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No. 18 Women's Basketball Hosts Clayton State in Final Exhibition
10/31/2023 4:08:00 PM | Women's Basketball
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Seminoles.com) – No. 18 Florida State Women's Basketball prepares for its final tune-up before the start of the regular season, hosting Clayton State on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center. Admission is free to the event along with general admission seating.
FSU's season opener is set for this Monday, Nov. 6, against Charleston Southern at 6 p.m. Fans are encouraged to WEAR GARNET for FSU's opener on Monday, with the first 500 fans receiving a schedule magnet.
The Seminoles recorded a 124-50 win in their first exhibition of the season vs. Flagler on Oct. 26, led by All-American Ta'Niya Latson's 35 points on 12-of-21 shooting.
Florida State begins its 2023-24 season with a No. 18 ranking in the Associated Press preseason poll. It is FSU's highest preseason rank by the AP since being 16th in the 2021-22 preseason poll. FSU is also 22nd in the preseason USA TODAY coaches' poll.
The Seminoles are one of four ACC programs that return their top three scorers from a season ago in sophomore guard Ta'Niya Latson (21.3), junior forward Makayla Timpson (13.2) and fifth-year guard Sara Bejedi (10.8).
FSU currently has seven AP Top 25-ranked opponents on its schedule, including four at home in No. 11 Tennessee (Nov. 9), No. 16 North Carolina (Jan. 11), No. 8 Virginia Tech (Jan. 14) and No. 10 Notre Dame (Feb. 11).
All 30 of Florida State's regular-season games will be televised and/or streamed, with 26 of its 30 games being on the ESPN family of networks which include ESPN, ESPN2, ACC Network and ACC Network Extra (ACCNX).
