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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Florida St. 65, Florida 63
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Where: Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Florida
Officials: # Clarence Armstrong, # Roger Ayers, # Tim Comer
Attendance: 8273

Florida State 65, Florida 63:
Gators forward Jacob Kurtz accidentally tipped in an errant 3-point attempt by a Seminoles player with four-tenths of a second left to provide host Florida State with a bizarre win against its in-state rival.

Devon Bookert took a fall-away 3-pointer from the right corner that was short, but Kurtz went up to grab the rebound and tipped it off the backboard and into the hoop to seal it. A 3-pointer by Bookert gave the Seminoles a 59-54 lead with 1:37 left, but Kasey Hill converted a three-point play and fed an alley-oop to Dorian Finney-Smith with nine seconds left to tie the game.

Montay Brandon scored 17 points as the Seminoles snapped a five-game losing streak in the series. Freshman Xavier Rathan-Mayes scored 13 points and Bookert finished with 12 for the Seminoles (8-5), who have won four straight overall.

Hill scored 17 points for the Gators (7-5), who had their four-game winning streak snapped. Finney-Smith had 14 points and seven rebounds for Florida.

In a first half that featured a combined 33.9 percent shooting and 24 turnovers, Rathan-Mayes scored nine points, including a 3-pointer with a second left in the half that gave the Seminoles a 26-24 lead at the break. Finney-Smith's three-point play and Michael Frazier II's shot from the arc sparked a 12-5 run that tied the contest 54-54 with four minutes left.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Florida entered averaging 12.3 turnovers per game and committed 12 in the first half and 17 overall. … The Seminoles were 4-of-17 from the arc and the Gators 4-of-19. ... Gators starting Fs Jon Horford and Finney-Smith combined to shoot 2-of-8 from the floor with seven turnovers in the first half.
Top Game Performances
 
Florida   Florida St.
Kasey Hill 17 Scoring Montay Brandon 17
Kasey Hill 3 Assists Boris Bojanovsky 3
Jacob Kurtz 8 Rebounds Jarquez Smith 8
Kasey Hill 3 Free Throws Made Phil Cofer 5
Devin Robinson 2 Steals Boris Bojanovsky 2
Chris Walker 1 Blocks Kiel Turpin 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Florida 63 42.6 4-19 7-13 7 33 1 3 17
Florida St. 65 39.6 4-17 17-25 9 37 1 7 15