Clemson routed Florida State on Saturday afternoon for their first win over a ranked opponent this season.

The Tigers forced 22 turnovers and held the Seminoles to less than 33 percent shooting from the field.

"We're a big, strong, physical team," Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said. "But their physicality knocked us back on our heels."

Clemson rushed to 22-6 lead and the Seminoles never got closer than eight the rest of the way.

Florida State's Chris Singleton is expected to cause problems for Miami when the two schools do battle on Wednesday.

Malcolm Grant was reviewing film from one of last season's losses to Florida State recently when he was reminded about the dangers of dribbling near Singleton.

"It was a play when Chris switched over onto me and I started messing around with the ball," Grant said.

"I tried to make a move, slip past him and he just stuck his arm out and took the ball away from me. To me, he’s got to be one of the best defenders in the country just because of that – his size, his length, his skills. There aren’t too many guys that can defend a [point guard] and go down and mix it up with a [power forward]."

Singleton, who led the ACC in steals and finished fifth in blocks last season while averaging 10.2 points and seven rebounds, has developed into a much more dangerous and polished weapon for the Seminoles since the Hurricanes last saw him.

Virginia Tech has just eight scholarship players remaining and Saturday's ACC battle against Florida State will be a real test for the Hokies.

“I feel like more a mad scientist than a motivational speaker," coach Seth Greenberg said. "I’ve always created causes, and that’s something, but we’ve had to reinvent ourselves a little bit each time someone’s gone down. Yet I think as we reinvent ourselves, I think our chemistry has improved. Our chemistry is really good right now."

The Hokies have won five straight since beginning the season 4-4.

Greenberg has moved guard Malcolm Delaney off the point and inserted sophomore Erick Green in the starting lineup in place of senior Dorenzo Hudson.

"Coach did a great job of making adjustments to our offense, because we were struggling early," Delaney said. "It’s kind of like I get more space and less attention. They can’t pay attention to me running around the court. Being at the top, they can focus on me. Now it’s kind of like they don’t know exactly where I’m gonna be.”