{"id":445842,"date":"2026-11-03T05:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T05:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/445842\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T05:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T05:46:09","slug":"big-games-from-kempson-williford-not-enough-in-florida-ams-112-69-loss-to-florida-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/445842\/","title":{"rendered":"Big games from Kempson, Williford not enough in Florida A&#038;M&#8217;s 112-69 loss to Florida State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/g18.png\" alt=\"Fort Valley State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Fort Valley State<\/p>\n<p>11\/5\/2026 | 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Nov. 05 (Thu) \/ 7 p.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/g18.png\" alt=\"Fort Valley State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Fort Valley State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/opponent-history\/fort-valley-state\/81\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/jaden-kempson\/5710\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5710\" target=\"_blank\">Jaden Kempson<\/a> scored 27 points and <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/daisean-williford\/5719\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5719\" target=\"_blank\">Daisean Williford<\/a> had 19 more, but the Rattlers fell to the Florida State Seminoles 112-69.<\/p>\n<p>The Rattlers (0-1) had three players score in double figures, led by Kempson, who had 27 points. Williford tacked on 19 points and <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/antonio-baker-jr-\/5705\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5705\" target=\"_blank\">Antonio Baker Jr.<\/a> chipped in as well with 15 points and four assists.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida A&amp;M offense was very productive from deep, knocking down 10 threes on 27 attempts. Kempson was the most prolific shooter for the Rattlers, draining four treys in the contest.<\/p>\n<p>How It Happened<\/p>\n<p>Florida A&amp;M struggled out of the gate, falling behind 54-27 heading into halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Florida State kept widening its lead after intermission, constructing a 112-62 advantage before Florida A&amp;M went on a 7-0 run, finished off by Kempson&#8217;s layup, to shrink the deficit to 112-69 with 48 seconds to go in the contest, The Rattlers were unable to cut further into the deficit by the end of the game, losing 112-69. Florida A&amp;M got out on the break in the period, scoring nine fast break points.<\/p>\n<p>Game Notes<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb Florida A&amp;M lit it up from beyond the arc, knocking down 10 treys in the game.<br \/>\n\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/jaden-kempson\/5710\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5710\" target=\"_blank\">Jaden Kempson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/daisean-williford\/5719\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5719\" target=\"_blank\">Daisean Williford<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/antonio-baker-jr-\/5705\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5705\" target=\"_blank\">Antonio Baker Jr.<\/a> combined to account for 88 percent of the Rattlers points.<br \/>\n\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/jaden-kempson\/5710\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5710\" target=\"_blank\">Jaden Kempson<\/a> led the Rattlers with a game-high 27 points.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb Florida A&amp;M got five rebounds from both <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/daisean-williford\/5719\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5719\" target=\"_blank\">Daisean Williford<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/antonio-baker-jr-\/5705\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5705\" target=\"_blank\">Antonio Baker Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: Fort Valley State 11\/5\/2026 | 7 p.m. &#13; Nov. 05 (Thu) \/ 7&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-445842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}