Florida State keeps tourney hopes alive with sway Georgia Tech
Devon Bookert racked up 16 factors off the bench, going 4 for 4 on 3-pointers, as Florida State defeated Georgia Tech 81-71 on Sunday.
The Seminoles (17-11, 8-8 ACC) kept their slim NCAA competition really hopes alive with the succeed, with two regular-season games continuing to be.
Okaro White finished with 18 for Florida State as Aaron Thomas included 15. Montay Brandon got hold of a game-high 12 rebounds.
Georgia Tech (13-16, 4-12) shed its fourth successive and has gone down six of 7. Robert Carter Jr. scored 20 factors and seized 6 rebounds while Trae Golden chipped in 16 points. Daniel Miller doned with 13 factors and 11 rebounds.
Florida State concludes the period at Boston University and at home versus No. 4 Syracuse. The Seminoles most likely have to succeed both to continue to be on the event bubble.
The Yellow Jackets never found a groove offensively and shot simply 36.2 percent from the area. They had actually been shooting 42.6 percent during conference play, which placed 11th in the ACC. Georgia Tech hooked up on merely 5 of 27 shots from behind the arc to make a bad offensive day even worse. The 71 factors, nonetheless, were the most Georgia Tech has actually racked up in its previous 6 losses.
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The Seminoles used two bursts in the first half to gain control of the game, however permitted a late Georgia Tech run to shut the gap to 34-31 at the break.
Ian Miller, which finished with 15 points, highlighted an 11-0 run with successive 3-pointers after Florida State fell back 11-6. The 2nd can be found in change after Miller surrendered the round with a pass between his legs, got it back and strike a step-back 3-pointer as the protector fell to the ground.
Miller began the 2nd run, a 9-0 stretch, with a lengthy jumper prior to a set of buckets from Boris Bojanovsky and Florida State took a 26-14 lead on a Jarquez Smith free throw.
Georgia Tech reacted with a 17-9 stretch to shut the gap just before the fifty percent.
The Seminoles opened the second one-half with a 15-7 run that the Yellow Jackets never ever recuperated from.
Florida State didn't go for jump gos and attached on 22 of 25 free throw attempts in the 2nd half that confirmed excessive for Georgia Tech. The Seminoles shot 61.1 percent from the industry after halftime.
