Coming off a hard-fought road loss to Duke, the Seminoles returned to Tallahassee and the friendly confines of the Tucker Center to sneak by the Syracuse Orange, 80-77. The win moves FSU to 21-4 on the season and keeps alive Florida State’s slim hopes of earning the ACC Tournament one seed.
The Seminoles began the game like they finished the one earlier this week in Durham— with cold shooting. The ‘Noles had four looks on the first possession thanks to physical offensive rebounding, yet still walked away with zero points. Syracuse then rattled off a pair of buckets to take an early four point lead, but FSU responded with a 10-0 run behind two threes from M.