Gen. Watkins was born John Tarleton Harvin on Dec. 5, 1914, in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Ruth Woodruff and John Tarleton Harvin. He was 8 when his father died, and his mother later remarried.

Tarleton State, ranked 353rd in the nation in turnover rate coming into the game “only” coughed it up on 23% of their possessions, but still scored only 0.8 ppp.

Florida State men's basketball overcame a sloppy, turnover-filled first half to beat Tarleton State 72-52 Tuesday night at the Donald L. Tucker Center. The Seminoles improve d to 3-0 this season.

BOTTOM LINE: Florida State hosts Tarleton State after Jamir Watkins scored 30 points in Florida State's 73-65 victory against the Rice Owls. Florida State went 17-16 overall with a 10-7 record at ...

Tallahassee, Florida; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Florida State hosts Tarleton State after Jamir Watkins scored 30 points in Florida State's 73-65 win against the Rice Owls.

Watkins scored 17 points in the second half. The Seminoles host Tarleton State University on Tuesday, Nov. 12 with tipoff scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Tucker Center.