Ewin’s Career-High 24 Leads Florida State To 74-66 Win Over Miami

TALLAHASSEE – Florida State's Malique Ewin scored a career-high 24 points and Jamir Watkins scored 16 to lead Florida State to a 74-66 win over Miami at the Donald L. Tucker Center. Ewin finished a perfect 10 of 10 from the field to become just the fourth player in school history – and the first since 1992 – to finish perfect on at least 10 field goals in a game. The junior was 10 of 10 from the field to match a record for field goal perfection last set by Douglas Edwards against UNC Asheville on January 2, 1992. He's the first player in school history to record a perfect shooting night with at least 10 field goals made in an ACC game.

Florida State is now 16-10 overall and 7-8 in ACC play. Miami is 6-20 overall and 2-13 in ACC play.

Florida State has now won 14 of its last 15 games against Miami since a 103-94 overtime victory over the Hurricanes on January 27, 2018. During that stretch of games, the Seminoles are 7-1 against Miami at home.

Watkins scored his 1,500^th career point on a free throw with 51 seconds left to play in the game. He has now scored 1,502 career points. He has scored 980 points as a Seminole and needs just 20 points to become the 50^th player in Florida State history to score 1,000 or more career points.

In a game that saw seven lead changes and eight ties, the Seminoles took advantage of a 7-0 run midway through the second half to turn a one-point advantage into an eight-point advantage in just 1:04 of game time. During the run, Ewin scored four points and freshman AJ Swinton added three more on a 3-point shot to give the Seminoles the breathing room they needed to gain their third ACC win in their last four conference games.

Florida State increased a 48-47 lead to a 55-47 advantage and never saw their lead drop below five for the remainder of the game.

In finishing with 16 points, Watkins was 11 of 14 from the free throw line. He led the Seminoles with eight rebounds.

In addition to his 24 points, Ewin totaled five rebounds, three steals and two assists.

"I thought that tonight you saw Malique making a tremendous effort," said head coach Leonard Hamilton. "He knew that this was an important game for us, and I thought that he was really focused, and I was very proud of how he responded."

Taylor Bol Bowen enjoyed a strong defensive night as he blocked a career-high tying four shots to go along with six rebounds, two assists, and two steals.

"Taylor is blessed with a lot of physical attributes that are rare -- his quickness, his explosiveness, his reaction time," said Hamilton.

Junior Chandler Jackson celebrated his 21^st birthday with 11 points, three assists, two steals, and only one turnover in 29 minutes of playing time.

Jerry Deng, who also celebrated his 21^st birthday, scored seven points in the victory.

Miami's Lynn Kidd totaled a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds while Matthew Cleveland totaled 14 points and six rebounds.

Florida State wore its distinctive Seminole Heritage turquoise uniforms in its game against Miami. It marked the 32^nd time that the Seminoles have worn the uniforms. Florida State is now 23-9 wearing the alternate uniforms including 2-0 against Miami.

Florida State hits the road and heads to Louisville, Kentucky to take on the Cardinals for a second time this season on Saturday, February 22 at noon in the KFC YUM! Center.

Ewin’s Career-High 24 Leads Florida State To 74-66 Win Over Miami

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Team Stats

Malique Ewin

Jamir Watkins

Chandler Jackson

Jerry Deng

Players Mentioned

Taylor Bol Bowen

Jerry Deng

Malique Ewin

Chandler Jackson

AJ Swinton

Jamir Watkins

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