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Seminoles Survive Scare

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A Tribune wire report

Published: November 21, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - Florida State almost blew a 16-point halftime lead, but Toney Douglas led the Seminoles back with 26 points to earn a 79-77 win against Stetson on Thursday night.

Florida State led 43-27 at halftime, but Stetson took a 56-54 lead on Garfield Blair's 3-pointer with 12:35 to play. The two teams exchanged the lead before the Hatters went on a 8-0 run to go up 66-59 with 8:47 to play.

From there, Douglas took over, scoring eight straight points to restore the Seminoles lead. The Hatters tied the game with a free throw by Blair, but after Solomon Alabi's jumper put the Noles up 69-67, Stetson was unable to come back.

STETSON (1-2) - Oliver 2-7 0-0 4, Lang 0-2 0-0 0, Smith 5-13 1-2 14, Blair 8-14 2-4 19, Thomas 6-14 0-1 16, Williams 1-3 0-0 3, Bowen 0-0 0-0 0, Dupiton 0-0 0-0 0, Radford 1-1 0-0 2, Lohuis 1-3 2-3 5, Diaz 4-8 3-3 14. Totals 28-65 8-13 77.

FLORIDA ST. (3-0) - Singleton 3-8 4-4 10, Reid 4-10 8-9 16, Alabi 5-8 3-5 13, DeMercy 0-3 0-0 0, Douglas 9-16 8-10 26, Jordan 0-1 0-0 0, Gibson 0-1 1-2 1, Loucks 0-0 2-2 2, Dulkys 1-4 1-1 3, Echefu 3-5 1-1 8. Totals 25-56 28-34 79.

Halftime-Florida St. 43-27. 3-Point Goals-Stetson 13-32 (Thomas 4-7, Diaz 3-7, Smith 3-7, Williams 1-2, Lohuis 1-3, Blair 1-4, Lang 0-2), Florida St. 1-10 (Echefu 1-2, DeMercy 0-1, Singleton 0-2, Douglas 0-2, Dulkys 0-3). Fouled Out-Oliver. Rebounds-Stetson 31 (Blair 7), Florida St. 42 (Singleton 10). Assists-Stetson 9 (Smith 6), Florida St. 12 (DeMercy, Loucks 4). Total Fouls-Stetson 23, Florida St. 17. A-6,186.

FLA. GULF COAST 66, N.C. CENTRAL 58: Delvin Franklin scored a team-high 15 points to lead Florida Gulf Coast (1-1) to a win against North Carolina Central (0-3).

Women

FSU 70, COLL. OF CHARLESTON 57: Freshman center Cierra Bravard scored a career-high 25 points and added eight rebounds to lead the Seminoles to a win against the College of Charleston (1-1). The Seminoles (3-0) also got 15 points from Jacinta Moore.

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