BATON ROUGE, La. – The sixth-seeded Florida State women’s basketball team (24-8, 13-5 ACC) will play third-seeded LSU (29-5, 12-4) on Monday at 6 p.m. in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 

After defeating 11th-seeded George Mason (27-6, 14-4 A10) 94-59 in the first round on Saturday night, the Seminoles earned the first NCAA Tournament victory since 2019 and defeated the Patriots in their first-ever meeting, scoring the second-highest total in a March Madness game in FSU history. Head coach Brooke Wyckoff earned her first NCAA Tournament program win.

The No. 22 Seminoles and No. 10 Tigers have meet 10 times, only once in the postseason back in 2007.  Florida State won the last meeting 70-62 on the road in 2019, but LSU holds the series lead 6-4.

With the second-highest scoring offense in the nation at 87.4 points per game, the Noles are led by Ta’Niya Latson, who is the nation’s leading scorer at 25.0 points per game.  

The game will air on ESPN and the Seminole Sport Network can be found at 96.5 The Spear, Seminoles.com and Sirius XM.

 

The Last Time Out

On Saturday night, FSU was fueled by four different players scoring in double figures.

Latson led all scorers with 28 points, shooting 50 percent from the field while adding five rebounds and two assists for the Seminoles. Latson connected on 11 free throws, setting a program record for most free throws made in an NCAA Tournament game.

Timpson recorded her 16th double-double of the season, finishing with 18 points and 11 rebounds.  Timpson added two blocks, bringing her total to 101 for the season. She became the seventh player in ACC history to hit 100 blocks in a single season.

O’Mariah Gordon added 18 points and four assists.

Sydney Bowles finished the game 5-5 from three-point range, ending with 15 points and seven rebounds.  Her five threes tied a program NCAA Tournament record.

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