Florida State women’s basketball players Makayla Timpson, O’Mariah Gordan, and Ta’Niya Latson will travel alongside head coach Brooke Wyckoff to the 2024 ACC Tipoff on Oct. 8 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Seminoles will be featured from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown, along with Duke, Pitt, Virginia, SMU, and Wake Forest. FSU will take its turn in the press conference room at 2 p.m. and will air live on the ACC Network. The three-day expansive coverage will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Latson and Timpson represented the Noles at the event in 2023, while Timpson and Gordon also participated in 2022.
Latson enters her junior season with 1,354 career points, averaging 21.3 per game. She also has 101 steals and 279 rebounds over 64 games played.
A two-time WBCA All-American honorable mention and two-time All-ACC First Team selection, Latson ranks 16th in Florida State history in points scored and tied as the fastest player to surpass 1,000 points.
The Miami native has scored at least 34 points in five career games, the most of any Seminole in program history.
Timpson has registered 187 career blocks and 744 rebounds in 98 games played. Her 31-career double-doubles rank third, just 10 off the program record set by Natasha Howard (2011-14) at 41. She ranks fourth in career blocks and 12th in rebounds in FSU history.
Timpson became the single-season program leader in double-doubles (18), blocked shots (87), and rebounds (341) following 2023-24. She finished in the top 15 nationally in blocks per game (10th), double-doubles (13th) and rebounds (14th).
The Edison, Georgia, native is a two-time ACC All-Defensive Team selection. Timpson was named to the All-ACC First Team in 2024 and Second Team in 2023. In 2023, she was voted the league’s Most Improved Player.
Gordon is coming off a career junior season. She started all 34 games in 2023-24, contributing 450 points, 113 assists and 33 steals. Gordon averaged 13.2 points per game and shot 42 percent from the floor.
The Sarasota, Florida, native has played in 95 career games, scoring 888 points.
FSU is slated to bring back 75 percent of its scoring production from a year ago and 82 percent of its rebounds.
The Seminoles were also recognized in the way too early top 25 by ESPN, ranking No. 19. FSU will host Tampa on Oct. 23 in an exhibition at 6 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Florida State women’s basketball to send three players to ACC Tipoff
