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10-Game win streak ends on a free throw at NC State

CUTrevor 2018-01-11 13:11:26

GAMEDAY SETUP
No. 19/17 CLEMSON (14-1, 3-0 ACC) vs. NC STATE (11-5, 1-2 ACC)
Date: Thursday, Jan. 11
Tipoff: 9:05 p.m. ET
Arena: PNC Arena (19,722)
Radio: CTN (Don Munson-pbp; Tim Bourret-color)
TV: ESPN (Mike Couzens -pbp; Corey Alexander-color)

• Clemson is 3-0 in ACC play for the first time since 2006-07 and for just the sixth time in program history.
• The Tigers have started 14-1 or better on just four previous occasions in program history. Of those four, three have resulted in NCAA appearances. The other was an NIT appearance.
• Leading scorer Marcquise Reed is one of just 15 players in the country to average at least 15.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals.

• Clemson has won three-straight games in the series with NC State dating back to last season.

SERIES HISTORY
CU Series W-L record: Clemson is 53-101 all-time against NC State.
Streak: The Tigers have won three in a row in the series.

TIGER TRACKS
• Clemson moved up in the AP Top 25 poll this week (No. 19). Clemson is also ranked in the USA Today Coaches Poll at No. 17 - its highest national ranking since Jan. 18, 2010 (17th in AP).
• Clemson’s RPI checks in at 6th nationally.
• Coach Brad Brownell (138 victories at Clemson) is tied with Oliver Purnell for the third most wins at Clemson.

• Clemson is tied for first in the nation in winning percentage at 93.3 (14-1). The Tigers’ 10-game winning streak is the fourth longest active streak in the country.
• Clemson has put together at least a 10-game win streak on 11 occasions in program history. Eight have started at the beginning of a season.All eight of those seasons ended with a postseason berth (4 NCAA, 4 NIT).
• The Tigers’ next five opponents are a combined 64-15, however, Clemson’s last six wins are against teams that are a combined 68-23 when not playing the Tigers.

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A win tonight would move Brownell ahead of Purnell to 3rd all-time at Clemson, behind Cliff Ellis and Bill Foster. Brownell already has the most ACC wins in school history.

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Tigers wearing new Purple unis for the first time this season.

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Tigers win the tip but come up empty, State hits a 3 on its first shot of the game. Tigers trail 3-0.

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State hits again on a 2nd chance shot outside. Tigers trail 5-0.

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Grantham layup off an inbounds play! Tigers trail 5-2.

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Donnal with a nice shot fake draws a foul and will shoot two.

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Donnal makes em both. Tigers trail by 3.

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REED FOR 3 TIES IT!!! His first bucket of the game.

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Tigers trail by 3 after a turnover and a dunk by Abu. Tigers have 5 turnovers already in the first 5 minutes.

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Tigers beat on the glass after a missed free throw. Tigers losing the rebound battle right now. That was a big concern coming in. The Tigers were actually out-rebounded in their 16-point win over State a couple weeks ago.

Tigers trail by 5 with 14 mins left in the half.

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Grantham with a drive and layup! Tigers trail by 3.

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Eli fouled underneath and will shoot 2!

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Eli makes em both! Tigers trail by one.

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Ugh Yurtseven makes a rare 3. Tigers trail by 4.

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Tigers with their 6th turnover.

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Yurtseven hits another jumper. Tigers trail by 6.

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7th turnover for Tigers! The are on pace for 35 in the game! Amazing they are only down by 6. State hasn't turned it over yet.

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Nice drive and layup by Reed! He has 5, Tigers trail by 4.

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Mitchell drive gets a goal tending call. Tigers trail by 4.

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Good grief Yurtseven hits another 3. He only has 8 three-pointers this season and is 2-2 from 3 tonight! He is 4-4 tonight with 10 points. Tigers trail by 7.

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Donnal dunk ends a State run. Tigers trail by 7 with under 9 mins left in the half.

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DeVoe for 3! Tigers trail by 6.

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DeVoe nearly makes a dunk with the foul in transition! He'll go to the line to shoot 2 and try to make it a 4-point game.

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DeVoe misses the second free throw. Tigers trail by 5.

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Donte with a huge rebound and put back! Tigers trail by just 3 with 7:30 left in the half.

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Mitchell gets his pocket picked. 8th turnover by Tigers.

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Reed drive and layup. Tigers trail by 5 with 6:30 left in half.

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Donnal makes 2 more free throws. Tigers trail by 3.

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Donnal grabs a nice rebound!

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DeVoe layup cuts the lead to one!

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Ugh State hits a 3 just when the Tigers got as close as they've been since the tip. Tigers trail by 4 with 5 mins left in half.

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Donnal for 3!!! His best half of the season! He has 9, and the Tigers trail by just one!

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Donnal with a tip-in off a missed 3! Tigers lead for the first time tonight with 3:30 left in the half! Donnal has 11!

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DeVoe no-look to Donnal underneath for another bucket!!! Donnal has a team-high 13 and gets a hug from Grantham. State calls timeout, Tigers lead by 3 with under 3 minutes left in the half!

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Yurtseven scores again. He hasn't missed tonight. Tigers lead by one.

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Ugh 10th turnover of the half for Tigers! Amazing they still lead.

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Tigers almost turn it over again, but they get it back.

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Beverly hits another 3 to give State the lead by 2.

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Grantham drive and layup ties it with 30 secs left in the half!

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Good grief! Yurtseven had 7 three-pointers all season and he's 3-3 tonight! He is 6-7 with 15 points, more than his season average already. Tigers go into the locker room down just 3 despite 10 turnovers and a career half by Yurtseven.

TIGERS TRAIL 41-38 AT THE HALF.

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ACC teams are just 5-21 on the road this season. The Tigers are 1-0 and hanging tough in Raleigh, where #2 Duke just lost a few days ago. Duke turned around and won at Pitt by over 30 points after that. So the fact that the Tigers are down only 3 at the half despite 10 turnovers is pretty impressive. If they stop turning it over and Yurtseven stops draining 3's, the Tigers will have a great shot at their 11th straight win. Gotta match State on the boards in the second half or come close to even.

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Yurtseven finally misses! Tigers' ball down 3 early in the 2nd.

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Eli scores to start the half! Great to see after he scored just 2 points in the first half. Tigers trail by one.

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Donte makes just one of two at the line. Tigers trail by 2.

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Freeman makes a 3. Watch out for him getting hot. He has 10 tonight. Tigers trail by 5.

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DeVoe drive and layup! He has 8, Tigers trail by 3.

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REED FOR 3 TO TIE!!!

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Mitchell to Grantham on a 3-on-1 fast break! Tigers lead by 2!

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Tigers have 13 turnovers now, 3 this half.

CUTrevor 2018-01-11 21:23:08

Freaking ridiculous! Yurtseven had 9 three-pointers all season and now is 4-4 from 3 tonight! He has 18, Tigers trail by 2.

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Mitchell to Simms for a fast break dunk to tie! Under 14 mins left.

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Tigers trail with 11:30 to play. They are at 15 turnovers for the game.

CUTrevor 2018-01-11 21:34:13

Yurtseven finally misses a 3, and they get the rebound. Now he'll probably make one.

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Yep, Yurtseven gets an offensive board and scores on a 3rd chance opportunity! He has 20 tonight, probably a career high. Tigers trail by 8 with under 10 mins left.

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Lol of course Yurtseven hits his 5th three of the night! He has made almost as many 3's tonight as he had all season. He has a career high 23. Tigers trail by 11, their largest deficit of the game.

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Reed layup cuts the lead to 9 with 7:30 left.

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Donte with a huge drive and mid-range bucket! Tigers trail by 7. They have moved to a zone to try to stop Yurtseven.

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Reed fouled on a 3! He has a chance to cut the lead to 4 at the line. Knock on wood!

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Reed makes all 3! Tigers trail by 4 with 6 mins left. They have really battled despite not playing their best.

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State makes one of two at the line. Tigers trail by 5.

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Donnal fouled and will shoot 2! He hasn't scored yet this half after 13 in the 1st.

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Somehow, the refs say Donnal was not shooting on the foul. Terrible call there to rob the Tigers of 2 points.

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Tigers trail by 7 now with 5 mins left.

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Yurtseven scores again. Tigers trail by 9.

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Tigers only have 4 three-pointers tonight. Pretty sure that's a season low. They were also one of the better teams in the nation at avoiding turnovers, but they matched their season average of 15 with over 12 minutes left in the game. Might have to ditch the Purple unis!

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Reed misses the front end of a one-and-one. The Tigers' best free throw shooter. They were an incredible 87% as a team at the free throw line over their 3-0 start to the ACC.

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State hits a 3. Biggest lead of the game now 12 with under 4 mins left.

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Reed drives for a layup. Tigers go to full court press down 10 with 2:30 left.

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Freaking Yurtseven can't miss tonight. He has 27 tonight, 16 more than his season average. Tigers would be leading right now if he had his average game.

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Another second chance score by State. Tigers trail by 12 with 1:30 left.

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Wow, 5-point possession for Tigers! Skara made 2 of 3 at the line, and Mitchell made a 3 off the rebound. Tigers trail by 7 with 1:19 left, looking for a miracle comeback.

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Grantham 3 at the top of the key! Tigers trail by 5 now.

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Reed to Eli for a layup! Tigers trail by 3 with 33 secs left!

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UGH Tigers almost got a turnover and basket to cut the lead to one! Refs said Tigers were out of bounds.

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TRAVEL!!! TIGERS' BALL DOWN 3!!!

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You gotta be kidding me!!! Tigers turn the ball over on an inbounds pass with a chance to tie the game and 30 secs left! State scores off the turnover to push the lead to 5.

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Donnal scores to cut the lead back to 3 with 10.4 seconds left, but this one is likely over. Almost a miracle comeback for their 11th straight win.

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TIGERS GET A TURNOVER WITH 1.3 SECONDS LEFT DOWN 3!!!

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This is one of the weirdest final minutes I've ever seen! Lol Tigers will have a chance at a quick 3 to tie. If State is smart, though, they will foul before the inbounds pass to put the Tigers on the free throw line.

CUTrevor 2018-01-11 22:15:26

DEVOE FOULED ON A 3!!! CHANCE TO TIE AT THE FREE THROW LINE!!!

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DeVoe makes first!

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DeVoe makes the 2nd!!! State calls timeout to ice him. One more free throw and we're headed to overtime! Unreal!!!

CUTrevor 2018-01-11 22:21:17

UGH!!! DeVoe's shot rims out. That would have been one of the most miraculous comebacks of all time. What a way for the Tigers' 10-game win streak to end!

Tigers lose 78-77, but you have to like the way they fought. This is an NC State team that just beat #2 Duke a few days ago, and if Yurtseven had his average game, the Tigers would have won by 15!

Turnovers were a big story in this one. The Tigers were outscored 20-5 on points off turnovers, including a big one at the end when the Tigers had the ball down 3 with 30 secs left.

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HIGHLIGHTS:

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CLEMSON, S.C. — 17 Clemson University men’s basketball turnovers turned into 20 points for the opposition as Clemson took NC State down to the wire, but fell by the slimmest of margins, 78-77 on Thursday night in Raleigh.

Mark Donnal posted a season-high 13 points – all in the first half – while Marcquise Reed led the way for the Tigers (14-2, 3-1 ACC) with 17 points. Gabe DeVoe achieved a double-double in the contest with 12 points and 10 rebounds, while Donte Grantham nearly notched a double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds.

Clemson was down 12 points with just 1:34 to play as the Wolfpack (12-5, 2-2 ACC) led 73-61. The Tigers engineered a 12-3 run in just 1:13 to cut the deficit to only three points at 76-73.

After the Wolfpack’s Braxton Beverly knocked down two free throws with nine seconds left, the Tigers scurried back down the floor and got a tip-in from DeVoe with just 1.3 seconds left.

Torin Dorn then turned the ball over back to the Tigers and Clemson would inbound to the far side corner and DeVoe would be fouled in the shooting motion behind the arc. DeVoe would knock down two-of-the-three free throws.

Omer Yurtseven led the way for the Wolfpack and finished with a game-high 29 points on 12-for-18 shooting, including 5-for-6 from distance.

The Tigers will return to the court rather quickly on Saturday, Jan. 13 when they host Miami at 3 p.m.from Littlejohn Coliseum.

Notes: Clemson falls to 14-2 on the season and 3-1 in ACC play … with the loss, Clemson had its 10-game winning streak snapped and its three-game winning streak against NC State snapped … Mark Donnal scored a season-high 13 points (all in the first half) on 4-for-6 shooting … Gabe DeVoe notched his second double-double of the season and tied his career-high with 10 rebounds.