olina, the Seminoles are allowing 35 points per game. That puts them 108th out of 128 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in scoring defense.Coach

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- No. 12 Florida State has had dominating stretches of defense in wins over No. 16 Mississippi and South Florida.But the Seminoles have been defined more in the first four games by their lack of consistency and points allowed.Florida State (3-1, 0-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) has allowed 30 or more points in three games after being the only team in the country last season to not allow 25 or more in a regular-season game.Going into Saturdays game against North Carolina, the Seminoles are allowing 35 points per game. That puts them 108th out of 128 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in scoring defense.Coach Jimbo Fisher was happy with the units improvement in last Saturdays 55-35 win over South Florida.But with the next seven games in conference, including two against ranked opponents, Fisher needs his group to mature fast.Its really on us to make those plays, cornerback Marquez White said. You can go back and look at the film and see guys loafing or missing tackles or busting coverages, letting guys run free.When USFs Quinton Flowers connected with Rodney Adams on an 84-yard touchdown pass on the games first play, Fisher said cornerback Tavarus McFadden was in position and didnt make a play on the ball.McFadden leads the ACC in interceptions with three and is tied for third in passes defensed with five. But he has also given up his share of big passes.Theyre going to throw at him every game, White said. Hes getting better every week. Hes becoming more confident. Hes grown up a lot.Florida State has also allowed 14 plays of 30 yards or more, which is tied for third most in the country. No. 21 TCU (12) and top-ranked Alabama (10) are the only other ranked teams that have allowed 10 or more.The Seminoles have come out of the gates slowly and have trailed in all three games against FBS teams.In 11 first-quarter drives by No. 16 Mississippi, No. 3 Louisville and South Florida, the Seminoles have allowed five touchdowns with three coming on the first drive.Safety Marcus Lewis is hoping that last Saturdays stretch against USF, where Florida State forced eight three-and-outs in nine drives, carries over to the rest of the season.When we got those nine straight stops, everybody just did their job. Its that simple. We just feed off each other. Somebody makes play, next play somebody else makes a play, he said. Our biggest thing is winning first down. We win first down, thats huge for us.Florida State is among the national leaders in forcing 16 three-and-out series against FBS teams. A concern is on the 23 series where it has allowed a first down, the opponent has scored a touchdown on 18 of them.I feel like stats can be portrayed any way people want to make them, White said. But a lot of the plays, the big plays thats been given up, the plays are there. We just have to make the tackle, make those plays.While North Carolinas Mitch Trubisky is not a dual-threat quarterback and is the first conventional drop-back passer FSU has faced this season, he might be the most accurate they have faced. He is second in the conference in passing efficiency and tied for third in touchdowns with 10.After dropping their opener against Georgia, the Tar Heels have won three straight and are 1-0 in conference play.North Carolina coach Larry Fedora said the Seminoles run a similar defensive scheme to what they saw in the opener.After knowing what worked and what didnt in the Georgia game that will help us in our game plan, he said. 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Quick stopped 27 shots in his return from a 24-game injury absence, Jeff Carter scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:55 to play, and the Kings snapped their five-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.GLASGOW, Scotland -- A Scottish boxer has died after suffering severe bleeding and swelling to his brain during a televised fight.Mike Towell, who was 25, had to be carried from the ring on a stretcher after a fifth-round loss to Dale Evans in Glasgow on Thursday.Towell had been undefeated going into the fight -- an eliminator for the British welterweight title -- with 11 wins and one draw on his professional record.Towells partner, Chloe Ross, said she was absolutely heartbroken to announce that he died Friday night, 12 hours after he was taken off life support.Ross said the welterweight had been complaining of migraines in the run-up to the fight but put it down to stress.Im absolutely heartbroken to say my annoying best friend passed away (Friday night) at 11.02 very peacefully, Ross wrote on Facebook.Michael had severe bleeding and swelling to his brain. He had been complaining of headaches for the last few weeks but we put it down to migraines with the stress of his fight.It has been the longest 24 hours of our lives. My baby has lost his daddy. But he will be so so proud of his dad in what he achieved.Towells family were at tthe boxers bedside in his final hours.ddddddddddddOnce he was taken off of his life support he managed 12 hours, 12 whole rounds off his life support, he fought right to the end and hes done us all so proud, Ross saidFight organizer, St. Andrews Sporting Club, said Towell will always be in our hearts.Evans is yet to comment on his opponents death but described Towell as a true warrior in a statement issued after he was taken to the hospital.The ingredients were there for an entertaining fight and it was that, we are both punchers and so sadly for Mike he came out the wrong side, Evans said.I never wanted to see my opponent being stretchered out of the ring. Who would ever want that sight? That was so hard for his family and my heart goes out to them..The bout was refereed by Victor Loughlin, who was also in charge of the British middleweight title fight in March between Chris Eubank and Nick Blackwell, which ended Blackwells career after he suffered a bleed on the skull when he was stopped in 10 rounds. ' ' '