National Basketball Association
Syracuse 74, Florida State 58
When: 2:00 PM ET, Sunday, March 9, 2014
Where: Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Florida
Officials:
# Bryan Kersey, # Tim Kelly, # Raymond Styons
Attendance:
10435
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No. 7 Syracuse 74, Florida State 58: C.J. Fair totaled 22 points, seven rebounds and four steals as the visiting Orange wrapped up their regular season by topping the Seminoles.
Syracuse (27-4, 14-4 ACC) badly needed this win after losing four of its previous five games and will be the No. 2 seed in the ACC tournament. Tyler Ennis chipped in 16 points while Jerami Grant - who missed much of the last three games with a back injury - returned to score 16 points with eight rebounds.
The Orange dominated the boards 43-24, although Okaro White had 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Seminoles (18-12, 9-9). Ian Miller (16 points) and Aaron Thomas (14) were the other primary contributors for Florida State, which had won three straight games.
Ennis scored seven points during a 10-0 run late in the first half that propelled the Orange to a 33-27 lead at intermission. Fair scored the first six Syracuse points of the second half, but Florida State rallied to get within 47-46 on White's jumper with 12 1/2 minutes left.
The Orange responded by scoring 12 of the next 14 points, beginning with two 3-pointers by Cooney and ending with Grant's three-point play. Rakeem Christmas added 12 points, six rebounds and a pair of blocks for Syracuse while Baye Moussa Keita had seven rebounds and two blocks off the bench.
GAME NOTEBOOK: G Trevor Cooney continued to struggle for Syracuse, shooting 3-of-13 from the field and 2-of-8 from 3-point range en route to eight points. ... The teams combined for only 17 assists on 48 field goals. ... The Orange did not receive any points from their bench.
Top Game Performances
Syracuse |
|
Florida State |
C.J. Fair 22 |
Scoring |
Okaro White 20 |
Tyler Ennis 4 |
Assists |
Boris Bojanovsky 3 |
Jerami Grant 8 |
Rebounds |
Okaro White 11 |
Jerami Grant 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Aaron Thomas 6 |
C.J. Fair 4 |
Steals |
Devon Bookert 2 |
Rakeem Christmas 2 |
Blocks |
Boris Bojanovsky 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Syracuse
|
74 |
48.3 |
5-15 |
11-15 |
10 |
37 |
5 |
9 |
12 |
Florida State
|
58 |
38.0 |
4-14 |
16-20 |
7 |
21 |
2 |
5 |
11 |