Atlantic Coast foes will clash when the Florida State Seminoles (16-12) face the No. 23 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (19-8) at Donald L. Tucker Center. The game begins at 4:00 pm ET on Saturday, Feb. 27 and will air on ES2 and ES3.
The Seminoles are hoping for a better outcome after their 80-65 loss to Duke on Thursday. Jarquez Smith played well, putting up eight points, seven rebounds, and two blocks for Florida State. The Fighting Irish are coming off a 69-58 win over Wake Forest on Wednesday. Zach Auguste claimed his 15th double-double of the season with 18 points and 12 rebounds.
The Seminoles enter the game with records of 16-12 Straight Up (SU) and 10-16-1 Against The Spread (ATS).
As for their opponent, Notre Dame has a SU record of 19-8 and an ATS record of 12-12-1. Notre Dame has been particularly bad ATS over its past 10 matchups, going 2-7-1. The Fighting Irish are shooting lights out so far, with a .483 field-goal percentage that ranks 23rd in Division I. The Fighting Irish rarely make costly errors handling the ball. They have the 17th-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the country at 1.49.
The conference foes will be facing off in their first head-to-head contest of the season. When they last met the Fighting Irish were winners, but the win was not enough to overtake Florida State in the head-to-head series. Their record is now 1-2 SU. On the other hand, Notre Dame leads the matchup ATS with a record of 2-1.
Predictions: SU Winner – ND, ATS Winner – ND
Notes
“Florida State is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games “.
“Florida State is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games “.
“The total has gone OVER in 6 of Florida State’s last 8 games “.
“Florida State is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home”.
“Florida State is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games at home”.
Florida State averages 77.5 points per game (ranked 67th). Notre Dame, on the other hand, allows 69.7 points per game (ranked 107th).
Florida State averages 80.2 points per home game (ranked 72nd). Notre Dame allows 72.5 points per away game (ranked 97th).
Ranked fourth, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have an offensive rating of 120.3. The Florida State Seminoles, on the other hand, rank 165th with a defensive rating of 103.3.
Notre Dame has an average field goal percentage of 48.3% (ranked 23rd). Florida State is a losing 1-4 when opponents have a similar or higher field goal percentage.
On average, Florida State attempts 18.0 three pointers and Notre Dame attempts 19.0. In games where they have 20 or more three point attempts, the Florida State Seminoles are 6-7 while the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have a winning 10-4 record.
Florida State ranks 95th in blocks per game with 4.1 and Notre Dame ranks 93rd with 4.1 blocks per game.
On average, Florida State forces a turnover rate of 19.3%. When Notre Dame turns over the ball at a similar or higher rate, the team has a winning 3-1 record.
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