January 11, 2025
#8 Florida State (12-1, 1-0 ACC) at Miami (9-8, 1-0 ACC)
TEAM: FSU|MIA
OVR: 91|84
OFF: 91|86
DEF: 91|83
SHT: 94|85
REB: 89|84
COA: 91|86
ACC Play begins in earnest today. We still have a couple games left without Mayer, this one is on the road but hopefully we can handle one of the weaker ACC squads with what we've got. Miami beat Boston College a couple weeks ago.
Scouting
PG Laurence McKinney – SR – 72 OVR – 85 speed/89 quickness. 82 def/70 steals. 84 hands/79 passing, all average numbers here. 85 close/66 med/68 3/84 off the dribble. 8.6 ppg/4.1 apg.
SG Lukasz Danley – SR – 80 OVR – 6'7”, actually a SF, and a big one a that. 83 speed/76 quickness. 86 defense/70 steals. 85 close/78 med/72 3/81 in traffic. Good awareness. 78 off/77 def. 11.9 ppg/5.2 rpg. Interesting matchup with a quicker, but smaller Day here.
SF Clint Blevins – SR – 82 OVR – 6'5” SF – 87 speed/80 quickness. 83 defense/71 steals. 81 close/77 med/69 3/86 in traffic. Solid awareness (79 off/74 def). Blevins averages 10.2 ppg, he doesn't look like a great offensive player or anything but he seems like a guy who can attack the rim pretty well.
PF Diego Bermudez – SR – 78 OVR – 6'9” natural PF – 83 orb/74 drb. 72 post offense/72 post def. Non-existent shot blocking(52). 93 close/90 in traffic. Incredible offensive awareness, 87. 77 def awareness, coach on the floor. 8 ppg/3.6 rpg.
C CJ Laws – FR – 76 OVR – 6'7” PF – 73 orb/74 drb. 80 post off/71 post def. 81 close/84 in traffic. Great awareness for a freshman. 77 off/79 def. His potential isn't that great, and very poor rebounding. 9.2 ppg/4.6 rpg.
Backup SF Patricio Daley is rated 80 OVR and is the second highest rated player on the team. 6 points/game off the bench.
Just not enough talent on this team really. The rebounding is awful.
Half
| Time
| FSU
| MIA
| Notes
|
1
| 18:30
| 7
| 3
| We score the first 7 and are looking good.
|
1
| 14:00
| 16
| 9
| Miami calls a timeout. We're not blowing them out but are playing well. Dearman and Day lead us with 5.
|
1
| 10:55
| 22
| 16
| We call a timeout to get the backups in.
|
1
| 5:10
| 30
| 28
| Well, the backups don't really play that well, a couple layups from turnovers and Miami only trails us by 2. I get a timeout and get the starters back in.
|
1
| 4:30
| 30
| 31
| A 3 from Miami gives them the lead and a 6th man boost.
|
1
| 3:30
| 34
| 31
| Day attacks the rim and draws a foul, but is injured. Porter comes in and drains the 2 free throws. Day leads us with 11 and hasn't missed a shot yet, so hopefully he gets to come back in for the second half.
|
| HALF
| 43
| 39
| Miami hits a 3 from about 35 feet at the buzzer and its 4 at the half instead of 7, which is a little frustrating. Miami shoots 16-32, 4-7 from 3. PF Bermudez takes a huge percentage of their shots, he's 6-12 and has 13 points at the half. One guy has 5 shots and no one else has more than 3.
On our end, we're shooting amazingly well. 17-25 from the field, 2-6 from 3/7-9 from the line. Day leads us with 11, Dearman has 9, Black has 6. Porter and Devonish have 4 off the bench. They're outrebounding us 14-9, which is why the game is close.
Day has a sore knee and is going to play in the second half.
|
2
| 17:20
| 43
| 45
| 6 straight for Miami, 3 different 6th man boosts, and things just have not started out well this half for us at all. I get a timeout when they take the lead.
|
2
| 13:50
| 49
| 48
| We take the lead back, Day has 6 this half and has 17. Black is strugging badly, we get him a number of solid looks in the paint and he's missed 4 shots in a row. Day's knee has him slowed quite a bit, but he still has a good first step.
|
2
| 12:25
| 54
| 48
| Day strokes a 3 and is really having an outstanding offensive game, he's up to 20. Timeout Miami, backups are in for us.
|
2
| 7:30
| 56
| 55
| Miami had tied it back up at 55, we got a free throw, but Miami has the ball with a chance to go back ahead. This is going to be a common theme all year I fear, the backups are getting owned. Starters are back in, except for Black. All his early attempts in the post tired him out quite a bit, he needs more rest.
|
2
| 5:15
| 61
| 59
| Black is back in. This looks like its going to be close to the wire.
|
2
| 4:15
| 61
| 64
| 5 straight from Miami puts us down 3, I call a timeout to kill off a 6th man boost after a 3 pointer. I've got two timeouts left.
|
2
| 2:45
| 66
| 66
| Their PF, Bermudez, picks up his 6th(SIXTH) offensive rebound and a putback for his 22nd point. Day gets us a huge 3 point play and we tie the game up. Miami timeout.
|
2
| 2:00
| 68
| 68
| Their PG gets a bucket inside, we get Millar an open look inside, timeout Miami.
|
2
| 1:20
| 70
| 68
| We get a big stop inside, and Millar hits another open look after going off a screen in a set play. Miami with another timeout(I think they now have 1 left).
|
2
| 0:48
| 72
| 68
| If it ain't broke... another huge stop in the post, and Millar with a good hook in the post on our end. He's got 14, and our last 6 straight as we lead by 4 with less than a minute left.
|
2
| 0:27
| 72
| 70
| They get an easy layup inside out of their half court set.
|
2
| 0:22
| 74
| 70
| Day hits 2 at the line after being fouled.
|
Miami struggles to get a shot and misses when they finally get one off. We put it away in the end.
#8 Florida State 77
Miami 70
Day gives us an absolutely brilliant performance today, Millar is huge in the post in the final few minutes and we get a road win with our superstar injured, I would have hoped to have been able to win this one easier but I'll obviously take it. Miami PF Bermudez scores 22 points and pulls in 12 boards, shooting 10-19 and getting 7 offensive rebounds. C Laws and PG McKinney both shoot 5-7, 13 and 11 points respectively.
Modica: 6 points (2-5 from 3)
Day: 25 points (9-9 FG, 2-2 3, 5-5 FT)
Dearman: 9 points/3 boards
Millar: 16 points/ 5 boards (7-11 FG)
Black: 9 points/5 boards
Porter: 5 points
Perfection from Day, I love it.