Florida State University Athletics
Basketball Hosts Clemson Tuesday At 7
1/21/2019 6:20:27 PM | Men's Basketball
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Seminoles.com) — No. 23 Florida State, which has won four of its last five games against Clemson, plays host to the Tigers on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Fla. The Seminoles have won three consecutive games against the Tigers in games played in Tallahassee including an 81-79 win in overtime on Feb. 14, 2018 – the last time the teams met in the Capital City of the State of Florida. The Seminoles have won 22 of 31 games played between the two teams in games played in Tallahassee four of the last five and five of the last seven. Florida State’s game against Clemson is a lone home game sandwiched between its game at Boston College (January 20) and its game at Miami (January 27). The Seminoles will play at Clemson in the back half of its annual home-and-home series against the Tigers on February 19, 2019. Including its game against Clemson, Florida State has seven ACC games remaining to be played at home in the Donald L. Tucker Center. Following Tuesday’s game against Clemson, the Seminoles will travel to play at Miami on Sunday, January 27 at 6:00 p.m. to close out their two-game regular season series against the Hurricanes.
COACHES VS. CANCER WEEK
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) celebrates the 26th anniversary of its partnership with the American Cancer Society as the college basketball fraternity will participate in the annual Suits and Sneakers week, Jan, 21-27. Coaches and administrators will wear sneakers with special laces, in memory of Lacey Holsworth, an 8-year old basketball fan who died of the dreaded disease. The coaches and administrators will wear sneakers and specially designed ties that will be auctioned off to help fight the disease. The American Cancer Society will receive 85 percent of the proceeds from the campaign and Princess Lacey’s Legacy will receive 15 percent of the monies raised during the week-long campaign. The proceeds will help provide free rides to chemo treatments, free places to stay near hospitals and funds for research. #laceupforlacey #coachesvscancer #suitsandsneakers www.ebay.com/coachesvscancer.
FLORIDA STATE IS VERY SUCCESSFUL AT HOME
No. 23 Florida State, which has won 39 of its last 42 games (.929 winning percentage) at home since the beginning of the 2015-16 season, will look to up its home record to 9-1 when it plays host to Clemson on Tuesday. The Seminoles enter Tuesday’s game against the Tigers having won more than 92 percent of their overall games (39-3) and 85 percent of their ACC games (19-3) at home since the tail end of the 2015-16 season. Included in that record is a 2-0 record over the Tigers.
KABENGELE’S EMERGES AS THE ACC’S MOST DANGEROUS SIXTH MAN
Redshirt sophomore Mfiondu Kabengele, who scored his career-high of 26 points in Florida State’s game at Boston College on Sunday, enters Tuesday’s game averaging 14.6 points in the Seminoles first five ACC games of the. He is the ONLY player in the ACC to lead his team in scoring as a non-starter. Kabengele has played in each of Florida State’s 18 games and averages a career-high 18.6 minutes played per game and has come off of the bench in each of his 18 appearances for the Seminoles this season.
CBS SPORTS’ JON ROTHSTEIN ON MFIONDU KABENGELE
“Who replaces Donte DiVincenzo (this) season as college basketball’s best sixth man? One candidate is Florida State’s Mfiondu Kabengele. Was key in Noles’ Elite Eight run.”
LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO…
…Defeat Clemson and win its fourth consecutive home game against the Tigers. The Seminoles’ longest home winning streak against the Tigers is five consecutive from February 8, 1992 through January 17, 1996. The Seminoles’ current steak against the Tigers began with a 76-65 win at the Donald L. Tucker Center on January 30, 2016;
…Defeat Clemson and win its 18th ACC home game since the beginning of the 2016-17 season. The Seminoles earned an ACC home winning streak of 12 consecutive wins from Feb. 27, 2016 against No. 23 Notre Dame (77-56) thorough a win over No. 11 North Carolina (81-80) on January 3, 2017.
MANN NAMED A SEMIFINALST FOR THE JOHN R. WOODEN CITZENSHIP CUP AWARD
Florida State senior Terance Mann was named one of 25 semifinalists for the John R. Wooden Citizenship Cup which is presented to distinguished athletes from any sport – two high school, one intercollegiate, and one professional – that best display character, teamwork, and citizenship, the attributes Athletes for a Better World deems central to transforming individuals, sport, and society. The award establishes the recipients as athletes of excellence both on and off the field, role models both as performers and persons, the most important and distinctive honor athletes can achieve.
NOTING TERANCE MANN…
…He made a career-high tying two 3-point shots against Boston College and has now made a single-season career-high tying 13 3-point shots in the first 18 games of the season. He made 11 (combined) as a freshman and a sophomore and totaled 13 as a junior;
…He is shooting a career-high .750 from the free throw line and has made seven of his last nine free throws (.778) in the last two games. He is shooting nearly 14 percentage points higher from the free throw line this season (.750) than he did in the first three seasons of his career combined (.613).
MFIONDU KABELGELE LEADS THE SEMINOLES IN…
…Scoring with 227 points and a 12.6 points per game scoring average. He has scored nearly as many points in 18 games this season (227) as he did in 34 games last season (245 / 7.2 ppg);
…Double figure scoring games with 11. He has scored in double figures in more games this season (11 in 18 games) than he did as a redshirt freshman (10 in 34 games);
…Scoring and rebounding in the same game four times – against Villanova (11 points and seven rebounds), against North Florida (24 points and seven rebounds), against Duke (24 points and 10 rebounds) and at Boston College (26 points and nine rebounds);
…Free throws made (72) an attempted (96). He has already made more free throws this season in 18 games (72) than he did as a redshirt freshman during the 2017-18 season (245);
KABENGELE IN HIS LAST THREE GAMES…
…Has scored 59 points and is averaging 19.7 points scored per game. He tied his former career-high with 24 points against Duke (January 12) and established a new career-high with 26 points against Boston College on Sunday;
…Is averaging 6.7 rebounds and has pulled down 20 total rebounds. He pulled down 10 rebounds in earning his third career double-double of 24 points and 10 rebounds against No. 1 Duke on January 12;
…Is shooting .547 from the field (19 of 35) and enters Tuesday’s game against Clemson shooting a career-high .500 from the field for the season;
…Is shooting .792 from the free throw line (19 of 24) and enters Tuesday’s game against Clemson shooting a career-high .750 from the free throw line for the season. He is shooting nearly 10 percentage points higher from the free throw line this season (.750) than he did as a redshirt freshman (.657).