WOMENS BASKETBALL
Florida State 92, Tennessee 91
Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - O’Mariah Gordon scored 22 points, Ta’Niya Latson added 20 points and No. 18 Florida State held off No. 11 Tennessee 92-91.
Florida State (2-0) beat a Top 25 non-conference opponent for the first time since December 2019.
Amaya Bonner made Florida State’s 13th 3-pointer of the game to tie it at 91-all. Tennessee forward Rickea Jackson grabbed an offensive rebound on the ensuing possession but missed a putback before fouling Alexis Tucker with 24.9 seconds left. Tucker went 1 of 2 from the stripe to put Florida State ahead.
Tennessee elected not to call a timeout and Jackson got into the lane, but her fadeaway jumper rolled off and the buzzer sounded before a putback attempt.
Bonner finished with 16 points and four 3-pointers. Tucker added 17 points and Makayla Timpson had 10 for Florida State. The Seminoles went 13 of 22 from 3-point range.
Florida State made 6 of 8 3-pointers in the first quarter to help build a 34-20 lead. Gordon scored 13 points in the opening 10 minutes and made all three of her 3-pointers. Latson beat the first-quarter buzzer with another 3-pointer to give her nine points.
Jackson finished with 31 points and 17 rebounds for Tennessee (1-1). Jewel Spear added 18 points.
Tess Darby made a 3-pointer on back-to-back possessions late in the third quarter to give Tennessee its first lead, 70-68, since it was 3-0. Darby’s six points came during a 22-5 run.
November 9, 2023
| Tennessee | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| R. Jackson | F | 37 | 13-25 | 2-2 | 3-6 | 8-17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 31 |
| S. Puckett | F | 25 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| J. Hollingshead | F | 22 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Spear | G | 34 | 6-12 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| J. Powell | G | 28 | 2-7 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| T. Darby | 17 | 4-6 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2-9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| D. Wells | 17 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| K. Striplin | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| T. Key | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. Wynn | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 36-71 (.507) |
9-16 (.563) |
10-20 (.500) |
19-47 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 91 | |
| Florida State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Timpson | F | 36 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| T. Latson | G | 30 | 9-24 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| A. Tucker | G | 29 | 5-11 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 3-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| O. Gordon | G | 28 | 7-10 | 5-6 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| S. Bejedi | G | 27 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| A. Bonner | 24 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 | |
| B. Turnage | 11 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| C. Viegas | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| S. White | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 34-73 (.466) |
11-14 (.786) |
13-22 (.591) |
12-28 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 92 | |
Officials: Dee Kantner, Karen Preato, Jeffrey Smith
Attendance: 2,898
