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Virginia (15-15, 8-11 ACC) held on for a 60-57 win over Florida State (16-14, 7-12 ACC) in the final home game of the regular season on Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia. See a full play-by-play and live analysis for the game in the thread below and stay tuned to Virginia Cavaliers On SI for more postgame coverage.

Read five takeaways from Virginia's win over Florida State: Five Takeaways From Virginia Basketball's 60-57 Win Over Florida State

Florida State 57, Virginia 60 | Final

Dai Dai Ames is initially trapped in the corner, but he is able to get out of it and is then fouled by Davis with 6.1 seconds to go. Ames goes to the line for a one-and-one and swishes both to push the Virginia lead back to three points. Florida State inbounds the ball and Rohde smartly fouls Watkins before he can shoot a three-pointer with 3.3 seconds left. McKneely draws an offensive foul on Jerry Deng, who pushed off to try to create space. Virginia gets the ball inbounds and kills the remainder of the clock to seal a 60-57 victory.

FSU 57, UVA 60 | Final

Saunders picks up his dribble near mid-court and is forced to call UVA's final timeout with 23.1 seconds left on the game clock and 12 seconds left on the shot clock. Virginia turns the ball over out of the timeout as Rohde's pass is intercepted, leading to an easy run out for the Seminoles with Thomas passing to Watkins for the dunk. UVA's lead is down to one at 58-57 with 11.8 seconds to go. Leonard Hamilton calls his final timeout.

FSU 57, UVA 58 | 11.8 2H

Saunders switches onto Jamir Watkins and perfectly contests his three to force an air-ball; that's a great defensive play by Elijah Saunders to give possession back to Virginia with 40.2 seconds remaining. FSU calls timeout and will likely full-court press to try to force a UVA turnover.

FSU 55, UVA 58 | 40.2 2H

Davis misses a three and Rohde corrals the long rebound after a deflection. Buchanan gets the ball with two seconds on the shot clock and decides to give the hot potato to Andrew Rohde, who hits the off-balanced corner three while falling out of bounds as the shot clock expires and the crowd erupts. Virginia leads by three with 59 seconds to go.

FSU 55, UVA 58 | 59.0 2H

Watkins misses the first foul shot, but quiets the crowd looking for free bacon by making the second. Virginia takes advantage of a rare transition opportunity after a defensive rebound and Ames fires a cross-court pass to Saunders, who sets his feet and nails the three, his third of the game. Florida State quickly answers as Watkins finds Maluk for a layup. Isaac McKneely draws a mismatch with Maluk on him and drives to the rack for a strong layup to tie the game. Leonard Hamilton calls timeout with the score tied at 55-55 with 1:55 to go in regulation.

FSU 55, UVA 55 | 1:55 2H

Rohde has his shot blocked out of bounds, but on the ensuing inbounds, Saunders flashes open to the three-point line and Rohde gives him the pass and Saunders knocks it down to put Virginia back in front. Buchanan misses an easy putback and then FSU gets multiple second chance opportunities, eventually cashing in as Davis hits a corner three as the shot clock expires. Buchanan turns the ball over and Florida State pushes in transition with Watkins drawing a foul on Rohde. Watkins will shoot two free throws on the other side of the under four timeout.

FSU 52, UVA 50 | 3:49 2H

Virginia comes out of the timeout in a 1-3-1 defensive look and Florida State breaks it down with Taylor Bol Bowen knocking down an open three from the right wing. We head to the under seven media timeout with UVA now trailing by two points.

FSU 49, UVA 47 | 6:59 2H

After the review, the refs call a double-foul, keeping the initial foul on Saunders and adding a flagrant foul on Watkins for hitting Saunders in the face. Watkins shoots two free throws, making 1/2, and then McKneely shoots the flagrant free throws for Virginia, swishing both. Saunders must have bled on his jersey, as he just returned to the bench wearing a #55 jersey instead of his normal #2. Watkins shoots a pull-up three and it deadens on the back of the iron and falls in. McKneely is having an off night shooting the ball; he's 1/5 from beyond the arc and just shot one off the side off the backboard. Bol Bowen air-balls a three, but the offensive rebound goes right to Watkins for the putback. Virginia turns it over and Florida State capitalizes in transition, as Nitu slams home the putback off the missed layup from Davis. It's a 7-0 run for Florida State to reclaim the lead as Virginia has again gone more than four minutes without scoring, the third such scoring drought of the game. Dai Dai Ames tracks down a rebound and pushes in transition for a layup, finally ending the scoring drought. Ron Sanchez calls a quick timeout with UVA leading by a point.

FSU 46, UVA 47 | 7:28 2H

Buchanan fakes a shot and passes to Saunders under the basket; Saunders is fouled and goes 1/2 at the free throw line. Jamir Watkins hits a tough step-back jumper on the baseline late in the shot clock. Ames has his layup blocked and he just barely gets rid of the ball before falling out of bounds, but it's a perfect pass to Elijah Saunders for an open three, which Saunders drains for Virginia's eighth triple of the game. Rohde doesn't get his hand up and Watkins hits the three over him from the top of the key. Buchanan cuts down the lane McKneely threads a pretty pass through a tight window to Buchanan, who finishes the layup off the glass. Florida State answers on the other end as Thomas backs down Rohde and scores over him plus a foul. Thomas misses the ensuing free throw, but Watkins grabs the rebound and then gets a very favorable call, drawing a foul on Saunders, who caught a forearm from Watkins on his way up for the putback. There is a chorus of boos from the crowd at JPJ after the replay is shown on the jumbotron and the refs are now at the monitor reviewing the play.

FSU 38, UVA 43 | 12:10 2H

Buchanan gets a mismatch with a small guard defending him and McKneely identifies the mismatch, drives, and throws a lob to Buchanan for an alley-oop to start the second half. Dai Dai Ames hits an off-balanced fadeaway jumper from the baseline. Daquan Davis jab steps and hits a pull-up three-pointer from the top of the key, just the third three of the game for Florida State. With just 1.3 seconds on the shot clock, FSU falls asleep on defense and leaves Ames open in the corner; Rohde quickly gives him the ball and Ames knocks down the three. Ames penetrates with a Euro-step move and then dishes out to a wide-open Rohde, who drills the three from the right wing to put UVA ahead 37-31.

FSU 31, UVA 37 | 15:39 2H

Virginia plays a good defensive possession to get a stop and then Rohde backs down Nitu and gets a flip shot to fall with a friendly bounce plus a foul on Nitu, his second personal. Rohde completes the three-point play at the line. Virginia plays another good possession of defense and forces a shot-clock violation as the layup attempt from Davis goes high off the backboard without touching the rim. Ron Sanchez calls his "use it or lose it" timeout before Virginia's final possession of the first half. It's hard not to be disappointed by UVA's possession out of the timeout, as the Cavaliers hand the ball off a couple of times near mid-court and then Rohde is left with just three seconds on the clock to hoist a contested three-pointer that touches all air. Virginia goes to the halftime break trailing Florida State by a point.

FSU 28, UVA 27 | Halftime

Jacob Cofie commits a bad turnover on one end, but makes up for it on the other with a nice block on Bol Bowen. Saunders is called for his second personal foul trying to grab an offensive rebound and is replaced by Buchanan. Virginia is on its second drought of more than four minutes. Justin Thomas knocks down a corner three off the feed from Davis to give Florida State a 28-24 lead. Rohde's pass sails over the hands of Buchanan for a turnover. The drought is now five minutes and 20 seconds for Virginia.

FSU 28, UVA 24 | 1:33 1H

Florida State collects its sixth offensive rebound of the first half and Anthony Robinson fouls Taylor Bol Bowen, who makes both free throws. Robinson had two great looks at a dunk, but neither pan out for the Cavaliers, as Robinson gets fouled by Jackson before he can go up with it on the first and then has his second dunk attempted swatted out of his hands from behind by Bol Bowen, resulting in a shot clock violation. The refs review the play and uphold their call on the floor that Robinson's attempt did not make contact with the rim.

FSU 25, UVA 24 | 4:24 1H

Nitu again gets left alone, this time rolling to the basket after setting a screen, and he gets an easy layup out of it. Watkins keeps a rebound alive and the ball comes right to Nitu, who scores the putback. It's a 6-0 run for Florida State to take the lead. Watkins and Cofie get a little chippy after the basket and the refs assess a double-technical, which counts as personal fouls for each player and team fouls for each team. Jerry Dang rattles home a jumper and it's now an 8-0 run for the Seminoles, who have capitalized on a near-five minute scoring drought for Virginia. Dai Dai Ames finally ends the UVA scoring drought, knifing to the basket and finishing off the glass. Bostyn Holt scores a quick layup, but says something after the basket that results in another technical foul. Ames takes the technical free throws but only makes 1/2. Buchanan shovels the ball to Rohde, who drains the open three from the right wing to put the Hoos back in front. Justin Thomas misses his baseline driving layup, but Maluk is right there for the putback. Rohde hits another three, this time off the dish from Saunders, but the Seminoles answer with a triple of their own, this one from AJ Swinton. Rohde cuts down the lane and Buchanan finds him for a layup; Rohde has scored the last eight points for Virginia, who leads 24-23 with six and a half to play in the first half.

FSU 23, UVA 24 | 6:33 1H

Virginia turns Florida State over out of the timeout and Jacob Cofie corrals the ball and sends it up the floor to Elijah Saunders for a transition dunk. Welcome to the game, Jacob Cofie. Christian Nitu beats Cofie down the floor and nobody covers him, leading to another easy dunk for the Seminoles. As expected, Florida State is switching every screen and that strategy is starting to work effectively after a slow start.

FSU 10, UVA 13 | 11:21 1H

Both teams come up empty on their first two trips down the floor and then Alier Maluk beats Blake Buchanan down the floor and finishes the pass from Daquan Davis for the game's first basket. Buchanan finds Isaac McKneely and he hits a three-pointer to get the Cavaliers on the board. McKneely punishes Davis for his aggressive close out and gets to his spot near the left elbow for an open jumper. McKneely is called for a foul and is immediately replaced by Taine Murray. Nobody covers Maluk and he gets an easy dunk as he is left wide open under the basket. Dai Dai Ames gets a wide-open look from the corner on a pass from Andrew Rohde and swishes the three. Jamir Watkins hits a high-arcing mid-range fadeaway, but Ames gets another great look from the corner and drills another three. Watkins hits a heavily contested jumper despite great defense from Rohde.

FSU 8, UVA 11 | 13:53 1H

The starting lineups for both teams have been posted.

Florida State: Chandler Jackson, Daquan Davis, Jamir Watkins, Taylor Bol Bowen, Alier Maluk
Virginia: Andrew Rohde, Dai Dai Ames, Isaac McKneely, Elijah Saunders, Blake Buchanan

As we await our 9pm ET tipoff on ACC Network for Virginia vs. Florida State, read a full preview of the game here: Virginia Basketball vs. Florida State Game Preview, Score Prediction

Virginia vs. Florida State Pregame Notes

Virginia leads Florida State 29-28 in the all-time series that dates back to 1992.
The Cavaliers are 17-10 against the Seminoles in games played in Charlottesville and 7-5 at John Paul Jones Arena.
UVA has won each of the last three meetings with FSU, including a 62-57 win for Virginia the last time these two teams met in Charlottesville on December 3rd, 2022.
Virginia and Florida State are currently tied for 10th place in the ACC standings with a 7-11 record in conference play.
UVA is 9-7 in home games in the 2024-2025 season.