North Carolina And Florida State Are Matching Up For The First Time This Season Today In Tallahassee Florida

North Carolina and Florida State who aren’t ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll are matching up today in Tallahassee Florida for their first match up of the season!

Where?

On the hardwood!

North Carolina comes into the game with a record of 8-4 while they’re 3-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and ninth in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings! “according to theacc.com/standings

Why?

Because they topped Syracuse in their previous game by a score of 81-75!

Why?

Garrison Brooks and Armando Bacot each had a double-double, and North Carolina pulled away in the last three minutes to beat Syracuse. “according to an article by the Associated Press on goheels.com”

While Florida State comes into the game with a record of 6-2 while they’re 2-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and sixth in the standings! “according to theacc.com/standings

Why?

Because Florida State won their previous as they defeated North Carolina’s tobacco road rival NC State by a score of 105-73!

Where?

In Tallahassee Florida!

When?

Wednesday night!

Why?

Florida State s shot 70.7 percent from the field (41-58), 66.7 percent from the 3-point line (12-18) and were a perfect from the free throw line (11-11) and scored more than 100 points against an ACC opponent for the fifth time since the 2000 season.

Senior RayQuan Evans scored a game and career-high 24 points to lead four Seminoles in double figure scoring.  He was followed by 19 points by senior M.J. Walker, a career-high 18 points from senior Nathanael Jack and 11 points from freshman Scottie Barnes.  Evans also led the Seminoles with a career-high six rebounds in the first start of his Seminole career.

Florida State opened the scoring on a 3-point shot by Evans just 21 seconds into the game and continued its best team scoring night of the season from that point.  The Seminoles led by four (15-11) at 15 minute mark, gained their first double digit lead (24-13) of the night at the 12:17 mark, led by 15 (30-15) at the 9:23 mark, upped their advantage to 25 (44-19) at the 4:36 mark and held a 25 point lead (57-32) at halftime.

Walker finished the night with 19 points and four assists. He finished tied for the team assists with junior RaiQuan Gray and redshirt junior Anthony Polite with four assists each.

Walker was also a perfect four of four from the free throw line while the team was a perfect 11-11 from the free throw line. Walker is now shooting an ACC leading .925 percent from the line this season.

In his first career start out of 35 total appearances for the Seminoles, Evans was dominant on the court.  In scoring his career of 24 points, he totaled 13 points at the half 11 in the second half.  He went 9-for-11 from the field, two-of-two from the 3-point line and was a perfect four-for-four from the free throw line.

Jack contributed a career-high 18 points.  He was a near perfect seven of eight from the field and four of five from deep.  Jack capped off the Seminoles’ victory over the Wolfpack with back-to-back three point shots and put Florida State over the 100-point mark for the first time this season.

Florida State had 44 points from the bench as 11 different players scored in the victory. “according to an article by Kennedy Kinsley who is a Sports Information Student Intern”

Tip off is set for 12:00pm from the Donald L. Tucker Center!

The game is going to be televised on ESPN!