Hinds Records Two Career-Highs in Loss at No. 25 Florida State

Sunday, February 2

Tallahassee, FL

6 p.m.

Wake Forest University

8-14,1-10ACC

Florida State

18-4,8-2ACC

Wake Forest

Florida St.

Hinds Records Two Career-Highs in Loss at No. 25 Florida State

2/2/2025 8:20:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Redshirt senior forward Demeara Hinds led the way for the Demon Deacons, recording her fourth career double-double performance with 18 points and 13 rebounds.

By: Andrew Kovar

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Redshirt senior forward Demeara Hinds had a career night in the 97-68 defeat to No. 25 Florida State Sunday night at Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Fla.

Hinds led the way for the Demon Deacons (8-14, 1-10 ACC), recording her fourth career double-double performance and the second of the season. Hinds ended the night matching her career-high of 18 points while also having a career-high 13 rebounds in the defeat. She was efficient from the field with a 9-of-15 shooting performance. Only sophomore guard Rylie Theuerkauf has had more field goals in a game this season for the Deacs.

Hinds had a strong opening half when she scored 10 points on 5-of-7 field goals while also leading the team with five rebounds as she was well on her way to a double-double.

Joining Hinds in double figures were three other Demon Deacons as senior guard Elise Williams, senior guard Raegyn Conley and Theuerkauf all found their way to double digits in the second half.

Conley shot an efficient 4-of-5 from the field with her lone miss coming from three while also grabbing five rebounds. For the second-straight game, she tied her career-high with four assists.

Theuerkauf posted 11 points in the loss while pulling down a career-high tying five rebounds and Williams poured in 10 points, moving her to 1,279 career points which is the 15th most points in program history.

The Demon Deacons also did a great job of effecting the shot of All-ACC selection and the nation's second-leading scorer in Ta'Niya Latson. She finished the night shooting just 8-of-23 from the field and was well below 40 percent until late in the game.

How It Happened

After a 7-0 start from Florida State, Demeara Hinds got the Deacs on the scoreboard with a layup on a nice find from Elise Williams.
- Rylie Theuerkauf added a pair of free throws to make it a 7-4 deficit.
A 10-0 run forced a Wake Forest timeout with 4:59 left in the first quarter.
- An Alyaa Andrews layup stopped the 13-0 run and started a run of their own.
Wake Forest went on a 9-2 run to cut into the deficit as the first quarter wound down.
- Florida State scored the final five points of the quarter to take a 27-13 lead after 10 minutes of play.
The Deacs came out strong in the second quarter, cutting it to a 30-25 game with a corner three from Raegyn Conley.
- The 8-3 opening start to the second forced a Florida State timeout.
The game of runs continued as the Seminole lead pushed back up to 16 points on an 14-0 run.
- Williams found her way to the basket on a baseline layup to stop the run with just over two minutes left in the first half.
At the half, the Demon Deacons trailed 51-31.
- Hinds finished the first half with 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting while also leading the team with five rebounds.
- Conley and Williams each pitched in six points each while Theuerkauf had five.
- Aurora Sørbye tallied a team-high three assists in the first 20 minutes of the game.
Hinds got the Demon Deacons going with a pair of baskets and had 14 points and nine rebounds at the media timeout in the third quarter.
- Hinds recorded her second double-double of the season, recording an offensive rebound and grabbing seven rebounds in the third quarter alone.
Williams got into double figures with a pair of mid-range jumpers in the third.
Wake Forest netted 16 points in the quarter, but went into the fourth trailing, 73-47.
Three Deacs reached double figures in scoring bringing the total to four for the game as Theuerkauf, Conley and Williams joined Hinds on her career night.
Wake Forest despite having their best scoring quarter of the night with 21 points in the fourth the Demon Deacons fell to the nationally-ranked Seminoles.
- Florida State won 97-68.

Standout Stats

Hinds had a career night leading the way for the Demon Deacons (8-14, 1-10 ACC), recording her fourth career double-double performance and the second of the season.
Hinds ended the night matching her career-high of 18 points while also having a career-high 13 rebounds in the defeat.
- Of note, she passed the 500 rebound mark for her career with her first board of the game.
She was efficient from the field with a 9-of-15 shooting performance.
- Only sophomore guard Rylie Theuerkauf has had more field goals in a game this season for the Deacs.
Hinds had a strong opening half when she scored 10 points on 5-of-7 field goals while also leading the team with five rebounds as she was well on her way to a double-double.

From Gebbia
"This game comes down to the defensive end of the floor. That starts on the perimeter and that keeps happening and it was the difference tonight. We have to be better at taking away the three and being able to limit teams off the bounce. We weren't able to limit their possession or take away the paint or the three. We did a good job on Latson and Timpson in limiting them but we didn't take away anything from anyone else. We are better than what we are showing on the defensive end and that has to be better to win games. It will be hard to win games when we give up 90 points against veteran ranked teams. The offensive end has been a bright spot. Demeara led us tonight with a career-high 18 points and a career-high 13 rebounds. We needed to probably get her the ball more tonight cause she was huge for us. We need this bye week to get better on the defensive end. The hope is we have learned that in the last two games and we will take those learning lessons into practice as we prepare for another tough road environment at Syracuse." - Megan Gebbia

Up Next
The Demon Deacons are off for a week before getting back on the road as they travel to Syracuse on Sunday, Feb. 9 as the Deacs take on the Orange at the JMA Wireless Dome.

Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.