NCAAB

Syracuse Orange at Florida State Seminoles

· T. Rowe Price ACC Tournament - 1st Round
14-18, 2-9 Away
Final
66 - 62
17-15, 11-5 Home

Syracuse holds on to beat Florida State 66-62 in 1st round of ACC Tournament

Naheem McLeod skies for big dunk

The 14th-seeded Orange (14-18) advance to play No. 6 seed SMU in the second round on Wednesday.

Starling made 12 of 23 shots with three 3-pointers and five rebounds for Syracuse. Eddie Lampkin Jr. had 14 points and nine rebounds and Jyare Davis scored 14 with six boards.

Jamir Watkins had 16 points and 11 rebounds to pace the 11th-seeded Seminoles (17-15). Reserves Daquan Davis and Jerry Deng both scored 10.

Syracuse turned the ball over and Malique Ewin scored to get Florida State within a point with nine seconds left. Ewin fouled Kyle Cuffe Jr., who made both free throws for a three-point lead.

The Orange fouled Daquan Davis with two seconds left to prevent the Seminoles from taking a 3-pointer. Davis made the first, missed the second and Jyare Davis grabbed the rebound and was fouled before hitting two foul shots to seal it.

Lampkin scored 12 and grabbed six rebounds to help Syracuse take a 30-26 lead into halftime. Jyare Davis followed his layup with a 3 to give the Orange an 8-4 lead and they never trailed over the final 17 minutes.

Starling and Davis had the first two baskets of the second half to stretch the Syracuse lead to eight. Naheem McLeod's dunk gave the Orange their largest lead at 50-34 with 13:15 remaining.

Florida State whittled away until Watkins was fouled on a 3-pointer and made three free throws to get the Seminoles within 62-59 with 48 seconds remaining.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 66 - 62
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 66 - 62
2nd 0:00 Jyare Davis made Free Throw. 66 - 62
2nd 0:00 Jyare Davis made Free Throw. 65 - 62
2nd 0:00 Foul on Jamir Watkins. 64 - 62

Statistics

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26-59 FG 21-52
44.1 Field Goal % 40.4
2-14 3PT 2-10
14.3 Three Point % 20.0
12-22 FT 18-27
54.5 Free Throw % 66.7
42 Rebounds 32
13 Offensive Rebounds 8
29 Defensive Rebounds 24
6 Assists 8
4 Steals 7
3 Blocks 3
11 Turnovers 10
2 Team Turnovers 0
11 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
6 Points Off Turnovers 11
2 Fast Break Points 4
44 Points in Paint 32
20 Fouls 20
16 Largest Lead 2

Game Information

Venue: Spectrum Center

Location: Charlotte, NC
Attendance: 5,136 | Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Duke 19-1 - 35-3
Clemson 18-2 1 27-7
Louisville 18-2 1 27-8
SMU 13-7 6 24-11
Wake Forest 13-7 6 21-11
North Carolina 13-7 6 23-14
Stanford 11-9 8 21-14
Georgia Tech 10-10 9 17-17
Florida State 8-12 11 17-15
Pittsburgh 8-12 11 17-15
Virginia 8-12 11 15-17
Notre Dame 8-12 11 15-18
Virginia Tech 8-12 11 13-19
Syracuse 7-13 12 14-19
California 6-14 13 14-19
NC State 5-15 14 12-19
Boston College 4-16 15 12-19
Miami 3-17 16 7-24
Full Standings