Florida State University Athletics
Tuesday, February 13
Blacksburg, Va.
9:00 p.m.
Florida State
at
Virginia Tech
Seminoles Travel To Play At Virginia Tech Tuesday At 9 P.M.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. - Florida State, which has won seven of its last 11 ACC games, travels to play at Virginia Tech on Tuesday, January 13, 2024 at 9:00 p.m. It's the second meeting between the two teams following the Seminoles' 77-74 win over the Hokies on January 6, 2024 at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee. The Seminoles arrive in Blacksburg on Tuesday with four ACC road victories. Florida State has won at Notre Dame (January 13, 67-58), at Miami (January 17, 84-75), at Syracuse (January 23, 85-69), and most recently at Boston College (February 6, 63-62). The four road victories by the Seminoles is just two wins away from matching the six ACC road win total of six they earned during the 2019-20 season. Florida State won the ACC regular season championship and ACC Championship with a 16-4 overall league record and six conference road wins. Following Tuesday's game at Virginia Tech, the Seminoles play host to Duke (Saturday, February 17) and Boston College (Tuesday, February 20).
HAMILTON RANKS FIFTH IN ACC HISTORY FOR WINS
Florida State's Leonard Hamilton enters Tuesday's game at Virginia Tech as the fifth winningest coach in ACC history with 417 wins. He is also the fifth winningest coach in ACC history for ACC regular season victories (166), ACC regular season and ACC Tournament wins combined (192). He is sixth in the ACC record book for ACC road wins (69), and eighth in ACC history for NCAA Tournament wins as an ACC Head Coach (18).
WATKINS, GREEN JR. IN TOP 10 FOR STEALS; SEMINOLES RANK SECOND IN ACC IN STEALS PER GAME
Entering Tuesday's game at Virginia Tech, Florida State junior Jamir Watkins is ranked sixth in the ACC in steals (40 steals / 1.74 spg) and senior Darin Greer Jr. is tied for seventh in the steals per game category (36 steals / 1.65 spg) while the Seminoles ranked second in the ACC with 212 steals and a team averaged od 9.2 steals per game. Florida State has earned double figures in steals in four of the last five games, and in six of 12 ACC games.
CORHEN WITH REMARKABLE NUMBERS FROM THE FIELD
Florida State's Cam Corhen is shooting .806 from the field (25 of 31) in the last seven games and enters Tuesday's game against Virginia Tech ranked eighth in school history with a career field goal shooting percentage of .583. He is shooting .650 from the field in the first and was a perfect five of five from the field (11 points) in Florida State's 77-74 victory over Virginia on January 9, 2024 in Tallahassee.
LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO…
…Defeat Virginia Tech and win the two-game regular season series between the two teams for the first time since the 2014-15 season when the Seminoles won in Tallahassee (86-75, January 6, 2015) and in Blacksburg (73-65, February 7, 2015). The Seminoles also won the home-and-away series against the Hokies during the 2011-12 season). While these two teams have played multiple times in a season, the 2023-24 schedule is the first time since the 2014-15 season that the two have met twice during the regular season;…Defeat Virginia Tech and defeat the Hokies for the eighth time in the last 10 meetings between the two teams. The Seminoles defeated the Hokies in six consecutive meetings between the two teams from January 7, 2017 through February 1, 2020;…Defeat Virginia Tech and win its second consecutive game against the Hokies for the first time since a victory in the 2019 ACC Tournament in Charlotte (65-63 in overtime, March 14, 2019) and during a regular season game in Blacksburg (74-63, February 1, 2020).
FLORIDA STATE'S OFFENSE AGAINST VIRGINIA
Florida State scored 76 points against Virginia on Saturday – nearly 20 points more than the Cavaliers allow on a per game basis this season. Virginia leads the ACC in scoring defense as it allows an average of 57.1 points scored per game in its first 24 games of the season. The Seminoles scored 18.3 points more on Saturday than the Cavaliers have allowed on a averages basis during the season
SEMINOLES APPROACHING 100 TEAM BLOCKED SHOTS
Florida State totaled its ACC season-high of eight shots against Virginia on Saturday in the Donald L. Tucker Center. It marked the third time this season the Seminoles had blocked eight or more shots in a game with 10 coming in its victory over Winthrop (December 22) and nine coming against Kennesaw State in their season-opener. Florida State enters Tuesday's game against Virginia Tech ranked seventh in the ACC in blocked shots per game (4.3 bpg) and need just two blocked shots to become the seventh team in the ACC this season to blocked 100 or more shots as a team. The Seminoles blocked 125 shots last season (3.9 bpg). Florida State has blocked at least one shot in each game during the 2023-24 season and in 39 consecutive game dating to a 90-75 loss against Forest on January 11, 2023. The last time the Seminoles did not block a shot was in a 75-64 win over Georgia Tech on January 7, 2023.
SEMINOLES TO HONOR NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE IN TURQUOISE UNIFORMS AGAINST HOKIES
Florida State will wear its distinctive Nike Seminole Heritage turquoise uniforms in its game against Virginia Tech. It marks the 28th time the Seminoles will wear the uniforms since first wearing them on November 17, 2013, in an 89-61 win over UT Martin. It's the eighth time the Seminoles have worn the special uniforms during an ACC game -- the Seminoles are 5-2 against ACC teams in the uniforms. It's the first time the Seminole have worn the uniforms against Virginia Tech. The Seminoles have worn the uniforms against Pittsburgh (twice), Boston College (twice), Miami, Notre Dame, and Wake Forest in regular season ACC play. The Seminoles are 20-7 when wearing the special N7 turquoise uniforms.
HAMILTON RANKS FIFTH IN ACC HISTORY FOR WINS
Florida State's Leonard Hamilton enters Tuesday's game at Virginia Tech as the fifth winningest coach in ACC history with 417 wins. He is also the fifth winningest coach in ACC history for ACC regular season victories (166), ACC regular season and ACC Tournament wins combined (192). He is sixth in the ACC record book for ACC road wins (69), and eighth in ACC history for NCAA Tournament wins as an ACC Head Coach (18).
WATKINS, GREEN JR. IN TOP 10 FOR STEALS; SEMINOLES RANK SECOND IN ACC IN STEALS PER GAME
Entering Tuesday's game at Virginia Tech, Florida State junior Jamir Watkins is ranked sixth in the ACC in steals (40 steals / 1.74 spg) and senior Darin Greer Jr. is tied for seventh in the steals per game category (36 steals / 1.65 spg) while the Seminoles ranked second in the ACC with 212 steals and a team averaged od 9.2 steals per game. Florida State has earned double figures in steals in four of the last five games, and in six of 12 ACC games.
CORHEN WITH REMARKABLE NUMBERS FROM THE FIELD
Florida State's Cam Corhen is shooting .806 from the field (25 of 31) in the last seven games and enters Tuesday's game against Virginia Tech ranked eighth in school history with a career field goal shooting percentage of .583. He is shooting .650 from the field in the first and was a perfect five of five from the field (11 points) in Florida State's 77-74 victory over Virginia on January 9, 2024 in Tallahassee.
LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO…
…Defeat Virginia Tech and win the two-game regular season series between the two teams for the first time since the 2014-15 season when the Seminoles won in Tallahassee (86-75, January 6, 2015) and in Blacksburg (73-65, February 7, 2015). The Seminoles also won the home-and-away series against the Hokies during the 2011-12 season). While these two teams have played multiple times in a season, the 2023-24 schedule is the first time since the 2014-15 season that the two have met twice during the regular season;…Defeat Virginia Tech and defeat the Hokies for the eighth time in the last 10 meetings between the two teams. The Seminoles defeated the Hokies in six consecutive meetings between the two teams from January 7, 2017 through February 1, 2020;…Defeat Virginia Tech and win its second consecutive game against the Hokies for the first time since a victory in the 2019 ACC Tournament in Charlotte (65-63 in overtime, March 14, 2019) and during a regular season game in Blacksburg (74-63, February 1, 2020).
FLORIDA STATE'S OFFENSE AGAINST VIRGINIA
Florida State scored 76 points against Virginia on Saturday – nearly 20 points more than the Cavaliers allow on a per game basis this season. Virginia leads the ACC in scoring defense as it allows an average of 57.1 points scored per game in its first 24 games of the season. The Seminoles scored 18.3 points more on Saturday than the Cavaliers have allowed on a averages basis during the season
SEMINOLES APPROACHING 100 TEAM BLOCKED SHOTS
Florida State totaled its ACC season-high of eight shots against Virginia on Saturday in the Donald L. Tucker Center. It marked the third time this season the Seminoles had blocked eight or more shots in a game with 10 coming in its victory over Winthrop (December 22) and nine coming against Kennesaw State in their season-opener. Florida State enters Tuesday's game against Virginia Tech ranked seventh in the ACC in blocked shots per game (4.3 bpg) and need just two blocked shots to become the seventh team in the ACC this season to blocked 100 or more shots as a team. The Seminoles blocked 125 shots last season (3.9 bpg). Florida State has blocked at least one shot in each game during the 2023-24 season and in 39 consecutive game dating to a 90-75 loss against Forest on January 11, 2023. The last time the Seminoles did not block a shot was in a 75-64 win over Georgia Tech on January 7, 2023.
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