{"id":74520,"date":"2025-12-07T15:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/74520\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T15:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:31:11","slug":"8-7-mens-basketball-flies-past-florida-state-in-toyota-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/74520\/","title":{"rendered":"#8\/7 Men\u2019s Basketball Flies Past Florida State in Toyota Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KingstonHOUSTON (AP) \u2013\u00a0Senior guard Emanuel Sharp<\/a> scored 27 points, freshman point guard Kingston Flemings<\/a> added 21 and the #8\/7 University of Houston Men’s Basketball team beat Florida State 82-67 on Saturday night inside the Toyota Center.
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\nFlemings and Sharp each scored 13 points in the first half and were a combined 10-of-15 from the floor as the Cougars (8-1) held a 41-33 halftime lead.
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\nSharp finished 10-of-17 from the field, including 6-of-12 on 3-pointers. Kingston was 8-of-13 from the field, hitting 3-of-4 3-pointers.
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\nIn addition to his scoring total, Flemings also finished with three rebounds, five assists and a career-high eight steals.
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\nHis steals total was the second-highest single-game total in Houston history, trailing only Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler’s 11 steals at Syracuse (December 11, 1982).
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\nFlemings equaled the total by Jamal Shead (vs. Our Lady of the Lake, February 6, 2021); Oliver Lafayette (vs. BYU, March 15, 2006); Dominic Smith (vs. Charlotte, February 4, 2001); Ken Ciolli, three times (vs. Illinois State, March 14, 1977; vs. Texas Lutheran, Dec. 7, 1977; vs. Xavier, Dec. 16, 1977 and Cecil Rose (Houston Christian, January 2, 1976).
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\nFreshman forward Chris Cenac Jr.<\/a> collected his second career double-double with15 points and 10 rebounds for Houston, which shot 49% and 11 of 29 on 3-pointers.
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\nThe Cougars forced 19 turnovers.
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\nRodney McCray V scored 16 points for Florida State (5-4). Chauncey Wiggins added 14 points, and Lajae Jones had 12 points as the Seminoles dropped their third straight.
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\nThe Seminoles got 31 points from their bench but shot 39% from the field, including 10-of-32 on 3-pointers.
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\nFlorida State cut Houston’s halftime lead to 57-52 on a 3-pointer by Jones with 10:22 left, but the Cougars responded with 10 straight points, capped by a jumper by senior point guard Milos Uzan<\/a> with 6:43 remaining to push the lead to 15.
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\nHouston never trailed by less than double-digits the rest of the way.
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\nUP NEXT
\n\u2022 Following Saturday’s game, the Cougars return to the friendly confines of Fertitta Center for a pair of home games.
\n\u2022 The homestand begins at 7 p.m., Wednesday, December 10, against Jackson State and continues against New Orleans at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13. Both of those games will air on ESPN+.
\n\u2022 From there, Houston faces #25\/23 Arkansas inside Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., during the Never Forget Tribute Classic on December 20. That game tips off at 4:30 p.m. (CST) and will air on CBS and Paramount+.
\n\u2022 All Houston Men’s Basketball games can be heard on 950 AM KPRC, the Varsity Network app and Sirius XM Radio.
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