FSU Whacks Wake, 84-66

The big question coming into Saturday’s game against Wake Forest was how Florida State would perform in its first game without the injured Chris Singleton. For the first 10:24 it appeared like the answer was not very well. The Seminoles had five turnovers, were 2 of 12 from the floor, and trailed the Deacs 14-6. That’s when Hamilton called a timeout. And whatever he said in the huddle appeared to resonate with his players. Because when all was said and done the ‘Noles easily handled the Demon Deacons 84-66. Most likely he said something like move the ball more, attack the basket harder, and be more patient for the perimeter shot. Before that FSU was mostly settling for long jumpers albeit wide open ones as Hamilton noted after the game. But they still were not going down. Once Florida State began to drive the ball more to the rim the offense was dramatically improved with the main beneficiary of that being Bernard James who finished with a team high 15 points on 6 of 8 shooting to g...