Florida high school girls basketball Class 5A Semifinal: Clearwater vs New Smyrna Beach live updates

The 2025 Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) girls' basketball state championships resume with the Class 5A semifinal between the Clearwater Tornadoes and New Smyrna Beach Barracudas. High School on SI will be providing live coverage throughout the day.

New Smyrna Beach's Olivia Olson (3) gets a shot off under heavy pressure, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 from River Ridge during Region 2-5A semifinals basketball action in New Smyrna Beach. / David TuckerNews-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Florida High School Athletic Association's (FHSAA) high school girls basketball state championships resume with the Clearwater Tornadoes taking on the New Smyrna Beach Barracudas.

Follow along at High School On SI for live updates throughout the afternoon to see who will be representing in the Class 5A championship game on Friday.

Clearwater is in the Final Four for the second time in the last three seasons.

New Smyrna Beach is in the Final Four for the first time in program history.

(Keep refreshing page for live game updates)

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Clearwater	16	7	11	13	47
New Smyrna Beach	9	17	16	14	56

PREGAME

The Class 5A girls basketball semifinal between Clearwater and New Smyrna Beach will tip-off at 5:02 p.m.

Clearwater Starting Lineup: Allevia Williams, Quenya Turner, Justina Allen, Peyton Flournoy, Taina Sturdivant

New Smyrna Beach Starting Lineup: Riley France, Olivia Olson, Corrin Austell, Iniya Reddicks, Sariah Ammons

1ST QUARTER

We are underway... Clearwater controls the opening tip

Tiana Sturdivant (Clearwater) starts the scoring... 2-0 Tornadoes

Corrin Austell (New Smyrna Beach) gets the scoring started for the Barracudas... 2-2

Six minutes left in the first quarter... 3-2 New Smyrna Beach

Sturdivant with her second field goal... 5-3 Clearwater

Marshall signee Olivia Olson (New Smyrna Beach) gets her first field goal... 7-5 Clearwater

Timeout New Smyrna Beach... 11-5 Clearwater with 3:30 remaining in the first quarter

Under two minutes left in the first quarter... 11-5 Clearwater

End of 1st Quarter: Clearwater 16, New Smyrna Beach 9

2ND QUARTER

Timeout Clearwater... 16-9 Tornadoes with 7:30 remaining in the half

Under six minutes remaining in the half... 19-11 Clearwater

Midway through the second quarter... 21-15 Clearwater

Timeout New Smyrna Beach... 21-17 Clearwater with 2:43 remaining in the half

Under two minutes left in the second quarter... 21-20 Clearwater

Timeout Clearwater... 23-21 New Smyrna Beach with 1:13 left in the half

Halftime: New Smyrna Beach 26, Clearwater 23

3RD QUARTER

Second half is underway

Six minutes left in the third quarter... 26-25 New Smyrna Beach

Five minutes left in the third quarter... 31-27 New Smyrna Beach

Midway through the third quarter... 36-31 New Smyrna Beach

Timeout Clearwater... New Smyrna Beach with their largest lead of the game, 38-31 with 3:32 left in the third quarter

Under two minutes left in the third quarter... 38-32 New Smyrna Beach

End of 3rd Quarter: New Smyrna Beach 42, Clearwater 34

4TH QUARTER

Under six minutes left in the fourth quarter... New Smyrna Beach leading 46-37

Olivia Olson (New Smyrna Beach) picks up her fourth foul with 5:04 left... NSB leads 48-37

Midway through the fourth quarter... 50-41 New Smyrna Beach

Timeout New Smyrna Beach... 50-41 Lady Cudas with 3:29 remaining

Under two minutes left in the fourth quarter... 53-45 New Smyrna Beach

Olson (New Smyrna Beach) might have just sealed this one for the Barracudas... 55-46 NSB with 30 seconds remaining

Final Score: New Smyrna Beach 56, Clearwater 47: New Smyrna Beach advances to the Class 5A Championship Game on Friday at 5:00 p.m.