Bukumirovic Tallies Double-Double As UT Martin Battles But Falls At Florida State

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Bukumirovic Tallies Double-Double As UT Martin Battles But Falls At Florida State

11/18/2025 10:57:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The University of Tennessee at Martin men's basketball team went toe-to-toe with Florida State for a majority of tonight's contest but turnovers hampered the Skyhawks in an 87-73 setback at the Donald L. Tucker Center.

UT Martin trailed by only one possession (43-40) at the halftime break and was within seven points with just under five minutes remaining in the contest. However, the Skyhawks committed 26 turnovers which led to a 33-4 point differential for the Seminoles.

Andrija Bukumirović continued his remarkable start to the season with game-highs of 22 points and 12 rebounds for his second double-double of 2025-26. Matas Deniusas (11 points), and Dragos Lungu (10 points, career-best eight rebounds, four assists) concluded the double-digit scorers for UT Martin. Filip Petkovski (nine points, six assists, five rebounds), Afan Trnka (eight points, five assists, four rebounds) and Luca Colceag (seven points, two blocks) provided notable scoring contributions for the Skyhawks (3-1), who outrebounded Florida State by a 41-34 margin and shot 40.7 percent (11-for-27) from three-point range.

Cam Miles' 17 points led five Seminoles in double figures in the scoring column. Robert McCray V added 16 points with seven assists while Alex Steen (13 points), Lajae Jones (12 points) and AJ Swinton (12 points) led Florida State, who honored its former head coach and UT Martin alum Leonard Hamilton with a retirement recognition at halftime.

"I think Florida State is a top-25 team in the country," Skyhawk head coach Jeremy Shulman said. "They play very disruptive and really spread you out with shooting threes and getting downhill with positional length. I hope playing games like these in unbelievable road atmospheres will really help prepare us. I'm just so proud of how our guys came in here, competed and represented UT Martin."

UT Martin came out hot with seven of the first nine points of the contest. The Seminoles (3-1) eventually used a 7-0 run to go ahead by six points but a pair of Lungu free throws with 5:28 left in the first half put the Skyhawks back on top by a 31-29 margin.

The score was knotted at 40-all until a late Florida State three-pointer in the first half gave the host squad a lead at the break. Bukumirović accounted for game-highs of 14 points and seven rebounds in the opening half while McCray's 12 points guided the Seminoles.

Florida State scored 14 unanswered points in the early stages of the second half but UT Martin kept fighting. A four-point play by Colceag was followed by a Bukumirović triple to pull the Skyhawks back within single digits (68-60) with 8:29 to go.

Bukumirović buried a three-pointer at the 4:52 mark to trim UT Martin's deficit to 74-67 but that was ultimately as close as the Skyhawks would get the rest of the way.

UT Martin will stay in the Sunshine State for its next two outings – taking part in the Pensacola Invitational multi-team event. The Skyhawks will open the four-team tournament on Saturday, Nov. 22 against Prairie View A&M before taking on either Southern Miss or North Florida on Sunday, Nov. 23.