Troy (0-1) at Florida State (1-0)

Time / TV: Friday at 7 p.m. on ACC Network Extra

Season openers: FSU routed FAMU 113-69 in Tampa. Troy lost to Mass 71-60 on Monday.

Home openers: The Seminoles are 72-7 all-time in home openers.

Coaches: Luke Loucks is going for his 20th win at FSU. He was 18-15 in year 1. Adam Howard is 0-1 in his first season at Troy.

KenPom rankings: FSU is 58th (eighth among ACC schools). Troy is 179th. 

Series: FSU leads 9-2. The teams last played in Nov. 2022, with Troy taking a 79-72 win.

FSU stat leaders: Sebastian Rancik (25 points, four rebounds vs. FAMU), Anthony Robinson II (16 points, five assists vs. FAMU), Marcis Ponder (15 points, 11 rebounds vs. FAMU), Kam Taylor (15 points, five rebounds, three assists vs. FAMU), Brandon Bass (13 points vs. FAMU), Shon Abaev (six points, six assists vs. FAMU), Alex Steen (seven points, seven rebounds vs. FAMU).

Troy stat leaders: Donovan Oday (21 points, 12 rebounds, six steals vs. UMass), Jacoi Hutchinson (10 points, five assists and four rebounds vs. UMass).

Scouting Troy: Oday is a fifth-year guard (6-2, 195) who has played at McNeese State, Cal State Fullerton, Nicholls State and Troy. Hutchinson is a 6-3, 190-pound senior that played at George Washington, Longwood and Troy. Troy shot 7 of 28 from 3-point range in the loss to UMass, with Oday going 3 of 8 and Hutchinson going 2 of 4.

Noteworthy: FSU’s 44-point win over FAMU was the largest road or neutral site margin in program history. … Ponder’s double-double was the first by an FSU freshman in his debut since Chris Singleton on Nov. 15, 2008 (Singleton had 12 points and 17 rebounds).

Coming up: FSU plays host to Florida on Tuesday at 6 p.m. (ESPN2)

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