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Florida State Seminoles at Duke Blue Devils

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16-12, 2-7 Away

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25-3, 15-0 Home

Watkins leads Florida State against No. 2 Duke after 26-point game

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Florida State Seminoles (16-12, 7-10 ACC) at Duke Blue Devils (25-3, 16-1 ACC)

Durham, North Carolina; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Florida State visits No. 2 Duke after Jamir Watkins scored 26 points in Florida State's 96-85 loss to the North Carolina Tar Heels.

The Blue Devils have gone 15-0 at home. Duke scores 82.6 points and has outscored opponents by 21.6 points per game.

The Seminoles are 7-10 against ACC opponents. Florida State is 8-10 against opponents over .500.

Duke averages 82.6 points, 10.3 more per game than the 72.3 Florida State allows. Florida State scores 14.8 more points per game (75.8) than Duke gives up (61.0).

The Blue Devils and Seminoles match up Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cooper Flagg is averaging 19.4 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.5 steals for the Blue Devils. Kon Knueppel is averaging 14.9 points and 4.8 rebounds while shooting 49.5% over the last 10 games.

Malique Ewin is averaging 14 points and 7.8 rebounds for the Seminoles. Watkins is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Devils: 9-1, averaging 84.9 points, 33.5 rebounds, 17.0 assists, 7.5 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 50.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.7 points per game.

Seminoles: 3-7, averaging 70.6 points, 30.6 rebounds, 11.4 assists, 6.3 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 43.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.1 points.

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  • TV Channel: Florida State at Duke 2021 College Basketball, week 17, is broadcasted on ACC Network.
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Matchup Prediction

Duke: 97.3%
Florida State: 2.7%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

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L2 Streak W5
75.8 Points Per Game 82.6
46.0 Field Goal % 49.2
31.8 Three Point % 39.1
34.7 Rebounds Per Game 38.3
13.5 Assists Per Game 17.2
4.8 Blocks Per Game 3.5
7.9 Steals Per Game 7.0
0.1 Team Turnovers Per Game 0.4
12.5 Total Turnovers Per Game 9.9
72.3 Points Against 61.0

Game Information

Cameron Indoor Stadium

Location: Durham, NC
Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Duke 16-1 - 25-3
Clemson 15-2 1 23-5
Louisville 15-2 1 22-6
SMU 12-5 4 21-7
Wake Forest 11-6 5 19-9
North Carolina 11-6 5 18-11
Stanford 10-7 6 18-10
Georgia Tech 8-9 8 14-14
Florida State 7-10 9 16-12
Pittsburgh 7-10 9 16-12
Virginia 7-10 9 14-14
Virginia Tech 7-10 9 12-16
Notre Dame 6-11 10 12-16
Syracuse 6-11 10 12-16
California 5-12 11 12-16
Boston College 4-13 12 12-16
NC State 4-13 12 11-17
Miami 2-15 14 6-22
Full Standings

Florida State Last 5

Date OPP Result
@ WAKE WAKE W 72-70
vs CLEM CLEM L 72-46
vs MIA MIA W 74-66
@ LOU LOU L 89-81
vs UNC UNC L 96-85

Duke Last 5

Date OPP Result
vs CAL W 78-57
vs STAN W 106-70
@ UVA W 80-62
vs ILL W 110-67
@ MIA W 97-60