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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State used a 19-1 run that spanned the end of the first and the beginning of the second half to turn a four-point deficit into what would prove to be an insurmountable 14-point advantage in an 81-66 win over Manhattan in the season opener for both teams at the Tucker Center.
In the first half, the Seminoles jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead before junior Shane Richards (New York, N.Y. / York Prep) hit back-to-back three pointers, including this triple, to set an early back-and-forth theme. FSU then reclaimed the lead before senior RaShawn Stores (Bronx, N.Y. / Robinson School (N.J.)) connected on this three pointer.
With the score tied at 9-9, junior Rich Williams (Brooklyn, N.Y. / Vermont Academy (N.Y.) canned a three pointer to start an 8-0 run that would help give the Jaspers the lead for the bulk of the opening stanza. Junior Ashton Pankey followed with two of his game-high 10 free throws before sophomore Jermaine Lawrence (Queens, N.Y. / Cincinnati) capped the spurt with this three pointer to make it a 17-9 game with just over 13 minutes remaining in the opening stanza.
The lead would grow to 10 for Manhattan at 23-13 with 7:26 remaining in the first half following this Richards' triple and three Tyler Wilson (Bronx, N.Y. / Cardinal Hayes) free throws as the Jaspers appeared to be in control.
Unfortunately, Florida State would outscore its guests 24-8 to finish out the first, including notching a half-ending 11-1 run, in claiming a 37-31 halftime lead.
Over the fateful seven-plus minute stretch, Manhattan was just 1-for-10 from the floor while committing five turnovers that turned into six Seminole points.
Intermission did nothing to quell the Florida State momentum as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) representative scored the first eight points of the second half, extending the lead out to 45-31 with 17:52 remaining following an Aaron Thomas dunk.
Stores quelled the spurt with a pair of three pointers while trimming the deficit to 47-37 with 15:29 remaining.
Later in the half with the deficit at 12, freshman Samson Akilo (Lagos, Nigeria / Nazareth (N.Y.)) converted his first collegiate field goal before Pankey converted two more at the line. Wilson then followed suit to trim the deficit to 53-47 with 11:23 remaining.
Robbie Berwick briefly stopped the Jaspers' momentum with a three pointer before Pankey converted three more free throws to again make it a two-possession game.
Following a stop on the defensive end, senior Emmy Andujar (Bronx, N.Y. / Rice) split a pair to trim the deficit to 56-51 with just over nine minutes to play. Unfortunately, that was close as Manhattan would get the rest of the way.
Phil Cofer responded with a pair from the line and Brandon converted a layup off an offensive rebound to spark a 10-2 run over the next 3:14 in helping extend the Seminole advantage out to 66-53 with 4:55 to play.
Florida State's lead would grow to 17 before the Seminoles posted the aforementioned 81-66 victory.
Fueled by three first-half triples, Richards scored a game-high 17 points while Pankey notched 12 of his 14 points after intermission to lead the way on offense for the Jaspers. Andujar paced all players with nine rebounds to go along with nine points.
Despite losing the rebounding battle (33-32), Florida State able to post a 32-12 advantage in the paint while shooting a blistering 57.5 percent (23-for-40) from the floor.
Aaron Thomas paced five double-figure scorers for the Seminoles with 14 points.
Manhattan returns to action on Tuesday, Nov. 18 in an 11 a.m. match-up with Massachusetts that will air nationally on ESPN2.
Postgame Notes
* Manhattan falls to 73-36 in season openers and 0-3 against Florida State.
* All-time, Florida State is 11-1 against Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) institutions and has won eight-straight games against the league.
* The ACC is also now 81-8, all-time, against the MAAC and has a losing record against just one current league (American Athletic Conference).
* A year ago, the Jaspers went 6-1 following losses.
* Today's match-up marked the second-straight game for Manhattan played in Florida and the 100th of Steve Masiello's head coaching career (60-40).
* Richards canned three triples and is now tied with Steve McDowell for third place in the all-time program annals with 145 three pointers.
* His 17 points led all players and marked the ninth time in his career he has paced the Jaspers in scoring and the first since a 64-49 win over Saint Peter's on February 4, 2014.
* It was also the 23rd double-figure scoring game of his career.
* Pankey converted a personal-best 10 free throws en route to recording 14 points ... He has now recorded double-figures in scoring 14 times for his career.
* Andujar fell just one point and one rebound short of his fifth career double-double ... He also had two assists and is just 28 shy of cracking the school's top-10 career list and 171 points short of 1,000.
* Williams' layup with just over four minutes remaining in the first half was the first two-point Manhattan field goal ... All told, the Jaspers went just 7-for-28 (.250) from inside the arc.
* Manhattan allowed the Seminoles to make good on 57.5 percent (23-for-40) from the floor, snapping a 38-game streak of limiting the opposition to less than 50 percent.
