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A Tribune wire report

Published: February 19, 2009

TALLAHASSEE - Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton wasn't sure how his young team would respond to its first blowout loss of the season, a 23-point defeat at Wake Forest on Saturday.

Now he knows.

The youthful Seminoles scored a season-high 50 points in the second half on their way to a crucial 80-67 win against Miami on Wednesday night in front of an energized crowd of 10,458 at the Civic Center. With the victory, FSU is now 20-6 overall and 7-4 in the ACC - the first year since 1993 that the Seminoles have won 20 games in the regular season.

"The Wake Forest game kind of shook us up a little bit," Hamilton said. "It kind of woke us up."

MIAMI (15-10) - Graham 1-4 0-3 2, Collins 3-7 2-3 8, Asbury 2-4 4-6 8, Dews 7-11 2-3 19, McClinton 5-12 2-3 13, Hurdle 2-5 3-4 8, McGowan 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 3-8 0-0 8, Jones 0-2 0-0 0, Gamble 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 23-55 14-24 67.

FLORIDA ST. (20-6) - Singleton 2-4 0-0 5, Echefu 4-8 9-10 18, Alabi 1-4 5-5 7, Kitchen 5-7 1-2 13, Douglas 5-12 14-15 24, Gibson 0-1 0-0 0, DeMercy 3-5 0-0 6, Loucks 0-0 0-1 0, Dulkys 1-3 2-2 5, Hoff 0-0 0-0 0, Reid 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 22-46 31-35 80.

Halftime-Miami 31-30. 3-Point Goals-Miami 7-19 (Dews 3-5, Thomas 2-7, Hurdle 1-2, McClinton 1-4, Asbury 0-1), Florida St. 5-17 (Kitchen 2-2, Singleton 1-3, Dulkys 1-3, Echefu 1-4, DeMercy 0-1, Douglas 0-4). Fouled Out-Graham. Rebounds-Miami 32 (Collins, Dews 7), Florida St. 29 (Echefu 10). Assists-Miami 9 (Hurdle 4), Florida St. 11 (Douglas 4). Total Fouls-Miami 22, Florida St. 21. A-10,458.

NO. 3 N. CAROLINA 89

N.C. STATE 80

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Tyler Hansbrough scored 27 points to help North Carolina (24-2, 10-2 ACC) beat North Carolina State (14-10, 4-7).

NO. 5 MEMPHIS 90,

SMU 47

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Shawn Taggart scored 19 points and Doneal Mack added 15 points as Memphis (23-3, 11-0 Conference USA) cruised to victory over SMU (7-17, 1-10).

NO. 7 LOUISVILLE 94,

PROVIDENCE 76

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Terrence Williams had 17 points, eight assists and six rebounds as Louisville (20-5, 11-2 Big East) overcame a shaky first half and pulled away for victory over Providence (16-10, 8-6).

NO. 8 WAKE FOREST 87,

GEORGIA TECH 69

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - James Johnson had 24 points and 11 rebounds and Wake Forest (20-4, 7-4 ACC) avenged its worst loss of the season by holding off Georgia Tech (10-15, 1-11).

NO. 15 KANSAS 72,

IOWA ST. 55

LAWRENCE, Kan. - Cole Aldrich had 22 points and 11 rebounds, helping Kansas (21-5, 10-1 Big 12) extend the nation's longest home-winning streak to 38 games with a win over Iowa State (13-13, 2-9).

PENN STATE 38,

NO. 18 ILLINOIS 33

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Talor Battle made four free throws in the final 16 seconds to lead Penn State (19-8, 8-6, Big Ten) to victory over Illinois (21-6, 9-5).

WIS.-MILWAUKEE 63,

NO. 21 BUTLER 60

MILWAUKEE - Avery Smith had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Wisconsin-Milwaukee (15-11, 10-6 Horizon League) appeared to benefit from a clock malfunction in the closing seconds of a victory over Butler (22-4, 13-3).

NO. 23 LSU 72,

ARKANSAS 69

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Marcus Thornton scored 28 points and made a key defensive play in the final minute as LSU (22-4, 10-1 SEC) rallied past Arkansas (13-11, 1-10).

SAINT LEO 70,

TAMPA 66

SAINT LEO - Rashad Callaway scored 30 points for Tampa (13-10, 6-7 SSC), but Saint Leo (14-13, 7-7) edged past the Spartans.

WOMEN'S GAMES

NO. 1 CONNECTICUT 75,

PROVIDENCE 39

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Maya Moore scored 16 points and Tiffany Hayes added 15 and Connecticut (26-0, 12-0 Big East) cruised to victory over Providence (9-16, 3-9).

OKLAHOMA ST. 58,

NO. 12 TEXAS 52

AUSTIN, Texas - Andrea Riley scored on an easy layup to seal victory for Oklahoma State (15-9, 4-7 Big 12) over Texas (19-6, 7-4).

MISSOURI 52,

NO. 16 KANSAS ST. 43

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Jessra Johnson scored 17 points as Missouri (12-12, 3-8 Big 12) stifled Kansas State (20-4, 7-4), the Wildcats' worst offensive outing of the season.

NO. 17 XAVIER 72,

LA SALLE 42

CINICINNATI - Junior guard Dee Dee Jernigan had 14 points and Xavier (23-4, 11-0 Atlantic 10) beat La Salle (10-16, 1-10).

TAMPA 70,

SAINT LEO 52

SAINT LEO - Former Holy Names standout Gianna Messina scored 24 points, going 6-for-7 from 3-point range, as Tampa (19-5, 9-4 SSC) beat Saint Leo (10-14, 2-12).

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