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GREENSBORO -- Tanae Davis-Cain and Mara Freshour scored 20 points each to lead Florida State past Boston College 83-71 on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the ACC women's tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum.

Jacinta Monroe, Courtney Ward and Cierra Bravard added 10 points each for the second-seeded Seminoles (25-6), who advance to the ACC tournament semifinals for just the second time in school history, and the first since 2001.

Carolyn Swords scored 17 points, Mickel Picco 13 and Stefanie Murphy 11 for the seventh-seeded Eagles (20-11).

While Boston College had an advantage on the boards with a 41-31 rebounding edge, the Seminoles more than made up for it by shooting 47.2 percent from the field, hitting 11 of 18 3-pointers and forcing the Eagles into 19 turnovers.

Florida State, which shot better than 53 percent from the field -- including 6 of 8 on 3-pointers -- in racing to a 17-point halftime lead.

The Seminoles pulled away from there, building their lead to 22 points midway through the second half. Florida State improved to 5-0 overall against Boston College.

The Eagles made a brief run early in the second half, opening with a 12-4 spurt to cut the Seminoles' lead to 49-37 on a Swords layup with 16:17 to play.

But Bravard broke the Florida State slump with her three-point play, Davis-Cain added a pair of 3-pointers and Courtney Ward added another 3 to push the Seminoles' lead back to 63-43 with 11:55 remaining.

BOSTON COLLEGE (20-11) -- Murphy 4-13 3-3 11, Swords 7-9 3-4 17, Brown 0-3 2-5 2, Thoman 0-2 0-0 0, Picco 4-11 2-2 13, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Pratt 3-4 0-0 8, Rusin 1-3 0-0 3, Johnson 0-3 4-7 4, Gill 1-6 0-0 3, Nickson 1-1 1-3 3, Whitehurst 2-4 1-2 5, Wilson 1-3 0-1 2. Totals 24-62 16-27 71.

FLORIDA STATE (25-6) -- Harvin 1-9 0-0 3, Monroe 2-6 6-6 10, Freshour 6-10 4-4 20, Ward 3-4 2-6 10, Davis-Cain 7-14 2-2 20, Gray 1-1 2-4 4, Moore 2-2 1-3 5, Hunnicutt 0-2 1-2 1, Bravard 3-5 4-5 10. Totals 25-53 22-32 83.

Halftime--Florida St. 42-25. 3-Point Goals--Boston College 7-17 (Picco 3-8, Pratt 2-3, Rusin 1-2, Gill 1-2, Thoman 0-1, Murphy 0-1), Florida St. 11-18 (Freshour 4-6, Davis-Cain 4-7, Ward 2-2, Harvin 1-3). Fouled Out--Johnson, Rusin, Swords. Rebounds--Boston College 41 (Murphy 6), Florida St. 31 (Monroe 6). Assists--Boston College 14 (Thoman 4), Florida St. 13 (Ward 6). Total Fouls--Boston College 27, Florida St. 22. A--6,160.