Florida State Defeats Virginia 64-63 [Men's Basketball Live Updates]
Follow along with score updates and live analysis for the Florida State Seminoles (14-13, 7-10 ACC) at Virginia Cavaliers (17-11, 11-7 ACC) men's basketball game on Saturday at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Final. Florida State 64, Virginia 63
Prieto throws a full-court pass to Matthew Cleveland, who shoots a fadeaway three-pointer from the left wing over Franklin and cans it as the buzzer sounds to give Florida State the 64-63 win. Heartbreaking finish for the Cavaliers.
Florida State 61, Virginia 63 | 1.0 remaining
Armaan Franklin races the ball up the floor and hits a clutch jumper from the free throw line to put the Cavaliers up by two with 1.0 second left.
Florida State 61, Virginia 61 | 6.3 remaining
Franklin makes the first, but misses the second free throw. Matthew Cleveland drives on Kadin Shedrick and makes a tough lefty layup off the glass to tie the game at 61 with 6.3 seconds remaining.
Florida State 59, Virginia 60 | 14.7 remaining
Virginia turns it over in the back court and Jalen Warley makes it a five-point game with a floater that banks in. Warley fouls Gardner, who makes one of two free throws. Evans quickly drives to the basket and scores to cut it to a four-point deficit. Gardner leaves a jumper short and FSU gets it back with less than a minute to play. Cleveland gets into the paint and hits jumper plus a foul on Beekman, who fouls out of the game. Cleveland converts the free throw and it's a one-point game with 45 seconds left. Kihei Clark turns the ball over at half court and FSU tries to get out on the fast break but Kody Stattmann tips the pass away and Franklin collects it before getting fouled by Butler with 14.7 seconds left on the clock.
Florida State 52, Virginia 59 | 1:59 2H
Jayden Gardner drives baseline and finishes strong through some contact. FSU gets one right back as Prieto scores over Gardner. Evans blocks Clark's layup and takes it the other way before getting fouled by Stattmann and making two free throws. Armaan Franklin hits a clutch step-back three-pointer from the right corner, but Matthew Cleveland has an immediate answer for FSU as he hits a baseline jumper.
Florida State 46, Virginia 54 | 3:31 2H
Matthew Cleveland backs down Kihei Clark and hits a short jumper to make it a four-point game. Armaan Franklin is fouled by Prieto and makes one of two free throws, snapping a 4:07 UVA scoring drought and a 7-0 FSU run. Kihei Clark scores Virginia's first field goal in nearly five minutes as he gets a floater to fall off the glass plus a foul on Cam'Ron Fletcher, his fourth. Clark completes the three-point play to make it an eight-point game and then he draws an offensive foul on RayQuan Evans to give possession back to the Hoos. Fletcher stays in the game and gets a lefty layup to bank in over Beekman. Gardner is fouled by Warley to put UVA in the bonus and Gardner makes both free throws. Beekman picks up his fourth foul with over four minutes to play as he fouls Prieto, who misses both free throws.
Florida State 42, Virginia 48 | 7:45 2H
Wyatt Wilkes hits a heavily contested fadeaway jumper from the right corner, FSU's first field goal since the 16:51 mark. Stattmann fouls Cleveland, who goes 1/2 from the line. Cleveland steals the ball from Franklin and takes off on a fastbreak before being fouled by Beekman, who picks up his third personal and checks out of the game. Cleveland misses both free throws and the UVA crowd erupts, as all fans in attendance get free bacon as a result. Jalen Warley maneuvers around Stattmann and gets to the basket for an uncontested dunk.
Florida State 37, Virginia 48 | 10:45 2H
Reece Beekman drives through the lane and nearly throws down his second dunk of the game, but he's fouled by Cam'Ron Fletcher and makes both free throws. Kihei Clark dances around Matthew Cleveland and then threads a bounce pass underneath to Kadin Shedrick, who finishes with a dunk. Leonard Hamilton calls timeout as Virginia has its largest lead of the game at 48-37.
Florida State 37, Virginia 44 | 11:47 2H
With just seven seconds left on the shot clock, Armaan Franklin has to retreat all the way into the UVA back court to retrieve the inbounds pass, but he quickly brings the ball back up the court and knocks down a deep pull-up three-pointer. Beekman fouls Matthew Cleveland on a jumper and Cleveland goes one of two at the line. FSU has gone over five minutes without a field goal but Virginia has gone nearly four minutes without a point.
Florida State 36, Virginia 41 | 15:55 2H
RayQuan Evans intercepts Armaan Franklin's pass and takes it all the way for a layup on the other end to start the second half. Francisco Caffaro tips out two offensive rebounds in the same possession and then seals out Ngom in the paint to give Beekman a lane to the basket for an easy layup. Ngom tips in Cleveland's missed layup, but Beekman scores again as he drives baseline and elevates for a one-hand jam. Caffaro is fouled by Ngom and goes one of two at the line. Harrison Prieto checks into the game and doesn't take long to pick up where he left off in the first half as he makes a wide open three-pointer with Caffaro late to recover off of a screen. Beekman misses a corner three but Gardner is there for the rebound and putback.
Virginia vs. Florida State halftime stats
Halftime. Florida State 29, Virginia 34
Matthew Cleveland's long jumper banks in off the glass to end UVA's 5-0 run. Jayden Gardner is fouled by RayQuan Evans on a fadeaway jumper and makes both free throws to send the Cavaliers to halftime with a five-point lead.
Florida State 27, Virginia 32 | 1:22 1H
Reece Beekman finds Jayden Gardner with a great pass and Gardner is fouled by Butler before making two free throws. Butler drives on Stattmann and scores off the glass with his left hand. Virginia responds with a three-pointer as Clark finds Armaan Franklin for a three from the left wing. After Gardner forces an FSU turnover, Kihei Clark pulls up for a long two from just inside the three-point arc and drains it.
Florida State 25, Virginia 25 | 3:31 1H
Malachi Poindexter drives baseline and elevates for a nice jumper. Caffaro blocks Cleveland's shot but the ball goes right to Jalen Warley, who scores with a floater. Kihei Clark passes to Jayden Gardner, who uses a nice up-and-under move to score the reverse layup. Harrison Prieto cleans up Warley's miss and lays it in, but Gardner gets inside again for another layup on the other end. Prieto slips a screen and gets past Caffaro for a layup. Jayden Gardner muscles his way through a lot of contact and scores with his left hand, but Prieto has the answer again for the Seminoles, this time splashing a three-pointer to tie the game at 25-25. Tony Bennett calls timeout. Gardner and Prieto have scored each of the last six baskets in the game.
Florida State 16, Virginia 17 | 7:12 1H
Francisco Caffaro taps out an offensive board to Reece Beekman, who throws it right back to Caffaro for a slam dunk. Kihei Clark pulls up for a mid-range jumper and gets a very friendly JPJ bounce as it hits front-iron and falls. Tanor Ngom hits a three-pointer late in the shot clock over the outstretched arm of Caffaro. Matthew Cleveland scores his first basket on an elbow jumper. John Butler's jumper banks in and Reece Beekman is called for a foul as well. Butler converts the three-point play and it's an 8-0 run for the Seminoles to make it a one-point game. Caffaro is called for an offensive foul and then Cleveland knifes to the basket for a layup. It's a 10-0 run and FSU leads by one. Virginia finally ends the run as Clark finds Caffaro in the paint for a jump hook.
Florida State 6, Virginia 11 | 11:05 1H
Virginia commits a shot-clock violation, but then the Cavalier defense forces an FSU shot-clock violation on the next possession, as RayQuan Evans' three-pointer comes up well short. 7'1" freshman John Butler hits a pull-up jumper from the free-throw line for Florida State. Reece Beekman drives to the basket and hits a fading shot off the backboard. Armaan Franklin draws an offensive foul on Cam'Ron Fletcher, his second personal foul of the first half.
Florida State 4, Virginia 9 | 14:36 1H
Kody Stattmann gets the start over Armaan Franklin for the Cavaliers on Senior Day. Virginia has a defensive breakdown on the first possession of the game as Tanor Ngom was left all alone under the basket for a layup. Kihei Clark makes a great play to steal the ball on an FSU fast break and then Reece Beekman finds Jayden Gardner on the baseline and Gardner knocks down the jumper for Virginia's first points of the game. Clark passes to Francisco Caffaro, who is fouled and makes both free throws. Jayden Gardner drives from the elbow and scores a layup. Florida State stops a 6-0 UVA run as Harrison Prieto gets free under the basket for a layup. Kody Stattmann responds with a three-pointer from the left wing.
