Saturday March 21, 2015
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Noles Too Much for Alabama State
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State head coach Sue Semrau said earlier this season that the Seminoles had more quality depth this year than at any other point of her 18-year tenure.
That depth carried FSU to its best regular season in school history and, on Saturday, into the second round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.
Shakayla Thomas scored a game-high 17 points, Leticia Romero flirted with a triple-double (14 points, 10 assists, eight rebounds) and two other Seminoles (30-4) reached double figures as second-seeded FSU cruised to a 91-49 victory over No. 15-seed Alabama State here at the Donald L. Tucker Center.
“I just want to point out what I thought was the difference in the game, which was our defensive pressure,” said FSU coach Sue Semrau, whose team advanced to the Round of 32 in its 12th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.”
That defensive pressure, Semrau said, is the result of an FSU rotation that on Saturday went 12 players deep.
Nine Seminoles played at least 12 minutes against the Hornets (17-15), and no one was on the court more than 29 minutes.
It helped FSU to force a season-high 18 steals as part of 32 Alabama State turnovers. The Seminoles parlayed those turnovers into 38 points.
