Every night of the college basketball season, the Blue Zone will bring you updates on all of the important ACC matchups.
Sunday only brought one ACC game, but it was a big one.
No. 15 Miami 80, Florida State 74
The Hurricanes were able to rebound from a bad loss to Georgia Tech to down the No. 24 Seminoles, which gave Duke a good fight in a 100-93 loss Dec. 30. Riddled by 18 turnovers, Miami's offense had struggled mightily against the Yellow Jackets, finishing with just 54 points and shooting just 4-of-19 from deep.
But the Hurricanes cut down the turnovers and got a combined 43 points from Bruce Brown Jr. and Dewan Huell to get its offense back on track. Miami has been a very strong defensive team, ranking No. 7 in basketball statistician Ken Pomeroy's efficiency rankings, but has struggled overall on offense, sitting at No. 95 in efficiency.
Looking ahead at some other games this week:
Tuesday, January 9:
Syracuse @ No. 8 Virginia, 8 p.m. EST
Boston College @ No. 12 North Carolina, 8 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 10:
No. 2 Duke @ Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. EST
Notre Dame @ Georgia Tech, 7 p.m. EST
Virginia Tech @ Wake Forest, 7 p.m. EST
Louisville @ No. 24 Florida State, 9 p.m. EST
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A member of the class of 2020 hailing from San Mateo, Calif., Ben is The Chronicle's Towerview Editor and Investigations Editor. Outside of the Chronicle, he is a public policy major working towards a journalism certificate, has interned at the Tampa Bay Times and NBC News and frequents Pitchforks.