TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida States Dwayne Bacon said a major focus of improvement during the offseason was working on refining his jump shot. The early results are encouraging judging by Saturdays opener.The sophomore guard scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds in the Seminoles 88-67 win over Charleston Southern.It was pretty good. I didnt just settle for a lot of 3s. I feel like I took a lot but I got to the basket too and mixed it up a lot, said Bacon, who last season became the first freshman in school history to lead the team in scoring and rebounding,The 6-foot-7 guard struggled shooting from the perimeter last season, making only 28.1 percent from beyond the arc. On Saturday, he was 4 of 6 on 3-pointers, including one off a ball screen, and 7 of 14 from the field.Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton was not only pleased about Bacons shooting, but his all-around game.I thought his defense was good, his energy was excellent and his shot selection was great. He made good decisions with the ball, Hamilton said.The rest of the Seminoles also shot well, going 33 of 67 from the field. Xavier Rathan-Mayes scored 12 points and freshman Jonathan Isaac added 10 as FSU improved to 14-1 in openers under Hamilton.Charleston Southern was up 17-12 early in the first half on a Cortez Mitchell 3-pointer before the Seminoles took the lead for good with a 20-5 run. FSUs largest lead was 22 with under a minute remaining.Freshman guard Christian Keeling led the Buccaneers with 16 points while Mitchell added 14 and Jamar Martin 12. They struggled on 3-pointers, making just 7 of 25.I thought we did some good things defensively and held our own on the boards, Charleston Southern coach Barclay Radebaugh said.BIG PICTURECharleston Southern: The Buccaneers have eight newcomers on their roster and are still trying to figure out how everyone fits.Florida State: The Seminoles shift to an up-tempo offense showed some growing pains. They scored 18 points on the fast break but also had 10 turnovers. They also controlled the paint with a decisive 48-28 edge.TURNING POINTFlorida State led 38-32 at halftime but was able to put it away with a 14-2 run to begin the second half. Rathan-Mayes and Isaac each had five points during the run but Isaac had the highlight play with an alley-oop dunk off a Terrance Mann assist to make it 45-32 with 17:41 remaining.HE SAID ITIf he shoots like that, it opens a whole new world for him. He puts the ball on the floor well. He has the ability to get to a spot and, with his size, jump up and make shots. To guard him on the line is significant even in the ACC. If he can do that then that gives you a whole other dimension. It will open driving angles and makes teams have to spread out a bit. -- Radebaugh on Bacon.UP NEXTCharleston Southern: Has its home opener on Tuesday against Columbia (South Carolina) International. 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After fluffing his start and having to settle for third -- losing further ground in the title fight to Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg -- Fleet Street was highly critical of the world champion, with one newspaper declaring he is in meltdown.Mercedes boss Wolff is unfazed by what has been written as he feels the coverage of Hamilton has always been fickle.?First of all, its clear that the media needs to produce headlines and it goes both directions -- youre being built up, then you being dropped, Wolff told Sky Sports during Mercedes constructors championship celebrations on Tuesday. With Lewis he had a couple of tough weekends and yesterdays news has no value at all. If he recovers and has a good weekend in Austin he is the heroo again.dddddddddddd Thats why Im pretty relaxed about whats written in the newspapers.Hes one of Britains greatest heroes and hes won world championship titles in Formula One, this is not easy. Like many sports stars, or any stars in general, you write them up, you write them down.Hamiltons woes in Japan left him 33 points behind Rosberg, meaning he can now win the remaining four races and not claim the title. Though Hamilton has had the lions share of reliability troubles this year Wolff thinks his drivers are equally deserving of the championship.?When asked if Rosberg would make a worthy champion, he replied: Absolutely, hes won nine grands prix this year and hes been closely matched with Lewis this year and always in the last couple of years. I remember 2014 when we let him down in Singapore and at the last race in Abu Dhabi, actually, this year Lewis is the more unlucky one.But both of them would deserve to win the world championship title and lets see how its going to end. ' ' '