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SUNRISE, Fla. -- The Florida State Seminoles had a hunch even before they took the court Saturday they might be tested by Manhattan, and they were correct.Our locker room is right next to theirs, so we heard them before the game just yelling, Seminoles guard Dwayne Bacon said. We recognized they definitely had a lot more energy than we did in the first half.Bacon scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half to help No. 23 Florida State pull away for its seventh consecutive victory, beating Manhattan 83-67 in the opening game at the Orange Bowl Classic.Bacon took only one shot in the first half but embraced coach Leonard Hamiltons advice to help the Seminoles pull away after halftime.Coach Hamilton said I should just go to the middle and attack, said Bacon, chosen the games most valuable player for the second straight year.The taller Seminoles dominated inside, scoring 46 points in the paint, drawing 31 fouls and building a 36-23 edge in rebounds. They switched to a zone after the Jaspers shot 57 percent to trail 46-41 at halftime.A very tough game for us, Hamilton said. I thought they were well prepared. We had a hard time staying in front of them. They were a little quicker than we were in the first half. Second half we made some adjustments.The Seminoles (11-1) are off to their best start in school history, and the winning streak is their longest since 2012.Our team is still young, still growing, Hamilton said. Were very fortunate to be 11-1. I think we have a lot of room for improvement. This is a good game to learn from.The Seminoles have won in the one-day Orange Bowl Classic each of the past five seasons.Theyre a team thats hard to stop for 40 minutes, Jaspers coach Steve Masiello said. They did all the little things I think will make them a tough team the rest of the year.Xavier Rathan-Mayes had 10 points and five assists for Florida State. Zavier Turner had 18 points and five assists for Manhattan (3-8), which hasnt beaten a ranked team since 1995.Three Jaspers had three or more fouls by halftime, and four finished with four fouls each, but Manhattans outside shooting kept the score from being even more lopsided. The Jaspers went 9 for 24 on 3-pointers, and the Seminoles went 2 for 6.BIG PICTUREThe Seminoles scored at least 83 points for the fourth straight game. They shot 56 percent and went 27 for 40 from the free throw line but fell short of their season scoring average of 89.8.RUNSFlorida State took a 25-15 lead, then fell behind 32-29 when Turner hit a 3-pointer. Manhattan went without a field goal for the next 6 1/2 minutes.The Jaspers cut the margin to 46-44 early in the second half, but Florida State then went on a 15-4 run to break the game open.CLASSICFlorida, which lost to Florida State on Sunday, played Charlotte in the second game of the doubleheader at the Florida Panthers arena.UP NEXTManhattan plays at St. Francis Brooklyn on Tuesday.Florida State hosts Samford in a Monday afternoon tipoff.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. John Cominsky Womens Jersey . -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. Calvin Ridley Jersey . Kiriasis and brakeman Franziska Fritz finished two runs in one minute 55.41 seconds -- a mere 0.01 seconds ahead of Meyers and Lolo Jones, who likely bolstered her Olympic hopes by helping give USA-1 a huge push in the second heat. http://www.thefaclonsshoponline.com/Kendall-sheffield-falcons-jersey/ . Any real chance at payback wont come until the playoff. Still, Pittsburgh knows its taut 3-2 win over the Bruins on Wednesday night is a pretty good place to start laying the groundwork. "They are a very good defensive team," Penguins forward Brandon Sutter said. Kendall Sheffield Youth Jersey . -- Stanfords Kevin Danser knelt on one knee and hardly moved on the sideline as Michigan State celebrated its Rose Bowl victory and his Cardinal teammates made their way to the locker room. Julio Jones Falcons Jersey . -- Running backs Darren McFadden and Rashad Jennings were back at practice for the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday despite being hampered by hamstring injuries. Nicklas Lidstrom is one of hockeys most accomplished defensemen of all time, and generations of hockey players could come and go before we see his equal.That makes Lidstrom the perfect candidate to serve as a measuring stick against which to evaluate this seasons hottest defensemen.In his storied 20-year career, Lidstrom won the Norris Trophy seven times, was a runner-up three more times, won the Stanley Cup four times and won the Conn Smythe in 1997-98.dddddddddddd He was named a first-team NHL All-Star on 10 occasions and was named to the second team twice more.Modern statistical analysis has advanced to the point where some of the attributes that made Lidstrom so successful can be measured and used to find players who are growing into similar roles today. ' ' '