January 14, 2025
#10 Florida State (13-1, 1-0 ACC) at Boston College (10-2, 1-1 ACC)
TEAM: FSU|BC
OVR: 93|90
OFF: 93|90
DEF: 92|90
SHT: 94|92
REB: 89|90
COA: 91|93
Not the easiest game to come back to CH2k8 after 2 months away, a road game against an solidly rated Boston College team. BC lost a game they shouldn't have to James Madison, and a tough 1 point game against Miami.
Scouting
PG Otis Bradford – SR – 87 OVR – 94 speed/87 quickness, 89 defense/81 steals, 95 hands/84 passing, a very very good all around PG. 88 close/78 med/83 3, 88 off the dribble. An effective shooter as well. Awareness solid, 78 off/74 def. Bradford leads the team in scoring with 15.7 ppg.
SG Zack Hoyer – SR – 87 OVR – 91 speed/86 quickness. 85 defense/81 steals, tough defender. 92 close/74med/86 3. 89 off the dribble/86 in traffic. A great leaper(88/B+) and good awareness(79 off/78 def). No major weaknesses here either, second on the team in scoring with 11.9 ppg.
SF Amit McGuire - SO – 76 OVR – 6'6” SF – 84 speed/77 quickness. 82 defense/70 steals. 84 close/71 med/65 3/85 in traffic. Poor awareness (74 off/65 def). Decent strength and good hustle. His defense worries me some, but hopefully his awareness has him falling over himself as Mayer drives by him repeatedly. 6.6 ppg/2.6 rpg.
PF Damion Konare – FR – 77 OVR – 6'10” C – 86 orb/79 drb. 79 post off/81 post def. 89 close/78 in traffic. Pretty solid for a freshman. Good shot blocker(84/B+). 70 off awareness/75 def, not bad for a freshman either. 7.8 ppg/4.8 rpg.
C Egeman Wofford – SO – 84 OVR – 6'9” PF – 81 orb/91 drb. 88 post off/80 post def. 86 close/95 in traffic, he can step out and shoot too, 85 from 3. Decent strength(74/B), very good athlete for a big, and solid awareness on offense(79/B), defense lacking a bit(67 def awareness). 10.1 ppg/5.5 rpg.
backup PG Greg Dux is rated 86 OVR and is about as good as Bradford. Bradford and Hoyer are as good as anything we can offer, but they lack depth, with some backups rated in the mid-70s, and a backup big rated 70 even. Hopefully we can wear them down, and abuse their freshman SF with Mayer.
Half
| Time
| FSU
| BC
| Notes
|
1
| 16:45
| 7
| 3
| Modica with 5 early, Mayer 0-3, my own rustiness I assure you.
|
1
| 13:20
| 12
| 10
| Only two fouls all game either way, but both are on their freshman big man Konare, he sits. Mayer is 0-4 from the field, 1-2 at the line, we give up an open 3 to let them cut it to 2.
|
1
| 9:15
| 20
| 12
| BC scores to tie the game but our backups go on a 8-0 run and give us our biggest lead. Timeout Boston College.
|
1
| 7:15
| 20
| 15
| Starters are back in, our guys went cold here.
|
1
| 5:40
| 24
| 15
| Mayer with his first field goal, BC with their second timeout as we go up 9.
|
1
| 3:55
| 29
| 17
| And another BC timeout, feeling real good about our play here.
|
| HALF
| 41
| 21
| We dominate the final 10 minutes of the second half, and in the final five minutes Mayer takes over, after starting the game 0-4 he finishes the half 6-11, hitting his only 3, though he's a bad 3-7 at the line. 16 points to lead all scorers.
Millar gives us a great 6 point/9 rebound performance and Modica scored 5 early to help out.
BC's SF McGuire leads them with 8, including two from behind the arc. Their two studs, Bradford and Hoyer, are 2-7 with 7 points combined. BC is just not able to shoot at all today really, they are an abysmal 6-25 from the floor.
|
2
| 15:55
| 45
| 27
| BC scores the first 6 of the half, but we get 4 and we're not letting them back in that easily. BC Timeout.
|
2
| 14:30
| 47
| 29
| I get the backups in a bit early, Mayer's tired early from his spurt at the end of the first half and I just sub them all out at once.
|
2
| 7:30
| 50
| 41
| Yeah, Porter hits a 3 and that's the only offense we get, Carlisle misses a couple, Jolly misses a couple, Dearman gets blocked trying to drive... yuck. Hoyer hits two big threes for them and they squeak out a few more baskets and BC has the lead down under 10. I call a timeout and get the starters back in.
|
2
| 5:20
| 50
| 46
| Black misses a hook in the post, Day misses an open midrange jumper, Modica misses a 3... their best big man, Wofford, is hurting us, he's only got 8 but I believe 6 of those are this half, and he's killing the boards, up to 13 now. Another BC 3 and we have big problems only up 4. Timeout FSU.
|
2
| 4:50
| 52
| 46
| Mayer gets our first points in about 8 minutes, his 20th, and we're back up 6.
|
2
| 3:10
| 57
| 48
| Whew. BC scores to make it a 4 point game again. We get a nice turnaround in the post from Black, a stop on defense, and a 3 in the corner from modica, and we stretch the lead back out to 9.
|
2
| 2:00
| 57
| 54
| Bradford with a three for BC, Mayer misses a look in the post for us, Hoyer with a 3 for them and its a 3 point game. Timeout FSU.
|
2
| 1:35
| 60
| 54
| Mayer feeds the post, Millar crosscourt to Modica, who hits another three for us, Modica with 13, a very solid performance.
|
2
| 1:25
| 60
| 56
| Bradford drives, fouled, makes two free throws.
|
2
| 0:55
| 62
| 56
| Millar hits a shot inside, back up 6 with a minute left.
|
2
| 0:42
| 62
| 58
| Good look inside for BC.
|
2
| 0:38
| 65
| 58
| Day with 1 of 2 at the line, Mayer with a clutch offensive board and two more free throws, should be the ball game.
|
BC can't score any more and we survive a bit of a scare.
#10 Florida State 67
Boston College 58
I have to be careful about slowing down and letting decent teams get back in games on the road, heh. Bradford and Hoyer end up with 25 combined, they come on strong in the second half, it was just too late for them.
Modica: 13 points (3-5 from 3)
Day: 3 points
Mayer: 24 points
Millar: 10 points/12 boards
Black: 6 points/7 boards
Porter: 7 points (2-6 from 3)
Dearman: 4 points