Florida State's Michael Snaer, right, drives past Miami's Garrius Adams during a college basketball game in Tallahassee in this Feb. 6, 2010 file photo.
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Published: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 9:17 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 9:17 p.m.
TALLAHASSEE - Florida State followed up one of its worst first halves with one of its best on Wednesday night.
Michael Snaer scored a career-high 22 points ? going 10 of 10 from the free-throw line ? and Ian Miller added 15 points as Florida State routed Auburn 85-56 on Wednesday night.
Snaer had 14 points in the first half as the Seminoles (9-5) grabbed a 50-16 halftime lead. It was a stunning reversal of fortune for Florida State, which trailed Princeton 27-10 at the half in Friday's triple-overtime loss to Princeton.
"It's almost like we were of a different mind-set tonight," Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said. "Hopefully we can continue that type of focus. . I thought the first half tonight was about as good as we have played. That's the kind of team we should be on a consistent basis."
Hamilton would love to see more of this. Florida State went on a 28-3 first-half run, outrebounded Auburn by 15 and made 84.6 percent (22 of 26) of its free-throw attempts.
Xavier Gibson also had 12 points, five rebounds and four blocks for the Seminoles, who scored a season-high 85 points.
"Now that we realize that this is what we need to be successful, now that we understand it, we're going to bring it every night," Snaer said. "Every time we play."
Chris Denson had 15 points and Kenny Gabriel added 10 points and seven rebounds for Auburn (10-4), which made just 5 of 33 (15.2 percent) of its shots in the first half.
Auburn led 5-4 in the opening minutes after a 3-pointer by Gabriel. But Florida State went on a 20-0 run ? including nine points from Snaer ? to build a 24-5 lead with 10:34 left in the first half.
The Tigers tried to make 3-pointers to close the gap but was just 1 of 9 in the first half and 4 of 14 for the game.
Florida State made 22 of 26 shots from the free-throw line. Miller was 5 of 6 from the line, and Gibson was 4 of 4 from the line.
The Seminoles also showed off their height and athleticism inside, blocking 10 shots and outrebounding Auburn 45-30.
"We have not always been as precise or on the same page as we should," Hamilton said. "Tonight I thought we were very focused."
The Seminoles shot 53.7 percent (29 of 54) from the floor. The Tigers shot 32.3 percent (21 of 65) .
Source: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20120104/wire/120109828
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