Bankers Life Fieldhouse will play host to a Sunday Sweet Sixteen matchup between the Florida State Seminoles and the Michigan Wolverines. The fourth-seeded Seminoles (18-6) finished in second place in the ACC Conference and defeated UNC Greensboro by ten points in the first round. On Monday, Florida State shot 52 percent from the field and pulled away in the second half to earn a 71-53 victory versus Colorado.
Florida State G Anthony Polite scored a career-high 22 points on 8-for-12 shooting and pulled down five boards. Malik Osborne contributed 11 points and five rebounds in 20 minutes off the bench for the Seminoles.
The Michigan Wolverines won the Big Ten regular season championship with a 14-3 record and are averaging 76.5 points per game. The top-seeded Wolverines handled Texas Southern by 16 points in the first round and followed that up with an 86-78 victory versus LSU on Monday. Michigan connected on 10-for-25 from long distance and shot 54 percent overall.
Eli Brooks and Chaundee Brown led Michigan with 21 points apiece on a combined 8-for-15 from the three-point line. Franz Wagner chipped in 15 points and seven rebounds for the Wolverines.
