GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Florida State 78, Syracuse 65
Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Ta'Niya Latson scored 19 points and Erin Howard drilled a critical 3-pointer in the final minute and No. 24 Florida State defeated Syracuse 78-65 to end a two-game losing streak.
Howard's 3 from the right corner with 48.1 seconds to go gave Florida State a 74-65 lead. On the play, a foul was called on Dariauna Lewis of Syracuse as she tried to fight through a screen to get to Howard. The Orange needed to commit a couple fouls to get into the bonus and with 44 seconds left Makayala Timpson made two free throws for a 76-65 lead.
Florida State (21-7, 10-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) ended up closing the game on an 11-0 run.
Timpson scored 17 points and grabbed 14 rebounds with three blocks for the Seminoles. Timpson recorded her 12th double-double of the season, which is tied for the third-most in program history. Howard had 11 points.
Dyaisha Fair had 19 points, her 27th straight double-figure game, for the Orange (16-11, 7-9), Georgia Woolley had 12 points and Dariauna Lewis had her third straight double-double with 10 points and 10 boards. Alainia Rice had a career-high 17 rebounds, nine points, five assists and two blocks.
FSU had a 57-54 lead heading into the fourth quarter before Fair made it a two-point game. Timpson answered with a putback after Saniaa Wilson blocked her initial shot and then Timpson grabbed a defensive rebound that led to a Latson jumper to make it 71-65 with 3:36 to play.
Syracuse missed its last eight shots.
February 16, 2023
| Syracuse | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| D. Lewis | F | 32 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| K. Wood | F | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Fair | G | 40 | 7-19 | 2-2 | 3-10 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| G. Woolley | G | 37 | 5-17 | 2-4 | 0-4 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| A. Rice | G | 36 | 4-13 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 11-17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| T. Hyman | 23 | 1-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |
| S. Wilson | 14 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| K. Perkins | 9 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| N. Wilson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 25-74 (.338) |
12-18 (.667) |
3-16 (.188) |
21-47 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 65 | |
| Florida State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| E. Howard | F | 28 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 4-7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| M. Timpson | F | 27 | 7-13 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5-14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| S. Bejedi | G | 34 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| T. Latson | G | 28 | 9-19 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| J. Massengill | G | 28 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| T. O'Brien | 19 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| V. Myers | 12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| M. Valenzuela | 12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| O. Gordon | 11 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Totals | 199 | 32-71 (.451) |
8-13 (.615) |
6-15 (.400) |
15-46 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 78 | |
Officials: Jeffrey Smith, Brandon Enterline, Ashlee Goode
Attendance: 2,794
