Orange, Seminoles Meet in Regular-Season Finale

Syracuse at Florida State
Game Details	Saturday, Mar. 5 \| Tallahassee, Fla.\| 2 p.m.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Syracuse closes out the 2015-16 regular season at Florida State on Saturday, March 5 at 2 p.m. The Orange enter the regular-season finale with an overall record of 19-11 and are in a four-way tie for seventh place in the ACC standings with a 9-8 league record.

The game will be televised on ESPN2 and ESPN3. Fans can also listen to the broadcast on the Syracuse IMG Radio Network and its flagship station, TK99 FM in Syracuse. The broadcast will also be available on Cuse TV on Cuse.com. Subscriptions to Cuse TV are available at daily, monthly and yearly rates.

TOP FIVE STORYLINES TO FOLLOW
ACC TOURNAMENT SEEDING AT STAKE
Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Clemson and Virginia Tech all enter the final day of the regular season with identical 9-8 conference records. Those teams are currently tied for seventh place in the league standings, but with Louisville sitting out this year's tournament, they are battling for the No. 6 seed. If Notre Dame loses NC State, it's possible that one of the four teams could jump ahead of the Fighting Irish for the No. 5 seed.

GBINIJE LEADS ORANGE UPSET BID
Graduate student Michael Gbinije tallied 10 of his 17 points in the second to lead Syracuse in its upset bid of No. 8 North Carolina on Big Monday. He was 4-for-10 from the field after intermission and his three-pointer with 2:23 on the clock brought the Orange within one, but that was close as Syracuse could get as the Tar Heels held on for the 75-70 victory.

ORANGE-SEMINOLES ROUND TWO
Syracuse played one of its most complete games of the season in the first meeting with Florida State this season in the Carrier Dome. The Orange shot a season-best 62 percent from the field and posted an 85-72 victory on Feb. 11. Four players finished in double figures for Syracuse, including an impressive 22-point, eight-rebound performance from graduate student Michael Gbinije. The Orange veteran finished shooting 7-of-8 from the floor, including a 4-of-5 effort from three-point territory to lead both sides in scoring. The freshmen tandem of Malachi Richardson and Tyler Lydon also had a solid showing, finishing with 17 and 15 points, respectively. Lydon added a game-high 10 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the campaign.

SCOUTING THE SEMINOLES
Florida State defeated Notre Dame, 77-56, last Saturday to snap a five-game losing streak. The Seminoles are now 17-12 overall and 7-10 in conference action. Dwayne Bacon and Malik Beasley lead the Florida State offense, averaging 15.8 and 15.6 points per game, respectively. They also lead the Seminoles on the boards, averaging 5.8 and 5.3 rebounds per game, respectively.

THE SERIES
Syracuse leads the all-time series with Florida State, 6-1, and has won the last three meetings between the schools. The Seminoles' only victory against the Orange was an 82-67 win on March 12, 1997.

UP NEXT…
The ACC Tournament starts next Tuesday at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. The championship game is set for Saturday, March 12 at 9 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Michael Gbinije

Tyler Lydon

Malachi Richardson

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