Virginia Basketball Defeats Florida State 67-58 | Live Updates
The Virginia Cavaliers (13-3, 5-2 ACC) defeated the Florida State Seminoles (5-13, 3-4 ACC) 67-58 on Saturday afternoon at Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Florida. See a full play-by-play and live analysis for the game below. Most recent updates are at the top of the article.
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Final Score: Virginia 67, Florida State 58
With one second left on the shot-clock, UVA inbounds to Kihei Clark who splashes the deep three-pointer but the ball did not leave his hand in time and the shot is wiped away for a shot-clock violation. Armaan Franklin is having himself an incredible game. He drives to the basket from the left wing and finishes with his right-hand off the glass, giving him 20 points for the game. Florida State answers as Cam Corhen knocks down an open three. Clark misses an open layup and Matthew Cleveland hits a jumper off the glass on the other end. FSU closes the gap to nine points but Leonard Hamilton calls off the dogs and Virginia dribbles out the clock, sealing a 67-58 victory, UVA's third win in a row.
Virginia 67, Florida State 58 | Final
Caleb Mills gets Ryan Dunn to bite on a pump-fake and Mills goes to the free throw line, making both shots. Vander Plas gets free behind the FSU defense and Clark threads the pass to him for the easy layup. Mills draws another foul on Dunn and makes both free throws. Mills puts a number of dribble moves on Clark, eventually maneuvering past him to the rim for a layup, cutting the deficit to 10 points. Virginia answers as Vander Plas drives baseline and whips a great pass to Dunn, who soars to the rim for a dunk. Vander Plas pump-fakes out of a three-pointer and uses a couple of long strides to streak all the way to the basket for a layup. Cam Corhen slips a screen and gets the ball down low, finishing over Dunn at the rim.
Virginia 65, Florida State 53 | 3:20 2H
Cam Corhen stops UVA's run with a mid-range jumper. Virginia gets multiple chances at the rim with offensive rebounds but none of the putbacks fall. Florida State scores again as Jalen Warley hands off to Darin Green Jr., who knocks down his third three-pointer of the game to get the Seminoles back within 11 points. The Cavaliers respond with a three-pointer of their own as Ryan Dunn hits a wide open jumper from beyond the arc off the feed from Clark. Virginia is now 11/21 from three-point range today.
Virginia 59, Florida State 45 | 7:32 2H
Jackson is fouled by Franklin and makes both free throws. Beekman penetrates down low before kicking out to Isaac McKneely, who knocks down the off-balance catch-and-shoot three from the top of the key. McKneely makes another play, stealing the ball from Mills and starting a fast-break. McKneely takes the ball down the floor and starts to go up for a layup before dishing at the last moment back to Ryan Dunn, who finishes the transition play with a dunk. Leonard Hamilton calls another timeout as Virginia goes up 56-40.
Virginia 56, Florida State 40 | 9:28 2H
Caleb Mills drives strong down the lane and uses a great up-and-under move to score off the glass. FSU gets a stop and then Chandler Jackson hits a short turnaround jumper over Clark down low. Clark responds on the offensive end, driving baseline to get into the paint, before dishing out to an open Armaan Franklin, who sinks his fourth three-pointer of the game.
Virginia 51, Florida State 38 | 11:04 2H
Franklin dribbles around Corhen and drives to the basket, finishing with the finger-roll layup. Clark fouls Caleb Mills, who makes both free throws. Virginia runs some great offense and Ben Vander Plas pops open at the top of the key, before making the extra pass to Reece Beekman, who knocks down the triple from the left wing. Kihei Clark gets around Chandler Jackson easily on the perimeter and glides to the basket for a layup. Leonard Hamilton calls timeout as Virginia has its largest lead of the game at 48-34.
Virginia 48, Florida State 34 | 12:44 2H
Reece Beekman is whistled for an offensive foul on the first possession of the second half and then Jalen Warley drives on Armaan Franklin and hits a tough contested floater. Kihei Clark responds on the other end, getting inside and scoring with a scoop layup. Clark doesn't box out Caleb Mills, who grabs an offensive rebound and lays it in easily. Beekman has a little bit of room on the left wing so he pulls the trigger on the pull-up three-pointer and swishes it. Florida State answers right away as Cam Corhen gets inside for a layup off the glass. Virginia is called for its third offensive foul of the first half as Ben Vander Plas is whistled while going for an offensive rebound. Kihei Clark beats Darin Green off the dribble and hits a layup off the glass plus a foul. Clark completes the three-point play at the free throw line to push the UVA lead back to 10 points. Gardner is called for a foul, Virginia's fifth team foul of the second half less than four minutes in, and Cleveland goes 1/2 from the free throw line.
Virginia 41, Florida State 32 | 15:32 2H
Jalen Warley attacks from the corner and scores off the glass over Franklin. Cleveland beats Ryan Dunn on a backdoor cut but Dunn recovers to block Cleveland's layup attempt from behind. Virginia has a chance to add to its lead on the final possession. Kihei Clark gets an open look from three and misses it, but the offensive rebound comes to Reece Beekman, who has another good look, but misses his short jumper at the buzzer. Virginia led by as many as 13 points, but the Seminoles get their offense going late in the half to close the gap a little bit and UVA leads 33-25 at halftime behind 13 points from Armaan Franklin and 11 from Ben Vander Plas.
Virginia 33, Florida State 25 | Halftime
Jayden Gardner sags off of Matthew Cleveland, who takes advantage of the space and hits the open three-pointer. That caps an 8-0 run for Florida State to get back within five points. Virginia ends the run as Armaan Franklin drains a corner three, his third three-pointer of the first half. Ryan Dunn is in the ball game and his presence is noticed immediately. Dunn collects an offensive rebound off of Clark's missed jumper and then has two putback attempts blocked, grabbing the offensive rebounds both times before finally laying it in to finish the possession with three offensive rebounds and two points. Clark fouls Matthew Cleveland on a jumper, but Cleveland misses both free throws. The 6'7" Cleveland backs down Kihei Clark and hits a short jumper. Armaan Franklin has the answer on the other end, jab-stepping before pulling up from the baseline and knocking down the mid-range jumper. Franklin now leads all scorers with 13 points. Cleveland scores again, this time backing down Franklin and hitting a jumper off the glass. Reece Beekman drives on Caleb Mills before leaning back and hitting the fadeaway jumper off the glass.
Virginia 33, Florida State 23 | 2:06 1H
Armaan Franklin somehow knocks down a wild off-balance floater while falling out of bounds. Cam Corhen snags an offensive rebound and draws a foul on Shedrick. Corhen makes both free throws. Virginia comes up empty on a couple of possessions in a row and that allows Florida State to get back within single digits as Darin Green Jr. splashes a catch-and-shoot three-pointer off the feed from Matthew Cleveland.
Virginia 24, Florida State 16 | 6:54 1H
FSU responds to UVA's big lineup by putting in the 7'4" Naheem McLeod, who makes an immediate impact, grabbing an offensive rebound and slamming it home. Vander Plas, who got just his second start of the season, is making Tony Bennett very happy with that lineup decision. He knifes to the basket and scores at the rim to give himself 11 points in the game already just nine minutes in.
Virginia 22, Florida State 11 | 10:49 1H
Out of the timeout, Vander Plas passes quickly to Armaan Franklin, who immediately pulls the trigger and drains a deep three-pointer from the right wing, his second three of the game and UVA's fourth. Kadin Shedrick checks into the game as UVA runs a big lineup featuring Clark, Beekman, McKneely, Vander Plas and Shedrick. The lineup pays off as Shedrick prevents a lob at the rim and that leads to another UVA bucket on the other end, as Ben Vander Plas knocks down his third three-pointer of the first eight minutes of this game. Leonard Hamilton calls timeout.
Virginia 20, Florida State 9 | 12:41 1H
Florida State wins the opening tip, but Virginia gets a stop on the first possession and then Jayden Gardner attacks the rim and draws a foul. Gardner misses the first, but makes the second free throw to get the scoring started. Cam Corhen puts FSU on the board as he knocks down a hook shot over Ben Vander Plas on the low block. Caleb Mills drives inside and dishes to Corhen, who scores easily off the glass. Kihei Clark answers for Virginia as he gets to the rim and scores with his left hand. Darin Green Jr. knocks down a three-pointer on the left wing for Florida State. Jayden Gardner responds on the other end, scoring off the glass. Ben Vander Plas flashes open at the top of the key and knocks down a catch-and-shoot three-pointer. Clark comes up with a steal and UVA cashes in on the other end as Reece Beekman dishes out to Armaan Franklin, who drills the deep three-pointer. Caleb Mills grabs an offensive rebound and eventually takes advantage of the second-chance opportunity, driving on Clark and scoring off the glass. The Cavaliers answer with their third three-pointer of the game as Clark passes to Vander Plas, who hits another three-pointer from the top of the key. Virginia is 3/4 from beyond the arc early and leads by five.
Virginia 14, Florida State 9 | 14:53 1H
