Ewin scores career-high 24 on 10-of-10 shooting, Florida State beats Miami 74-66
Miami Hurricanes vs. Florida State Seminoles: Game Highlights
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — — Malique Ewin made 10 of 10 from the field and scored a career-high 24 points, 15 in the second half, Jamir Watkins finished with 16 points and eight rebounds and Florida State beat Miami 74-66 on Wednesday night.
Chandler Jackson scored 11 points for Florida State (16-10, 7-8 ACC). Watkins, the team’s leading scorer at 18.0 per game, was 2-of-12 shooting but made 11 of 14 from the free-throw line — 7 of 10 in the final three minutes.
Lynn Kidd finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds for Miami (6-20, 2-13) and Matthew Cleveland also scored 14. Kidd, who scored 16 with 15 rebounds in a loss at Pittsburgh on Saturday, has back-to-back double-doubles and a team-high six this season.
AJ Swinton hit two 3-pointers and Ewin made two layups in a 10-2 spurt that gave the Seminoles the lead for good at 55-47 with eight minutes remaining and it was at least a two-possession game the rest of the way.
Miami led for nearly 20 minutes and held the Seminoles without a field goal for seven-plus minutes in the first half but committed five turnovers and outscored Florida State just 9-4 over that span.
The Hurricanes are 0-8 on the road this season and has lost 14 consecutive road games dating to a 73-61 win at Notre Dame on January 24, 2024.
Florida State, which beat Miami 80-65 on Jan. 8, leads the all-time series 58-37 and is 36-9 at home against the Hurricanes.
Miami returns home to take on Virginia Tech on Saturday. Florida State also plays Saturday, when the Seminoles visit No. 25 Louisville.
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| 1 | 2 | T | |
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| MIA | 31 | 35 | 66 |
| FSU | 31 | 43 | 74 |
| Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
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| Duke | 15-1 | – | 23-3 |
| Clemson | 13-2 | 1.5 | 21-5 |
| Louisville | 13-2 | 1.5 | 20-6 |
| SMU | 11-4 | 3.5 | 20-6 |
| Wake Forest | 11-4 | 3.5 | 19-7 |
| North Carolina | 9-6 | 5.5 | 16-11 |
| Stanford | 8-7 | 6.5 | 16-10 |
| Florida State | 7-8 | 7.5 | 16-10 |
| Pittsburgh | 7-8 | 7.5 | 16-10 |
| Georgia Tech | 7-8 | 7.5 | 13-13 |
| Virginia | 6-9 | 8.5 | 13-13 |
| Virginia Tech | 6-9 | 8.5 | 11-15 |
| California | 5-10 | 9.5 | 12-14 |
| Notre Dame | 5-10 | 9.5 | 11-15 |
| Syracuse | 5-11 | 10 | 11-16 |
| Boston College | 3-12 | 11.5 | 11-15 |
| NC State | 3-12 | 11.5 | 10-16 |
| Miami | 2-13 | 12.5 | 6-20 |
FSU sweeps season series with Miami, defeating Hurricanes 74-66 behind a career-high 24 points by Malique Ewin
TALLAHASSEE — Florida State defeated Miami, 74-66, at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Fla. on Wednesday evening. FSU’s Malique Ewin led all scorers with a career-high 24 points. He was a perfect 10-of-10 from the field. Jamir Watkins added 16 points and eight rebounds for the Seminoles, while Chandler Jackson had 11 points and three assists. Watkins eclipsed 1,500 career points on the evening.
The Seminoles move to 16-10, 7-8 in the Atlantic Coast Conference with the victory. UM is now 6-20 on the season, including 2-13 in league play. FSU has five consecutive wins in the series and has won 14 of the last 15 against the Hurricanes. The Seminoles have a 58-37 advantage overall against their in-state rivals.
The game was tied, 31-31, at the half. The two teams traded the lead throughout the opening 20 minutes. Miami led by as many as six points, while FSU led by as many as three points in that stretch. The second half saw things go back-and-forth, with FSU pushing ahead by as many as eight points. FSU led for the final 9:20 of the game. The game featured eight ties and seven lead changes.
As a team, the Seminoles were 25-of-55 (45.5%) from the field, 5-of-22 (22.7%) from deep, and 19-of-29 (65.5%) at the line. They had 12 assists and 13 turnovers. They recorded 12 steals and had five blocks.
Miami, which got 14 points from both Matthew Cleveland and Lynn Kidd (who had a double-double with 11 boards), was 25-of-60 (41.7%) from the floor, 4-of-19 (21.1%) from deep, and 12-of-14 (85.7%) at the line. Miami ha a 35-34 rebounding advantage. They had 17 assists and 16 turnovers. They recorded eight steals and a pair of blocks.
FSU hits the road and travels to face Louisville on Saturday at noon. FSU lost to Louisville, 90-76, back on December 21st in Tallahassee.
Among Florida State’s top targets in the 2026 recruiting class, there might be none of higher priority than Pensacola (Fla.) Pensacola Catholic standout Trenton Henderson. FSU was one of the first major programs to offer Henderson back in April of last year, and now he has locked in his official visit date to Tallahassee.
Henderson informed Noles247 that he plans to officially visit FSU on June 20, marking one of the final visit opportunities of the summer recruiting period. The elite EDGE talent has five total official visits set. These include Auburn (May 13), Vanderbilt (May 30), Alabama (June 6), Florida (June 13), then Florida State.
The 6-foot-4, 225-pounder was offered by Mike Norvell and FSU in person when he first visited in the summer last year. He’s since visited two other times, reportedly, including last month.
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When the dominoes fall in the quarterback market come free agency, the outlook for college football’s best signal callers in the 2025 NFL Draft will become far clearer. The Tennessee Titans are on the clock and have a decision to make as to whether they seek a veteran through free agency or select one of Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders as their hopeful franchise quarterback. The Titans went the college route in CBS Sports’ latest mock draft.
Movement further down the draft order could be in store, too, after the Super Bowl unearthed key deficiencies on the Kansas City Chiefs roster. The latest projections favor the NFL runners-up to move up the ladder and select an offensive lineman to bolster a unit that struggled mightily in the final game of the season.
The NFL Draft kicks off April 24 at Lambeau Field and runs through April 26 as the three-day event sends the best college football players to the next level.
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Here are the latest 2025 NFL Draft first-round projections from CBS Sports:
The decision to return to college for one final year paid off for Ward as he significantly boosted his draft stock and became one of two contenders to become the first quarterback off the board. The one-year Miami star and two-time transfer looks destined for a selection within the first five picks and is a franchise option for one of the teams in serious need of quarterback help. The Titans have to decide whether to select him or Sanders, take a free agent or continue to develop Will Levis.
With Myles Garrett set to depart from the Cleveland Browns after his trade request, he leaves a massive hole in the defensive front. That is where Abdul Carter comes in as a ready-made starter off the edge. Nobody would expect him to fully replace Garrett’s unmatched contributions and lead the league in sacks straight away, but he has that kind of upside further on in his career after a remarkable stint at Penn State. Carter led the nation with 24 tackles for loss during his third and final year with the Nittany Lions.
If Sanders is not the first quarterback off the board, he should not fall too far behind Ward. While the latter is the favorite to lead the way, Sanders is a likely franchise signal-caller in his own right and will make one franchise very happy if he falls to them. The Colorado star set an FBS record for career completion percentage with his dazzling 71.8% rate over two years with the Buffaloes, and he contended for the national passing title with 4,134 yards and 37 touchdowns in a stellar senior year.
Travis Hunter fits the “best player available” option as an obvious early first-round pick. The New England Patriots secure his talents in this projection and thus have the option to play him on either or both sides of the ball. He is the best example of a true generational talent to rise through the ranks in some time as the greatest two-way player in modern college football history. Hunter is fresh off a Heisman Trophy victory and would give the Patriots much-needed help at one or two skill positions.
Mason Graham is as potent of a defensive tackle to hit the NFL Draft pool as any over the last handful of years and has the potential to be a longtime anchor of a stout defensive line at the professional level. Few interior defenders have his ability to stymie the run and affect the passer, and that athleticism makes him a bona fide top-10 pick with the expectation of a selection inside the top five. Graham tallied seven tackles for loss and a career-best 3.5 sacks last fall at Michigan.
The gifted 2025 class likely has at least four wide receivers who can expect to hear their names called in the first round. Tetairoa McMillan is the favorite of that bunch to go first. He was essentially the lone bright spot for Arizona amid a disappointing season, and while his numbers dipped ever so slightly from his sophomore year, McMillan still racked up 1,319 yards to lead the Big 12 and tacked on eight touchdowns. He found the end zone at least eight times in each of his three years with the Wildcats.
Will Johnson missed extended time last season at Michigan due to injury but did not injure his draft stock. He entered the year as a certified top-10 pick and still holds that billing two months in advance of the draft. Johnson was the headliner of the star-studded Wolverines defense when he was in the lineup. Despite missing half of the season, the lockdown corner snagged two interceptions and returned both for pick-sixes. That brought his career total to an outstanding nine interceptions over 22 starts.
The tradition of elite Georgia defensive talent matriculating to the NFL continues this offseason when Jalon Walker and a number of other standouts come off the board in the first round. A top-10 selection is the ceiling for Walker, who developed over his three years with the Bulldogs into a force off the edge who last season posted career-best marks in every major category. He logged 60 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks in the Bulldogs’ run to a College Football Playoff return.
Multiple players from the Texas A&M defensive front have first-round potential, but Shemar Stewart is the safest early pick of the bunch. At 6-foot-6, 290 pounds, he can line up on the interior or on the end of the defensive line and make just as strong of an impact at either spot. Stewart is a terrific run defender and amassed a career-best six tackles for loss to go with a personal-high 31 tackles in total during his final year with the Aggies.
Will Campbell is as good as it gets at the tackle spot in the 2025 draft class. He long held top-10 upside and is on the verge of cashing in. This projection sends him to the Chicago Bears, who need major help up front in blocking for Caleb Williams. Campbell is the kind of star lineman who can immediately upgrade the Bears’ protection and give Williams more time to operate in an offense that could be noticeably better under new head coach Ben Johnson.
11. Armand Membou, OT, Missouri (San Francisco 49ers)
12. Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State (Dallas Cowboys)
13. Malaki Starks, S, Georgia (Miami Dolphins)
14. Tyler Warren, TE, Penn State (Indianapolis Colts)
Jeanty led all rushers in college football by an unbelievable 900-yard margin and finished his special junior year narrowly shy of the NCAA single-season yardage record. Not once in the run to the CFP did he accumulate fewer than 100 yards in a game. Talent like this does not come often at the running back position, and it makes Jeanty an early first-round target in an era where NFL ballcarriers’ value is back on the rise.
15. Mykel Williams, EDGE, Georgia (Atlanta Falcons)
16. James Pearce Jr., EDGE, Tennessee (Arizona Cardinals)
17. Derrick Harmon, DL, Oregon (Cincinnati Bengals)
18. Colston Loveland, TE, Michigan (Seattle Seahawks)
Pearce’s stock slipped in 2024 after he entered the year widely regarded as the eventual No. 1 overall pick, but he is still a surefire first-rounder. It took just three years for Pearce to crack the top 10 in Tennessee history in sacks with his 19.5. NFL teams may ask him to bulk up a bit upon his arrival in the league, but his quickness is what made him so effective in college.
19. Luther Burden III, WR, Missouri (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
20. Walter Nolen, DL, Ole Miss (Denver Broncos)
21. Matthew Golden, WR, Texas (Pittsburgh Steelers)
22. Tyler Booker, IOL, Alabama (Los Angeles Chargers)
Golden is by no means a consensus first-round prospect, but he could make a splash and come off the board in the first 32 picks after a breakthrough season at Texas. The Houston transfer initially projected as more of a secondary weapon for the Longhorns in a crowded receiving corps but instead secured the top role and finished the year just shy of the 1,000 yard mark with an SEC-best nine touchdowns.
23. Shavon Revel Jr., CB, East Carolina (Green Bay Packers)
24. Kelvin Banks Jr., OT, Texas (Kansas City Chiefs via mock trade)
25. Kenneth Grant, DL, Michigan (Houston Texans)
26. Josh Simmons, OT, Ohio State (Los Angeles Rams)
27. Mike Green, EDGE, Marshall (Baltimore Ravens)
The Chiefs moved up seven spots in the draft order with this mock trade to upgrade their offensive line, which was no match for the Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive front in the Super Bowl. Banks was arguably the top tackle in college football last season and would thus give this Kansas City offense a likely Day 1 starter with the upside to become one of the NFL’s premier blockers. That would be a welcome addition for Patrick Mahomes.
28. Donovan Jackson, IOL, Ohio State (Detroit Lions)
29. Emeka Egbuka, WR, Ohio State (Washington Commanders)
30. Azareye’h Thomas, CB, Florida State (Buffalo Bills)
31. Tyleik Williams, DL, Ohio State (Minnesota Vikings via mock trade)
32. Grey Zabel, IOL, North Dakota State (Philadelphia Eagles)
The Vikings are the Chiefs’ mock trade partner, and with their move down the order, they select one of the countless national champions who can expect to hear their names called at the draft. Williams anchored college football’s best defense as its premier run stopper and was part of a veteran core that reached another level in the playoff to fulfill its goal of delivering a national championship to coach Ryan Day.
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