Seminoles Pull Ahead, Hang On To Down Gamecocks - Jacksonville State University Athletics

Sunday, December 8

Tallahassee, Fla.

5 p.m.

Jax State

3-7

Florida State

6-3

Team	1	2	F
Jacksonville State	20	33	53
Florida State	37	40	77

Teraes Clemmons scored a career-high 14 points in the loss to Florida State

12/8/2013 7:58:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – An early Florida State run set the tone and the Jacksonville State men's basketball team couldn't fight back in a 77-53 loss to the Seminoles on Sunday evening at the Tucker Center.

The Gamecocks (3-7) got a career-high 14 points from junior Teraes Clemmons and 10 in the debut of Tallahassee native Avery Moore. However, the Seminoles (6-3) rode a group of four players in double figures and shot 55 percent from the floor for the win.

Moore, who became eligible at the end of the week after sitting out a year due to NCAA Transfer Rules, made his JSU debut and his Tallahassee homecoming a successful one by going 2-for-5 from the floor, all from behind the arc. The transfer from Florida A&M, also in Tallahassee, that played his prep hoops at nearby Rickards High School, also went 4-for-4 from the free throw line while dishing an assist and blocking a shot in 12 minutes on the court.

Clemmons also broke out for JSU in the loss, scoring his 14 points on a 5-for-6 shooting night before fouling out after just 18 minutes off of the bench. The Mt. Juliet, Tenn., native also had three boards and made his only 3-point attempt of the game.

JSU struggled to sustain an offensive charge in the game, shooting 38 percent in the first half and 39 in the second. The Gamecocks did hang with the larger Seminole lineup on the boards, losing the rebounding battle, 30-27.

Florida State got 17 points from Okaro White and 15 from Boris Bojanovsky, while Montay Brandon and Aaron Thomas pitched in 14 and 12, respectively. The Seminoles got to the stripe 27 times and made it count, shooting 82 percent from the line.

JSU senior Brian Williams struggled to the tune of a 2-for-9 shooting night but did dish five assists and swipe four steals, both game highs.

The Gamecocks got it all started with an Undra Mitchem 3-pointer that gave them the first points of the game less than a minute in. The Seminoles answered with a 3-pointer by Okaro White and, after a Brian Williams layup made it 5-3 JSU, rattled off a 17-2 run to open up a 20-7 advantage.

A Nick Cook dunk with 8:49 left in the half stopped the bleeding, but FSU stretched its lead to 37-20 at the intermission. JSU pulled to within 14 in the first five minutes of the second half, but a 10-0 FSU run made it a 24-point lead the Seminoles would hang on to.

The Gamecocks return home for a Wednesday matchup with Alcorn State that will tip at 7 p.m. in Pete Mathews Coliseum. Fans ages 18 and under get in free for all JSU home games. The game will be broadcast live on the JSU Radio Network with Mike Parris calling the action.