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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Shakayla Thomas scored 16 points, Imani Wright had 13 points and nine rebounds, and No. 12 Florida State beat Jacksonville State 73-62 on Friday in a season opener for both teams.Wright, a transfer from Baylor, gave Florida State a 19-point lead early in the fourth quarter. Jacksonville State pulled to 69-61 with 2:32 left, but Thomas answered with a basket and the Seminoles led by double figures the rest of the way.Ivey Slaughter and Brittany Brown each added 10 points for Florida State, which has won 16 consecutive season-opening home games. Chatrice White, a transfer from Illinois, had eight points and eight rebounds. It was Slaughters 49th career game scoring in double figures.Florida State coach Sue Semrau started her 20th season and coached in her 600th game.Briana Benson made 6 of 9 3-pointers and scored 21 points for Jacksonville State, which played against a ranked team for the first time since 2010. Gretchen Morrison added five 3-pointers and 16 points as the Gamecocks hit 13 of 25 shots from distance.Jacksonville State missed 11 consecutive shots in the first half, but only trailed 36-34. James Harden Jersey .35 million, one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration. Plouffe batted .254 with 14 home runs and 52 RBIs in 477 at-bats last season, his second as a regular in the lineup. Dwight Howard Jersey . -- Former San Diego Chargers safety Paul Oliver was found dead at his Atlanta-area home Tuesday night, and a medical examiner said Wednesday that the ex-player committed suicide. https://www.cheaprocketsonline.com/907z-kevin-kunnert-jersey-rockets.html . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. Danuel House Jersey . The catch: It needs a lot of money, and it needs it fast. Yao Ming Jersey . -- Aaron Murray threw for 408 yards and three touchdowns, ran for another score, and led No. LUBBOCK, Texas -- Keenan Evans scored 23 points, Justin Gray had his first career double-double and Texas Tech won its sixth straight, 89-46 over Nicholls State on Wednesday night.Gray finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Red Raiders (9-1), who shot 55 percent and outrebounded the Colonels 43-18. Zach Smith and Niem Stevenson added 13 points apiece.Im not forcing it as much anymore, Evans said. Just letting the game come to me. Just letting it work through the offense.The Colonels (5-6) were led by 18 points and five rebounds from Jahvaughn Powell.Texas Techs (9-1) first half was punctuated by consecutive putback dunks from Gray and Smith. After Smiths dunk, which put Texas Tech up 33-15 with 6:22 left in the first half, the Colonels immediately took a timeout. Gray -- who recently returned to the team after attending his grandfathers funeral -- added another explosive putback dunk less than two minutes later, helping build the Red Raiders 45-23 halftime lead.I feel like we fed off it pretty good, Gray said of the dunks. Got the crowd into it. Especially during the timeout right after the first one. Everybody was kind of hyped up and it just made our overall environment in the arena crazy.Nicholls State shot 34 percent from the floor and lost the points off turnover margin 33-13 despite have just six more giveaways.The Red Raiders, which outscored Nicholls State in the paint 34-6, committed six fouls. The Colonels attempted six free throws while Texas Tech attempted 25.In our league, we cant let people get in the bonus early in the halves, Texas Tech coach Chris Beard said. Not fouling is a big emphasis. We try to emphasize it in practice. We try to coach it well. I think we do.BIG PICTURENichholls State: The first game in Richie Rileys tenure as head coach of the Colonels was a 79-73 win at Atlantic Coast Conference-member Boston College in November but they have won consecutive games only once this season.ddddddddddddTexas Tech: Smith was back in the starting lineup Wednesday. Smith, who averaged 11 points and seven rebounds, injured his ankle before the Dec. 7 game against Texas-San Antonio and was held out. Smiths presence aided the Red Raiders frontcourt, which saw recently-recovered Aaron Ross play sparingly and is still missing Norense Odiase because of an injury.TORRID 12Big 12 mens basketball teams have started the season with a combined 75-17 record. Ten of those losses were by single digits, including three in overtime.BIG DAYFor the first time in Big 12 history, its teams beat two top-five non-conference opponents on the same day when Kansas beat No. 1 Duke and Baylor beat No. 4 Oregon on Nov. 15.FAMILIARLY FOREIGNNicholls State has three players that hail from outside the United States: Luka Kamber (Germany), Liam Thomas (Australia) and Zach Young (New Zealand).UP NEXTNicholls State, which has played three Power 5 opponents this season, has two more games before it begins Southland Conference play. It hosts Mobile on Dec. 18.Texas Tech, starting with a game at Richmond on Saturday, has two more games before Big 12 play starts.Its a game that (former Texas Tech head coach Tubby Smith) scheduled, Beard said. I think they had Richmond here last year. Right when I got the job and saw the schedule, I loved the game. Richmond is an NCAA-tournament type team. ' ' '