 — Cam’Ron Fletcher scored 23 points and Florida State held off a second-half rally by Mercer, defeating the Bears 81-72 on Monday night.){kind=link}
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Cam’Ron Fletcher scored 23 points and Florida State held off a second-half rally by Mercer, defeating…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Cam’Ron Fletcher scored 23 points and Florida State held off a second-half rally by Mercer, defeating the Bears 81-72 on Monday night time.
Florida State lastly broke into the win column after opening the season with losses to Stetson, Central Florida, Troy and Florida.
Fletcher made 9-of-12 from the ground and hit all three of his 3-point makes an attempt for the Seminoles (1-4). (*23*) Cleveland added 18 points and Caleb Mills 12.
Fletcher’s layup with 15:49 remaining within the second half gave Florida State a 52-41 lead earlier than Mercer scored the subsequent 12 points to go up by one at 11:23. There have been seven lead modifications within the subsequent seven minutes earlier than Florida State regained management with a 9-0 run to lead 75-66 within the last minute.
Still, Kamar Robertson hit a pair of free throws and Michael Zanoni nailed a 3-pointer to get the Bears inside 75-71 earlier than Mills hit two massive free throws for the Seminoles.
Five gamers scored in double figures for Mercer (2-3), led by Jalyn McCreary with 20 points.
Florida State led 42-34 at halftime.
The Seminoles will keep in-state and play Siena on Thursday within the ESPN Events Invitational in Lake Buena Vista.
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