The Seminoles trailed 24-23 with under five minutes left to play. FSU eventually got hot at the right time, shooting 50 percent from behind the arc, and led 37-27 at the half. It translated handsomely in the second half when FSU outscored UMass 55-32. FSU led by as many as 36 points and coasted the rest of the game.

As mentioned earlier, FSU's ball movement was great for most of the game, with 25 assists on 32 made baskets before the green team checked in for an assist rate of 78%. That's their best assist rate in a win since a win at Syracuse in 2019. That led to an elite performance from behind the arc on 9/18 shooting.

Jaylen Curry scored 17 points for UMass (1-5) in Sunday's loss. Daniel Rivera scored 12, Hank Guerengomba had 10 points, and Daniel Hankins-Sanford grabbed 13 rebounds.

Florida State is looking to move to 2-0 in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off after beating the Temple Owls on Friday evening. Their next opponent is the Massachusetts Minutemen, who are playing on the second day of a back-to-back, as they played Temple on Saturday.

It certainly was a weekend to forget at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. for the UMass men’s basketball team.The Minutemen suffered two losses at the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament – the latter a 92-59 blowout at the hands of Florida

UMass Men's Basketball vs Hofstra 11/16/24. UMass No.5 Daniel Rivera, launches up a 3 pointer from the corner over Hofstra No.1 TJ Gadsden during the 1st half.. J.Anthony Roberts AMHERST, MASS. -- Massachusetts (1-4) dropped a competitive 87-80 game to Temple (4-2) on Saturday night at Mohegan Sun.