TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State will enter Atlantic Coast Conference play off to one of the best starts in school history.The 21st-ranked Seminoles got a career-high 19 points from Terance Mann on Monday as they took control in the second half for a 76-68 victory over Samford.Florida State has won eight straight and is 12-1 for only the third time, matching the 1988-89 and 2008-09 squads.Even though the Seminoles are ranked and off to a strong start, Mann said that might not mean a lot in a couple months unless they can play well in the conference.You cant make the tournament winning 12 games. We know we have to keep winning, Mann said. We havent done anything really in five years. We just got to keep getting better and prove to the world that were here and were good.Mann, whose previous career high was 18 last season against Georgia Tech, is on a roll. The 6-foot-6 sophomore guard is averaging 14.7 points and 6.7 rebounds in his past three games along with going 17 of 23 from the field.Samford led for most of the final five minutes of the first half before FSU scored the final five points to go up 31-27. Xavier Rathan-Mayes, who scored 15 points, had the key shot with a 3-pointer at the buzzer that bounced in off the rim.The Seminoles scored the first six points to start the second half, pushing the lead to double figures. Florida State led by 17 with 6:12 remaining after a 12-2 run.FSU shot 42.2 percent from the field (27 of 64), which was its second-worst shooting game of the season.Its a learning experience and preparing us for the ACC, Rathan-Mayes said. We did a good job of relying on our defense. I dont think there are too many nights where we are going to struggle like that offensively.Christen Cunningham led the Bulldogs (7-4) with 16 points while Demetrius Denzel-Dyson added 14.We gave ourselves chances but we battled, Samford coach Scott Padgett said. Ive got a play card with 150 plays but I think we ran just one tonight. It was tough to drive inside.BIG PICTURESamford: The Bulldogs are 17-9 in nonconference games over the past two seasons but are 0-2 this season against teams currently ranked in the Top 25 (they lost to Cincinnati 70-55 on Nov. 23). Samford was picked to finish seventh in the Southern Conference but might exceed expectations based on how it has done so far.Florida State: The Seminoles struggled in the first half for the second straight game before pulling away in the second half. If it werent for blowing an 18-point, second-half lead on Nov. 24 against Temple, Florida State would be undefeated going into the Atlantic Coast Conference part of its schedule.HOT IN DECEMBERFlorida State has won 12 straight games in December and 16 of its last 17. It has also won 17 of its last 18 non-conference games in the month.TOUGH DAYEach teams leading player struggled. Florida States Dwayne Bacon, who came into the game averaging 17.2 points, scored 14 but was 4 of 15 from the field.Samfords Wyatt Walker, who is averaging a double-double with 13.7 points and 11.6 rebounds, was held scoreless in the first half. He had eight points and four rebounds.UP NEXTSamford: The Bulldogs host Florida A&M on Thursday. It is the first of two more nonconference games before they open Southern Conference play Dec. 31.Florida State: The Seminoles begin ACC play Dec. 28 against Wake Forest. 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Wragge hit 9-of-14 from behind the arc, matching Kyle Korvers school record for 3-pointers in a game set in 2003, as Creighton (16-3, 6-1 Big East broke a conference record with 21 treys in the rout. Nike Air Max 720 Bestellen . -- Patrick Reed got an early start in golf. When seen from the outside, cricket looks like brief moments of action interspersed with a lot of waiting around. But for fans of the game, the pauses give them time to digest the complex and layered moves they just watched (or time to go fetch a beer, complete a crossword, or take a power nap).In the photo above, batsman Scott Richardson and the fielders wait for bowler Jimmy Ormond to deliver the ball. From the end of every delivery to the beginning of the next, a batsman is usually left alone with his thoughts while the bowler walks back to his mark. The best of them can keep from cluttering their minds with noise, but sometimes the seeds of a dismissal are sown in this time spent alone.In Pretoria, 2005, Karen Rolton (extreme left) and other members of the Australia Womens team sit inside during a rain delay at a World Cup game. Naps, newspapers and card games used to keep players occupied; these days perhaps its video games and discovering new emojis to use on Twitter.Spectators have a chat while waiting for play to begin at the SCG during the 1950-51 Ashes Test, which was wise of them because there wasnt much time to talk during the six-day match that ended in four days.Wait for the ball to come to you - an instruction that applies not only to batting but also to catching. When a fielder gets under a skier, it can feel like an eeternity has passed before the ball lands in (or evades) his hands.ddddddddddddMore nerve-wracking than facing a fast bowler is the prospect of being next in line to face one. (From left) Footballer Mick Channon, sailor Chay Blyth, boxer John Stracey and footballer Colin Bell didnt have to face Holding and Co in this Superstars contest at Crystal Palace in 1974, but they look understandably jittery while waiting for their turns to bat.The non-striker can end up as a glorified spectator if the batsman on strike is struggling to put bat on ball. But the real spectators are not going to be pleased with you if youre keeping them from watching Brian Lara bat.Sightscreen adjustments often hold up a game, but so can the flight plan of a flock of birds.Off the field, players spend a lot of their time travelling to venues. Here, Frank Tyson waits at the Northampton train station to join the England squad in Australia in 1954.Fans queue up outside the SCG for the 1954-55 Ashes Test in which Tyson took a match-winning 10 for 130. The third umpires decision, and DRS today, briefly blurs the line between players and spectators as everyone on the field and on TV watches what just unfolded and then waits for the verdict. ' ' '