Florida State men's basketball stopped the bleeding Tuesday.

The Seminoles snapped a four-game losing streak to push the team back to .500 with a 91-75 victory over North Florida in front of 4.056 fans at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center.

Darin Green Jr. made history in the win, leading FSU (5-5) with 24 points. With 2:42 left in the first half, Green hit a 3-point to push the FSU lead to 42-30.

The basket pushed him past 1,500 career points. Green is in his second year with the Seminoles after starting his career at UCF. He entered the game with 1,491 career points.

Green shot 6 of 8 from 3-point range and 9 for 12 from the field overall. He now has 328 career 3s for his career. That mark entered the night eighth among all active Division I players.

He came out of the game shortly after reaching the milestone to applause from the fans.

"That felt good," Green said. "I just want to keep going. I'm not really worried about how many points I score even though it was a good accomplishment to hit but we're trying to NCAA Tournament. So that's my main goal right there."

The Seminoles scored at least 77 points in all five of their victories this season. They are 4-0 when scoring 80 or more and 3-0 when scoring 90 or more.

Jalen Warley added 12 points and four rebounds, shooting 6 of 8 from the free throw line, while Primo Spears added 12 points, five rebounds and three assists. He shot a perfect 5 of 5 from the charity stripe.

Baba Miller finished with 10 points, four boards and four assists and Jamir Watkins had nine points and eight rebounds.

Freshman Taylor Bol Bowen added nine points and six rebounds, beating his previous career-high of six points and five rebounds against Kennesaw State (Nov. 10).

The Seminoles dominated this one from start to finish, as the Ospreys held just one lead (3-2, 16:43) and led for just 26 seconds.

FSU pushed its lead out to as many as 27 in the second half. The Seminoles are now 8-0 all-time against the Ospreys.

The Seminoles shot 51% from the field and 10-of-22 from 3-point range (45%). The Ospreys were limited to 40% shooting and 39% from 3.

"When we got rebounds, I thought we pushed the ball more," FSU head coach Leonard Hamilton said of the offense's performance, which was an improvement over how it played against SMU on Saturday.

"We were a little more demanding of getting to the checkpoints down the floor. We were able to get some points out of our transition and sustain the running game a little more. We got easier opportunities because we were running more. We haven't been doing that with [consistency].

Chaz Lanier led UNF with 22 points on 7 of 18 shooting, including 5 of 15 from 3.

Jaylan Gainey gaining comfortability

His box score stats won't necessarily stand out, but Jaylan Gainey is starting to find his game for FSU after missing all of last season due to a preseason knee injury.

Gainey finished with four points, four rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot in his 19 minutes of play. More importantly, the Seminoles outscored the Osprey by a team-high 18 points when he was on the court.

"I'm a very unselfish player," Gainey said. "I just like sitting screen and making sure everybody else gets open make sure everybody gets touches crushing the glass. Just trying to get extra possessions everything to keep the team you know going."

Gainey's ability and size bring the team something it hasn't been able to do in a couple of seasons.

The ability to protect the rim and play the defense Hamilton likes inside the paint.

"Gainey's showing signs of getting back to condition and more confident, move around down there and contest shots," Hamilton said. "In the lane, he altered some shots and discouraged them [to go] in the lane. We haven't had very much rim protection this year. We were able to be a little more aggressive on the perimeter because we had a little more alteration inside."

Spreading the minutes

Miller and Green each led the team with 25 minutes played. Watkins played 23 minutes, while Warley played 22 and De'Ante Green played 20. No one outside the five starters played more than 20 minutes, with a total of 12 players seeing the floor, 11 of them playing meaningful minutes.

That's a far cry from when Matthew Cleveland and Darin Green had to play close to 40 minutes nightly last season.

Hamilton said that the fewer minutes played a major role.

"That was the first time we were able to play by a committee that we have been accustomed to over the years," Hamilton said. "I thought we played less minutes overall and we were able to extend our energy for longer periods of time defensively.

"I thought that really energized our team and made it more difficult for North Florida."

Up next:

The Seminoles continue their seven-game homestand with a game against Winthrop (8-5) at 7 p.m. Friday at the Tucker Center. The Eagles are coming off an 82-72 loss to South Carolina on Tuesday.

FSU leads the all-time series against Winthrop 2-0, including an 87-76 victory the last time the two teams squared off on Jan. 1, 2019.

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