NORTH CAROLINA DEMOLISHED BY FLORIDA STATE
It’s rare that the Confidential will break out the capital letters in a title, but Florida State absolutely destroyed #3 North Carolina today, 90-57. This game was so lopsided that North Carolina had 5 walk-ons on the floor and left the arena with fourteen seconds to go. Not surprisingly, the Seminoles’ fans rushed the court to celebrate not just a win over the Tar Heels, but a thorough domination.
How much of a beat-down was this? Florida State, who lost by 20 to an unimpressive Clemson Tigers’ team, never trailed. They outscored North Carolina 54-29 at the half, beginning with a 30-8 run. Compare the 54 second-half points by Florida State to the last several games of points allowed for North Carolina: 56, 60, 65, 62, 63, and 49.
North Carolina shot 37.3% from the field and 19.0% from three-point range. This pales in comparison to Florida State, who shot 48.4% and 44.4%, respectively. The Seminoles even out-rebounded the Tar Heels, 41-33.
Senior Deividas Dulkys led the Seminoles with a career-high 32 points. Junior Michael Snaer also scored 17 points for Florida State. Okaro White added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Seminoles. Harrison Barnes scored 15 points and Tyler Zeller chipped in with 14 for North Carolina.
With the loss, North Carolina drops to 15-3. They will travel to Virginia Tech on January 19th. With the win, Florida State improves to 11-6. They will host Maryland on Tuesday.
Florida State fans celebrate the rout of #3 North Carolina. Photo by ROBERT WILLETT - rwillett@newsobserver.com
The Confidential 
FSU did what FSU does. Play tough D and rebound. And what it usually doesn’t, shoot very well. Now they’ll go lose to Va Tech.
This has been a difficult year to understand.
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