FSU honors its four seniors, follows with victory over Georgia Tech to finish 14-1 at home

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Florida State Seminoles guard Ta'Niya Latson (00) shoots for two. The Florida State Seminoles defeated the Clemson Tigers 93-62 at the Tucker Civic Center on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.
Florida State Seminoles guard Ta'Niya Latson (00) shoots for two. The Florida State Seminoles defeated the Clemson Tigers 93-62 at the Tucker Civic Center on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.

No. 24 Florida State finished its regular-season home schedule in style, honoring its four-member senior class with an 80-66 win over Georgia Tech Sunday at the Tucker Center in women’s basketball.

The Seminoles (22-7, 11-5) honored seniors Valencia Myers, Erin Howard, Taylor O’Brien and Jazmine Massengill prior to the game.

Freshman Ta’Niya Latson then did a takeover of her own when she dropped 31 points on 10-of-16 shooting, her school-record seventh 30-point game of the season and her second this season vs. the Yellow Jackets (13-14, 4-12).

After allowing Georgia Tech to shoot 11-of-15 in the first quarter, FSU held the Yellow Jackets to just 14-of-44 (31.8 percent) from the floor the rest of the way. The Seminoles countered with a hot-shooting second quarter, shooting 57.1 percent in the frame and out-scoring Georgia Tech 24-13.

Senior Sara Bejedi, who has one more year of eligibility remaining, aided the Seminoles on both ends of the floor with 14 points and four rebounds. Her commitment to the defensive end contributed a strong performance against Georgia Tech sharp-shooter Cameron Swartz.

Sophomore O’Mariah Gordon was another major contributor off the bench, scoring 10 points with three assists and no turnovers in 16:20. She helped FSU’s bench out-score Georgia Tech, 21-11. FSU also capitalized in points off turnovers, out-pacing Georgia Tech 18-2.

Florida State enters the final week of the regular season in a tie for the No. 4 spot in the ACC standings. Louisville currently holds the tie-breaker with identical 11-5 marks in the conference based on head-to-head. The Seminoles gained a spot in the standings following Miami’s loss to Syracuse on Sunday.

The Seminoles finish the regular-season home schedule with a 14-1 mark in the Tucker Center, their best home record since going 15-1 in the 2015-16 season.

Florida State faces a crucial season-ending road swing next week, heading to Wake Forest Thursday (6 p.m. on ACCNX) and Clemson on Sunday (2 p.m. on ACC Network).

This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Latson scores 31 points to lead FSU past Georgia Tech in women's basketball