Tallahassee, FL – M.J. Walker scored 17 points and No. 16 Florida State built a big first-half lead, beating No. 7 Virginia 81-60 in a showdown between the top two teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference. RaiQuan Gray had 15 points for the Seminoles (12-3, 8-2), and Walker made five of Florida State’s season-high 13 3-pointers - on 24 attempts. Gray scored in double figures for the seventh straight game. Florida State has won 24 consecutive ACC home games dating to a victory over Clemson on Jan. 22, 2019. Trey Murphy III had 13 points for Virginia (15-4, 11-2), which had won four in a row.
Team Notes
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• Virginia’s (15-4, 11-2 ACC) four-game winning streak ended
• The Cavaliers suffered their largest ACC loss since losing 65-41 at North Carolina on Feb. 18, 2017
• UVA fell to 1-3 vs. ranked opponents
• FSU’s 24-game ACC home winning streak is the second longest in league history
• FSU went on 14-0 run to gain early 16-6 lead
• FSU shot 53.3 percent and outrebounded Virginia 17-10 en route to a 45-25 halftime lead
• FSU’s 45 first-half points were most allowed by UVA in opening half since 48 at Tennessee (12/30/13)
• UVA started the second half on a 16-3 run to cut the margin to 48-41
• FSU’s 13 3-pointers were most allowed by UVA in ACC play and tied for most in 2020-21
Series Notes
• Virginia is 26-27 all-time vs. Florida State, including an 8-17 mark in Tallahassee, in a series that began in 1991-92
• Florida State’s 81 points were its most vs. Virginia since scoring 87 on Jan. 11, 2006 (87-82 FSU overtime win)
• UVA had limited Florida State to fewer than 70 points in each of the previous 19 meetings
• Head coach Tony Bennett is 9-10 all-time vs. Florida State
Player Notes
• Double Figure Scorers: Trey Murphy III (13), Kihei Clark (12), Tomas Woldetensae (12), Sam Hauser (11)
• Clark scored all 12 of his points in the second half
• Hauser has reached double figures in 17 games
• Murphy has reached double figures in 13 games
• Clark reached double figures for the 11th time
• Woldetensae reached double figures for the third time
• Huff (2 blocks) recorded his 14th multi-block game (41st career)
• Kody Stattmann returned to action after missing 15 games with a non-COVID 19 cardiac issue