Noles vs. Canes: Wednesday at the Tuck

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The 67th meeting between Florida State Women’s Basketball and Miami happens on Wednesday at Noon at the Donald L. Tucker Center.

TV: Wednesday’s rivalry matchup can be streamed 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).
Promotion: Wednesday’s game is Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day, where eligible members can show their FSU ID at the box office and claim up to four complimentary tickets.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

Wednesday’s ACC opener marks the 67th meeting between the Florida State Seminoles (11-2) and the Miami Hurricanes (7-4). It is FSU’s second-most played opponent, behind the 84 meetings it has with Florida, but just ahead of the 62 matchups FSU has played against Clemson. Overall, FSU is 48-18 against the Hurricanes.
Brooke Wyckoff never had a chance to play against Miami during her All-America career as one of the top forwards in program history from 1997-01. But since she’s been on the bench as an assistant, associate and interim head coach, she has coached against Miami 27 times. FSU is 18-9 vs. Miami since Wyckoff first joined the FSU coaching staff in the 2011-12 season.
Freshman guard Ta’Niya Latson is trying to make more history in her incredible start with the Seminoles. Averaging 25.3 points per game this year, Latson is +5.3 points per game ahead of second-place Hailey Van Lith at Louisville (20.0 points per game). An ACC freshman has never won the league’s scoring title.
The Seminoles have won 12 of their last 16 ACC openers. When Wyckoff was the program’s interim head coach in 2020-21, she became the first FSU head coach to win their ACC coaching debut when FSU defeated Virginia, 69-51, on Dec. 13, 2020. Current graduate forward Valencia Myers tied a program record that game with nine blocked shots against the Cavaliers.
In the ACC’s Blue Ribbon Panel Predicted Order of Finish, Miami was selected sixth while Florida State was predicted ninth.
Despite coming off an 85-77 loss vs. No. 9 UConn, the Seminoles out-scored the Huskies 42-32 in the second half at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Florida State’s high-scoring offense is averaging an ACC-best 87.5 points per game. The program record in a single season since joining the conference in 1991-92 is 81.0 in 2017-18. FSU has only averaged above 80 points twice in program history (83.8 in 1990-91).
Florida State is 3-0 against schools from the state of Florida this season, defeating Bethune-Cookman (113-50), Florida (92-77) and Stetson (83-48) at home. FSU is 49-9 vs. schools from the Sunshine State over its last 58 games played.
The Seminoles are averaging 16.8 fast break points this season.
Although still early in the season, FSU holds the 31st-best NET ranking in the country. It owns one Top 40 win so far with its 76-75 victory over Purdue (38th) at the Cancun Challenge on Nov. 25.
Florida State and Miami offer up contrasting ways of forcing turnovers and wreaking havoc defensively: FSU leads the ACC averaging 7.1 blocks per game, while Miami leads the ACC with 11.0 steals.
The Seminoles begin conference play owning a 92-40 (.697) record vs. ACC opponents over the last eight seasons.
Latson is the nation’s only player who ranks in the Top 3 nationally in both free throws made (2nd) and field goals made (3rd), proving her versatility in getting into the scoring column.
In FSU’s six home games this season, the Seminoles are averaging 94.8 points per game. Sophomore Makayla Timpson averages 12.3 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.7 blocks and shoots 63.8 percent (30-of-47) from the floor at home.
Since 2015, Florida State has won seven of its last eight home games vs. Miami.
FSU owns eight consecutive winning seasons in ACC play. The Seminoles have also won 10 or more games in ACC play in each of the last seven seasons.
Latson won her sixth ACC Rookie of the Week honor in a row on Monday. The record for most ACC Rookies of the Week in a season is nine by Duke’s Elizabeth Marshall (2011-12) and Wake Forest’s Tracy Connor (1992-93).

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