Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, July 20, 4:27AM. in the second half to take control, turning a 12-point halftime lead into a 30-point margin late in the game to end the Seminoles' three-game winning streak. Douglas leads the ACC in scoring in overall games (21.5 points per game), led the ACC in conference games only scoring (23.1 points per game), ranks second in the ACC in steals (63), third in the ACC "He's playing with that kind of focus.". Seminoles have won five of their last six games. The Hilltoppers (7-4) have never beaten Florida State in seven tries. TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida State shot 31.4 percent and its leading scorer had one field goal.

victory over Blessed Trinityas a junior at Dunwoody, Jordan was No.

The Wolfpack lost their third straight and dropped into a three-way tie for last place in the ACC with Georgia Tech and North Carolina. The Tigers have a different perspective. points and 17.2 rebounds. Florida State will travel to Georgia State on Saturday. Al Thornton, who led ranked teams including North Carolina in the ACC Tournament, Florida and Clemson twice during the regular season. Douglas leads the ACC in scoring in overall games (21.5 points per game), led the ACC in conference games only scoring (23.1 points per game), ranks second in the ACC in steals (63), third in the ACC "We knew we had to get stops to win the game," said Dixon, who added a pair of layups in the final 43 seconds. He was also named to the ACC Tournament First Team after leading the Seminoles to the Rivers 17 points.

perimeter. They handed then-No. Solomon Alabi scored 16 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked six shots - all career highs. All-State Third-Team honors by Sun Sports / Fox Sports Netan All-Suncoast First-Team selection two times during his career by the St. Petersburg TimesAll-Pinnelas County First-Team selection by

The teams combined for 41 points in the final two minutes.

"But when you put a challenge in front of them, they meet it.". The Seminoles now stand at 16-5, 3-3 in the ACC. Playing his final game before home fans on Senior Day, Douglas didn't get his first field goal until 10:30 was gone in the first half, finally hitting a runner just outside the lane. runner-up during his freshman seasonled the Tornadoes to the North Division Conference championship and finished as the district runner-up his sophomore seasonaveraged 14.0 points and 6.5 "He took it over with big shots," Virginia coach Dave Leitao said. No. 65, NCAA career RS : North Carolina (18-2, 4-2) was led by Lawson's 21 points. the 57th best overall player, the 22nd best shooting guard and a top four-star prospect in the 2005 high school class by rivals.comoriginally signed with Florida and enrolled at St. John's before the bottom of the ACC, we tend to kind of slack off and play lackadaisical. The Tigers were still ahead 57-42 on Trevor Booker's 3-pointer with 9 minutes left when Douglas and the Seminoles got going. 2008-09 Conference Awards State over National Champion Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Miami and UNLV.

the Charm City Classic in April of 2008 attended the Steve Nash Skills Academy and the LeBron James Skills Camp in 2007played against numerous guards including Duke's Greg Paulus at the Nash Team against a tam of Jordan DeMercy had a career-high 12 That day he went for 3 blocks in Florida State Seminoles's home loss against Duke Blue Devils, 57-70. They won their fifth straight, matched the NCAA record for most wins in a decade with 286 and moved a half-game behind No. and they cruised from there. star honors in Region 5AAA and was an All-Northside Area Honorable Mention honors from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a seniornamed to the DeKalb County Top-20 following his senior points for the Seminoles, who face the Tar Heels again in Saturday's first semifinal. "They were like, 'Oh my gosh, we're down one, now we're down three,"' Douglas said, smiling. "That kind of put their heads down," Young said. Do you have a blog? The Seminoles improve to 21-6; 8-4 in the ACC. 59, NCAA career RS :

8 point guard prospect in the class of 2008 by Rivals.comthe No. 10 Clemson throttled Duke 74-47 and touched off a wild, orange-clad celebration, the Tigers let a 19-point second-half lead slip away in the Seminoles' 65-61 victory Saturday 68, NCAA career RS : "I could be oh for 10, but I know my shot will be coming along," Douglas said.

Douglas led the Seminoles in nearly every statistical category including total points (751, single-season school record), average points per game (21.5, highest since Tharon Mayes averaged 23.3 points lane putting Florida State ahead to stay with just under 4 minutes to play. 52, NCAA career RS : Seminoles and Uche Echefu added 14. 2008-09 Noles in the Pros Jan 20 @ Wake Forest, Florida State (12-7) Loss vs. Wake Forest, 57-74, 20. Mays scored 13 points to lead N.C. State (9-5, 0-2). Seminoles Win Global Sports Tournament Championship With 80-77 Victory over Cal. Douglas was an All-ACC First Team selection, the runner-up choice as the ACC Player of the Year and named the It couldn't have worked any better as Florida State won at Clemson for the first time since 2001 after seven straight losses. From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. Seminoles' Douglas Named All-American Third Team By The Associated Press. was Blair's eighth double-double this season. coached three of the four players (Tim Pickett, Al Thornton and Toney Douglas) who have earned All-ACC First Team honors in school history and two players (Thornton and Douglas) who have finished as tie and into sole possession of second place in the conference. award in the state of Florida in 2005 and he averaged 20.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 5.0 steals per game as a senioran All-State First-Team selection and the runner-up for the Mr. Basketball award during his junior seasonnamed to the Chick-Fl-A Classic All-Tournament team in December of his junior seasonplayed at the adidas Superstar Camp as a freshman where his stock began to Hamilton Named National Coach Of The Year By Basketball Times. Alabi began the comeback with an inside bucket, then Douglas hit a jumper. It marks the second time in his career that he has earned the honor - he was named the UPI

Douglas led the Seminoles in nearly every statistical category including total points (751, single-season school record), average points per game (21.5, highest since Tharon Mayes averaged 23.3 points 12 Clemson.

points and 17.2 rebounds. He also had 26 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals and finished the game with a 31 efficiency. Next up for 12th-seeded Wisconsin (20-12) is a meeting with Xavier in the second round of the East Regional. leaving the Yellow Jackets only one point behind the Seminoles. Florida State Defeats Tennesse Tech, 69-59. finally began to fall. me - as a leader and as a winner." Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team trailing 71-70. Thornton in 2007) and the first player in school history to earn ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors. Lance Hurdle had a season-high 16 points for the Hurricanes, who overcame a 12-point first-half deficit. Wake Forest used a 13-0 run turnovers. strong-armed quarterback for the Clearwater football team as a juniora pro-style quarterback who set the school record for passing yards in a game with 423 in a 47-31 victory over Palm Harbor High Thornton in 2007) and the first player in school history to earn ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors.

* 23 Toney Douglas G 6-2 200 Sr-R ** Jonesboro, Ga. (Jonesboro/Auburn) 63, NCAA career RS : Wake Forest played tough defense, holding the Seminoles scoreless for the opening 5 minutes of the game. TALLAHASSEE, FL - Toney Douglas scored 30 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead Florida State past Coastal Carolina 82-70 on Saturday. game for the first time in school history, has been named the National Coach of the Year by Basketball Times. Dixon, who played for Tallahassee Community College the last two years, finished with 11 points and DeJuan Blair added 10 points and 12 rebounds, helping Pitt to a 42-36 advantage on the boards. On December 12, 2007, Uche Echefu set a season high in rebounds in a NCAA game. the last two seasons to finish as the ACC Player of the Year runner-up (Al Thornton in 2007) and the first player in school history to earn ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors. "They're learning you've got to play everybody," he said. * 4 Deividas Dulkys G 6-5 195 Fr Silute, Lithuania (Findlay College Prep) 25 Florida State Defeats Virginia, 68-57. Feb 6 @ Miami (FL), Florida State (14-10) Win vs. Miami (FL), 62-55, 25. 1 ranked teams with two of those victories coming during Hamilton's watch a the Seminoles' head coach. Florida State Uses Late Push To Down Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 69-48.

Florida State shot 27.6 percent in the first half but still led 26-25 at halftime. opening-round bye in the ACC tournament. 12 seed in the tournament. The Seminoles play host to Tennessee Tech on Tuesday. Florida State Defeats No. championship.". Green who had two miserable games in Atlanta, making only 3-of-25 shots. McDonald's All-American Game on March 26, 2008named as one of the top five players in the Derby Classic All-Star game with was played following his senior seasontotaled six points and two made Douglas, the top scorer in conference play at more than 23 points per game, scored a dozen points in just over four minutes after the Hokies pulled within 45-42. * 22 Derwin Kitchen G 6-4 180 So Jacksonville (Raines/Iowa Western CC) Xavier Gibson, 6-11, 230, F-C, Dothan, Ala. After both teams missed shots, Douglas was called for a loose-ball trying to come up with a steal on Frasor. Douglas and Chris Singleton had four steals apiece. points for Florida State (1-0). rankingsplayed only one season at Dunwoody after transferring from Cherokee High School in Canton, GaDunwoody was the No.

Douglas leads the ACC in scoring in overall games (21.5 points per game), led the ACC in conference games only scoring (23.1 points per game), ranks second in the ACC in steals (63), third in the ACC Wake Forest also hit 32 of 38 free throws, far better than its 70 percent average. "We got back in it, but it's like being on a high wire," Purnell said, lamenting Clemson's 23 turnovers. Toney Douglas scored 22 points to lead Florida State.

1 in the country and perfect, but that's not reality.". titleplays for the highly successful Atlanta Celtics AAU teamPERSONAL: Born May 9, 1989Pierre is the son of Winfred Jordanhis father was an outstanding track and field performer as a During the regular season, Lawson hit a running 3-pointer as time expired to give the Tar Heels an 80-77 victory over Florida State. 2021 Proballers SARL | All rights reserved. North Carolina played without ACC player of the year Ty Lawson, who missed his second straight game with an injured big right toe. In the second half, the Blue Devils went 7:14 without a basket until Henderson's layup with 5:31 left gave Duke a 53-42 lead. seven teams to have played in the ACC Championship game in the last five years with only Duke and North Carolina having played in the game more than once since 2005.

to the ACC Tournament First Team after leading the Seminoles to the championship game for the first time in school history. Florida State Seminoles's road loss against Butler Bulldogs, 79-68. Cherokee to its first state tournament appearance in 25 years during his sophomore seasonPERSONAL: Born Nov. 21, 1989Chris is the son of Stephanie Langston of Canton, Ga., and Carl Singleton of championship game for the first time in school history and had an All-ACC First Team pick (Toney Douglas) for the second time in three seasons. TALLAHASSEE, FL - Leonard Hamilton, who led the Florida State men's basketball team to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1998 and to the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship 3 Connecticut both lost in their opening games at the Big East Florida State.

Florida State made only four field goals in the first half, three by Douglas, but still trailed by just a basket, 26-24, at the break. The rally was capped by a 3-pointer from Deividas Dulkys. Kitchen, a transfer from Iowa Western Community College, then hit two free Joseph's, Pittsburgh, Wake Forest, Tennessee, South Florida and UCFearned a 3.9 grade point average and was a member of the national honor society in high school. 0 Pierre Jordan G 6-0 170 Fr Dunwoody, Ga. (Dunwoody) "This is a very disappointing loss," he said. "But our big goal is the national the thought of another storm hitting the Georgia Dome on a rainy day in Atlanta.

Clemson went the final five minutes of the period without scoring, while Douglas, who had only three points in the opening half, hit a 3-pointer in the final seconds to send Florida State into the Toney Douglas scored 27 points, including the go-ahead free throws, and No. During the last four seasons, Hamilton has elevated the Seminoles'

Kyle Singler scored 20 points, Jon Scheyer added 17 and Henderson had 10 rebounds for the Blue Devils (25-5, 11-4 Atlantic Coast Conference). The work included drills on defense and fundamentals, the kind Florida State, which won its previous visit to Cameron in 2007, has a final chance to reach double figures in ACC victories for the first time since 2003-04 when the Seminoles conclude the regular 22 Seminoles Advance Over No. Toney Douglas had 18. Their only loss in the past five games had come against the Tar Heels on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer. BOSTON, MA - Boston College certainly has made a statement against some of the Atlantic Coast Conference's elite. The 6-foot-6 senior forward scored 21 points, including two critical baskets in the final 1:51, and the third-ranked Panthers overcame a woeful 33 percent shooting effort in a ragged 56-48 victory at Stetson on Thursday night. TALLAHASSEE, FL - Toney Douglas, Florida State's record breaking point guard who led the Seminoles to their first NCAA Tournament since 1998 and to the ACC Tournament championship for the first time We gave them life.". Florida State was up by as many as 14 points on two occasions in the first half, but several unforced errors kept the Seminoles from building a larger lead.

The Seminoles matched their largest lead on Derwin Kitchen's jumper 30 seconds into the second half. At halftime, Florida State retired the jersey No. Third-Team accolades as a senior in 2008 a five-star recruit according to Rivals.comthe 12th best player and the third ranked small fourth in the prep ranks as a senior in 2008the 30th He can score inside and outside, can handle the ball and can defend on the recovered to lead 33-27 at the break and 49-41 about 7 minutes into the second half. 60, NCAA career RS : they're going to be able to score," said Clearwater High School coach Jack Coithas great size, vision and passing ability and is considered to be a lockdown defenderranked as the 72nd best Douglas, who had just five points at halftime, scored the Seminoles first seven points of the overtime. Adds national honor to conference coach of the year accolade. Name Organization

The Leathernecks cut the advantage to eight points three times but could get no closer. That cold shooting created an opportunity for the Seminoles to take charge early, and they led for most of the first half.

fourth winningest program in the ACC in the last three seasons with a cumulative record of 67-38 for a winning percentage of .638.

collegiana brother, Kierre, played point guard at Palm Beach Community College (2007 and 2008)selected Florida State over Butler, Clemson, Virginia Commonwealth, UCF, LSU, Marshall and Winthrop. Find out more. Young's tip-in broke a 48-48 tie and he followed with a jump shot with a minute left that gave the Panthers a 52-48 advantage. (No. Still, it was a stunning defeat for the team that had won the last two ACC tournaments, eliminating Florida State each time. "I don't really know what happened," said Hansbrough, who had two big ice packs on his knees after going against Florida State's big front line. 12), rising sophomore Xavier Gibson (No. From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. No.

a second-half fight. It marked the first time since the 1992-93 season that the Seminoles had won at least 10 ACC games in a single season. "He's a great player.". Georgia Tech managed only two conference wins in the regular season and was the No. night. Estill, S.Cselected Florida State over Kentucky, Georgia Tech, Cincinnati, Louisville, Tennessee, Florida and North Carolina. play in the ACC as he has guided Florida State to a 33-31 record (.516 winning percentage) - tied for the fourth highest win total in ACC Play since the start of the 2005-06 season. ACC Coach of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Media Association for the first time in his career. Both Snaer and Singleton were McDonald's All-Americans during their senior seasons of high school. Toney Douglas scored 21 points to lead the They're growing. Toney Douglas Rivals.Com - 1st Team All-American Vassallo, Virginia Tech's leading scorer, didn't get his first field goal until 2:09 was gone in the second half. Last 15 games of Florida State Seminoles' Alumnis Yves Mekongo Mbala had 13 points and 11 rebounds and Jerrell Williams 10 points for the Explorers, who evened their record at 1-1.

Douglas, who came in as the ACC's third-leading scorer, looked way off his game, held to six points in the first half and knocked around by Clemson's swarming defense. Solomon Alabi College Hoops Insider/CollegeHoops.Net - Freshman All-American - Honorable Mention "We got to score on offense eventually. Copyright 2000-2022 Sports Reference LLC. Florida State advances to the semifinals for the first time since 1992. 57) and rising sophomore Luke Loucks Trapani, who sat out last season after transferring from Vermont, hit three 3-pointers in the closing 13:32 and made two free throws that gave BC a 68-65 with 2:54 left. "We seen them getting weak, we let them back in it. The Seminoles, the lowest-scoring team in the ACC, shot only 26.1 percent in the first half as Douglas managed just four points after going scoreless the first 16:06 while trying to help free his 24 Florida State 84-81 on Tuesday night. "The guy made great plays," Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said. "We got some steals, got some stops, got some easy layups.". "They come in with tremendous energy and intensity," Douglas said. ACC Defensive Player of the Year as he scored a single-season school record 751 points this season, while leading the ACC in scoring.

1.8 spg) during his only season as a Reiverfinished second on the team with an .805 free throw shooting percentage and a .529 field goal shooting percentagestarted 32 of IWCC's 32 games and led Douglas preached offensive patience and defensive tenacity. Hamilton, the 21st winningest coach in ACC history, has put the Seminoles on the cusp of becoming the next great program in the nation's greatest basketball conference. Nov 18 (Neutral), Florida State (3-2) Loss vs. South Florida, 67-68, 6. Northern led the Golden Eagles with 14 points and 15 rebounds, while Will Barnes and Murphy added 13 each. "This is a great honor and is an honor that belongs to my teammates and our coaching staff at Florida State," said Douglas. He was named the 2009 Douglas led the Seminoles in nearly every statistical category including total points (751, single-season school record), average points per game (21.5, highest since Tharon Mayes averaged 23.3 points

Florida State's starters went scoreless the first 7:31 before Douglas sank a pair of free throws for a 10-5 lead. "We kept cutting the lead, but at the end of the day I didn't feel we did the little things that you have to do on the road against a team of this caliber to pull off a victory," Hamilton said. Nov 16 (Neutral), Florida State (3-0) Win vs. UAB, 78-70, 4. Florida was to play Winthrop in the one-day event's other game. 2 Pittsburgh and No. Toney Douglas had 25 "They're hard-nosed guys. seasonaveraged 11.3 points (909 total points), 4.3 rebounds (346 total rebounds), 3.3 steals (263 total steals) and 6.2 assists (498 total assists) in 80 career games at Dunwoodyled Dunwoody to Florida State led 36-26 at halftime and quickly extended its lead by attacking the basket. The Seminoles played in the ACC Tournament championship game this season to mark the first time in school history they have advanced past the semifinals of the event.

Northwestern trailed 36-33 at halftime, but used a 20-2 run in the second half to take the lead. Palmer led all scorers with 21 points.

The Demon Deacons apparently just needed a ranked opponent to bring it back out of Reivers lost to Indian Hills in the Region XI championship seriesled IWCC with a team-leading 17 points and 10 rebounds in a 61-42 victory over Marshalltown in the opening game of the 2008 region 8 Duke on Feb. 4, 2007. It's doubtful the Badgers or Hughes will face a tougher test than what they had in Seminoles star Toney Douglas, the unheralded guard who averages 21 points and led the fifth-seeded Seminoles (25-10) TALLAHASSEE, FL - Toney Douglas scored 28 points and Ryan Reid's three-point play broke open a tie game as Florida State held off Tennessee Tech 69-59 on Tuesday night. Douglas secured the win with five free throws in the final 43 seconds. Florida State (23-8, 10-6) led 32-25 after a ragged first half in which the two teams combined for 23 turnovers and the Hokies shot just 24 percent. them.

7 in the state in the "Without my teammates I would not have been in position to become a team "That was our gameplan.". But Douglas, trying to dribble along the sideline in front of the Florida State bench, was tripped up by Ed Davis. Douglas, who scored 20 points in the first half, was 9 of 15 from the field and 6 of 9 from 3-point range. He was named the 2009 as a sophomore as he led Northview to the state championship tournamentaveraged 16.4 points and 8.0 rebounds for his entire four-year high school career named to the All-Tournament team at the

Jan 23, Florida State (13-7) Win vs. Virginia, 69-67, 21. That gave the Seminoles a 59-49 lead, "Ultimately it comes down to a guy who knows he is good and understands how and when to be good," a somber Leitao said. We were somehow reluctant to attack and they took advantage of our tentativenessThis wasn't one of our better games.". 75 players during their high school careers: rising sophomore Chris Singleton (No. No ACC team with 10 league wins has ever failed to "Wednesday night, we kept our foot on the gas pedal. became only the fourth player in Seminole basketball history to earn All-ACC First Team honors, the second Seminole in the last two seasons to finish as the ACC Player of the Year runner-up (Al Douglas' big night spurs team to 76-73 win over Maryland. "They're a very big team," said Nick Calathes, who led the Gators with 16 points. "When the opportunity came, I just took it," said Reid, whose jumper gave Florida State a 54-51 lead with 38 seconds left. After winning just 36 percent of their ACC games under Hamilton in his first four seasons as the Seminoles' head coach, the Seminoles have won 50 percent of Player profiles, league standings, game results, stats leaders Our content is available on this website, but also through our API for basketball websites (medias, leagues, teams), and on our basketball app available on iOS and Android. TALLAHASSEE, FL - Leonard Hamilton, who led the Florida State men's basketball team to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1998 and to the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship teammates for shots. championship game for Raines with a 25-foot jumper with 1.3 seconds remaining to give the Vikings the Class 5A championship clinching victory over Boynton Beach in 2003his basket broke a 47-47 tie Toney Douglas Atlantic Coast Conference - Defensive Player of the Year

"We seem to play to our potential when we play tougher competition," said Chas McFarland, who had seven points during the decisive 13-0 run. Seminoles take another step toward the first NCAA tournament bid in 11 years. Mar 14 (Neutral), Florida State (19-14) Loss vs. North Carolina, 70-82, 34. The Seminoles (11-1) outscored the Buccaneers 46-16 in the paint behind the dominant play of the 7-foot-1 Alabi and 6-11 fellow freshman Xavier Gibson, who finished with a career-high 11 points. 22 Florida State beat Georgia Tech 64-62 on Friday to deny the Yellow Jackets a second straight ACC tournament

Nov 17 (Neutral), Florida State (3-1) Loss vs. Cleveland State, 66-69, 5. showing for Alabi, who had 17 points to accompany Douglas' 23 in Saturday's win at Clemson. North Carolina tried to go to its star, but Hansbrough couldn't hang on to the ball underneath. "We wanted to win this real bad," said Lawson, who did some shooting before the game before watching from the bench when a protective shoe on his ailing foot. The Sporting News - 3rd Team All-American Despite the loss, North Carolina is still likely to get a top seed in the NCAA tournament, especially after No. His decision-making is excellent. - ON SINGLETON: "Chris Singleton is the best small forward in the country. "We can't depend on Toney every night," Echefu said. "I didn't get enough rebounds. Clemson (22-6, 8-6) was led by K.C. Kentucky 82-69 in the Orange Bowl Classic.

rebounds and 3.0 steals and shot 60 percent from the field as a seniorteam captain as a sophomore, junior and seniorfour-year member of the varsity basketball teamearned All-State Third Team

1 overall seed in the 2008 Georgia State High School Tournament and "We just want to get everybody involved. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- entered the day tied for third in the ACC with Clemson. coach David Joneshis AUU team (The Lee Bulls) won the Under 19 national championship in 2004his AAU team won five state championships in his six years as a member of the teamselected Florida Florida State finished the 2008-09 season with a 25-10 record, was a No. Demond Watt added 10 points for the Islanders. of the Super 64 tournament with 15 points, six assists and six rebounds in the title game in the eventled the Celtics to the semifinals at the Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions in Chapel Hill in Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. The Seminoles' 25 wins is tied for second most in school State in which it trailed by 20 points in the second half. Douglas scored 19 points and matched a career high with seven assists Tuesday as the 25th-ranked Seminoles defeated Leitao's Cavaliers 68-57, handing Virginia its eighth consecutive loss -- including He was also named Luke Loucks' 3-pointer, his only basket, cut the lead to one and Alabi hit the eventual game winner for Florida State. Clemson coach Oliver Purnell thought he'd seen the last of such giveaways. Florida State (9-1) led by 19 points midway through the second half, only to lose the momentum and allow Georgia State (3-6) to fight its way back into the game.

Feb 14, Florida State (14-11) Loss vs. Wake Forest, 70-78, 26.

Florida State (15-4, 2-2) was led by Toney Douglas, who matched a season-high with 30 points. Florida State (6-0) opened the second half with a 15-5 run to take a 42-28 advantage with 14:28 to play.