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No. 18 Women's Basketball Defeats Clayton State, 97-52
11/1/2023 9:11:00 PM | Women's Basketball
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – The 18th-ranked Florida State Women's Basketball team completed their second and final exhibition on Wednesday night, defeating Clayton State, 97-52, at the Donald L. Tucker Center.
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— FSU Women's Basketball (@fsuwbb) November 2, 2023
Five Seminoles scored in double figures to punctuate the blowout win, led by returning All-American Ta'Niya Latson's 21 points. Junior guard O'Mariah Gordon was impressive with 17 points on 7-of-17 shooting along with five rebounds, accelerating her game to a new level as she continues her fine display in the preseason.
Graduate guard Alexis Tucker chipped in with 11 points while freshman Carla Viegas also added 11. Redshirt senior Sara Bejedi added 10 points along with five assists.
Florida State totaled 25 fast-break points and out-scored Clayton State 36-4 in points off turnovers. All 11 active Seminoles got into the scoring column in their final tuneup before playing their season opener on Monday, Nov. 6, against Charleston Southern at 6 p.m. at the Tucker Center.
Associate Head Coach Bill Ferrara was the head coach on Wednesday night while Brooke Wyckoff continues to recover from successful surgery. Ferrara's fast-paced offense, ranked as one of the ACC's best last season, featured 46 scores in approximately 85 possessions in the exhibition.
Sophomore Brianna Turnage led FSU with 10 rebounds in nearly 16 minutes played. FSU got to the line 41 times on Wednesday and totaled 11 assists to just eight turnovers despite the high number of possessions.
Fans are encouraged to wear Garnet to FSU's season opener on Monday vs. Charleston Southern, with the first 500 attendees receiving a schedule magnet. Both season tickets and individual game tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting Seminoles.com or by calling the FSU Athletics Ticket Office at 1-888-FSU-NOLE.
