National Basketball Association
Florida St. 57, Texas A&M 50
When: 4:10 PM ET, Friday, March 18, 2011
Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Officials:
# Sean Casady, # Brian O'Connell, # Tony Padilla
Attendance:
17352
By SportsDirect Inc.
CHICAGO – After two opening-round exits, Florida State finally won an NCAA tournament game under Leonard Hamilton.
Derwin Kitchen scored 15 points as the 10th-seeded Seminoles overcame an eight-point deficit en route to a 57-50 victory over No. 7 seed Texas A&M on Friday.
Bernard James added 10 points for Florida State (22-10), which moves on to the Round of 32 to face No. 2 seed Notre Dame on Sunday.
A&M had a 31-23 lead early in the second half, but FSU went on a 13-0 run – including eight straight points from James – to take a 36-31 lead with 11:24 left and maintained the lead from there.
Florida State forward Chris Singleton also returned to action, adding five points in 16 minutes.
Sophomore guard Khris Middleton had 16 points for A&M (24-9), which had won its first-round game the past five years.
Top Game Performances
| Florida St. |
|
Texas A&M |
|
Derwin Kitchen 15 |
Scoring |
Khris Middleton 16 |
|
Derwin Kitchen 3 |
Assists |
Khris Middleton 4 |
|
Derwin Kitchen 7 |
Rebounds |
David Loubeau 8 |
|
Derwin Kitchen 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Khris Middleton 3 |
|
Derwin Kitchen 2 |
Steals |
B.J. Holmes 3 |
|
Bernard James 3 |
Blocks |
Nathan Walkup 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Florida St.
|
57 |
46.5 |
4-15 |
13-20 |
14 |
30 |
10 |
6 |
|
| Texas A&M
|
50 |
31.4 |
9-25 |
9-19 |
12 |
29 |
1 |
6 |
|