CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- Trey McKinney Jones scored 15 points
Sunday for the Miami Hurricanes, and the Atlantic Coast Conference
leaders won their seventh game in a row by beating Florida State, 71-47.
The blowout victory before a capacity crowd was the second in a row for
the 25th-ranked Hurricanes, ensuring a significant jump in Monday's
poll. They drubbed No. 1 Duke on Wednesday.
Miami (15-3, 6-0) is off to its best start in the conference, alone atop
the standings, and is 9-0 at home. Florida State (11-8, 3-3) fell to
0-3 this season against ranked teams.
The Seminoles endured repeated long scoring droughts against Miami's
man-to-man defense and shot a season-low 31 percent, the fourth time in
the past five games they've been under 42 percent. Their starters went 7
for 26 and totaled 19 points.
Miami has not allowed an opponent to shoot better than 50 percent from
the field this season. Michael Snaer went 2 for 5 and was held to four
points, 10.5 below his average. The Seminoles went 3 for 17 from 3-point
range.
McKinney Jones had three 3-pointers for the Hurricanes, who went 8 for
22 from beyond the arc. Durand Scott and Kenny Kadji scored 11 points
apiece, and Shane Larkin had eight points, nine rebounds and six
assists.
The Hurricanes had a 44-32 rebounding edge and outscored the Seminoles 15-2 on second-chance points.
Reserve Ian Miller led Florida State with 12 points.
Miami cracked the rankings Monday for the first time in three years and
is creating a buzz even in South Florida, where college basketball tends
to draw little attention. The sellout was only the 11th in the
Hurricanes' 10-year-old on-campus arena, but their second in a row.
Miami scored the first six points and led all the way. After Florida
State cut the deficit to two late in the first half, McKinney Jones
converted back-to-back fast breaks, scoring on a layup and then sinking a
pull-up 3-pointer for a 37-26 lead.
Three-pointers by McKinney Jones, Larkin and Scott helped the Hurricanes build the margin to 54-33.
