No. 5 FSU basketball (17-2, 7-1 ACC) used a three-point barrage and sharp shooting from the free throw to edge Notre Dame (11-8, 2-6 ACC) 85-84.
I wrote Saturday I thought the game would be closer than the eight point spread. It didn’t look that way for much of the game as the Noles led 47-37 at halftime.
In fact, the Noles led by as many as 11 points with 5:07 remaining in the game, but Notre Dame would take advantage of the Noles going cold from the floor.
FSU would only score five points in those last five minutes with all of them coming from the free throw line.