2008-09 Florida State Men's Basketball Media Guide

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0, !9% 23 s !VERAGED POINTS AND REBOUNDS AS &LORIDA 3TATE DEFEATED .#!! 4OURNAMENT PARTICIPANT -IAMI TWICE DURING THE REGULAR SEASON TO SWEEP THE SEASON SERIES FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASONx!LSO AVERAGED STEALS PER GAME AND SHOT NEARLY PERCENT FROM THE FREE THROW LINE OF PERCENT IN THE TWO WINS OVER -IAMIx TIED HIS !## CAREER HIGH WITH POINTS IN THE 3EMINOLES VICTORY IN #ORAL 'ABLES &EB s !VERAGED A TEAM LEADING POINTS AND REBOUNDS AGAINST .# 3TATE AS THE 3EMINOLES AND THE 7OLFPACK SPLIT THE TWO REGULAR SEASON games. s 3CORED A TEAM HIGH POINTS AND ADDED SIX STEALS TO LEAD &LORIDA 3TATE OVER 6IRGINIA n xHIS SIX STEALS RANKS AS HIS !## career high and tied his career high for a single GAMExMOST IMPORTANT STEAL OF THE GAME AND MAYBE THE SEASON CAME WITH SECONDS REmaining and clinched the Seminoles’ victory over the Cavaliers…the steal came against All-ACC First-Team selection Sean Singletary WITH &LORIDA 3TATE CLINGING TO A ONE POINT LEAD n s 3CORED POINTS EARNED TWO ASSISTS AND TOTALED FOUR STEALS IN THE 3EMINOLES victory over arch-rival and NIT PARTICIPANT &LORIDA IN 'AINESVILLE (Nov. 23)…was a steadying hand IN MINUTES PLAYED AS HE PLAYED OF MINUTES IN THE SECOND HALF in the win.

!3 ! 3/0(/-/2% ¯ s !VERAGED POINTS SECOND ON THE TEAM ASSISTS SECOND STEALS TIED FOR FOURTH AND REBOUNDS SIXTH WHILE SHOOTING FROM THE lELD MAKING POINT lELD GOALS SECOND AS A SOPHOMORE s 2ANKED SECOND IN OVERALL SCORING POINTS AND IN POINTS PER GAME AVERAGE DESPITE PLAYING IN lVE FEWER GAMES BECAUSE OF A WRIST INJURY SUFFERED IN THE TH GAME OF THE SEASON against Clemson. s !S MUCH WAS MADE OF HIS STARRING ROLE AS THE 3EMINOLES POINT GUARD IN GAMES AS WAS MADE OF THE lVE GAMES HE MISSED WITH A HAND INJURY (E WAS INJURED WHILE PARTIALLY BLOCKING A shot against Clemson on Feb. 7 and was forced TO MISS THE NEXT lVE GAMES WHILE REHABBING THE INJURY TO THE WRIST ON HIS SHOOTING HAND x SUFFERED A NON DISPLACED FRACTURE OF THE FOURTH METACARPAL IN HIS RIGHT SHOOTING HAND AGAINST THE 4IGERSxTHE WRIST WAS CASTED FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK AND THEN PLACED IN A SPLINT HE CONTINUED VIGOROUS REHABILITATION UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF 3EMINOLES ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE 3AM ,UNT UNTIL HIS RETURN against Miami on Jan. 3.

2008-2009 PLAYERS

career high of six steals in back-to-back games against Minnesota in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (Nov. 27) and at home against Stetson (Nov. 30) and tied his career high and established his ACC career high of six steals in the Seminoles’ victory over Virginia (Jan. 23). s 3CORED IN DOUBLE lGURES IN THE lRST GAMES OF THE SEASON AND WAS HELD UNDER DOUBLE lGURES ONLY TWICE IN GAMES s 3CORED POINTS AND EARNED TWO ASSISTS and three steals in the Seminoles’ only game AGAINST "OSTON #OLLEGExHIS POINTS ALLOWED him to earn game-high scoring honors and HELPED THE 3EMINOLES TO THE n VICTORY IN Tallahassee (Feb. 23). s !VERAGED A TEAM LEADING POINTS AND REBOUNDS IN TWO GAMES AGAINST .#!! 4OURNAMENT PARTICIPANT #LEMSONxSHOT BETTER THAN PERCENT OF FROM THE LINE AGAINST THE 4IGERS AS THE TWO TEAMS SPLIT THE REGULAR SEASON SERIES WITH EACH TEAM WINNING ON ITS HOME COURT s 4OTALED A GAME HIGH POINTS AS &LORIDA 3TATE DEFEATED 'EORGIA 4ECH n IN ITS only game of the season against the Yellow Jackets (Dec. 30)…was Florida State’s LEAD GUARD IN ITS SMALLEST LINEUP OF THE SEASON BECAUSE OF INJURIES AND CREDITED WITH TWO ASSISTS AND FOUR STEALS IN MINUTES OF PLAY IN THE n !## OPENING ROAD victory for Florida State.

Toney Douglas is one of the most consistent scorers in the ACC and is approaching the 2,000 point scoring plateau for his career.

#!2%%2 ()'(3 PTS ........... VS .ICHOLLS 3TATE FGM .......... VS .ICHOLLS 3TATE FGA ........... VS &LORIDA FG% .......... VS -C.EESE 3TATE 3FGM ........ VS .ICHOLLS 3TATE 3FGA ......... VS .ICHOLLS 3TATE 3FG% ........ VS -ICHIGAN VS -ISSISSIPPI 3TATE AT 6IRGINIA 4ECH FTM........... VS #LEMSON FTA............ VS #LEMSON FT% .......... VS TEAMS LAST VS 7AKE &OREST /2............. VS 6ANDERBILT AT -IAMI $2............. VS .ICHOLLS 3TATE 2%"3......... VS .ICHOLLS 3TATE VS 6ANDERBILT AST ........... AT 'EORGIA 4ECH ",+ ........... AT "OSTON #OLLEGE VS 5!" AT -IAMI 34,............ VS -INNESOTA VS 3TETSON VS 6IRGINIA MIN ........... AT #LEMSON

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