TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State, which has won three consecutive games including a victory over No. 20 UMass on December 21, plays host to Charleston Southern in its final non-conference game of the regular season on Monday, December 30, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee.
The Seminoles enter the game ranked No. 25 nationally in ESPN’s Basketball Power Index, No. 31 in the latest Associated Press poll and No. 36 in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll. The Seminoles enter Monday’s game against Charleston Southern with consecutive victories over Jacksonville State (December 8, 77-53), Charlotte (December 17, 106-62) and UMass (December 21, 60-55).
Florida State’s victory over Charlotte came against the Puerto Rico Tip-Off Champions and 7-2 49ers while its victory over UMass came against the Charleston Classic Champions and No. 2 RPI ranked Minutemen who entered its game against Florida State with a perfect 10-0 record.
Following Monday’s game against Charleston Southern, the Seminoles begin ACC play as they play host to Virginia (January 4, 5:00 p.m.), travel to play at Clemson (January 9, 7:00 p.m.) and play host to Maryland (January 12, 8:00 p.m.) in the first week of the ACC season and the first 12 days of the 2014 calendar year.
FLORIDA STATE AGAINST CHARLESTON SOUTHERN – A SERIES HISTORY
Florida State closes out its non-conference regular season schedule as it plays host to Charleston Southern at the Donald L. Tucker Center on December 30. The game will mark the third consecutive matchup that the two teams have played in the month of December.
The Seminoles lead the Buccaneers, 6-0, in the all-time series which dates back to 1976. Each of the first six (and now seven games) has been played in Tallahassee. Florida State last played Charleston Southern on December 5, 2011 resulting in a 76-51 Seminole victory.
Charleston Southern head coach Barclay Radebaugh has familiarity with Florida State's basketball system as he held an assistant coaching position at Miami for one season (2008-09). The Seminoles are 18-1 (.947 winning percentage) in the series against schools from the Big South Conference with their last game against a Big South team coming against Charleston South. in 2011.
Florida State leads the all-time series by a 77-54 margin against teams from the state of South Carolina and is 43-26 against non-ACC schools from the Palmetto State.
