FSU basketball gets outshot by Illinois that lead to a blow-out loss

Florida State women’s basketball remains on the losing end after falling to Illinois, 86-63, on Sunday at the Donald L. Tucker Center. This will be FSU’s third straight loss of the season, dropping to 3-4 on the season.

After the Seminoles were only down, 24-22, in the first quarter, the Fightest Illini dominated the next quarter, 20-10, to get a comfortable 42-34 lead at the half. FSU was outscored 25-14 in the fourth quarter, which sealed the game.

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Illinois shot 50 percent from the field and 53 percent from 3s. FSU shot 35 percent from the field and 28 percent from behind the arc.

Junior guard Sole Williams was the lone scoring leader who finished in double figures with 18 points, including four three-pointers. Sydney Bowles and Pania Davis each had nine points.

The Seminoles will head to Fort Myers to take on Missouri State in the GEICO Coconut Hoops tournament on Friday, Nov. 28. Then, they will play either Coppin State or No. 8 Oklahoma on Sunday, Nov. 30.

2025-26 FSU Women’s Basketball Regular Season Schedule

• Nov. 3 Florida A&M,  W, 112-39

• Nov. 6 Georgia Southern W 80-72

• Nov. 9   at UConn  L, 99-67                                   

• Nov. 12 Nicholls State W, 89-64                            

• Nov. 16 Indiana    L, 76-72                                        

• Nov. 20  at Florida, L 89-67                                      

• Nov. 23  Illinois, L, 86-23                                            

• Nov. 28  vs. Missouri State                             Fort Myers, Fla. – Coconut Hoops

• Nov. 30  vs. Coppin State or Oklahoma       Fort Myers, Fla. – Coconut Hoops

• Dec. 3    Georgia                                              Tallahassee, Fla. – ACC/SEC Challenge – 5 PM | ESPNU

• Dec. 7  Notre Dame                                      Tallahassee, Fla.

• Dec. 14  College of Charleston                      Tallahassee, Fla.

• Dec. 18   Virginia Tech                                     Tallahassee, Fla.

• Dec. 20  South Carolina State                       Tallahassee, Fla

• Jan. 1   at Syracuse                                       Syracuse, N.Y.

• Jan. 4    Virginia                                               Tallahassee, Fla. – 2 PM | ACCN

• Jan. 11   at Miami                                            Coral Gables, Fla. – 2 PM | ACCN

• Jan. 15   at Pittsburgh                                     Pittsburgh, Pa.

• Jan. 18  North Carolina                                  Tallahassee, Fla.

• Jan. 22   at SMU                                               Dallas, Texas

• Jan. 25  Georgia Tech                                    Tallahassee, Fla.- 4 PM | ACCN

• Feb. 1   at Clemson                                        Clemson, S.C. – 6 PM | ACCN

• Feb. 5   at NC State                                    Raleigh, N.C. – 9 PM | ACCN

• Feb. 8   Miami                                                 Tallahassee, Fla.

• Feb. 12 Boston College                                 Tallahassee, Fla.

• Feb. 15 at Louisville                                       Louisville, Ky. – 6 PM | ACCN

• Feb. 19  California                                           Tallahassee, Fla.

• Feb. 22  Stanford                                             Tallahassee, Fla. – 2 PM | ACCN

• Feb. 26  at Duke                                              Durham, N.C. – 9 PM | ACCN

• March 1 at Wake Forest                                 Winston-Salem, N.C. – 4 PM | ACCN

Peter Holland Jr. covers Florida State athletics for the Tallahassee Democrat. Contact him via email at PHolland@Gannett.com or on X @_Da_pistol.

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