FSU

Cleveland saves Florida St. from Boston U in 81-80 OT win

AP
Nov 24, 2021

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Freshman Matthew Cleveland scored 17 points and his put-back basket with 2.1 seconds left in overtime helped Florida State Seminoles fight off Boston University Terriers's upset bid with an 81-80 win Wednesday night.

Cleveland scored 14 in the second half and grabbed seven rebounds off the bench. Caleb Mills also scored 17 for the Seminoles (5-1) who were never safe against BU (4-3).

Terriers sophomore Anthony Morales made the first two foul shots of his career to bring Boston U within 71-68 with seconds left in regulation. After Florida State's Anthony Polite missed badly on the front end of a one-and-one, Morales took the rebound, dribbled the length of the floor and buried a 3-pointer at the buzzer to force overtime.

Javante McCoy and Sukhmail Mathon each made two foul shots and Boston U led 75-71. With an 80-79 lead, in successive possessions, McCoy turned it over and Morales missed a 3 with 15 seconds left to setting up the Seminoles.

Mills drove right and put up a shot attempt that went over the rim which Cleveland collected. After a timeout and having to go the length of the floor, the Terriers' inbounds pass was intercepted at half court.

McCoy scored 22 for Boston University.

Ethan Brittain-Watts's three-point play with 8:51 before halftime capped a 10-0 Terriers run to give them their first lead at 20-18. Later, a 10-5 run to close the half brought BU to within 37-35 at intermission.

Florida State heads to West Lafayette, Indiana to play No. 3-ranked Purdue on Tuesday.

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1st Half
BU
Terriers
35
FSU
Seminoles
37

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Sukhmail Mathon vs. Tanor Ngom (Terriers gains possession)
19:46		Sukhmail Mathon turnover (bad pass)
19:37		Caleb Mills misses two point jump shot
19:35		Ethan Brittain-Watts defensive rebound
19:28		Caleb Mills personal foul
19:17		Javante McCoy misses three point jump shot
19:15		Sukhmail Mathon offensive rebound
19:10		Sukhmail Mathon turnover (lost ball) (Jalen Warley steals)
19:07	+2	Caleb Mills makes two point layup (Jalen Warley assists)	0-2
19:07		Javante McCoy shooting foul (Caleb Mills draws the foul)
19:07	+1	Caleb Mills makes regular free throw 1 of 1	0-3
18:40		Javante McCoy turnover (bad pass) (Tanor Ngom steals)
18:27	+2	Malik Osborne makes two point jump shot	0-5
18:04		Jonas Harper misses three point jump shot
18:02		Jalen Warley defensive rebound
17:44		Caleb Mills misses two point jump shot
17:42		Jonas Harper defensive rebound
17:10	+2	Sukhmail Mathon makes two point jump shot (Jonas Harper assists)	2-5
16:44		Anthony Polite misses three point jump shot
16:42		Jonas Harper defensive rebound
16:33		Sukhmail Mathon misses three point jump shot
16:31		Fletcher Tynen offensive rebound
16:31		Malik Osborne shooting foul (Fletcher Tynen draws the foul)
16:31	+1	Fletcher Tynen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	3-5
16:31	+1	Fletcher Tynen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	4-5
16:15		John Butler misses three point jump shot
16:13		Sukhmail Mathon defensive rebound
16:04		Jonas Harper misses three point jump shot
16:02		Malik Osborne defensive rebound
15:41	+2	John Butler makes two point dunk (Matthew Cleveland assists)	4-7
15:17	+2	Javante McCoy makes two point layup	6-7
14:55		Caleb Mills misses two point jump shot
14:53		Sukhmail Mathon defensive rebound
14:47		Fletcher Tynen offensive foul
14:47		Fletcher Tynen turnover
14:47		TV timeout
14:31	+3	John Butler makes three point jump shot (Matthew Cleveland assists)	6-10
14:10		Garrett Pascoe misses three point jump shot
14:08		Wyatt Wilkes defensive rebound
14:00		John Butler misses three point jump shot
13:58		Garrett Pascoe defensive rebound
13:43		Fletcher Tynen misses two point jump shot
13:41		John Butler defensive rebound
13:30		Wyatt Wilkes turnover (bad pass) (Jonas Harper steals)
13:07	+2	Javante McCoy makes two point jump shot	8-10
13:00	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point jump shot (Anthony Polite assists)	8-12
12:59		Garrett Pascoe shooting foul (Matthew Cleveland draws the foul)
12:59	+1	Matthew Cleveland makes regular free throw 1 of 1	8-13
12:43		Anthony Morales misses three point jump shot
12:41		John Butler defensive rebound
12:33	+3	Wyatt Wilkes makes three point jump shot (Matthew Cleveland assists)	8-16
12:10		Tanor Ngom blocks Javante McCoy's two point jump shot
12:08		Malcolm Chimezie offensive rebound
12:08		Tanor Ngom shooting foul (Malcolm Chimezie draws the foul)
12:08	+1	Malcolm Chimezie makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-16
12:08	+1	Malcolm Chimezie makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-16
11:54		Matthew Cleveland misses two point jump shot
11:52		Cam'Ron Fletcher offensive rebound
11:46	+2	Cam'Ron Fletcher makes two point layup	10-18
11:37		Garrett Pascoe turnover (lost ball) (Anthony Polite steals)
11:29		Cam'Ron Fletcher turnover (lost ball)
11:19	+2	Daman Tate makes two point layup	12-18
11:08		Wyatt Wilkes misses three point jump shot
11:06		Anthony Polite offensive rebound
10:49		Wyatt Wilkes misses two point jump shot
10:47		Terriers defensive rebound
10:48		Tanor Ngom personal foul
10:45		TV timeout
10:39	+2	Sukhmail Mathon makes two point layup (Miles Brewster assists)	14-18
10:21		Malik Osborne offensive foul
10:21		Malik Osborne turnover
9:57		Miles Brewster misses three point jump shot
9:55		Anthony Polite defensive rebound
9:32		Wyatt Wilkes misses two point jump shot
9:30		Miles Brewster defensive rebound
9:16	+3	Daman Tate makes three point jump shot (Sukhmail Mathon assists)	17-18
8:57		Caleb Mills turnover (bad pass) (Ethan Brittain-Watts steals)
8:48	+2	Ethan Brittain-Watts makes two point layup	19-18
8:48		Jalen Warley shooting foul (Ethan Brittain-Watts draws the foul)
8:51	+1	Ethan Brittain-Watts makes regular free throw 1 of 1	20-18
8:39	+3	Caleb Mills makes three point jump shot (Cam'Ron Fletcher assists)	20-21
8:27		Anthony Morales turnover (bad pass) (Jalen Warley steals)
8:23	+2	Cam'Ron Fletcher makes two point layup (Caleb Mills assists)	20-23
8:23		Jonas Harper shooting foul (Cam'Ron Fletcher draws the foul)
8:23	+1	Cam'Ron Fletcher makes regular free throw 1 of 1	20-24
7:56		Javante McCoy turnover (lost ball) (Caleb Mills steals)
7:49		Javante McCoy shooting foul (Caleb Mills draws the foul)
7:52		TV timeout
7:52		Caleb Mills misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:52	+1	Caleb Mills makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-25
7:24	+3	Ethan Brittain-Watts makes three point jump shot	23-25
7:06		Jonas Harper personal foul
6:55		Matthew Cleveland turnover (lost ball) (Javante McCoy steals)
6:32		Matthew Cleveland personal foul (Garrett Pascoe draws the foul)
6:32	+1	Garrett Pascoe makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-25
6:32	+1	Garrett Pascoe makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-25
6:10		Harrison Prieto misses two point jump shot
6:08		Sukhmail Mathon defensive rebound
5:51		Ethan Brittain-Watts misses three point jump shot
5:49		Matthew Cleveland defensive rebound
5:24	+2	Harrison Prieto makes two point layup (Caleb Mills assists)	25-27
4:53		Ethan Brittain-Watts turnover (bad pass) (Anthony Polite steals)
4:46		Garrett Pascoe shooting foul (Anthony Polite draws the foul)
4:46	+1	Anthony Polite makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-28
4:46	+1	Anthony Polite makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-29
4:19		Malcolm Chimezie turnover (lost ball) (Caleb Mills steals)
4:11	+3	Cam'Ron Fletcher makes three point jump shot (Caleb Mills assists)	25-32
4:00		Matthew Cleveland blocks Daman Tate's two point jump shot
3:58		Terriers offensive rebound
3:58		TV timeout
3:48	+3	Ethan Brittain-Watts makes three point jump shot (Javante McCoy assists)	28-32
3:23		Harrison Prieto offensive foul
3:23		Harrison Prieto turnover
3:08	+2	Fletcher Tynen makes two point jump shot	30-32
2:53		Matthew Cleveland misses two point layup
2:51		Matthew Cleveland offensive rebound
2:46		Cam'Ron Fletcher turnover (out of bounds)
2:30	+3	Daman Tate makes three point jump shot (Sukhmail Mathon assists)	33-32
2:11	+3	Cam'Ron Fletcher makes three point jump shot (Caleb Mills assists)	33-35
1:44	+2	Javante McCoy makes two point jump shot	35-35
1:27		Wyatt Wilkes misses two point layup
1:25		Harrison Prieto offensive rebound
1:22	+2	Harrison Prieto makes two point layup	35-37
1:17		Fletcher Tynen turnover (out of bounds)
1:17		Seminoles 30 second timeout
1:15		Cam'Ron Fletcher misses three point jump shot
1:13		Sukhmail Mathon defensive rebound
1:07		Jonas Harper misses two point jump shot
1:05		Cam'Ron Fletcher defensive rebound
0:49		Caleb Mills misses two point jump shot
0:47		Fletcher Tynen defensive rebound
0:42		Terriers 30 second timeout
0:21		Javante McCoy misses two point jump shot
0:19		Seminoles defensive rebound
0:04		Cam'Ron Fletcher misses three point jump shot
0:02		Garrett Pascoe defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
BU
Terriers
36
FSU
Seminoles
34

Time		Play	Score
19:37	+2	Caleb Mills makes two point jump shot	35-39
19:02		Ethan Brittain-Watts turnover (lost ball) (Caleb Mills steals)
18:56	+3	Anthony Polite makes three point jump shot (Jalen Warley assists)	35-42
18:39		Javante McCoy misses three point jump shot
18:37		Anthony Polite defensive rebound
18:21		Tanor Ngom turnover (traveling)
18:00	+2	Javante McCoy makes two point layup	37-42
17:37	+2	Caleb Mills makes two point jump shot	37-44
17:21	+3	Jonas Harper makes three point jump shot (Javante McCoy assists)	40-44
17:06		Jalen Warley misses two point jump shot
17:04		Javante McCoy defensive rebound
16:58		Javante McCoy turnover (lost ball) (Caleb Mills steals)
16:48	+2	Malik Osborne makes two point jump shot (Caleb Mills assists)	40-46
16:26		Ethan Brittain-Watts misses three point jump shot
16:24		Malik Osborne defensive rebound
16:08	+2	Jalen Warley makes two point jump shot	40-48
15:42		Javante McCoy misses two point jump shot
15:40		Malik Osborne defensive rebound
15:33		Anthony Polite misses three point jump shot
15:31		Fletcher Tynen defensive rebound
15:10		TV timeout
14:59		Jonas Harper turnover (shot clock violation)
14:52		Anthony Polite turnover (lost ball)
14:34	+2	Javante McCoy makes two point layup (Jonas Harper assists)	42-48
14:18		Malik Osborne misses three point jump shot
14:16		Malik Osborne offensive rebound
13:59	+2	Malik Osborne makes two point jump shot	42-50
13:36	+3	Anthony Morales makes three point jump shot (Sukhmail Mathon assists)	45-50
13:19		Matthew Cleveland misses two point jump shot
13:17		Sukhmail Mathon defensive rebound
12:53		Sukhmail Mathon turnover (traveling)
12:31		Anthony Polite misses three point jump shot
12:29		Cam'Ron Fletcher offensive rebound
12:21	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point layup (Anthony Polite assists)	45-52
12:04		Anthony Morales misses three point jump shot
12:02		Anthony Polite defensive rebound
11:48	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point jump shot	45-54
11:17	+3	Javante McCoy makes three point jump shot (Anthony Morales assists)	48-54
11:00		Malcolm Chimezie shooting foul (Jalen Warley draws the foul)
11:00		TV timeout
11:00		Jalen Warley misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:00	+1	Jalen Warley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-55
11:00		John Butler personal foul
10:40		Anthony Morales misses two point layup
10:38		Sukhmail Mathon offensive rebound
10:34	+2	Sukhmail Mathon makes two point layup	50-55
10:19		Matthew Cleveland misses two point jump shot
10:17		Daman Tate defensive rebound
10:01		Garrett Pascoe misses three point jump shot
9:59		Matthew Cleveland defensive rebound
9:51	+2	Malik Osborne makes two point layup	50-57
9:34		Matthew Cleveland shooting foul (Miles Brewster draws the foul)
9:34		Miles Brewster misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:34		Miles Brewster misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:31		Seminoles defensive rebound
9:14		Anthony Morales personal foul
9:01		Wyatt Wilkes misses two point jump shot
8:59		Sukhmail Mathon defensive rebound
8:47		Matthew Cleveland blocks Daman Tate's two point layup
8:45		Sukhmail Mathon offensive rebound
8:45		Sukhmail Mathon misses two point layup
8:43		Malik Osborne defensive rebound
8:41		Daman Tate personal foul
8:21	+2	Caleb Mills makes two point jump shot	50-59
7:58	+2	Sukhmail Mathon makes two point layup (Javante McCoy assists)	52-59
7:58		Caleb Mills shooting foul (Sukhmail Mathon draws the foul)
7:58		TV timeout
7:58	+1	Sukhmail Mathon makes regular free throw 1 of 1	53-59
7:39		Caleb Mills misses two point layup
7:37		Malik Osborne offensive rebound
7:33		Miles Brewster shooting foul (Malik Osborne draws the foul)
7:33	+1	Malik Osborne makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-60
7:33	+1	Malik Osborne makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-61
7:13		Ethan Brittain-Watts misses three point jump shot
7:11		Sukhmail Mathon offensive rebound
7:04		Caleb Mills personal foul (Sukhmail Mathon draws the foul)
6:59	+2	Javante McCoy makes two point layup (Miles Brewster assists)	55-61
6:58		Malik Osborne shooting foul (Javante McCoy draws the foul)
6:58		Javante McCoy misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:58		Fletcher Tynen offensive rebound
6:56		Ethan Brittain-Watts misses three point jump shot
6:54		Matthew Cleveland defensive rebound
6:25		Cam'Ron Fletcher misses two point jump shot
6:23		Anthony Polite offensive rebound
6:19	+2	Anthony Polite makes two point layup	55-63
6:02		Terriers 30 second timeout
6:02		TV timeout
5:52	+2	Jonas Harper makes two point layup (Sukhmail Mathon assists)	57-63
5:27	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point jump shot (Anthony Polite assists)	57-65
5:02		Jonas Harper misses three point jump shot
5:00		Matthew Cleveland defensive rebound
4:51		Matthew Cleveland turnover (double dribble)
4:47	+2	Daman Tate makes two point dunk (Fletcher Tynen assists)	59-65
4:17		Caleb Mills turnover (traveling)
4:17		Seminoles 30 second timeout
4:17		TV timeout
3:50		Anthony Polite blocks Fletcher Tynen's two point dunk
3:48		Cam'Ron Fletcher defensive rebound
3:20	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point layup (Anthony Polite assists)	59-67
3:04		Javante McCoy misses two point layup
3:02		Sukhmail Mathon offensive rebound
2:59		Javante McCoy turnover (bad pass) (Caleb Mills steals)
2:41		Matthew Cleveland misses two point jump shot
2:39		Cam'Ron Fletcher offensive rebound
2:20		Matthew Cleveland turnover (lost ball) (Fletcher Tynen steals)
2:13		Terriers 30 second timeout
2:13		Terriers 30 second timeout
1:57		Javante McCoy turnover (lost ball) (Cam'Ron Fletcher steals)
1:39		Anthony Polite misses two point jump shot
1:37		Fletcher Tynen defensive rebound
1:19	+2	Javante McCoy makes two point layup	61-67
0:50		Anthony Morales shooting foul (Caleb Mills draws the foul)
0:49	+1	Caleb Mills makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-68
0:49	+1	Caleb Mills makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-69
0:42		Matthew Cleveland shooting foul (Sukhmail Mathon draws the foul)
0:41	+1	Sukhmail Mathon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-69
0:41	+1	Sukhmail Mathon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-69
0:41		Seminoles 30 second timeout
0:32		Daman Tate personal foul (Caleb Mills draws the foul)
0:31		Anthony Morales personal foul (Cam'Ron Fletcher draws the foul)
0:31		Cam'Ron Fletcher misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:31		Daman Tate defensive rebound
0:21	+3	Javante McCoy makes three point jump shot	66-69
0:16		Jonas Harper personal foul (Caleb Mills draws the foul)
0:16	+1	Caleb Mills makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-70
0:16	+1	Caleb Mills makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-71
0:10		Jonas Harper misses three point jump shot
0:08		Anthony Morales offensive rebound
0:06		Malik Osborne personal foul (Anthony Morales draws the foul)
0:06	+1	Anthony Morales makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-71
0:06	+1	Anthony Morales makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-71
0:05		Javante McCoy personal foul (Anthony Polite draws the foul)
0:05		Anthony Polite misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:05		Anthony Morales defensive rebound
0:01	+3	Anthony Morales makes three point jump shot	71-71
0:00		End of period

OT
BU
Terriers
9
FSU
Seminoles
10

Time		Play	Score
5:00		Sukhmail Mathon vs. Malik Osborne (Seminoles gains possession)
4:32		Caleb Mills misses two point jump shot
4:30		Jonas Harper defensive rebound
4:14		Caleb Mills personal foul (Javante McCoy draws the foul)
3:57	+1	Javante McCoy makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-71
4:14	+1	Javante McCoy makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-71
3:57		Matthew Cleveland misses two point jump shot
3:55		Jonas Harper defensive rebound
3:43		Jonas Harper misses three point jump shot
3:40		Seminoles defensive rebound
3:16		Matthew Cleveland misses two point jump shot
3:14		Sukhmail Mathon defensive rebound
3:13		Cam'Ron Fletcher personal foul (Sukhmail Mathon draws the foul)
3:13	+1	Sukhmail Mathon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-71
3:13	+1	Sukhmail Mathon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-71
3:10		Seminoles 30 second timeout
3:07	+2	Anthony Polite makes two point layup	75-73
2:52		Jonas Harper turnover (lost ball)
2:52		Anthony Morales blocks Caleb Mills's two point jump shot
2:50		Matthew Cleveland offensive rebound
2:39	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point dunk	75-75
2:33	+2	Daman Tate makes two point dunk (Javante McCoy assists)	77-75
2:16	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point layup (Anthony Polite assists)	77-77
2:16		Daman Tate shooting foul (Matthew Cleveland draws the foul)
2:16		Matthew Cleveland misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:16		Daman Tate defensive rebound
1:56	+2	Sukhmail Mathon makes two point layup	79-77
1:52		Anthony Polite shooting foul (Sukhmail Mathon draws the foul)
1:52	+1	Sukhmail Mathon makes regular free throw 1 of 1	80-77
1:29		Sukhmail Mathon personal foul (Anthony Polite draws the foul)
1:29	+1	Anthony Polite makes regular free throw 1 of 2	80-78
1:29	+1	Anthony Polite makes regular free throw 2 of 2	80-79
1:08		Javante McCoy turnover (traveling)
0:43		Cam'Ron Fletcher misses two point layup
0:41		Anthony Morales defensive rebound
0:15		Anthony Morales misses three point jump shot
0:13		Malik Osborne defensive rebound
0:04		Caleb Mills misses two point jump shot
0:02		Matthew Cleveland offensive rebound
0:02	+2	Matthew Cleveland makes two point layup	80-81
0:02		Terriers 30 second timeout
0:01		Anthony Morales turnover (bad pass) (Matthew Cleveland steals)
0:00		End of period

Anthony Morales turnover (bad pass) (Matthew Cleveland steals)