Florida State Hangs On Against Notre Dame, Gets Second ACC Win

It wasn’t trying good there for a bit bit within the first half. Notre Dame opened up an 11-point lead halfway by means of the primary half, however Florida State stayed locked in, fought again, and it ended up being a really back-and-forth sport however FSU would dangle on ultimately. It was a hard-fought effort that pays off with a 2-1 ACC begin, and Notre Dame staying winless in Tallahassee, and the house workforce continues to dominate this sequence. 

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This was a really unusual statistical sport, as we’ll get into in a second, but it surely was yet one more FSU/Notre Dame sport that got here all the way down to the wire with this being the second of the final three video games in Tallahassee to complete as a 1-point margin. Matthew Cleveland was very good once more, and Cameron Corhen was phenomenal with Naheem McLeod not enjoying on this one. Let’s get into some stats.

I like the scoring steadiness from Florida State’s starters. Three gamers had 18+ factors, with Matthew Cleveland attaining a 3rd straight double/double (first time since 1995 that is been accomplished by an FSU participant) with 19 factors and 13 rebounds and three made threes, Caleb Mills with a easy 18 factors on 13 photographs, and Cameron Corhen with a robust 18 factors and seven rebounds. Darin Inexperienced was chilly on this sport however nonetheless had 8 factors, and Jalen Warley had his greatest sport of the season (no less than for my part) with 9 factors and 5 assists. There was a large distinction anytime Warley wasn’t on the ground and you can really feel it. 

This was the second straight sport wherein an FSU participant set a profession excessive in factors, as Corhen’s 18 was probably the most he is had in his younger profession. He was merely very good tonight. He missed a pair simple ones early, however he was constantly going by means of Notre Dame put up defenders with sturdy finishes, and probably the most spectacular half was he had simply 1 foul in 31 minutes. For his model of play, that is extraordinarily spectacular given his youth. He will be actually good and I can not wait to see how he continues to develop. 

Notre Dame got here into this sport with the worst opposing free throw share within the nation at 78%, one thing they haven’t any management over. FSU shot 12/14 (86%) on free throws tonight to make that quantity rise much more. It is such a bizarre stat, but it surely’s clearly having an impact on the result of their video games. And I additionally mentioned FSU needed to hold Notre Dame from having double digit free throw makes an attempt, they usually had simply 9. They did an ideal job of defending with out fouling, which was clear once they solely had 4 fouls within the second half. 

For Notre Dame, JJ Starling had certainly one of his greatest video games of the season with 20 factors on 7/11 taking pictures, and was single-handedly conserving the Irish within the sport down the stretch. He was hitting brand threes, powerful finishes in transition, and had the final 6 factors of the sport down the stretch to get them again within the sport and provides them a combating likelihood. 

Nate Laszewski handled foul hassle however nonetheless completed with 12 factors, Cormac Ryan had 17 factors, and Dane Goodwin had simply 2 factors on this sport, which is a giant purpose FSU received this sport, as he did not rating till there have been about 7 minutes left within the sport. 

FSU has a while off earlier than hitting the street to play Duke on New Yr’s Eve. It ought to be a motivated Blue Devils workforce who’s coming off of a double-digit loss.

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