Women’s Basketball Looks for 10-1 Start on Sunday

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State Women’s Basketball prepares for its second game of a three-game homestand when it hosts Texas Southern on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center.

TV: Fans can stream the game on ACC Network Extra.
Radio: The matchup can be heard locally on 96.5 FM and 1270 AM, and can be accessed anywhere on Seminoles Leanplayer.
In-game updates: Fans can follow on the FSU Women’s Basketball Twitter Account (@fsuwbb).

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

The Seminoles are off to another strong start to their season. Over the last decade, they have won at least nine of their first 10 games eight different times. FSU’s 9-1 start is its best 10-game beginning since starting 10-0 in the 2019-20 season.
Florida State owns a 37-11 all-time record against current teams from the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Thirty-three of FSU’s 48 games played against the conference have come against Tallahassee neighbor Florida A&M.
Sophomore forward Makayla Timpson enters Sunday’s game with four consecutive double-doubles. She is the first Seminole to produce four consecutive games of double-digit points and rebounds since Natasha Howard in the 2013-14 season. The school record holder for consecutive games with a double-double is Cherry Rivers, who had six straight in the 1978-79 season.
Florida State has been out-scoring opponents by nearly 30 points per game in its four home games this year. The Seminoles are averaging 90.8 points per game inside the Tucker Center, while opponents are averaging 61.3 points (+29.5 point differential).
Sunday’s matchup will be the first in series history between Texas Southern and Florida State. FSU opened its season facing Bethune-Cookman from the SWAC, winning 113-50 on Nov. 7.
Freshman guard Ta’Niya Latson became the first Seminole ever to win ACC Rookie of the Week four times in a season. Latson has won all four of the league’s rookie honors so far in addition to winning player of the week on Nov. 15 and 21.
Over FSU’s last five games, senior guard Sara Bejedi has been one of three players averaging in double figures, joining Latson (22.4) and Timpson (14.8). Bejedi has averaged 10.6 points in games vs. Oklahoma State (13), Purdue (8), Harvard (13), Wisconsin (7) and Stetson (12).
FSU has been dominant in the shot-blocking department, averaging 6.6 blocks per game to rank third nationally and first in the ACC.
Makayla Timpson ranks in the Top 10 nationally in both total blocks (ninth; 23) and double-doubles (ninth; 5). She is one of two players in the country to rank in the Top 10 in both categories, joining Stephanie Soares of Iowa State.
Ta’Niya Latson has excelled in crucial fourth quarter situations. In FSU’s six games this season where the score was close in the fourth quarter, Latson has delivered 7.8 points and shot 55.9 percent from the floor in those particular quarters.
The Seminoles rank in the Top 10 nationally in defensive rebounds per game (sixth; 32.3) and rebounds per game (ninth; 46.6).
FSU joins LSU, South Carolina, Stanford and Drake among schools ranking in the Top 10 in the country in both blocked shots per game and rebounds per game.
After serving as an interim head coach in 2020-21, head coach Brooke Wyckoff is getting the job done again in what is her first year as the permanent head coach. In that 2020-21 season, she was one of two first-time head coaches to lead the Seminoles to the NCAA Tournament.
Latson continues to pour in 20-point performances. In her 10 games this season, she has nine games with 20 or more points. Her only game below 20 was a 19-point game vs. Georgia State.
FSU is holding its opponents to just 33.8 percent shooting from the floor at home.
FSU is 1 of 9 teams to make the NCAA Tournament in 16 of the last 17 years, joining Louisville, Notre Dame, UConn, Baylor, Tennessee, Stanford, Maryland, DePaul.
Through games played on Dec. 7, FSU has a current NET ranking of 43rd.

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