Miami vs. FSU: Score, Highlights and Reaction from 2016 Regular Season

The No. 12 Miami Hurricanes had three players in double figures, led by guard Sheldon McClellan's game-high 20 points, as they survived a scare on the road against the Florida State Seminoles, 67-65, at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Florida, on Sunday.

Junior guard Davon Reed scored 14 points, and Angel Rodriguez chipped in with 11 points for the Hurricanes.

Miami's official Twitter account reacted to the team's quality road win over its in-state rival:

Senior guard Devon Bookert scored a team-high 14 points off the bench and made three three-pointers for Florida State, while Xavier Rathan-Mayes had 12.

The Hurricanes moved to 20-4 on the year and 9-3 in ACC play, only one game behind the North Carolina Tar Heels for first place. Miami has won seven of its last eight after sweeping the season series against Florida State, which dropped to 16-9 and 6-7 in conference play.

CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein noted this was an important win for Miami:

The Hurricanes stormed out to an 11-2 lead with 14 minutes, 19 seconds left in the first half after a Rodriguez layup. Florida State responded with a 13-3 run over the next five minutes before Miami established control of the game, taking a 37-26 lead into halftime.

The theme in the second half was much of the same. Miami took a 45-36 lead after a Tonye Jekiri layup with 13:15 to go, but Florida State responded with a 14-5 run to tie the game at 50-50 on a Bookert three-pointer with 8:57 remaining.

That's when Miami's senior backcourt took over. McClellan and Rodriguez scored 13 of Miami's final 17 points to close the game. McClellan also made two of his three three-pointers during that stretch, and Hardwood Hurricanes noted that he was taking over the game:

McClellan did not shoot well, missing 10 of his 14 field-goal attempts, but Austin Sapin of CanesWarning.com showed how vital the guard was to the Hurricanes' success:

Florida State guard Dwayne Bacon made a three with 47 seconds to go to cut the Miami lead to 66-65, but Bookert missed a three with five seconds left that would've given the Seminoles the lead. Florida State had one more chance to win after Miami's Ja'Quan Newton made one of two free throws, but Malik Beasley's three was off target.

There was no home-court advantage in terms of the officiating for Florida State, which got to the free-throw line only nine times. Miami, however, went to the line 22 times and made 16 of its attempts.

Sunday's game was a perfect example of veteran leadership taking over down the stretch. As long as Miami's backcourt is healthy, the Hurricanes will be in good position heading into the NCAA tournament.

Postgame Reaction

For the fourth time in five years, head coach Jim Larranaga has coached his Hurricanes team to a 20-win season. When the Hurricanes came to Tallahassee last year, and lost 55-54 to the Seminoles, Miami lost the lead it build in the second half. 

"Last year we were winning the whole game and then in the second half we let it slip and they ended up winning it," Rodriguez said, per the Associated Press (via ESPN.com). "This time we were poised down the stretch as our experience and maturity kicked in."

Larranaga said the key during Florida State's run in the second half was putting his most experienced lineup to whether the storm.

"We had our most veteran lineup out there -- four guards and Tonye Jekiri. That's the group that's been finishing games all season long," Larranaga said, per the AP. "We felt sure that Florida State would make a run. It would be whether we could sustain that run and come back at them again."

Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton said he preferred Bacon to take the final shot, seeing how he's won games for the Seminoles already this year, like he did against the Florida Gators on Dec. 29, per Sam Vecenie of CBS Sports.

"As the game was winding down, we felt that we could not have been in a better position — down one with a guy who's won two games with us with the ball in his hands. Unfortunately, it didn't turn out the way we wanted it," Hamilton said. "I would have liked to have seen him keep the ball."