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2017-11-29 14:19:23
Eli Thomas was outstanding in last Friday's win over Texas Southern. He scored a new career high 26 points with 16 rebounds after putting up 17 and 15 the week before! He is the first Tiger to post at least 17 and 15 in a game since Trevor Booker 9 years ago, and he did it twice in a week! Ohio State is the biggest, most physical team the Tigers will have played, so keep an eye on Eli Thomas and his fouls--especially early. He'll need to do a good job managing them and not commit any silly ones on the offensive end. They'll need to get some good minutes from Sims tonight. Ohio State, of course, fired longtime coach Thad Matta, who took them to two National Championship Games. Former Butler coach Chris Holtmann is the new head man, and he has a good relationship with Brad Brownell. |
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2017-11-29 18:55:44
Just got back from the interview with Dabo. Mitchell starts the game with a 3! Best start possible, as it was unsure whether Mitchell would even play tonight. As I reported yesterday, he did not practice and Brownell said it would be a game time decision whether he plays. He aggravated his bad knee halfway through the game last Friday. TIGERS LEAD 3-0. ACC LEADS BIG TEN 6-1 |
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2017-11-29 18:57:05
OSU makes a 3 to tie. |
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2017-11-29 18:59:17
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2017-11-29 18:59:44
Second 3 for the same Buckeye. Tigers trail by 3 early. |
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2017-11-29 19:00:36
Tigers down 5 now after a second-chance bucket by OSU. |
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2017-11-29 19:01:06
Reed layup cuts the lead to 10-7. He has 4 points. |
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2017-11-29 19:02:34
Another bucket for the Buckeyes, who are a red-hot 6 of 9 to start the game. Tigers trail by 8. |
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2017-11-29 19:05:45
DeVoe with a huge jump hook to stop the OSU run. Tigers trail by 8 with 13:30 left in the half. Mitchell is out of the game right now with Reed running the point. |
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2017-11-29 19:06:37
Reed with a big steal and draws the foul on the transition layup. Unfortunately, he couldn't finish. |
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2017-11-29 19:07:30
Reed makes both free throws. Tigers trail by 8 again with 12:30 left in half. |
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2017-11-29 19:08:41
Ugh another wide open 3 for OSU. Tigers trail 22-11 with 12 mins left in half. |
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2017-11-29 19:10:32
DeVoe hits a mid-range jumper but after another layup for OSU. Tigers trail by 11 still.
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2017-11-29 19:11:45
Sims banks in a lucky 3. I'll take it, but that guy needs to stop chucking up 3's! I don't know if he makes them in practice, but this is the first one I've seen him make, and it was an ugly bank shot. Tigers trail by 8. |
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2017-11-29 19:13:28
Sims with another 3!!! Lol nice reverse-jinx on my part! Tigers trail by 5 now with 9:30 left in half. |
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2017-11-29 19:16:35
Mitchell with a great drive and layup! Tigers trail by just 3 now with 7:30 left in half. It's a 10-0 run for the Tigers. Knock on wood! |
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2017-11-29 19:17:32
Turnover by OSU! Tigers have some momentum and have silenced the crowd. |
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2017-11-29 19:19:33
Good grief. Bates hits his third 3 of the game, deep in the shot clock with a hand in his face, to end the Tigers' run. Tigers trail by 6 now. |
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2017-11-29 19:20:21
Grantham has been non-existent so far. |
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2017-11-29 19:22:54
Mitchell makes a nice shot in transition, and Grantham finds Reed for a layup! Tigers trail 30-25 with 3 mins left in half. |
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2017-11-29 19:23:43
Steal by Donnal out of the timeout! Donnal is a Michigan transfer, so he must be up for this game! |
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2017-11-29 19:25:31
Another 3 for OSU. 3's have killed us this half. Tigers trail by 8. |
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2017-11-29 19:27:55
Steal and a great no-look pass from DeVoe to Grantham for a dunk! Tigers trail by 7. |
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2017-11-29 19:28:32
Mitchell with a transition 3! Tigers trail by 4. |
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2017-11-29 19:29:23
UGH OSU big man answers with a 3. Tigers trail by 7 with 15 secs left in half. |
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2017-11-29 19:31:22
Reed fouled on a 3 with less than a second left in the half! Chance to cut the lead to 4 with the Tigers' best free throw shooter. |
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2017-11-29 19:32:49
TIGERS TRAIL 37-30 AT THE HALF. |
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2017-11-29 19:35:48
Tigers force a turnover, and Eli starts off the 2nd half with his first bucket of the game! Hopefully that gets him going. Tigers trail by 5. |
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2017-11-29 19:39:54
DeVoe transition 3! Tigers trail by 6. |
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2017-11-29 19:41:06
UGH osu rebounds a missed free throw and hits yet another 3. Tigers trail by 10 after a 4-point possession. |
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2017-11-29 19:41:26
Grantham answers with a 3, but Tigers trail by 7. |
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2017-11-29 19:42:33
Mitchell drives for a layup! Tigers trail by 4 with 15 mins left. |
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2017-11-29 19:44:02
Eli jump hook with the left! Tigers cut the lead to 3! |
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2017-11-29 19:45:46
Mitchell for 3! Tigers trail by 4 with under 13 mins left. |
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2017-11-29 19:46:21
Grantham steal and dunk!!! Tigers trail by just 2 with 12:30 left! |
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2017-11-29 19:47:50
Eli drop step on the low block AND ONE!!! Chance to cut the lead to one! |
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2017-11-29 19:49:07
Eli finishes the 3-point play! He and Grantham have really come on in the 2nd half! Tigers trail by just one! |
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2017-11-29 19:50:37
Reed hits an outside jumper! FIRST LEAD FOR TIGERS SINCE 3-0!!! What a comeback. Under 11 mins to play.
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2017-11-29 19:51:44
Eli misses the layup, but Sims gets position and draws the foul on the rebound! He'll have a chance at the line to put the Tigers up by 3. |
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2017-11-29 19:53:43
Sims makes one of two. Tigers lead by 2 with 10:30 to play! |
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2017-11-29 19:54:37
REED FOR 3!!! Tigers lead by 5 with under 10 mins to play! Their biggest lead of the game. |
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2017-11-29 19:56:47
Ugh Reed makes just one of two at the line. But the Tigers lead by 6! |
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2017-11-29 19:57:49
3-point play cuts Clemson lead to 3 with under 9 mins left. |
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2017-11-29 19:58:36
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2017-11-29 19:59:34
REED FOR 3 AGAIN!!! Tigers lead by 8 with under 8 mins to play! |
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2017-11-29 20:01:58
UGH osu misses a free throw, Reed loses his balance and travels. OSU scores to make it a 3-point possession. Bad exchange there. Tigers lead by 5 with 7 mins to go. |
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2017-11-29 20:02:54
Ugh missed jump hook by Sims. Need to get Eli back in the game! |
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2017-11-29 20:03:38
OSU scores again. Tigers' lead down to 3. |
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2017-11-29 20:04:17
Eli back in the game and draws a foul! He'll shoot 2. |
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2017-11-29 20:05:32
Eli makes em both! Tigers lead by 5 with 6 mins to play. |
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2017-11-29 20:07:42
Eli with a jump hook! Tigers lead by 7 with 5:30 left! |
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2017-11-29 20:09:15
Mitchell drives and draws the foul! He is so good at getting to the rim. He'll have a chance to put the Tigers up 9! |
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2017-11-29 20:10:45
Mitchell makes em both! Tigers lead by 9 with under 5 to play! |
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2017-11-29 20:12:35
WHEW! OSU gets rebounds a missed free throw for the third time tonight, but this time they miss the 3. Tigers with the ball up 9 and 4 mins left! Need to burn some clock and make one or two more field goals, and they should be able to win at the free throw line. Knock on wood! |
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2017-11-29 20:15:52
Mitchell drives for a huge layup!!! He has 19 points, and the Tigers lead by 9 with 3:30 left. If they make their free throws, they should pull out a huge road win! |
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2017-11-29 20:16:27
D gets a stop!!!
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2017-11-29 20:17:41
Dammit DeVoe takes a bad shot with 12 seconds left on the clock. They need to use more of the clock unless it's a great wide open look or a layup! |
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2017-11-29 20:18:35
Tigers catch a break, and OSU misses the front end of a 1-and-1! Tigers with the ball up 9 points and 2:30 left! Use the clock! |
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2017-11-29 20:20:05
REED FOR 3 AGAIN FROM THE CORNER!!! Great possession by the Tigers, using the clock and finding a wide-open Reed spotting in the corner. Tigers with their biggest lead of the game, 12 points with 2 mins left! |
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2017-11-29 20:20:49
Make your free throws and it's over! |
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2017-11-29 20:21:35
D gets a stop! Tigers still up 12 with the ball! |
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2017-11-29 20:22:56
Mitchell to Grantham for a dunk!!! Tigers up 12 with less than a minute left! |
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2017-11-29 20:23:44
Reed makes both free throws to push the lead to 14! Tigers are gonna win!!! |
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2017-11-29 20:25:17
TIGERS WIN 79-65!!! They win their first road game of the season with a great second half comeback in a tough place to play, improving to 6-1 in the season. Huge NCAA resume builder right there, folks! ACC LEADS BIG TEN 7-1 |
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2017-11-29 21:17:24
Outstanding second half by the Tigers, outscoring the Buckeyes by 21 points after trailing 7 points at halftime! And the refs robbed them of 3 points just before the half, but they didn't let it phase them. Reed and Mitchell were absolutely huge, scoring 22 and 19 respectively. Eli and Grantham also had big second halves after being virtually non-existent in the 1st half. They each scored 11. That's a big road win against a big-name program when it comes to NCAA selection time! Hopefully the Tigers will gain a lot of confidence from this and put together a nice win streak! What's more impressive is that they've started 6-1 without their best defensive player, David Skara. They will get him back just in time for a big neutral site game against top-10 Florida! |
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2017-11-30 10:01:11
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Clemson University men’s basketball used a second-half offensive onslaught to top Ohio State, 79-65, in the 2017 ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Value City Arena on Wednesday night.
The Tigers (6-1) outscored the Buckeyes (5-3) by 21 points in the second half on 63.0 percent shooting (17-for-27) from the field, while nailing 6-of-10 3-pointers. Clemson shot 9-for-11 from the foul line, including a perfect 6-for-6 during the last 6:10 of the game.
The offensive firepower was fueled by a season-high 22 points from Marcquise Reed on 7-for-13 shooting – 14 of which came in the second period.
Shelton Mitchell wasn’t far behind, finishing with 19 points, while both Donte Grantham and Elijah Thomas scored 11 points each. Gabe DeVoe chipped in nine, while Aamir Simms poured in a career-high seven points off the bench.
Thomas led the team with eight rebounds, while Reed collected seven and Grantham tallied six. Thomas also finished with four blocked shots for the second consecutive contest.
Clemson led for 48 seconds in the first half, trailing by as many as 13 points. They would cut into that lead and trail by just seven at the break.
Down seven at the 13:26 mark of the second half, a 10-2 run sparked by a Mitchell three and a Grantham fastbreak slam helped propel the Tigers. A jumper from Reed gave the Tigers its first lead since early in the first half at 54-53 with 11:08 to go.
Up by nine points with 3:24 to go in the ballgame, Reed drained a dagger with his third 3-pointer of the game to put the Tigers up by 12 and well on their way victory.
Clemson forced nine second half Buckeye turnovers and turned those into 17 points. The Tigers allowed the Buckeyes to shoot 8-for-15 from three in the opening half, but held them to just 1-for-6 in the second. On the other had, the Tigers turned it over just twice.
The Tigers will return to the court on Sunday, Dec. 3 when it hosts UNC Asheville for an afternoon contest. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. inside Littlejohn Coliseum.
Notes: With the win, it marks Clemson’s best start to a season since 2013-14 … it was also just the third time this decade Clemson has overcome a deficit of seven points or more in the second half and won … also with the win, the Tigers improved to 10-7 all-time in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and 2-0 against Ohio State … the 65 points allowed was the second-fewest that Ohio State has scored this season … Marcquise Reed set a new season-high with 22 points … Aamir Simms notched a career-best seven points … 63.0 percent shooting in the second half was a season-best for the Tigers … the Tigers are now 65-29 in the month of November under the direction of head coach Brad Brownell … it was his 130th win at Clemson and puts him just three wins shy of 300 for his career (297). Reply |
