Cleveland's buzzer-beating 3 lifts Florida St. over Virginia
AP
Feb 26, 2022
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Matthew Cleveland hit a deep 3-pointer at the buzzer and Florida State Seminoles beat Virginia Cavaliers 64-63 in a wild finish on Saturday.
Florida State hadn't led since it made the opening bucket and trailed by as many as 11 points in the second half. Trailing 59-50 with 2:19 remaining, Cleveland scored seven points during an 11-2 surge that tied it at 61 with six seconds left. Armaan Franklin then took the ensuing inbounds pass, dribbled the floor and made a pullup jumper near the free-throw line for what looked like the game winner for Virginia with 0.4 seconds remaining.
Following a Seminole timeout, Harrison Prieto threw a strike to Cleveland, who caught the ball just past the half-court line and then tossed up the game winner that hit nothing but net.
Cleveland finished with 20 points on 8-of-14 shooting and was just 1 of 2 from distance. Prieto added a pair of 3-pointers and had 14 points for Florida State (15-13, 8-10 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Jayden Gardner scored 21 points to lead Virginia (17-12, 11-8). Franklin was 3 of 6 from beyond the arc and finished with 13 points.
The Cavaliers shot 54% (13 of 24) from the field in the first half to build a 34-29 lead at the break. They opened the second on a 14-5 surge, capped by a Kadin Shedrick dunk, for a 48-37 advantage with 10:56 remaining. The Cavs shot just 28% (9 of 32) from the field and missed eight 3-point attempts in the second half.
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1st Half
FSU
Seminoles
29
UVA
Cavaliers
34
Time
Team
Play
Score
20:00
John Butler vs. Francisco Caffaro (Wyatt Wilkes gains possession)
19:54
Kody Stattmann blocks Tanor Ngom's two point layup
19:52
Tanor Ngom offensive rebound
19:48
+2
Tanor Ngom makes two point jump shot
2-0
19:24
Jayden Gardner misses two point jump shot
19:22
Wyatt Wilkes defensive rebound
19:04
Wyatt Wilkes misses three point jump shot
19:02
Francisco Caffaro defensive rebound
18:44
Kody Stattmann turnover (lost ball)
18:19
Rayquan Evans misses two point jump shot
18:17
Francisco Caffaro defensive rebound
17:54
Kihei Clark misses three point jump shot
17:52
Tanor Ngom defensive rebound
17:40
Reece Beekman blocks Rayquan Evans's two point jump shot
17:38
Francisco Caffaro defensive rebound
17:26
Francisco Caffaro turnover (Tanor Ngom steals)
17:21
Matthew Cleveland turnover (lost ball) (Kihei Clark steals)
17:11
+2
Jayden Gardner makes two point jump shot (Reece Beekman assists)
2-2
16:49
Tanor Ngom misses two point jump shot
16:47
Kody Stattmann defensive rebound
16:31
Wyatt Wilkes shooting foul (Francisco Caffaro draws the foul)
16:31
+1
Francisco Caffaro makes regular free throw 1 of 2
2-3
16:31
+1
Francisco Caffaro makes regular free throw 2 of 2
2-4
16:17
Matthew Cleveland misses two point jump shot
16:15
Francisco Caffaro defensive rebound
16:04
+2
Jayden Gardner makes two point layup (Kihei Clark assists)
2-6
15:34
+2
Harrison Prieto makes two point layup (Jalen Warley assists)
4-6
15:17
+3
Kody Stattmann makes three point jump shot (Kihei Clark assists)
4-9
14:52
Wyatt Wilkes misses two point driving layup
14:50
Francisco Caffaro defensive rebound
14:36
Kody Stattmann turnover (bad pass)
14:36
TV timeout
14:17
Wyatt Wilkes misses three point jump shot
14:15
Kadin Shedrick defensive rebound
14:14
Cam'Ron Fletcher personal foul (Kadin Shedrick draws the foul)
13:51
Matthew Cleveland personal foul (Jayden Gardner draws the foul)
13:31
Harrison Prieto blocks Kody Stattmann's two point layup
13:29
Cavaliers offensive rebound
13:29
Cavaliers turnover (shot clock violation)
13:03
Rayquan Evans misses three point jump shot
13:01
Seminoles offensive rebound
13:01
Seminoles turnover (shot clock violation)
12:41
Armaan Franklin misses three point jump shot
12:39
Cam'Ron Fletcher defensive rebound
12:28
Kadin Shedrick personal foul (Harrison Prieto draws the foul)
12:09
Rayquan Evans misses two point jump shot
12:07
Armaan Franklin defensive rebound
11:52
Jayden Gardner misses two point jump shot
11:50
Rayquan Evans defensive rebound
11:41
+2
John Butler makes two point jump shot (Rayquan Evans assists)
6-9
11:21
+2
Reece Beekman makes two point layup
6-11
11:05
Cam'Ron Fletcher offensive foul
11:05
Cam'Ron Fletcher turnover
11:05
TV timeout
10:47
Jayden Gardner misses three point jump shot
10:45
Francisco Caffaro offensive rebound
10:37
+2
Francisco Caffaro makes two point dunk (Reece Beekman assists)
6-13
10:21
Wyatt Wilkes misses three point jump shot
10:19
Jayden Gardner defensive rebound
10:10
+2
Kihei Clark makes two point jump shot
6-15
9:36
+3
Tanor Ngom makes three point jump shot (John Butler assists)
9-15
9:18
Kihei Clark misses two point jump shot
9:16
Rayquan Evans defensive rebound
9:07
+2
Matthew Cleveland makes two point jump shot
11-15
8:44
John Butler blocks Kihei Clark's two point jump shot
8:42
Tanor Ngom defensive rebound
8:30
+2
John Butler makes two point jump shot
13-15
8:30
Reece Beekman shooting foul (John Butler draws the foul)
8:30
+1
John Butler makes regular free throw 1 of 1
14-15
8:04
Kihei Clark misses three point jump shot
8:02
Jalen Warley defensive rebound
8:01
Francisco Caffaro personal foul (Jalen Warley draws the foul)
7:48
+2
Matthew Cleveland makes two point layup
16-15
7:23
+2
Francisco Caffaro makes two point hook shot (Kihei Clark assists)
16-17
7:12
Jalen Warley turnover (traveling)
7:12
TV timeout
6:51
+2
Malachi Poindexter makes two point jump shot
16-19
6:29
Kadin Shedrick personal foul (Matthew Cleveland draws the foul)
6:24
Francisco Caffaro blocks Matthew Cleveland's two point layup
6:22
Jalen Warley offensive rebound
6:15
+2
Jalen Warley makes two point jump shot
18-19
5:53
+2
Jayden Gardner makes two point layup (Kihei Clark assists)
18-21
5:37
John Butler misses three point jump shot
5:35
Kihei Clark defensive rebound
5:28
Jalen Warley blocks Kihei Clark's two point layup
5:26
Wyatt Wilkes defensive rebound
5:11
Jalen Warley misses two point jump shot
5:09
Harrison Prieto offensive rebound
5:06
+2
Harrison Prieto makes two point layup
20-21
4:40
+2
Jayden Gardner makes two point layup (Kody Stattmann assists)
20-23
4:20
+2
Harrison Prieto makes two point layup (Wyatt Wilkes assists)
22-23
4:03
Kody Stattmann misses three point jump shot
4:01
Francisco Caffaro offensive rebound
3:47
+2
Jayden Gardner makes two point layup
22-25
3:35
+3
Harrison Prieto makes three point jump shot (Jalen Warley assists)
25-25
3:32
Cavaliers 30 second timeout
3:32
TV timeout
3:09
Tanor Ngom shooting foul (Jayden Gardner draws the foul)
3:09
+1
Jayden Gardner makes regular free throw 1 of 2
25-26
3:09
+1
Jayden Gardner makes regular free throw 2 of 2
25-27
2:45
Armaan Franklin personal foul (Wyatt Wilkes draws the foul)
2:40
Reece Beekman blocks Matthew Cleveland's two point layup
2:38
Seminoles offensive rebound
2:34
+2
John Butler makes two point layup
27-27
2:03
+3
Armaan Franklin makes three point jump shot (Kihei Clark assists)
