Nov. 17, 2009

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State, which opened its 2009-10 season with an 87-61 victory over Jacksonville, looks to improve its record to 2-0 when it plays host to Stetson on Nov. 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee. The Seminoles won their eighth consecutive season opener under eight-year head coach Leonard Hamilton and hope to improve to 2-0 for the seventh time under Hamilton with a victory against the Hatters. Florida State's game against Stetson is its second in three days and its second of seven in the first 17 days of the season. During the first 17 days of their season, the Seminoles play two games at home (against Jacksonville and Stetson) and five games on the road (at Mercer, at Florida, three games in the Old Spice Classic in Orlando and at Ohio State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.) Following Wednesday's game against Stetson, the Seminoles travel to play at Mercer University on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. That game will be televised by Fox Sports South and can be seen on the SunsSports and College Sports Southeast sports networks.

"The trio of (Solomon) Alabi, (Chris) Singleton and (Michael) Snaer can match up with just about anyone in the ACC - and maybe even the country. The Seminoles could challenge for league supremacy in the ACC." Jeff Goodman FoxSports.com

ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATE ALABI OPENS SEASON WITH A BANG
All-America candidate Solomon Alabi, a candidate for both the Naismith and Wooden Awards as the nation's top collegiate player, scored a game-high and career-high tying 17 points, pulled down eight rebounds and blocked two shots in the Seminoles' season-opening victory over Jacksonville. His 17 points tied his career-best which also came in the Seminoles' come-from-behind victory at Clemson on Feb. 7, 2009. Alabi's two blocked shots marked the 22nd consecutive game and 41st game in his 46-game Seminole career that he had blocked at least one shot. He has now blocked 86 shots in the first 46 games of his career for a 1.87 career blocked shots per game average.

ALABI ON THE SEMINOLES' CAREER BLOCKED SHOTS LIST
All-America candidate Solomon Alabi, a candidate for both the Naismith and Wooden Awards as the nation's top collegiate player, enters Tuesday's game against Stetson with 86 career blocked shots - he is already tied for the 10th highest career total in school history. Alabi needs only 14 blocked shots to become only the ninth player in school history with 100 or more career blocked shots.

LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO...
...Defeat Stetson and win its 15th consecutive game against the Hatters. The Seminoles began their streak against the Hatters on Dec. 11, 1975 and have won nine consecutive games played in Tallahassee between the two teams; ...Defeat Stetson and improve to 2-0 in its first two games of the season. It would mark the fifth consecutive season and seventh time in eight seasons under head coach Leonard Hamilton that Florida State has won at least the first two games of a season; ...Defeat Stetson and win its third consecutive game against a team from the state of Florida. The Seminoles began their season with a victory over Jacksonville and defeated Miami (Fla.) on Feb. 18 in Tallahassee. Florida State has won nine of its last 10 games against teams from the state of Florida since defeating No. 25 Florida on Nov. 25, 2007; ...Defeat Stetson and win its 11th consecutive home game against a team from the state of Florida. The Seminoles have not lost at home to a team from the Sunshine State since Jan. 29, 2005 against Miami.

PROBABLE STARTERS FOR FLORIDA STATE
F #31 Chris Singleton (6.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg; 10 pts and 10 rebs vs. Stetson, Nov. 20, 2008)
F #42 Ryan Reid (13.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg; 16 pts and 9 rebs vs. Stetson, Dec. 5, 2006)
C #32 Solomon Alabi (17.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg; 13 pts and 5 rebs vs. Stetson, Nov. 20, 2008)
G #4 Deividas Dulkys (11.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg; 3 pts and 3 stls vs. Stetson, Nov. 20, 2008)
G #22 Derwin Kitchen (4.0 ppg, 6.0 apg; First career game against Stetson)
...AND TOP RESERVES
G #2 Jordan DeMercy (4.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg; 4 pts and 2 rebs vs. Stetson, Nov. 20, 2008)
G #3 Luke Loucks (4.0 ppg, 3.0 apg; 2 pts and 4 asts vs. Stetson, Nov. 20, 2008)
F #1 Xavier Gibson (12.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg; 1 pt and 1 reb vs. Stetson, Nov. 20, 2008)
G #21 Michael Snaer (14.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg; First career games vs. Stetson)
G #0 Pierre Jordan (0.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg; 0 pts and 0 rebs vs. Stetson, Nov. 20, 2008)

PROBABLE STARTERS FOR STETSON
F #5 Rich Graham (4.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg; First career game against Florida State)
F #13 Graeme Radford (9.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg; 2 pts and 2 rebs vs. Florida State, Nov. 20, 2009)
G #2 A.J. Smith (12.0 ppg, 1.0 apg; 14 pts and 6 asts vs. Florida State, Nov. 20, 2008)
G #3 Brandon Williams (7.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg; 3 pts and 1 reb vs. Florida State, Nov. 20, 2008)
G #15 Mark Lohuis (2.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg; 5 pts and 2 rebs vs. Florida State, Nov. 20, 2008)

FLORIDA STATE VS. STETSON - A SERIES HISTORY
The Series: Florida State leads, 38-11
Last Game: Nov. 20, 2008; at Florida State 79, Stetson 77
Last Florida State Win: Nov. 20, 2008; at Florida State 79, Stetson 77
Last Stetson Win: March 5, 1975; at Stetson 63, Florida State 54
Last Florida State Win in Tallahassee: Nov. 20, 2008; at Florida State 79, Stetson 77
Last Stetson Win in Tallahassee: March 5, 1853; Stetson 94, at Florida State 81
Current Streak: Florida State has won 14
Leonard Hamilton vs. Stetson: 8-0 (7-0 at Florida State)

FLORIDA STATE VS. STETSON - THE LAST MEETING
Toney Douglas scored 20 of his game-high 26 points in the second half and Ryan Reid drew a charging call at the buzzer, preserving Florida State's 79-77 home-opening victory over Stetson. Douglas scored 14 of the Seminoles' final 20 points, capped by a pair of free throws with 1:02 remaining for a 79-75 lead. Stetson cut the lead to two points on A.J. Smith's driving layup with 43 seconds to play, and the Hatters got the ball back with nine seconds remaining after a Jordan DeMercy miss. Smith was driving for the tying basket when Reid stepped in to draw the charge as the horn sounded.