Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Noles Hope To Make Turtle Soup Tonight


Florida State, which has won three consecutive ACC games at home and three of their last four games overall, plays host to Maryland on Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. The Seminoles have won three consecutive conference games at home in the Donald L. Tucker Center with victories over No. 23 Virginia Tech (Jan. 17, 82-73), Miami (Jan. 20, 86-67) and Wake Forest (Jan. 27, 74-66).
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If the Noles defeat the Terrapins, it would mark the second consecutive season the Seminoles under fifth-year Head Coach Leonard Hamilton were at the .500 mark after eight games in conference play;
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Florida State enters Tuesday's game against Maryland with 75 blocked shots as a team (3.6 bpg). The Seminoles already have more blocked shots in 21 games this season (75) than they did in 30 games during the 2005-06 season (72). Florida State is ranked eight in the ACC this season after ranking 12th in the ACC last season.
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Probable Starters for FSU:

F #12 Al Thornton (18.2 ppg, 6.5 rpg; 27 pts and 12 rebs vs. Maryland, Feb. 22, 2006)
F #41 Uche Echefu (7.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg; 3 pts and 2 rebs vs. Maryland, Feb. 22, 2006)
G #3 Isaiah Swann (8.7 ppg, 3.3 apg; 12 pts and 4 asts vs. Maryland, Feb. 22, 2006)
G #23 Toney Douglas (13.4 ppg, 2.7 apg; First career game vs. Maryland)
G #25 Jason Rich (10.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg; 9 pts and 4 rebs vs. Maryland, Dec. 19, 2004)

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