Duke tries to follow up it's big win over VT with a tough road game at Florida State, now in the polls at #24. FSU suffered a drubbing at the hands of Notre Dame at ND earlier in the week and will be wanting to prove they shouldn't lose that ranking I'm sure. FSU is not like most of the other teams in the ACC - their D is good, but they're mostly an offensive team who plays at a high pace compared to the defensive slow specialists we've faced so far. They shoot very well, don't turn the ball over, but don't rebound misses. They win by shooting really well and playing at a high pace to get more of those shots, rather than grinding you down.

FSU is led by likely ACC Player of the Year Ta'Niya Latson, who is an absolute stud. She leads the league in points per game and is fairly efficient in doing it, and can also pass the ball well and doesn't turn it over. I imagine she'll be Celeste Taylor's assignment but the rest of FSU shoots really well so if we need help to stop her, those other players can score off her passes. That'll be the challenge here.

The stat projections have us as very small dogs, but this is a winnable game.