University of Minnesota Athletics
University of Minnesota
6-1
Florida State
6-1
Minnesota Falls to Florida State 75-67
11/28/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Seeking their first 7-0 start since 2008-09, the Gophers fell to Florida State 75-67 on Monday in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
Bacon scored a game-high 18 points for Florida State and Isaac got his second double-double of the season (14 points, 13 rebounds).
''I was proud of those guys,'' Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said. ''Dwayne's shot selection was excellent and allowed pace to come to him. Jonathan asserted himself in the second half, especially getting rebounds.''
The Seminoles (6-1) shot just 34.6 percent from the field in the first half and trailed 33-31 at halftime. They opened the second half by making six of their first eight as part of a 15-5 run over the first five minutes to give them the lead for good.
Bacon, who scored 14 points in the second half, had seven points during the run. Later in the half he had a breakaway dunk off an Isaac block to put FSU up 52-39 with 12:44 remaining.
''In the first half we played their game which was going down slow and not pushing it up the floor,'' Bacon said. ''In the second half we just adjusted to play faster, to get stops and move around.''
The Seminoles would lead by as many as 19 (70-51) with 5:01 remaining before the Golden Gophers (6-1) started to cut into the lead.
Bacon has led Florida State in scoring in six of their seven games while Isaac has been the leading rebounder in the past four.
''They made really good player plays. A couple of the times I turned to our guys and said `that's a good play from a good player.' I thought we played really solid defense,'' Minnesota coach Richard Pitino said.
Akeem Springs and Nate Mason led Minnesota with 11 points. The Gophers came into the game shooting 47 percent from the field but was a season-worst 19 of 58 (32.8 percent).
BIG PICTURE
Minnesota: The Gophers were seeking their first 7-0 start since 2008-09 but got worn down by Florida State's size along with getting into foul trouble. They also saw their five-game winning streak in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge come to an end.
UP NEXT
Minnesota: The Gophers face Vanderbilt on Saturday in a neutral-site game at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is the second straight season the Gophers are playing a game in Sioux Falls.
