No. 3 seed Florida State didn't experience too much trouble in winning its opening round NCAA tournament game on Friday. Missouri needed to work a bit more to get through its first round contest.
Florida State (26-6) rolled to an 87-66 victory over Western Illinois in that match-up. In the other game, The No. 6 Missouri (22-10) rallied to surprise No. 11 South Florida 66-64 in another first round game
After differing results, Florida State and Missouri will then meet in the second round on Sunday at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Fla.
For the Seminoles, they got plenty of help from Shakayla Thomas.