No. 12 Florida State beats No. 2 Louisville 50-49

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Florida State guard A.J. Alix relied on a short memory and made a clutch long-range shot. The No. 12 Seminoles then made sure No. 2 Louisville didn’t answer with one of its own and earned a signature road victory.

Alix made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:04 remaining and Nicole Ekhomu added a free throw with 7.8 seconds left, helping FSU hand Louisville its first loss of the season, 50-49 on Sunday.

“If I miss three shots, I know that I can shoot the next one and convince myself that I can make it,” said Alix, who was 1 of 6 overall with two misses from beyond the arc before making her final attempt. “They left me open, so I just took it and hit it. It felt good.”

The Seminoles (18-2, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) trailed 22-9 after the first quarter before rallying, taking their first lead at 37-36 in the third quarter. They shot just 28 percent overall.

Arica Carter’s 3-pointer put Louisville (20-1, 6-1) ahead with 1:54 to go. Alix answered from long range, and then Ekhomu made the second of two from the line.

Louisville threw the ball away seconds before that, the last of several turnovers made down the stretch. Myisha Hines-Allen put back Asia Durr’s missed 3 for a layup as time ran out, but the Seminoles were already beginning to celebrate a road win over their highest-ranked opponent in program history, topping a 71-69 win at No. 4 Duke on Feb. 8, 2001.