The Florida State men’s basketball team (8-11, 1-5) wraps up a two-game road trip against SMU (14-5, 3-3), the Noles’ first game at Moody Stadium.
Luke Laux’s team notched its best win of the season and the most important FSU men’s basketball team has had in quite some time after defeating Miami on Tuesday night in Coral Gables. Robert McCray V scored 20 points, including two free throws, to tie the game with 1.7 seconds left to seal the victory. But the main story is the grit and intensity Knowles displays on defense and off the ball. Early in the season, Laux bemoaned the team’s energy, but after multiple games with starting lineup changes and reduced minutes, the Seminoles played a tough, hard-working style of basketball that paid off in a win over Miami.
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However, it won’t be easy for Florida State to win two straight games on the road. The Broncos are 11-1 at home this season, with wins over UNC and Texas A&M. SMU is the No. 7 seed in Joe Lunardi’s latest rankings.
How to watch:
Florida State announces on the ACC Network at 4 p.m. ET.
Things to note:
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Today’s game will be a return match for Laux against his former coach Andy Enfield. Enfield overlapped as head coach at FSU during his five-year tenure as an assistant under Leonard Hamilton from 2006-07 to 2010-2011. Enfield coached Hamilton in Tallahassee’s final game a season ago, a Florida State win.
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Unfortunately for the Seminoles, it’s late in the season and the only way they can impact the NCAA Tournament is to disrupt things. Florida State did just that the other day, handing Miami its first four-game losing streak of the season and dropping the Hurricanes’ seed to the No. 10 line according to Lunardi. Today was a four-on-one opportunity for FSU, but only a four-on-three opportunity for SMU.
Notes to players:
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G Bupi Miller: In his final season of eligibility, Miller put the SMU team on his back, leading the Broncos to the inside of the NCAA tournament. The fifth-year senior leads the team with 19.8 points per game, meaning he will average over double digits every season of his college career. Although Miller isn’t the biggest player in the world and is only 6-foot-0, he’s shooting a career-high 39 percent from three and averaging 6.8 assists per game.
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G. B. J. Edwards: Edwards, a senior, is having the best year of his career, averaging 13.9 points per game at SMU, ranking third on the team. Not only can the senior score, but he’s averaging over five rebounds and assists a night. Edwards, who began his career at Tennessee and was dominant in the Dallas Methodist backfield, is in his third season in Dallas.
