brown        g  45   5  14    2    5   1   2  13      2    3   5  3   4  2   0   1
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  42   9  34    0    0   5   7  23      4    7  11  3   1  3   0   0
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  14   1   3    0    0   2   2   4      3    0   3  5   0  0   0   0
32 Imani Wright          g  43   4  12    3    8   0   0  11      0    1   1  2   2  2   0   1
11 Maria Conde              29   0   4    0    1   5   6   5      5    0   5  0   2  2   0   1
24 Nicki Ekhomu              8   1   2    0    0   0   0   2      1    0   1  1   1  1   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon              18   3   4    0    0   7   8  13      2    3   5  1   0  2   0   1
50 Chatrice White           25   2   6    0    1   1   4   5      3    2   5  2   1  1   0   1
   Team                                                           6    2   8                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 250  29  86    6   18  24  32  88     27   18  45 22  11 14   0   7
   Opp                     250  37  73    5   13  13  22  92     15   32  47 27  17 21   7   5

	1	2	3	4	OT	2-OT	Total
Texas	14	12	23	22	9	12	92
Florida State	15	20	24	12	9	8	88

Virginia 60, Florida State 51
02/16/2017, Charlottesville, Va.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

No. 4/7 Florida State falls at Virginia.
The Seminoles dropped one on the road to the Cavaliers on Thursday night, 60-51.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - Dominique Toussaint scored five of her 14 points in the final 1:27, including the go-ahead 3-pointer, and Virginia held No. 4 Florida State to five points in the fourth quarter in a 60-51 victory Thursday night.

Toussaint's 3-pointer, just the third of the night for the Cavaliers, put them in front 53-51, and after a turnover by the Seminoles, she hit a runner along the baseline from about 8 feet with 51 seconds left to put Virginia (17-9, 6-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) ahead to stay.

Shakayla Thomas scored 11 points and Brittany Brown and Ivey Slaughter had 10 each for Florida State (23-4, 11-2), which lost its second in a row and fell out of a first-place tie with Notre Dame. The Seminoles shot just 35 percent (21-60) and 17.4 percent from 3-point territory, missing 19 of their 23 attempts.

The Seminoles used a 13-5 run to start the third quarter to open an eight-point lead, but the Cavaliers finally pulled even at 48 with 6:08 remaining on a baseline jumper by Breyana Mason. Mason's foul-line jumper gave Virginia a 50-48 advantage with 4:17 remaining.

POST-GAME NOTES FROM FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

The severity of Shakayla Thomas' shoulder injury is unknown as of Thursday night but will be determined this upcoming weekend. Thomas left the game with the injury with 2:27 left in the third period and FSU leading 41-39.
FSU out-scored Virginia 30-20 in the paint, aided by Thomas' 11 points. It was her 20th double-figure game this season.
Senior forward Ivey Slaughter finished with 12 points and nine rebounds, nearing her 22nd career double-double.
FSU's best shooting period was the third when it shot 50 percent (8-of-16). The Seminoles shot 35 percent (21-of-60) for the game.
On Wednesday, senior point guard Leticia Romero was named one of 10 national finalists for the Senior CLASS Award.
FSU is now 9-1 this season on the road.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  35   1   8    1    5   0   0   3      2    3   5  2   3  2   0   0
12 Brittany Brown        g  36   4  12    1    5   1   2  10      2    0   2  2   2  2   0   3
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  19   5   7    0    0   1   3  11      2    3   5  0   0  2   2   1
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  30   6  10    0    0   0   0  12      2    7   9  2   1  2   1   2
32 Imani Wright          g  32   1  11    1   10   1   2   4      0    1   1  4   2  1   0   1
11 Maria Conde               9   0   1    0    1   0   0   0      0    0   0  1   0  0   0   2
24 Nicki Ekhomu              7   1   3    1    2   0   2   3      2    0   2  0   0  2   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon              22   3   4    0    0   2   2   8      2    1   3  5   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White           10   0   4    0    0   0   0   0      0    1   1  3   0  1   1   0
   Team                                                           1    3   4                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  21  60    4   23   5  11  51     13   19  32 19   8 12   4   9
   Opp                     200  21  50    3   11  15  22  60     13   29  42 13   7 14   3   5

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	11	15	20	5	51
Virginia	16	10	15	19	60

Florida State 80, Clemson 47
02/18/2017, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Senior Leaders Help No. 4/7 Noles Defeat Clemson.
Brittany Brown and Ivey Slaughter each contribute double-figure point totals as FSU takes down Clemson, 80-47.

TALLAHASSEE, FL � Brittany Brown and Ivey Slaughter each scored 14 points and No. 4 Florida State routed Clemson 80-47 on Saturday.

The Seminoles, who were playing their third game in six days, bounced back from losses to No. 8 Texas and Virginia. They led this one throughout and were up by as many as 22 points (34-12) less than three minutes into the second quarter.

Chatrice White added 10 points and 11 rebounds for her fifth double-double of the season for Florida State (24-4, 12-2 Atlantic Coast Conference).

Slaughter scored six of the Seminoles' first 10 points as they built a 20-2 lead with 2:16 remaining in the first quarter. FSU made seven of its first 11 shots while Clemson missed 11 of its first 12.

Danielle Edwards led Clemson (14-14, 3-12) with 11 points.

POST-GAME NOTES FROM FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Prior to the game, it was confirmed that junior forward Shakayla Thomas� shoulder injury status is day-to-day. She did not play vs. Clemson.
Senior Ivey Slaughter�s 14 points to go along with her eight rebounds is her 65th career double-figure points game.
Senior Brittany Brown�s seven made field goals (7-of-13) to go along with 14 points and six rebounds ties her season high for makes. She also had seven at UAB on Dec. 10.
Brown recorded two steals to boost her career total to 299. Her next steal will make her just the 19th ACC player ever to record 300+ steals.
Junior center Chatrice White�s five double-doubles are the most on the team as she earned her first career start as a Seminole in place of Thomas. Counting her two years at Illinois, White has 29 career double-doubles. She also tied a season high with five blocked shots.
Senior point guard Leticia Romero dished out a game-high six assists compared to just two turnovers, her 16th positive assist/turnover ratio of the season.
As a team, FSU had 18 assists to 16 turnovers, its 15th game this season with more assists than turnovers. FSU also assisted on 18 of its 27 baskets.
Redshirt junior guard Imani Wright recorded a 3-point field goal for the seventh straight game. She has made at least one triple in 16 of her last 17 games.
Freshman Nicki Ekhomu shot a team-high 10 free-throw attempts, making six as she finished with nine points.
Junior center Ama Degbeon added 10 points in 17 minutes, her third double-figure performance in her last four games.
The Seminoles shot 52.9 percent (27-of-51) for the game, including 57.9 percent (12-of-21) in the second half.
FSU out-scored Clemson 12-0 in fast-break points and 23-8 in points off turnovers. The Tigers committed 22 turnovers.
The win over the Tigers is the 16th straight for FSU in the all-time series, which FSU leads 28-24.
Since the 2014-15 season, the Seminoles own a 39-7 record in ACC play.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  26   2   5    1    3   2   2   7      1    2   3  2   6  2   0   0
12 Brittany Brown        g  27   7  13    0    2   0   0  14      2    4   6  0   3  4   0   4
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  31   4   6    0    1   6   7  14      4    4   8  1   3  4   0   3
32 Imani Wright          g  22   2   8    1    5   1   1   6      0    2   2  0   1  2   0   1
50 Chatrice White        c  23   5   5    0    0   0   0  10      2    9  11  4   1  1   5   0
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          5   1   1    0    0   2   2   4      0    0   0  0   1  1   0   1
11 Maria Conde              18   1   2    0    0   1   2   3      0    0   0  2   1  1   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu             21   1   3    1    2   6  10   9      0    1   1  1   2  0   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon              17   4   6    0    0   2   5  10      0    2   2  2   0  1   0   0
42 Kai James                10   0   2    0    0   3   8   3      3    1   4  1   0  0   0   0
   Team                                                                1   1                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  27  51    3   13  23  37  80     12   26  38 13  18 16   5   9
   Opp                     200  16  56    2    7  13  15  47     15   17  32 26   5 22   1   5

	1	2	3	4	Total
Clemson	4	19	8	16	47
Florida State	23	18	15	24	80

Florida State 79, Pittsburgh 48
02/23/2017, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Seniors Lead the Way in Win over Pitt.
Brittany Brown (13 points), Leticia Romero (12), Ivey Slaughter (10) and Kai James (5) account for over 50 percent of FSU's points in 79-48 win on Senior Night.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida State coach Sue Semrau was worried before Thursday night's game against Pittsburgh that her team might be looking ahead to Sunday's showdown at Notre Dame.

Those worries lasted less than three minutes.

After the Panthers scored the first four points, the eighth-ranked Seminoles scored the next 10 and kept extending their lead from there as they rolled to a 79-48 victory.

Florida State, which led by as many 34 late in the fourth quarter, goes into Sunday's regular-season finale against needing a win against the fifth-ranked Fighting Irish to secure a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title and the top seed in the ACC Tournament.

"They did a great job of limiting distractions. They stayed focus and were able to jump out to the lead early," Semrau said. "Now we have to go and have that same type of focus on Sunday."

All five starters scored in double figures for Florida State (25-4, 13-2). Brittany Brown and Chatrice White led the way with 13 points each while Leticia Romero and Imani Wright both scored 12. Ivey Slaughter had 10.

"They are too physical of a team and we were unable to match up," Pitt coach Susie McConnell-Serio said. "They made plays. For a young team you need to have success early and we didn't."

Brenna Wise scored 23 points for the Panthers (13-15, 4-11). They have dropped seven of eight.

POST-GAME NOTES FROM FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Florida State's senior five-member senior class of Gabby Bevillard, Brittany Brown, Kai James, Leticia Romero and Ivey Slaughter were honored prior to the game. Each received a framed jersey, including Bevillard who was presented with a framed pink jersey from her memorable performance two years ago.
The senior class improves to 103-29 (.780), and also recorded its 50th win against ACC competition.
The senior-led win gives the class an undefeated record against four ACC opponents: Pitt (4-0), Clemson (7-0), Boston College (4-0) and Virginia Tech (5-0).
FSU's win coupled with league leader Notre Dame's 82-45 win over Boston College sets up a meeting between the two teams on Sunday at 1 p.m. on ESPN2 in Notre Dame, Ind.
Slaughter's 10 points marks her 66th double-figure game of her career. Brown's 13 is her 52nd double-figure game of her career.
Romero finished 4-of-7 from beyond the arc, her most 3-point field goals in a game since also going 4-of-7 vs. NC State on Jan. 2.
Brown finished with five assists compared to just three turnovers, her 64th game with a positive A/T ratio and her 21st this season.
Redshirt junior Imani Wright added 12 points. She became the sixth Seminole to record 60 or more 3-point field goals made in a season.
FSU's nine 3-point field goals made is an ACC high.
The Seminoles assisted on 20 of their 26 made field goals (76.9 percent).
FSU is now 13-2 in ACC play, its third straight year of reaching at least 13 conference wins (14-2 in 2014-15; 13-3 in 2015-16).
The Seminoles have now won five consecutive Senior Games and 10 of their past 13.
FSU's 25 regular-season wins is tied for the second-most in school history. The record is 27 regular-season victories in 2014-15.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  34   4   9    4    7   0   0  12      1    6   7  0   5  5   0   3
12 Brittany Brown        g  31   5   9    3    5   0   0  13      1    2   3  2   5  3   0   2
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  29   2   7    0    0   6   8  10      1    6   7  4   2  2   0   1
32 Imani Wright          g  21   5  10    2    4   0   0  12      0    2   2  1   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White        c  20   5   6    0    0   3   3  13      1    2   3  1   3  1   0   0
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          5   0   1    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  1   2  0   0   0
11 Maria Conde              18   2   6    0    3   1   2   5      0    3   3  0   1  1   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu             13   2   3    0    1   3   4   7      1    0   1  1   0  0   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon              22   0   1    0    0   2   2   2      2    3   5  2   2  2   1   1
42 Kai James                 7   1   2    0    0   3   4   5      3    0   3  1   0  1   0   0
   Team                                                           1    2   3                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  26  54    9   20  18  23  79     11   26  37 13  20 15   1   7
   Opp                     200  17  46    5   18   9  11  48      5   20  25 19  11 20   2   6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pittsburgh	11	6	14	17	48
Florida State	19	19	16	25	79

Notre Dame 79, Florida State 61
02/26/2017, Notre Dame, Ind.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Noles Fall at Notre Dame in Regular-Season Finale.
Senior Brittany Brown leads Florida State with 16 points, but the Seminoles fall to the Fighting Irish 79-61.

NOTRE DAME, IN � Brianna Turner scored 24 points to lead No. 5 Notre Dame to its fourth straight ACC regular season title with a 79-61 win over No. 8 Florida State on Sunday.

Arike Ogunbowale added 19 points and Kathryn Westbeld had 14 for the Irish (27-3, 15-1 ACC), who will once again be the top seed in the conference tournament, which they have won every year since joining the league in 2013.

Brittany Brown scored 16 points to lead Florida State (25-5, 13-3) and Leticia Romero added 14.

Notre Dame came out hot, hitting four of five field goals, and had a 10-point lead in the first quarter. Turner hit three straight baskets down low to begin the second quarter, part of an 8-0 Irish run that pushed their lead to 16 points.

Ogunbowale opened the second half with a jumper and a layup and the Irish lead was up to 19 less than two minutes into the third quarter.

A 10-0 Florida State run cut it to 59-50 at the start of the fourth quarter, but Notre Dame's Jackie Young stroked a 3-pointer at the other end to get the Irish advantage back to double digits.

Florida State leading scorer Shakayla Thomas (15 points per game) returned to the starting lineup after missing two games with a shoulder injury. She finished with 10 points.

POST-GAME NOTES FROM FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Florida State is locked into the No. 2 seed in next week�s ACC Tournament held at the HTC Center in Conway, S.C. FSU will play in the quarterfinals on Friday at 6 p.m. The bracket will be announced Sunday night.
FSU is now 7-3 in AP Top 25 games this season. The seven wins are a season record for the program.
Leticia Romero recorded her 17th double-figure points game of the season and the 47th of her career.
Senior Brittany Brown led the Seminoles with 16 points, nearing her season high of 17. It is the eighth time in her career she has led FSU in scoring, including the fourth time this season.
Florida State�s 25 regular-season wins are tied for the second-most in program history, only trailing the 2014-15 team�s 27 regular-season victories.
FSU finishes the regular season with a 9-2 record on the road.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  21   5   7    2    3   2   2  14      2    2   4  1   2  2   0   1
12 Brittany Brown        g  30   7  12    0    2   2   3  16      1    5   6  0   3  1   0   1
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  25   5  12    0    0   0   0  10      1    2   3  2   1  2   0   1
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  21   1   2    0    0   0   0   2      1    2   3  2   1  3   1   0
32 Imani Wright          g  28   2  14    1    7   0   0   5      0    4   4  1   2  0   0   2
11 Maria Conde              20   2   6    0    0   0   0   4      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   1
24 Nicki Ekhomu             18   2   4    1    2   2   2   7      3    1   4  1   1  2   1   1
25 Ama Degbeon              22   1   2    0    0   1   2   3      2    1   3  1   0  1   0   1
50 Chatrice White           15   0   1    0    0   0   0   0      0    5   5  1   0  1   0   1
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  25  60    4   14   7   9  61     10   22  32  9  10 12   2   9
   Opp                     200  31  57   10   18   7   9  79      6   26  32  9  24 10   6   6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	15	15	18	13	61
Notre Dame	25	18	16	20	79

Miami 56, Florida State 54
03/03/2017, ACC, Myrtle Beach, S.C.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Seminoles Bounced Out in ACC Tournament Quarterfinals.
No. 2 seed Florida State Women's Basketball falls to seventh-seeded Miami 56-54.

CONWAY, SC - Miami is back in the ACC Tournament semifinals for the second straight season after beating rival Florida State.

Keyona Hayes and Adrienne Motley each scored 12 points to help the Hurricanes hold off the eighth-ranked Seminoles 56-54 on Friday night.

The Hurricanes (23-7) will face No. 13 Duke or No. 21 Syracuse in the semifinals on Saturday.

Seventh-seeded Miami led 54-45 midway through the fourth quarter before Florida State rallied to 56-54 on Leticia Romero's 3-pointer with 1:53 left. After both teams came up empty on offensive possessions, Laura Cornelius' runner for Miami rimmed out with 55.5 seconds left.

Florida State (25-6) got four chances in the final 30 seconds to tie the game, but shot after shot wouldn't drop. The final opportunity came when Ivey Slaughter was fouled with 4.9 seconds left, but she missed both free throws - the second on purpose. Miami corralled the rebound and ran out the clock.

"We got great looks all night that were in and out," Florida State coach Sue Semrau said. "It's just the way the ball bounces. Now we get ready for the NCAA Tournament."

Miami scored just eight points in the final period, but played good enough defense to win.

"I'm very proud of the grit. I don't know that that was the fourth quarter for the ages. It was not," Meier said. "Eight points in the fourth quarter and winning is good, but boy, did we get some great defensive stops."

Romero led the second-seeded Seminoles with 14 points, and Shakayla Thomas added 13.

Miami led 20-18 in the second quarter before scoring five straight points, including a 3 by Cornelius. Hayes scored all seven points during a 7-2 run to extend the lead to 11.

The Hurricanes led 33-25 at halftime and the teams traded baskets for most of the second half before Miami had its 54-45 advantage.

POST-GAME NOTES FROM FSU SPORTS INFORMATION:

Florida State will find out its NCAA Tournament seeding on Monday, March 13, at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
Despite the loss to Miami, the Seminoles finish 2-1 against the Hurricanes this season.
Senior point guard Leticia Romero recorded a game-high 14 points (5-of-11) including three 3-point field goals (3-of-5). For the 21st time in her career, she led FSU in scoring.
Junior forward Shakayla Thomas recorded 13 points (6-of-14), her 74th career double-figure game.
The Seminoles out-rebounded Miami 34-30.
Brittany Brown added three steals to extend her career total to 307.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  36   5  11    3    5   1   2  14      2    4   6  2   5  5   0   0
12 Brittany Brown        g  36   3  12    1    4   0   0   7      3    6   9  1   4  2   0   3
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  33   6  14    0    0   1   2  13      1    2   3  2   1  2   1   2
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  23   2   5    0    0   0   2   4      4    5   9  4   1  4   0   0
32 Imani Wright          g  30   3   6    2    4   0   0   8      1    1   2  2   1  3   0   0
11 Maria Conde              14   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  2   0  0   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu              4   0   1    0    1   0   0   0      0    1   1  0   0  1   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon               8   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White           16   4   5    0    0   0   1   8      2    1   3  3   1  0   2   0
   Team                                                                1   1                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  23  54    6   14   2   7  54     13   21  34 16  13 17   3   5
   Opp                     200  25  55    1   11   5   7  56      9   21  30 14  12 14   2   6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	13	12	15	14	54
Miami	18	15	15	8	56

Florida State 87, Western Illinois 66
03/17/2017, NCAA, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Florida State Races Past Leathernecks.

By Seminoles.com contributor Ariya Massoudi

TALLAHASSEE, FL - At this point in the season, the Seminoles are who they are.

No. 3 seed Florida State used a tenacious defensive effort on Friday night defeating Western Illinois 87-66 in the first round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Led by Shakayla Thomas' double-double (23 points and 14 rebounds), FSU mounted a few big runs to upend the upset-minded Leathernecks.

"We knew they were a great three-point shooting team and it would be hard to guard their (ball) actions," FSU coach Sue Semrau said following the game. "I was very proud of the way we adjusted in the second half and the way we rebounded the ball."

The No. 14 seed Leathernecks came into the contest as one the nation's leaders in three-pointers made and in the first quarter it seemed as if their unique style of play would give the Noles problems.

Using all five players away from the basket, without a traditional post player, allowed WIU to routinely setup long distance attempts, of which they were connecting. Coupled with a high-pace tempo, the Leathernecks connected on three outside shots in the first quarter and had the hosts on their heels, leading 19-12.

"We fought really hard and got off to a hot start," WIU coach JD Gravino said. "They believed in themselves and I think the emotion (of wanting an upset) took us through that first quarter."

In the second quarter, the Noles began to protect the ball better and attack the glass. Trailing 22-14 early in the period, FSU ignited on a 12-2 run, taking a 26-24 lead and never looking back. Getting hands in the passing lanes and breaking into transition guided the Noles to a 36-34 lead at halftime.

"One of things we talked (about) in the huddle was just do what we do best and that's defense," said redshirt junior Imani Wright, who scored 14 points in the win. "Making the adjustments we needed to make and then not being timid on offense or defense and attacking."

The Noles extended the lead to double-digits in the third quarter, coming out of the locker room with a quick 9-2 run. Senior guard Leticia Romero scored the first seven points of the period for FSU, who turned the intensity level up a few notches.

Shakayla Thomas scored 14 of her 23 points in the second half, looking seemingly un-guardable at times. The junior out of Sylacauga, Ala., routinely attacked the offensive glass for put back lay-ins.

"I come out in the second half of games and I guess I get energy from my teammates," Thomas said. "They're always in my ear like 'play your game, this is what you do on a daily basis.' I think it just drove me to do what I do best, and that's help (the team win)."

The Noles put the foot on the gas pedal in the fourth quarter, eventually wearing out the Leathernecks, who couldn't hit a three-point shot in the period after making 11 through the previous three.

Chatrice White was dominant in the win for the Seminoles, notching career-highs for points (19) and rebounds (14) in an FSU uniform. The junior transfer from Illinois finished the game 8 of 10 from the floor with nine offensive rebounds.

"The way she had blended (with the team) is phenomenal," Semrau said. "She's waited her turn and comes out in her first NCAA Tournament and does this. She only missed two shots, she was a beast."

On the evening, the Noles won the rebound battle 54-23 against the smaller Leathernecks and notched 50 points in the paint. The win gave Florida State its 14th straight victory in NCAA Tournament first round games and moves the Noles to 26-6 this season.

"The combination of the size and athleticism was a little bit of a helpless feeling (for us)," Gravina said on FSU.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  30   5  11    1    5   1   2  12      0    0   0  1   3  1   1   3
12 Brittany Brown        g  34   4   7    0    0   0   0   8      0    7   7  3   6  5   0   3
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  23  10  20    0    0   3   4  23      4   10  14  0   0  1   0   1
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  26   3   5    0    0   3   4   9      3    5   8  2   1  4   2   1
32 Imani Wright          g  28   5   9    1    4   3   4  14      0    1   1  3   0  1   0   2
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          2   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    1   1  2   0  2   0   0
11 Maria Conde               8   0   2    0    0   0   0   0      1    2   3  1   1  1   0   0
13 Nausia Woolfolk           4   0   1    0    0   0   0   0      0    1   1  2   0  0   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu             14   0   2    0    0   1   2   1      0    0   0  1   1  0   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon               7   0   2    0    0   0   0   0      1    0   1  0   0  2   0   0
42 Kai James                 2   0   0    0    0   1   2   1      0    2   2  0   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White           22   8  10    0    0   3   4  19      9    5  14  1   2  2   4   1
   Team                                                           1    1   2                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  35  69    2    9  15  22  87     19   35  54 16  14 19   7  11
   Opp                     200  23  61   11   24   9  15  66      6   17  23 17  12 16   1  10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Western Illinois	19	15	22	10	66
Florida State	12	24	31	20	87

Florida State 77, Missouri 55
03/19/2017, NCAA, Tallahassee, Fla.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Noles Reach Third Straight Sweet 16.

By Seminoles.com contributor Ariya Massoudi

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Good things come in threes.

No. 3 seed Florida State used swarming defensive pressure and a slew of runs to storm past No. 6 seed Missouri 77-55, advancing to the program�s third straight Sweet Sixteen.

In front of 4,084 raucous fans, the Seminoles used a massive run midway through the second quarter to take the lead for good.

The Tigers, who led 14-12 after the first period, held on to a 17-12 lead early in the second quarter. That�s when the Noles ripped off a 17-2 run to take full control of the contest, holding the Tigers without a field goal for over seven minutes.

Back-to-back 3-pointers from Leticia Romero and Imani Wright gave the Seminoles a 26-19 lead at 4:21 in the second quarter and Romero capped the run with a pair of free throws to give the Noles a 29-19 lead.

�We�ve been talking about our mentality (in the NCAA Tournament) and what that has to look like,� FSU coach Sue Semrau said following the game. �When we had one run it was about going and having another one, this team feeds off of that.�

�Preparing for FSU, I didn�t see a lot of weaknesses,� Missouri coach Robin Pingeton added. �They�re a team that can go on a lot of runs and put a lot of points on the board in a hurry. They sped the game up and that�s what we didn�t want to do.�

Leading 32-27 at halftime the Seminoles exploded out of the locker room on a quick 8-0 run, extending the lead to 13, a deficit the Tigers never recovered from.

A pair of free throws from Ivey Slaughter capped another 11-2 run in the middle of the third quarter to extend the lead to 52-33 and the rout was on. The Seminoles� defensive effort in the second and third quarters was stifling as they held Missouri to 23 total points between the two periods. Mizzou ended the night shooting just 37.5% from the floor and just 25.0% from the three-point line.

�That�s what we do, we pride ourselves on the defensive end, we need to be dogs on defense,� Brittany Brown said. �I feel like coming into the NCAA Tournament we prided ourselves (again) on defense.�

Shakayla Thomas paced the Seminoles with 20 points and 11 rebounds, the 16th 20-point game and 10th double-double of her career. Brittany Brown finished the night with 16 points and eight assists, moving her into fifth all-time (162) in assists at FSU. Romero and Imani Wright each added with 14 points, respectively.

Florida State won the battle of the boards 35-29 and turned the Tigers over 23 times, leading to 20 points. The Seminoles also shot the three-ball well (7-14), led by Wright�s three triples.

Semrau has built a consistent winner at FSU, having now reached the Sweet 16 five times in her career at the school. The Seminoles will next take on No. 2 seed Oregon State on Saturday in Stockton, CA.

�This is a hard thing to do and it really separates you if you can be one of 16 teams in the country that get a chance to play on this second weekend,� Semrau said.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  36   4   9    2    3   4   6  14      1    5   6  2   2  2   0   1
12 Brittany Brown        g  37   5  10    2    4   4   6  16      0    4   4  2   8  6   0   4
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  30   9  16    0    0   2   2  20      3    8  11  3   1  4   1   1
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  33   1   4    0    1   5   8   7      4    4   8  3   0  2   1   3
32 Imani Wright          g  33   4   8    3    6   3   4  14      0    3   3  2   0  2   0   2
 1 A'Tyanna Gaulden          1   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
11 Maria Conde               5   0   1    0    0   0   0   0      0    1   1  1   0  0   0   1
13 Nausia Woolfolk           1   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu              7   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  0   0  0   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon               5   0   2    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  1   0  1   0   0
50 Chatrice White           12   1   2    0    0   4   4   6      0    0   0  3   0  0   0   0
   Team                                                           1    1   2                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  24  52    7   14  22  30  77      9   26  35 17  11 17   2  12
   Opp                     200  21  56    5   20   8  10  55     10   19  29 27  10 23   1   9

	1	2	3	4	Total
Missouri	14	13	10	18	55
Florida State	12	20	24	21	77

Florida State 66, Oregon State 53
03/25/2017, NCAA, Sweet 16, Stockton, Calif.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Florida State Women's Hoops Reaches Third Elite Eight.

By Seminoles.com Contributor Ariya Massoudi

STOCKTON, CA - For the second time in three years Florida State is headed back to the Elite Eight.

The No. 3 seed Seminoles mounted a furious rally, led by their stingy defense to defeat No. 2 seed Oregon State 66-53 on Saturday in the Sweet Sixteen.

FSU trailed by as many as 17 early in the game as the Beavers got out to a quick start, leading 21-4 by the middle of the first quarter. The size and length of the Beavers seemed to give the Noles fits, but FSU made its adjustments and began attacking the Beavers. Eventually the Noles cut the lead to 23-12 at the end of the first quarter.

"We as a collective group decided we needed to start defending and rebounding (better)," an elated Brittany Brown said after the game. "We stayed together when adversity hit and we know our second half has always been the best."

The Noles came alive in the second quarter, using their blend of quickness and athleticism to continue chipping away at the OSU lead. Leticia Romero scored six of her 10 halftime points in the period to lead the way for FSU. The turning point in the contest was Ivey Slaughter's steal and score, giving the Noles life heading into the break down just 35-30.

The momentum had clearly shifted.

"I was confident that, you know, after that, in the second half, we were going to have a different kind of game," Romero said of Slaughter's steal. "That gave me so much energy to just play my game and help the team."

"That was just what we needed. Every time we needed a big play Ivey made something happen," Brown agreed.

"That play was a big difference maker."

Romero was spectacular on the evening finishing 8 of 12 from the floor and leading all scorers with 18 points. The senior hit timely shot after timely shot to will the Seminoles from a deficit into a convincing victory.

"When Leti starts going, everybody else gets going, especially on the offensive end," Slaughter said of Romero. "It was win or go home and I think it was amazing how she got going."

The Seminoles roared out of the locker room in the third quarter with another steal from Slaughter and went on a quick 12-2 run to take a 42-37 lead.

Sparked by active hands, FSU continuously turned the Beavers over for fast break points. On the evening, the Noles cashed in on 28 points of 23 Oregon State turnovers and led 46-42 after three quarters.

"As far as our team goes, it all starts on the defensive end," Semrau said. "For Ivey to open up the second half with that big steal, I think gave us a ton of energy."

The Beavers, in front of a very OSU-heavy 4,500 fans didn't quit and eventually tied the game at 46-46 with 6:55 left in the game. The Seminoles had an answer every time as Shakayla Thomas and Imani Wright hit back-to-back jumpers to extend the lead to four, breaking the backs of the OSU faithful and team. FSU finished the game on a 12-2 run, hitting clutch free throws to send the school back to the Elite Eight for third time in the program's history.

The team's leadership never allowed the Beavers back into the contest. In the last media timeout of the game, Semrau watched her seniors do most of the talking, a clear sign of her team's experience and poise.

"They were locking each other in, they did a phenomenal job of communicating in the huddle, and then onto the court," Semrau said.

"We were talking about making sure we met every one of their passes (defensively) and about end of game situations," Brown added.

The Noles held the Beavers to just 36.4 percent shooting on the evening and outscored a much larger OSU roster 36-28 in the paint. FSU also protected the ball well in the game, turning the ball over just nine times.

Thomas secured a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds in the win, while Slaughter nearly had a triple-double with 11 points, eight rebounds and nine steals. The nine steals by the senior were an NCAA Tournament Regional record.

FSU next takes on No. 1 seed South Carolina in the Elite Eight on Monday at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN and will have a chance at the school's first ever Final Four. The Noles and Gamecocks are familiar foes, having last met in the 2015 edition of the Elite Eight.

"We have so much respect for South Carolina and the job that (Head Coach) Dawn (Staley) has done and the program and team that they have put together," Semrau said.

"Just have a ton of respect for who they are and how far their program has come."

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  35   8  12    0    0   2   2  18      1    4   5  3   3  2   0   1
12 Brittany Brown        g  37   2   8    0    2   4   4   8      0    3   3  0   4  3   0   3
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  33   5  17    0    0   2   3  12      2    9  11  2   1  1   1   1
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  31   4   7    0    0   3   4  11      6    2   8  1   0  2   0   9
32 Imani Wright          g  32   4  11    0    2   1   2   9      1    2   3  3   1  0   0   1
11 Maria Conde               8   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      1    0   1  0   0  0   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu              8   1   2    0    0   0   0   2      0    0   0  1   0  1   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon               4   1   2    0    0   0   0   2      0    1   1  0   0  0   0   1
50 Chatrice White           12   2   7    0    1   0   1   4      0    1   1  2   0  0   1   0
   Team                                                                2   2                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  27  66    0    5  12  16  66     11   24  35 12   9  9   2  16
   Opp                     200  20  55    2   17  11  13  53     11   31  42 18  11 23   8   4

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	12	18	16	20	66
Oregon State	23	12	7	11	53

South Carolina 71, Florida State 64
03/27/2017, NCAA, Elite Eight, Stockton, Calif.

From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.

Comeback Falls Short In Elite Eight.

By Seminoles.com Contributor Kelly Jones

STOCKTON, CA � For the second time in three years, Florida State�s remarkable season ended in the Elite Eight.

The foe was familiar � Stockton Regional top-seed South Carolina � who outlasted the No. 3 Seminoles in a heartbreaker at the Stockton Arena, winning 71-64. The Seminoles also fell to the Gamecocks in 2015 in the Greensboro, N.C., regional final.

Florida State finished with an overall record of 28-7. South Carolina advances to the Final Four for the second time in program history, joining Stanford, Mississippi State and four-time defending champion Connecticut in Dallas on Saturday.

The Seminoles suffered from a slow start in every game of the NCAA Tournament. For the first time in three games, Florida State scored more than 12 points in the first quarter. Junior center Chatrice White led the way with five points early. The Seminoles trailed 24-17 after the Gamecocks� Tyasha Harris made a 3-pointer with .4 seconds on the clock.

Wright opened the second quarter with a steal and coast-to-coast layup to pull the Seminoles to 24-19. An 8-0 run pulled the Seminoles within three points, 28-25. Olympian Leticia Romero made the first of two free throws, followed by a Imani Wright 3-pointer and a Brittany Brown jumper. It was the most consecutive points Florida State scored in the first half.

South Carolina answered with a 12-4 run to end the second quarter, despite 6-foot, 5-inch forward A�ja Wilson sitting out most of the quarter with two fouls. Florida State found itself in an 11-point hole after it was unable to score in the last minute and 48 seconds of the half. The Seminoles were outscored 16-12 in the second quarter.

Romero had a rough start, making just 1 of 10 shots in the first half, though she also grabbed three rebounds. Wright scored nine of her 11 points in the first half, but missed 4 of her 5 3-point attempts.

Both teams came in with highly-touted defenses, both holding opponents to less than 60 points per game. South Carolina was able to keep Florida State from passing the ball and the Seminoles were called for a five-second violation 7.9 seconds before halftime.

Florida State ended the third quarter on a 6-2 run, trailing 55-45. Two free throws and a put-back by Romero were sandwiched between layups by Wright and White. The Seminoles outscored the Gamecocks 16-15 in the third.

Romero scored 7 of her 16 points in the fourth quarter, including a 3-pointer. But the Seminoles could get no closer than three points. A Brown steal and layup pulled the Seminoles to 65-62 with 3:23 to play. They did not make another field goal until 12.4 seconds left when White rattled in a put-back to make the score 68-64.

South Carolina�s Kaela Davis led all scorers with 23 points. The Seminoles� Ivey Slaughter was the game�s leading rebounder with 10, adding six points to her line. Romero and Slaughter were named to the Stockton Regional All-Tournament Team.

It was Florida State�s first loss since the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament on March 3, a narrow 56-54 loss to Miami.

 
NO        NAME          GS MIN FGM FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS   OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
== ==================== == === === === ==== ==== === === ===   ==== ==== === == === == === ===
10 Leticia Romero        g  40   6  23    1    4   3   4  16      3    3   6  2   6  0   0   2
12 Brittany Brown        g  35   3   9    0    2   2   2   8      1    0   1  1   4  4   0   3
20 Shakayla Thomas       f  20   3   8    0    0   2   3   8      3    5   8  3   0  1   0   1
23 Ivey Slaughter        f  26   2   6    0    0   2   2   6      4    6  10  2   1  2   0   2
32 Imani Wright          g  35   5  16    1    9   0   0  11      2    1   3  3   1  2   0   2
11 Maria Conde               5   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    1   1  1   0  1   0   0
24 Nicki Ekhomu              8   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      0    0   0  1   0  0   0   0
25 Ama Degbeon               8   0   0    0    0   0   0   0      1    0   1  2   0  0   0   0
50 Chatrice White           23   7   9    0    0   1   2  15      2    1   3  3   0  1   1   0
   Team                                                           2    1   3                  
                     =========================================================================
   FSU                   5 200  26  71    2   15  10  13  64     18   18  36 18  12 11   1  10
   Opp                     200  26  45    3   10  16  20  71      2   29  31 11   8 18   5   7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	17	12	16	19	64
South Carolina	24	16	15	16	71