{"id":88970,"date":"2026-02-14T18:19:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T21:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.einnews.com\/article\/892444708"},"modified":"2026-02-14T18:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T21:19:37","slug":"somerville-scores-23-to-help-florida-state-cruise-past-virginia-tech-92-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/14\/somerville-scores-23-to-help-florida-state-cruise-past-virginia-tech-92-69\/","title":{"rendered":"Somerville scores 23 to help Florida State cruise past Virginia Tech, 92-69"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) \u2014 Martin Somerville scored an efficient 23 points along with six assists as Florida State rolled past Virginia Tech 92-69 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Chauncey Wiggins added 19 points for the Seminoles (12-13, 5-7 Atlantic Coast Conference), who have won four of their last five contests. Somerville was 9 for 11 from the field (4 for 6 from deep) and Wiggins hit 7 of 8 shots, 3 of 4 from distance. FSU shot 62% overall and 52% from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

A back-and-forth first half saw Virginia Tech ahead 42-39 at halftime, but FSU erupted for a 13-0 run early in the second to take control. They tacked on runs of 10-0 and 11-0 to lead by as many as 26 points down the stretch, outscoring Virginia Tech 53-27 in the second half.<\/p>\n

Robert McCray V and Lajae Jones chipped in with 17 points each. Jones grabbed a team-high seven rebounds as the \u2018Noles won the battle on the glass, 28-26.<\/p>\n

For the Hokies (17-9, 6-7), Tobi Lawal and Ben Hammond each tallied 16 points, Jailen Bedford added 13, and Neoklis Avdalas and Amari Hansberry both scored 10. Virginia Tech was held to 44% shooting as it dropped its third game in its last four.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/h2>\n

Florida State hosts Boston College on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech visits Miami on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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… Florida State rolled past Virginia Tech<\/span> 92-69 on Saturday. Chauncey … the stretch, outscoring Virginia Tech<\/span> 53-27 in the second … both scored 10. Virginia Tech<\/span> was held to 44% shooting … Boston College on Tuesday. Virginia Tech<\/span> visits Miami on Tuesday. ___ …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}