Florida State Seminoles rout South Alabama Jaguars 80-39: NCAA Basketball Recap
Florida State Seminoles are continuing their impressive run in the NCAA tournament 2011.
Oozing with confidence after overpowering Stetson Hatters last week, the Seminoles collected their 4th consecutive win by humiliating South Alabama Jaguars 80-39 in what was a totally clinical performance.
Labelled as the best defensive team in the league, Seminoles lived up to the reputation and displayed a brilliant defense. Their gritty backcourt play was complemented well on the offense and the combination spawned chaos among
the opponents. Unable to penetrate the defense of Seminoles, frustration engulfed the Jaguars, who managed a meagre 23.5 percent shooting from the field.
Luke Loucks marshalled the winning team with game high 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. Terrance Shannon, coming off the bench late, also made a valuable contribution by chipping in with 15 points whereas Deividas Dulkys added
another 12 on a 8 for 9 from the free throw line.
Augustine Rubit was the only player who managed to end with scores in double figures for the Jaguars. Missing a double-double by a whisker, he scored 10 points and pulled down 8 rebounds. Antione Lundy also put up a decent show
and scored 9 points along with 6 rebounds.
Jaguar’s coach Ronnie arrow disappointed with the below par performance of the players added
"We've got three or four really good shooters. They were just null and void tonight."
Jaguars started the game aggressively and with two back to back layups from Javier Carter and Rubit, managed to acquire an early 4-0 lead. Seminole then rattled a 7 point run to get ahead 7-4. They did not stop there and shored
up their defence, allowing their opponents only 6 more points in the remaining frame. Meanwhile they kept on accumulating on the offense and collected 15 points to end the quarter with a 12 point lead at 24-12.
Seminoles continued to dominate the Jaguars in the second frame allowing them only 11 points in the frame. Terrance Shannon and Deividas on the other hand kept on finding easy baskets and increased their team’s lead to massive
28 points, 51-23, at the end of first half of the game.
The third and fourth quarters were the exact replica of second one as Jaguars only managed to scores 6 points in the third and 10 points in the 4th.
Seminoles on the contrary kept on chipping with points and midway through the third quarter, they had already turned the game on their side for good. The nightmare finally finished with the Jaguar trailing by 41 points.
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