The FSU Women’s Basketball team hosted their final regular season game against the 16th ranked Duke Blue Devils Sunday night at the Donald L. Tucker Center. In a physical game that was close through three quarters, the Lady Noles fell to Duke 71-57.
Duke led by six points at the end of the first quarter, but FSU cut the lead to one and the first half ended with Duke leading 32-31. The third quarter was competitive, and the fourth quarter began with a 49-47 Duke lead. However, the Noles couldn’t score and couldn’t stop the Blue Devils as Duke coasted to a 14-point win.
FSU was led by Makayla Timpson with 25 points and eight rebounds. The nation’s leading scorer Ta’Niya Latson shot 3 for 21 and ended with 9 points.
The 24th ranked Noles entered the game with a 4-game winning streak, most recently defeating 3rd ranked Notre Dame. With Sunday’s loss, the Seminoles ended the regular season with a 23-7 overall record and a 13-5 conference record.
It was Senior Night at the game and pre-game ceremonies honored four women: forward Makayla Timpson the all-time FSU rebound leader, guard O’Mariah Gordon who ended the year with a career-best season, forward Malea Williams who was new to the team this year as a transfer athlete from Cincinnati, and forward Mariana Valenzuela who returned to the line-up this year after missing last season rehabilitating from an injury.
Next up for the Noles is the ACC Tournament in Charlotte beginning this Wednesday.
And on Saturday night, the FSU Men’s team lost to 2nd ranked Duke in a lopsided game that ended with a 100-65 Duke victory. Next up for the Noles is a Tuesday night game at Virginia before ending the season at home against SMU this Saturday afternoon.
