{"id":1320,"date":"2022-12-23T17:14:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T17:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/23\/latson-named-top-25-player-by-espn\/"},"modified":"2022-12-23T17:14:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T17:14:05","slug":"latson-named-top-25-player-by-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/23\/latson-named-top-25-player-by-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"Latson Named Top 25 Player by ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2013<\/strong> Florida State Women\u2019s Basketball freshman guard Ta\u2019Niya Latson continues to boom in popularity, being ranked among ESPN\u2019s Top 25 collegiate women\u2019s basketball players in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Miami, Fla., native is the only freshman on the established list, ranking 25th overall. She is one of sixth ACC student-athletes among the rankings, joining Notre Dame\u2019s Olivia Miles (fourth), Virginia Tech\u2019s Elizabeth Kitley (seventh), Louisville\u2019s Hailey Van Lith (16th), North Carolina\u2019s Deja Kelly (20th) and NC State\u2019s Diamond Johnson (24th).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NiyaLatson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NiyaLatson<\/a> just put on a CLINIC coast to coast! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoleFAM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NoleFAM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2azjiHrJi6\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/2azjiHrJi6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FSU Women\u2019s Basketball (@fsuwbb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fsuwbb\/status\/1605638977700057089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Through 14 games this season, Latson is a 50-40-80 player, shooting 50.4 percent from the floor, 40.4 percent from 3-point range and 82.9 percent from the free throw line. She is the ACC\u2019s leader with 122 field goals made, 87 made free throws, 350 total points as well as averaging 25.0 points per game.<\/p>\n<p>Latson is proving to be the nation\u2019s best freshman and one of the top players in the country, ranking in the Top 6 nationally in field goals made (third), free throw attempts (second), free throws made (second), total points (third) and points per game (fifth).<\/p>\n<p>Her 25.0 points per game make her the only 20-point scorer on average in the ACC.<\/p>\n<p>The sixth-time ACC Rookie of the Week winner and two-time ACC Player of the Week also leads the Seminoles with 30 steals, taking a lot of pride in her game as an on-ball defender.<\/p>\n<p>Latson has three of the ACC\u2019s five 30-point games this season, and leads the conference far and away with 13 20-point games, nearly doubling the next closest player who has seven.<\/p>\n<p>Florida State begins its holiday break before gearing back up for ACC play at sixth-ranked North Carolina on Thursday, Dec. 29, at 8 p.m. on the ACC\u2019s regional sports networks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '209807436585964');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script>(function (d, s, id) {\n        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n        if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n        js = d.createElement(s);\n        js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/latson-named-top-25-player-by-espn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2013 Florida State Women\u2019s Basketball freshman guard Ta\u2019Niya Latson continues to boom in popularity, being ranked among ESPN\u2019s Top 25 collegiate women\u2019s basketball players in the country. The Miami, Fla., native is the only freshman on the established list, ranking 25th overall. 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