Cassidy Hardin made six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 18 points, Madison Layden added four 3-pointers and 16 points, and Purdue beat No. 17 Florida State 66-61 on Saturday at the St. Pete Showcase.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. (Seminoles.com) – In what was a physical matchup, No. 17 Florida State Women’s Basketball fell to Purdue in a close game, 66-61, on Saturday at the St. Pete Showcase held at Eckerd College. The Seminoles (4-2) were led by senior guard Morgan Jones’ 14 points with seven rebounds and two assists on 4-of-5 shooting. FSU out-rebounded the sizeable Boilermakers, 35-34, but a late Purdue run erased FSU’s early 53-47 lead in the fourth quarter. A key 7-0 run by Purdue midway through the fourth quarter was the momentum changer. FSU held a 55-52 lead on layup by Valencia Myers with 6:17 left, but consecutive baskets underneath for Purdue and a 3-point field goal by Cassidy Hardin made it 59-55 Purdue with 4:59 remaining. Hardin led all scorers with 18 points. Jones tried to will FSU back with a layup to cut the deficit to 59-57 with 4:22 remaining. Down the stretch, Purdue was able to string together enough stops to earn its first win of the tournament. Senior Kourt
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (Seminoles.com) – No. 17 Florida State Women’s Basketball suffered its first loss of the 2021-22 season, falling to BYU, 61-54, in its opening game of the St. Pete Showcase at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Seminoles (4-1) out-shot the Cougars (6-0) but were hurt by 25 turnovers committed. Junior guard Sammie Puisis led Florida State with 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting, accounting for all four of FSU’s 3-point field goals in her 28 minutes played. Senior guard Morgan Jones added a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Redshirt senior point guard Bianca Jackson missed her second straight game with an ankle injury. BYU guard Shaylee Gonzales led all scorers with 24 points. With 4:12 remaining in the game, Florida State fell behind 56-43 but made a strong comeback down the stretch. Puisis recorded consecutive buckets to cut the deficit to 56-47 with 3:41 remaining. Despite a BYU made jumper by Maria Albiero, FSU forward Valencia Myers got a baske
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (Seminoles.com) – The Florida State Women’s Basketball team will host its lone exhibition of the pre-season on Wednesday, Nov. 3, against West Florida at 7 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center.
The event will be free to the general public as it catches its first glimpse of an experienced Florida State team that returns 11 players from last year’s NCAA Tournament Team as well as 93 percent of its scoring.
Fans can also see Head Coach Sue Semrau make her return to the sidelines after taking a single-season leave of absence in 2020-21 to be with her mother during her battle against cancer. The positive prognosis of her mother’s health has led Semrau back to the head coaching spot this season, which will be her 25th overall at FSU and her 24th as head coach.
The Seminoles return all three of their double-digit scorers from a season ago in seniors Bianca Jackson (14.1 ppg), Morgan Jones (12.8) and Kourtney Weber (11.8). The last time it returned three doubl
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