FSU Frosh scores 30 pts in less than 5 min.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. — With his team desperate for baskets, Xavier Rathan-Mayes couldn’t miss. He scored 30 points in the final 4:38, and even that wasn’t enough to beat the Miami Hurricanes.
Miami built an 18-point lead and survived the late heroics by Florida State’s freshman guard to win 81-77 Wednesday.
Rathan-Mayes scored 26 consecutive Florida State points without missing a shot. He went 8 for 10 in the final five minutes, sinking six 3-pointers, and finished with 35 points to tie his career high.
“I’ve never seen that before in my college coaching career,” said Miami’s Jim Larranaga, who has coached 934 games. “Outrageous. One of the greatest on-court performances I’ve ever seen.”
The Hurricanes made 14 of 16 free throws in the final 2:51 to hang onto their lead. Davon Reed’s two free throws with two seconds left sealed the victory and left Rathan-Mayes looking glum despite his performance.
“We did a great job of coming back,” he said. “But at the end of the day, it was just too big of a hole to overcome.”
The Hurricanes (18-10, 8-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) won for the third time in the past four games and avenged a one-point loss earlier this month at Florida State (15-14, 7-9).
The Seminoles trailed 62-44 before Rathan-Mayes scored 19 points in a span of 3:05, cutting the deficit to 69-63 with 1:33 to go. He converted a four-point play with 1:03 left to trim Miami’s lead to 73-70.
Rathan-Mayes’ streak included five 3-pointers in a span of 2:35.
“I’ve never really been in a game where the player just starts hitting 3 after 3 after 3,” Miami’s Angel Rodriguez said. “It was kind of frustrating.”
Rathan-Mayes’ confidence seemed to grow with each shot he made.
“It’s tough to describe,” he said. “You’re in an arena, but everything is quiet. My teammates kept giving me confidence, and I wanted to do everything I could to help us win the game.”
Rathan-Mayes finished 10 for 19, including 6 for 11 from 3-point range.
“That was a tremendous effort on his part,” coach Leonard Hamilton said. “But as a team, we should have not have been in a situation where he had to get 30 points in five minutes. We were very inept at defending them.”
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — With his team desperate for baskets, Xavier Rathan-Mayes couldn’t miss. He scored 30 points in the final 4:38, and even that wasn’t enough to beat the Miami Hurricanes.
Miami built an 18-point lead and survived the late heroics by Florida State’s freshman guard to win 81-77 Wednesday.
Rathan-Mayes scored 26 consecutive Florida State points without missing a shot. He went 8 for 10 in the final five minutes, sinking six 3-pointers, and finished with 35 points to tie his career high.
“I’ve never seen that before in my college coaching career,” said Miami’s Jim Larranaga, who has coached 934 games. “Outrageous. One of the greatest on-court performances I’ve ever seen.”
The Hurricanes made 14 of 16 free throws in the final 2:51 to hang onto their lead. Davon Reed’s two free throws with two seconds left sealed the victory and left Rathan-Mayes looking glum despite his performance.
“We did a great job of coming back,” he said. “But at the end of the day, it was just too big of a hole to overcome.”
The Hurricanes (18-10, 8-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) won for the third time in the past four games and avenged a one-point loss earlier this month at Florida State (15-14, 7-9).
The Seminoles trailed 62-44 before Rathan-Mayes scored 19 points in a span of 3:05, cutting the deficit to 69-63 with 1:33 to go. He converted a four-point play with 1:03 left to trim Miami’s lead to 73-70.
Rathan-Mayes’ streak included five 3-pointers in a span of 2:35.
“I’ve never really been in a game where the player just starts hitting 3 after 3 after 3,” Miami’s Angel Rodriguez said. “It was kind of frustrating.”
Rathan-Mayes’ confidence seemed to grow with each shot he made.
“It’s tough to describe,” he said. “You’re in an arena, but everything is quiet. My teammates kept giving me confidence, and I wanted to do everything I could to help us win the game.”
Rathan-Mayes finished 10 for 19, including 6 for 11 from 3-point range.
“That was a tremendous effort on his part,” coach Leonard Hamilton said. “But as a team, we should have not have been in a situation where he had to get 30 points in five minutes. We were very inept at defending them.”
Not a true frosh, really suppose to be a soph was ruled ineligible last year, but very impressive. Canada has been producing a wave of talent look out for them in the 2020 olympics.
Firestorm did you know he is a fellow Canuck ? Lol.