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12/06 21:21 CST Emanuel Sharp scores 27 points, No. 8 Houston beats Florida
State 82-67
Emanuel Sharp scores 27 points, No. 8 Houston beats Florida State 82-67
HOUSTON (AP) --- Emanuel Sharp scored 27 points, Kingston Flemings added 21 and
No. 8 Houston beat Florida State 82-67 on Saturday night.
Flemings and Sharp each scored 13 points in the first half and were a combined
10 of 15 from the floor as the Cougars (8-1) held a 41-33 halftime lead.
Sharp finished 10 of 17 from the field, including 6 of 12 on 3-pointers.
Kingston was 8 of 13 from the field, hitting 3 of 4 on 3-pointers.
Chris Cenac Jr. had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Houston, which shot 49% and
11 of 29 on 3-pointers. The Cougars forced 19 turnovers and converted them into
18 points.
Rodney McCray V scored 16 points for Florida State (5-4). Chauncey Wiggins
added 14 points and Lajae Jones had 12 points as the Seminoles dropped their
third straight.
The Seminoles got 31 points from their bench but shot 39% from the field,
including 10 of 32 on 3-pointers.
Florida State cut Houston's halftime lead to 57-52 on a 3-pointer by Jones with
10:22 left, but the Cougars responded with 10 straight points, capped by a
jumper by Milos Uzan with 6:43 remaining to push the lead to 15. Houston never
trailed by less than double-digits the rest of the way.
Up next
Florida State: Faces UMass next Saturday in Sunrise, Florida.
Houston: Hosts Jackson State on Wednesday night.
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