Dwayne Bacon tied a career high with 29 points as No. 15 Florida State rolled to a 109-61 victory over Clemson on Sunday in Tallahassee, Fla.
The sophomore guard, who has scored in double figures in 34 straight games, was 10 of 14 from the field, including 6 of 9 on 3-pointers. He had 18 points in the first half as the Seminoles built a 51-25 lead at halftime.
It is the first time FSU (20-4, 8-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) has reached the century mark in an ACC game since a 111-109 loss in double overtime to Georgia Tech on Feb. 11, 1999. The 48-point margin also marks its biggest win in conference history, surpassing the 36-point victory over Virginia in 1994.
Braian Angola-Rodas added 12 points and Terance Mann 11 for the Seminoles, who were 17 of 30 on 3-pointers and had all 13 players get in the scoring column.
Avry Holmes led Clemson (13-9, 3-7) with 15 points and Marcquise Reed added 12.
WOMEN
No. 1 UConn 96, Tulsa 50
Napheesa Collier scored 24 points and pulled down nine rebounds to lead top-ranked UConn to its 97th consecutive win, 96-50 over Tulsa on Sunday in Storrs, Conn.
The sophomore hit 10 of her 13 shots from the floor in reaching the 20-point plateau for the 12th time this season.
Saniya Chong added 17 points, seven assists and seven rebounds for the Huskies (22-0, 10-0 American Athletic Conference), who have now won 124 straight games against unranked opponents.
All five UConn starters scored in double figures. Katie Lou Samuelson, who has reached double digits in every game this season, had 16 points. Kia Nurse had 14 and Gabby Williams chipped in with 10.
Freshman Shug Dickson had 12 points lead Tulsa (8-15, 4-6).
The Huskies were just 7 of 21 from the field in the first quarter and led by only five points after 10 minutes. But they opened the second quarter on a 20-4 run to break the game open. Collier had 17 points and eight rebounds by halftime, and UConn led 40-23.
Samuelson had 10 points in the third quarter, after hitting just three of her first 14 shots and the Huskies extended the lead to 69-34
Both teams struggled from the outside. UConn made just one of its first 12 attempts from 3-point range and Tulsa was 1 of 9.
But the Huskies dominated underneath, outscoring Tulsa 48-16 in the paint.
UConn won the first meeting between the two teams, 98-58 last month in Oklahoma.
Associated Press
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