{"id":122658,"date":"2026-01-18T09:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/122658\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T09:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:08:12","slug":"nate-calmese-hits-winner-with-6-8-left-wake-forest-rallies-to-beat-florida-state-69-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/122658\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Calmese hits winner with 6.8 left, Wake Forest rallies to beat Florida State 69-68"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jxTEW Poyse uieav lqtkC HkWF HfYhe kGyAC \">Nate Calmese scores 18 points, including a winning jumper with 6.8 seconds left, as Wake Forest rallies to beat Florida State 69-68 on Saturday night<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8212; Nate Calmese scored 18 points, which included <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WakeMBB\/status\/2012695599825428539?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">the winning jumper with 6.8 seconds left<\/a>, and Wake Forest rallied for a 69-68 victory over Florida State on Saturday night for the Demon Deacons&#8217; first Atlantic Coast Conference road win this season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Demon Deacons used an 11-4 run to pull to 68-67 with 24 seconds left. Florida State called timeout after Calmese&#8217;s floater ended the scoring, and the Seminoles&#8217; Robert McCray V missed a potential winning shot that hit the front of the rim to end it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Calmese finished 8-of-19 shooting. Juke Harris and Myles Colvin added 15 points apiece for Wake Forest (11-7, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), which trailed 65-54 with 4:26 remaining. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Chauncey Wiggins scored 15 points to lead Florida State (7-11, 0-5). McCray finished with 12 points and five assists but committed 11 turnovers. Thomas Bassong chipped in with 11 points for the Seminoles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Florida State scored the last four points of the first half to go up 34-31 at the break. Martin Somerville scored seven of his nine points in the first half for the Seminoles. Calmese scored 10 first half-points to pace Wake Forest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Wake Forest: Hosts SMU on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Florida State: At Miami on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/ap-newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (AP News mobile app). 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