Senior Phil Cofer, coming back from an injured foot, got his first start of the season and the Seminoles treated the home crowd to a hard-fought 87-76 victory over a solid Winthrop Eagles squad.
Winthrop opened the game with an extremely small lineup, without a single guy over 6’5. Combine this with a sluggish Seminoles defense, and the Eagles repeatedly torched FSU off the dribble over the first 12 minutes of the game. Even defensive ace Trent Forrest became a surprise victim on multiple occasions.
Fortunately, Cofer showed considerably less rust than his first two appearances this season and scored FSU’s first 12 points from an array of spots on the court.