Florida State University Athletics
Men’s Basketball Falls at Duke, 88-70
2/19/2022 9:02:03 PM | Men's Basketball
DURHAM, N.C. (seminoles.com) – Jalen Warley scored a career-high 15 points and pulled down a career-high seven rebounds as the Seminoles fell to No. 9 Duke, 88-70, at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
The Seminoles were without five starters against the Blue Devils including Malik Osborne (10.0 ppg, 6.9 rpg), Anthony Polite (9.7 ppg, 5.5 rpg), RayQuan Evans (7.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg), Caleb Mills (12.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg) and Naheem McLeod (4.5 ppg, 2.1 rpg).
Warley shot .600 percent from the field (six of 10) and .667 from beyond the arc (two of three). His two triples mark a career-high for the freshman. He is ranked second on the team with a 2.0:1 assist to turnover ratio, third on the team with 62 assists, and fourth on the team with 28 steals.
Freshman Matthew Cleveland led with 16 points on seven of 13 shooting from the field (.538 percent). Cleveland has scored in double figures in the past five games and averages 13.0 ppg during this streak.
Florida State was down by just one point late in the first half after a three-point shot from Wyatt Wilkes with 3:26 to go. However, a 12-2 run by the Blue Devils put them up 52-41 going into the locker room.
The Seminoles shot .586 from the field and .429 from the three-point line during the first half.
After the intermission, Florida State got within eight points early in the second half but could not close the gap by any more for the rest of the game.
Sophomore Cam’Ron Fletcher scored 12 points and had six rebounds this evening. He has scored in double figures in the past three games and is averaging 15.0 ppg during this span. Fletcher also contributed two steals (totaling 23 for the season) and is one of five Seminoles with at least 20 steals this season.
Duke’s Paolo Banchero led with 17 points while pulling down eight rebounds. All five starters for the Blue Devils scored in double figures this evening. Both teams committed 11 turnovers but the Seminoles were outrebounded 41-23.
Florida State will continue their ACC road game streak as they visit Boston College on Monday, February 21 in a game rescheduled from December 29. The game will tip off at 7 p.m.