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OFFICIAL GAME THREAD: CLEMSON vs Ohio

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 10:35:20

The Tigers tip off at 5:00 today on ESPN2 live from Charleston. They are looking to improve to 3-0 on the season after blowout wins over Western Carolina and NC A&T at home. David Skara is still serving his 9-game NCAA suspension and will not travel with the team.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:17:26

Tigers up 6-4 early with buckets from DeVoe, Thomas and Mitchell. Grantham was just robbed of a transition layup on a bad charge call in my opinion. Defender slid into him after Grantham left the floor.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:22:39

Mitchell with a transition layup after a turnover puts Tigers up 8-6.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:24:09

Mid-range jumper by Grantham puts Tigers up 10-8. He's scored 31 in the Tigers' first two games, so it would be nice to see some consistent scoring from him.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:24:40

Sims and Donnal in the game now for the Tigers.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:25:08

Donnal makes his first shot from 3! Tigers lead 13-10.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:26:34

Tigers have forced 7 turnovers already.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:29:11

Mitchell makes one of two at the line. Tigers lead 14-12.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:29:38

Sims fast break layup off a nice pass by Mitchell! Tigers lead 16-12.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:30:36

Sims with a nice jump hook! His second bucket in a row. Tigers lead 18-15.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:31:46

Grantham for 3! Tigers lead 21-15 with under 10 mins left in the half.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:32:27

Ohio fouled on a 3 and makes all 3 free throws. 21-18 now.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:33:02

Eli with a nice post move and layup! Tigers back up by 5.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:33:53

Tigers give up an easy fast break layup after the made basket. Lead back down to 3.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:34:43

Grantham with another bucket off a pass from Eli! He has 7 points already. Tigers lead by 5.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:35:33

Ohio hits a 3 to cut it to 2.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:35:50

Eli dunk off a nice feed by Reed! 6 points for him. Tigers up 4.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:37:16

DeVoe steals the inbound pass! He's fouled on the layup and will go to the line with a 4-point lead. Tigers have turned them over 9 times already!

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:39:13

Mitchell is out of the game after taking a shot to the face a few minutes ago. Reed running the point.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:39:46

DeVoe makes both free throws to put the Tigers up 6.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:40:10

Ohio hits another 3 to cut the lead to 3.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:41:33

Eli with a baseline jumper! He has 8 points. Tigers up 3.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:42:53

Tigers have come up with 9 turnovers but still giving up way too many buckets. Lead down to 1 with 5 mins left in half.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:44:08

Marquise drive to the basket misses layup but Eli comes up with the offensive board and is fouled on the put back. Mitchell back in the game now.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:45:08

Eli makes just one of two at the line. Tigers lead by 2.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:45:47

Grantham with his second 3 of the half! Tigers lead by 5.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:46:40

Eli with another bucket! He has 11 in the half. Easily the best half of the season for him. Tigers lead by 7.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:48:19

3-point lead cuts the lead back to 4. Tigers having trouble separating.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:49:43

Mitchell with a pull-up jumper! Tigers lead by 6.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:52:57

Ugh Ohio on a 5-point run to cut the lead back to 1 with under 2 mins left in the half.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:53:52

Mitchell for 3! He has 10. Tigers lead by 4.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:54:28

Eli offensive board off the Grantham missed 3, but he misses the layup.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 16:57:22

Nice D by the Tigers in the last 10 seconds of the half. Eli leads the way with 11 points, Grantham and Mitchell each have 10! Amazingly, no fouls so far for Eli! Probably the best half he's had at Clemson.

TIGERS LEAD 42-38 AT THE HALF.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:13:31

Eli offensive board, kicks it out to DeVoe for a 3! Tigers lead by 7 early in the 2nd half.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:16:24

Grantham makes both free throws to put the Tigers up 9. Good start to the half! 12 points for Grantham.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:17:27

Ugh another 3 by Ohio cuts it to 6.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:17:55

Eli to Grantham for a dunk! He has 14 points already. Tigers lead by 8!

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:19:39

Mitchell to Eli for a dunk! He has 13, and the Tigers lead by 10! Their biggest lead of the game.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:21:48

Grantham offensive board and put back gives him 16 points! Tigers extend their biggest lead to 12, and Grantham fires up the Clemson crowd as Ohio calls a timeout!

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:24:32

Tigers with another stop on D. Playing much better on D this half. Knock on wood!

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:25:39

Eli still hasn't picked up a foul 5 minutes into the 2nd half. Definitely a record for him! He already has a double-double too.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:29:15

Eli makes one of two at the line. Tigers lead by 11 with 13:30 to play.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:31:47

Mitchell with a nice drive to draw the foul, makes both free throws. Biggest lead of the game for the Tigers at 13.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:35:20

Sims takes a bad 3-pointer early in the shot clock and Ohio scores to cut the lead to 11 with 10:34 to play.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:37:27

Another bad 3-point attempt by Oliver, but Eli gets fouled on the rebound.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:39:05

Reed with a big jumper at the end of the shot clock! First field goal in several minutes. Tigers lead by 13 with under 9 mins left.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:41:32

Eli makes em both on a one-and-one. New career high for him at 16 points and still hasn't committed a foul! Biggest lead of game for the Tigers, 60-45 with 8:30 left.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:43:21

Reed for 3! Tigers lead by 16 with under 8 mins to play. 5 points for Reed, all in the 2nd half.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:44:25

3 for Ohio cuts it to 13.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:45:21

Great drive for a layup by Reed! He's been big in the last 6 minutes with 7 points. Tigers up 15.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:45:42

Ugh second 3 in a row by Ohio cuts it to 12.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:46:57

Ugh another bucket for Ohio cuts it to 10. Timeout by Brownell after 3 straight scoring possessions by Ohio.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:49:02

Ohio misses the front end of a one-and-one. Lucky break there. Tigers still lead by 10, but Ohio is on an 8-2 run.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:50:16

Grantham makes em both on a one-and-one! Tigers lead by 12 with 5:30 left. Grantham has 18.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:50:48

Good grief another 3 by Ohio! They've made their last 3 attempts. Lead cut to 9 with 5 mins left.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:51:47

Drive by Mitchell draws the foul, and he makes em both! Tigers lead by 11 with under 5 mins left.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:52:29

Ugh Mitchell and DeVoe both have 4 fouls. Reed and Grantham with 3.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:52:57

Ohio makes both free throws to cut it to 9 with 4:30 left.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:54:02

Good grief Ohio makes 4th straight 3! Lead down to 6 points all the way from 16.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:57:19

Reed with 2 clutch free throws! Lead back to 8 with 4 mins left.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:57:51

Ohio scores again! Tigers cannot get a stop on D. Back to 6.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:58:17

DeVoe with a big 10-foot jumper! Tigers lead by 8 again with 3:30 left.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:58:47

Eli draws a foul on the offensive glass! He goes to the line with less than 3 mins left.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 17:59:35

Eli makes one of two at the line to extend his career high to 17. Tigers lead by 9.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 18:01:14

Ohio finally misses! Tigers' ball up 7 with less than 2 mins left.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 18:02:08

Reed with a huge drive and layup! He has 11 points, all in the 2nd half! Tigers lead by 9 with 1:30 left.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 18:02:40

Ohio scores to cut the lead to 7 with 1:12 to play. Make your free throws, and it's over.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 18:04:16

Of course Block makes a 3! Bugger has 5 threes this half! Cuts lead to 4.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 18:05:09

Grantham makes 2 huge free throws! He has 20, and the Tigers lead by 6 with under 30 secs to play.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 18:06:42

Layup by Ohio cuts it to 4 with 12 secs left.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 18:07:30

Mitchell makes em both! 6 point lead with 12 secs left. Tigers have been clutch at the line. WEIRD right?!

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 18:08:01

Tigers fouled again with under 6 seconds left. Reed to shoot 2. He has 11 points in the 2nd half.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 18:09:45

Reed misses second free throw, but TIGERS WIN 81-76!!!

They improve to 3-0 on the season and play in the semi tomorrow, probably against Dayton.

CUTrevor 2017-11-16 18:43:10

CLEMSON, S.C. — Elijah Thomas became the first Clemson Tiger in nine years to notch at least 15 points and 15 rebounds in the same game. Former Tiger and current Brooklyn Net forward Trevor Booker scored 15 points and grabbed 16 rebounds on the exact same day in 2008 in the exact same gym. Thomas scored 17 and pulled down 15 boards, both career-highs, in Clemson’s 81-76 win over Ohio in the first game of the 2017 Charleston Classic.

Helping Thomas was Donte Grantham who went off for a season-high 20 points on 6-for-9 shooting, including a perfect 6-for-6 at the foul line. Shelton Mitchell reached double-figures with a season-high 16 points and dished five assists. Marcquise Reed was the fourth double-figure scorer and poured in 12 points.

The Tigers (3-0) seesawed back and forth with the Bobcats (1-1) in the opening half – taking a 42-38 advantage into the locker room.

Out of the break, the Tigers orchestrated an 11-3 run to push its lead to 12 points at 53-41 with 16:12 remaining. Clemson maintained that lead and even pushed it to a game-high 16 points with 7:38 left at 63-47 following a 3-pointer from Reed.

Ohio tried to claw its way back, but Clemson would fend off the Bobcats’ attempted rally and secure the five-point win with clutch free throw shooting down the stretch.

All three games this season, the Tigers have managed to reach the charity stripe at least 20 times and finished 23-for-28 on Thursday night. The Tigers also won the rebounding battle for the third consecutive game, 35-28.

The Tigers return to the court on Friday, Nov. 17 at 9:30 p.m. against the winner of the Dayton and Hofstra game.

Notes: Elijah Thomas notched his third career double-double with 17 points and 15 rebounds … Thomas became the first Clemson player to achieve at least 15 points and 15 rebounds since Trevor Booker did it on the exact same date in the exact same gym nine years ago (11/16/08) vs. Temple … for the third-straight game the Tigers boasted at least four double-digit scorers … Donte Grantham became the first Tiger this season to eclipse 20 points in a game (season-high) … Shelton Mitchell notched a season-high with 16 points … for the third-straight game, the Tigers got to the foul line 20+ times – shooting 23-for-28 … the Tigers shot a season-best 558.6 percent from the field in the first half … with the win, the Tigers move to 7-2 all-time against members of the MAC … Clemson has started the season 3-0 in two of the past three seasons … Clemson moves to 62-28 all-time in the month of November under the direction of Brad Brownell … coach Brownell is now just six wins shy of 300 for his career (294).