FAMU women's basketball can't hit shots in loss to Florida State

There was a Capital City women’s basketball showdown as Florida A&M visited Tallahassee neighbor Florida State for a non-conference game on Sunday afternoon.

The Rattlers (0-2) were on the receiving end of the loss, falling to the FSU Seminoles (3-0) 101-42 at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center.

FAMU went down early, 27-7 after the first quarter, and the deficit was too insurmountable to overcome.

Shots not falling, and that told most of the story.

The Rattlers made just 14 of 53 field-goal attempts (26%). From three, they went 4-for-11 in a sample size of shots from beyond the arc. The Rattlers were 10-for-20 from the free-throw line.

In comparison, the Seminoles shot 51% from the field, 41% from three, and 79% from the charity stripe.

Guard tandem Niah Rhodes and Persais Williams led FAMU with 10 points apiece. Guard/Forward Miya Giles-Jones was a beast on the boards with a game-high 10 rebounds and chipped in four points, a block, and a steal.

FSU had five players crack double digits, with guard Tatum Greene scoring 17 points and nabbed a team-high nine rebounds.

FAMU allowed the much bigger FSU team to score nearly half of its points in the paint, 50. The Rattlers also lost the rebound battle 46-31 and committed 23 turnovers compared to FSU’s eight.

The Rattlers hit the court again this Thursday, when they host NCAA Division II Albany State for the home opener. It’s a morning tipoff at 11 a.m. at the Al Lawson Jr. Multipurpose Center.

Gerald Thomas, III, is a multi-time national award-winning reporter for his coverage of the Florida A&M Rattlers at the Tallahassee Democrat under the USA TODAY Network.

Follow his award-winning coverage on RattlerNews.com and contact him via email at GDThomas@Tallahassee.com or on the app formerly known as Twitter @3peatgee.

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