sad report :Clemson made several boneheaded mistakes in the….
A physical challenge of undefeated squads in Littlejohn Coliseum saw the Tigers shake off an 11-point shortfall to win over their in-state rivals on Wednesday night, much appreciated to a career-high 15 focuses from Chauncey Wiggins and a double-double from Ian Schieffelin.
After a speedy begin put the Gamecocks up 10-2 early within the to begin with half, Clemson settled down and pulled indeed at 13-13. South Carolina’s Meechie Johnson depleted a few buckets to start an 8-0 run, but Clemson once more reacted via physical defense and some clutch buckets from Girard to tie things up at 23-23.
Clemson wouldn’t score once more within the half in spite of the fact that, going 0-8 on their endeavored FGs, and the Gamecocks took a 7-point lead into the break.
The steady back-and-forth recede to the diversion proceeded, as South Carolina pushed their lead to 44-33 out of the half some time recently Clemson raged back with an 11-0 run of their possess.
With fair over nine minutes to play, Ian Schieffelin and PJ Lobby set up a decent screen to permit Beadle the simple layup for Clemson’s first lead since the early to begin with half. Chauncey Wiggins at that point hit two 3-pointers back-to-back some minutes afterward and all of a sudden the Tigers were in control. Schieffelin would choose up his fourth foul with fair 5:34 remaining but reacted by thumping down a 3-pointer and after that dunking another 2 off the pass from Girard.
Wiggins endeavored another 3-pointer with two minutes to play and missed. PJ Corridor battled for the basic bounce back and was fouled. Lobby made the primary free toss, but missed the moment FT endeavor. Clemson secured the hostile bounce back and Chase Seeker thumped down a knife 3-pointer to grant the Tigers their biggest lead of the night at 65-59. Seeker battled most of the night but came up clutch late.
Clemson made a few boneheaded botches within the last 90 seconds counting a five-second inbounding infringement and a terrible Joe Girard turnover, but the Gamecocks fizzled to capitalize. South Carolina missed as well numerous free tosses over the final few minutes of diversion time whereas Clemson generally hit theirs, and the Tigers clinched an amazing 72-67 triumph over the Gamecocks.
The win pushes the Tigers to 8-0. Clemson will confront TCU on Saturday in Toronto.
