GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Florida State 61, Wake Forest 60
Associated Press
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Valencia Myers scored 18 points, Ta'Niya Latson added 15 and No. 23 Florida State beat Wake Forest 61-60.
Wake Forest guard Jewel Spear was fouled on a 3-pointer with 1:43 left in the fourth quarter and she made 2 of 3 free throws to get within 59-56. Spear was fouled going for an offensive rebound with 32.1 left and made two more free throws to cut the deficit to 61-60.
Latson dribbled down the clock before driving into the lane for a runner but it went hard off the glass and Wake Forest secured the rebound with 2.6 left. After a timeout Kaia Harrison inbounded the ball and got it back for an open 3-pointer but it hit the front of the rim as time expired.
Makayla Timpson had eight points and six rebounds before fouling out with 5:54 left in the fourth quarter for Florida State (23-7, 12-5 ACC), which closes its regular season on Sunday at Clemson.
Florida State shot just 26% from the field in the first half but still led 31-30 after going 14 of 19 from the free-throw line. Wake Forest turned it over seven times in the half and shot 34%.
Elise Williams had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Wake Forest (14-14, 5-12). Niyah Becker added a season-high 12 points and Spear finished with 11.
February 23, 2023
| Florida State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| E. Howard | F | 27 | 2-7 | 3-4 | 1-5 | 0-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| M. Timpson | F | 13 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| S. Bejedi | G | 30 | 2-11 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| T. Latson | G | 30 | 4-13 | 7-10 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| J. Massengill | G | 18 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| V. Myers | 27 | 5-8 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | |
| T. O'Brien | 25 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| O. Gordon | 17 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| M. Valenzuela | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 19-58 (.328) |
22-31 (.710) |
1-13 (.077) |
8-38 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 61 | |
| Wake Forest | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| O. Summiel | F | 27 | 1-9 | 2-2 | 0-6 | 0-5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| D. Hinds | F | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| K. Harrison | G | 38 | 1-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| J. Spear | G | 32 | 3-8 | 4-5 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| E. Williams | G | 30 | 5-16 | 2-3 | 3-7 | 2-12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| N. Becker | 28 | 5-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| A. Scruggs | 14 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| A. Andrews | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| M. Morales | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| R. Conley | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 200 | 21-60 (.350) |
13-17 (.765) |
5-21 (.238) |
8-42 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 60 | |
Officials: Rod Creech, Talisa Green, Erika Herriman
Attendance: 680
