Seminoles crush Hatters

Florida State's defense shut down Stetson on Wednesday night, holding the Hatters to 10 first-half points in an 80-38 win at Tallahassee, Fla..

Deividas Dulkys led four Seminoles in double figures with 13 points, but it was FSU's defense that led the way. Florida State blocked 10 shots, forced 17 turnovers and held Stetson to 27.5 percent shooting.

"I was impressed with the fact that this team seems to be committed to defending," FSU coach Leonard Hamilton said. "That's something we've worked very hard trying to instill in them."

Stetson's 10 first-half points tied the Tucker Center record for the fewest points FSU allowed in a half. The Hatters' 38 total points broke the Tucker Center record and were the fewest FSU allowed in a game since March 2, 1979.

The Seminoles (2-0) held the Hatters (1-2) to just three first-half field goals and led 46-10 at halftime.

Hatters coach Derek Waugh called the game the "longest 40 minutes of my life," and said FSU's size made it difficult to run his offense.

Also Wednesday

Top 25 men

No. 3 Texas 73, Western Carolina 41: Damion James scored 18 points and host Texas (2-0) continued to break in its talented group of freshmen with a win over Western Carolina (1-1).

James, a senior, also grabbed seven rebounds, falling three short of his 39th career double-double.

Gary Johnson added 10 points and seven rebounds. Freshman point guard J'Covan Brown scored 10 points and had his first assists of the season, finishing with three assists against six turnovers.

Harouna Mutombo scored 10 points to lead WCU.

No. 11 Butler 67, Northwestern 54: Shelvin Mack had 15 points, Gordon Hayward added 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Butler (2-0)showed off its depth with a victory over host Northwestern (1-1).

Five players had nine points or better for the Bulldogs, who never trailed in beating Northwestern for a second straight year. Mack also dished out eight assists.

Michael Thompson scored 16 and John Shurna 14 for Northwestern. This was the Wildcats' first game since announcing that both Kevin Coble, their leading scorer and rebounder the last three seasons, and Jeff Ryan will miss the rest of the season.

Coble broke a bone in his left foot during practice Nov. 10, and Ryan tore the anterior cruciate ligament.

Top 10 women

No. 7 LSU 61, No. 24 Middle Tennessee 40: Taylor Turnbow had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead host LSU (2-0) over Middle Tennessee (1-1).

The Blue Raiders beat the Tigers each of the past two seasons, including last year's game in which Clark scored 37 points.

Area men

N.C. Central 85, N.C. Wesleyan 70: T.J. Granger scored a game-high 25 points to lead host N.C. Central (1-2) over N.C. Wesleyan (0-2).

Trey Drake led Wesleyan with 17 points and six assists, while Jarmel Arrington and Alex Murray joined him in double-figures with 16 and 10 points, respectively.

ACC/area women

Wake Forest 62, South Florida 45: Wake Forest to a 24-0 lead over defending WNIT champion South Florida as the host Deacons (2-0) topped the Bulls (1-2).

Brittany Waters led Wake with 21 points and Sandra Garcia had 10 rebounds.

Campbell 79, N.C. Central 63: The host Camels (2-1) held NCCU to one field goal over the final eight minutes of the first half and went on to defeat the Eagles (0-3).

Kate Cloxton tied her career high with 17 points to lead Campbell.

NCCU got 18 points from Joanna Miller.

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