The Florida State Seminoles and Miami Hurricanes will play Saturday at the Watsco Center. Tip-off from Miami, FL, is at 4:00 p.m. ET.
FSU (8-20 SU, 11-17 ATS) lost to Boston College last Saturday. The Seminoles are 1-4 straight-up in their past five and 6-11 in Atlantic Coast Conference competition. Leading scorer Matthew Cleveland (14.0 PPG and 7.8 RPG) is questionable to play after missing the last two games with a back injury.
Miami (23-5 SU, 18-10 ATS) beat Virginia Tech on Tuesday. The Hurricanes are 5-0 straight-up in their past five and 14-4 in ACC play.
Miami beat Florida State 86-63 on January 24. The Seminoles were outscored 54-28 in the first half and never recovered. The Hurricanes shot 56.4 percent, including 11-for-22 from deep, and won the rebounding battle 40-23. They assisted on 23 of their 31 made ba skets.
Florida State leads the all-time series 47-31.
Florida State has dropped four straight and seven of its last eight straight-up. The Seminoles only beat Louisville during that stretch.
Boston College beat Florida State by six in Tallahassee last weekend. The Eagles led by 11 at halftime and never trailed in the game, shooting 45.2 percent overall and 47.1 percent from three-point distance. The Seminoles trailed by as many as 19 and shot 30.5 percent from the field, including 17.6 percent from three. Junior guard Caleb Mills paced FSU in scoring with 27 points on 5-of-14 shooting.
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Florida State scores 69.6 points per game (226th) and shoots 43.4 percent from the field (256th), including 33.6 percent from three (218th). The Seminoles shoot 73.5 percent at the free-throw line (109th) and average 28.4 rebounds (331st) with a -4.5 rebounding margin. FSU is 170th in schedule-adjusted offensive efficiency, per KenPom.
The Seminoles surrender 76.3 points per game (336th), and their opponents shoot 45.2 percent (279th) with a 36.9 shooting percentage from distance (336th). FSU is 254th in adjusted defensive efficiency.
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