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The Florida State Seminoles were able to hold off a late rally by the Miami Hurricanes to improved to 8-2 in ACC play.
The Florida State Seminoles held a 28-26 lead at halftime over the Miami Hurricanes after trading leads back and forth in the first half. The Hurricanes once again tied the game early in the second half, but the Seminoles were able to again pull away late in the second half to secure the 64-59 victory. Kenny Kadji led the Hurricanes in scoring in the losing effort with 14 points.
For the Seminoles, Michael Snaer finished the game with 12 points and five rebounds while Bernard James led the Noles in scoring with 18 points and 6 rebounds with 4 blocks on the day. Ian Miller picked up 11 points off the bench hitting on two of his three three-point shot attempts.
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The Florida State Seminoles welcomed in the Miami Hurricanes as the Noles tried to rebound from a tough loss to Boston College. The game went back and forth early on with the teams trading leads, but late in the first half the Seminoles were able to pull away from Miami and take a 28-26 lead into halftime thanks to some late scoring by John Kreft off the bench. Michael Snaer led FSU in scoring in the first half with 10 points, hitting on two of his five three-point attempts.
The Hurricanes out rebounded the Noles 17-13, but the Noles defense clamped down and allowed Miami to hit on just 18.2 percent of their three-point shot attempts. Kenny Kadji leads Miami in scoring at the half with seven points while Rion Brown has picked up five points off the bench.
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The Miami Hurricanes (15-7, 6-3) look to continue their recent winning ways when they travel to Tallahassee Saturday to take on conference and in-state rival Florida State (16-7, 7-2). Miami is looking to snap a five-game losing streak to the Seminoles.
The Hurricanes shocked Duke on Super Bowl Sunday, winning at Cameron Indoor Stadium 78-74. Jim Larranaga's team followed up that victory with a 65-49 defeat of Virginia Tech on Thursday to climb within one game of the conference lead.
Florida State lost a stunner this week, falling to conference cellar dweller Boston College 64-60, snapping a seven-game winning streak in the process. With the loss, the Seminoles dropped into a first-place tie with Duke and North Carolina in the ACC.
Florida State has won 10 of the last 11 matchups between the two schools. 10 of the last 12 games have been decided by eight points or less.
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