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OFFICIAL NCAA THREAD: NO.7 CLEMSON vs. No.10 Rutgers

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 10:56:38

Tip is at approximately 9:20 ET on TBS. I'll have live play-by-play and post-game interviews right here!

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:38:48

Just got through with post-game baseball interviews! The Tigers beat No.13 VA Tech 8-2 tonight.

Tigers wearing their home whites tonight.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:41:13

Geo Baker hits a 3 to put Rutgers up 3-0 a couple possessions in.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:42:12

DAWES FOR 3!!! The New Jersery native ties the game! I said he needed to be aggressive offensively tonight. Great start!

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:42:44

Harper layup puts Rutgers up 2.

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Simms ties it with a pair of free throws.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:43:53

Simms jump hook gives Tigers their first lead by 2!

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:44:18

Harper jumper ties it.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:44:46

HEMENWAY FOR 3!!! Tigers lead by 3!

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:46:35

TYSON DUNK!! Nice outlet pass by Hemenway. Tigers lead by 5!

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:47:03

Harper dunk cuts the lead to 3. He has 6 already.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:47:34

Baker jumper cuts the lead to one.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:47:51

Ugh second chance layup puts Rutgers up one.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:48:20

TYSON FOR 3!!! Tigers lead by 2.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:49:22

Rutgers makes a free throw and then a layup to go up one with 8 mins left in the half. Back and forth we go....

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:54:52

Simms jumper puts the Tigers up one with 6 mins left in the half. Low-scoring half as expected!

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:59:01

Young hits a 3 for his first points. Tigers trail by 2.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 20:59:31

Dawes layup ties the game.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:00:45

Simms second-chance jumper puts Tigers back on top by 2 with 4 mins left in the half! He has 8 points.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:01:15

Harper makes a pair of free throws to tie the game.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:08:52

DAWES FOR 3!!! His second of the half puts the Tigers up by 3! He ties Simms with 8 points.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:09:34

Dunk by Young cuts the lead to one with under a minute left in the half.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:12:07

Trapp goes coast to coast for a layup at the buzzer! His first points of the game put the Tigers up 3 with momentum going into the locker room!

TIGERS LEAD 26-23 AT THE HALF.

Simms and Jersey native Dawes lead with 8 points each. Tigers had 6 offensive rebounds in the half!

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:41:09

Trapp hits a jumper to open the half. He has 4 points and they came on the last bucket of the 1st half and first bucked of the 2nd! Tigers lead by 5.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:41:26

Rutgers hits a 3 to cut the lead to 2.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:42:09

TRAPP DUNK!! Tigers lead by 4! Trapp has the last 6 points for the Tigers.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:43:02

Baker makes a free throw and then a jumper to cut the lead to one.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:44:26

TRAPP FOR 3!!! Lol he went scoreless for the first 19:50 and now has scored the last 9 for the Tigers! That buzzer-beating layup before half really woke him up. They lead by 4.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:44:54

Ugh Mulcahy answers with a 3. Tigers lead by one again.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:45:51

Trapp makes a pair of free throws to put the Tigers up 3. He's scored the last 11 for the Tigers to lead the team in scoring!

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:46:27

Ugh second-chance layup by Johnson cuts the lead to one again.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:47:30

Tyson layup pushes the lead back to 3, but Rutgers answers with a jumper.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:48:11

Ugh Young hits a 3 to put Rutgers up by 2 with 13 mins left. Their first lead of the half.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:53:57

Harper makes a pair of free throws to put Rutgers up 4 with 12 mins left.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:56:27

Ugh Young drives for a layup to put Rutgers up 6. Largest lead of night for them. It's a 9-0 run.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 21:58:07

Honor hits an elbow jumper for his first points to stop the run. Tigers needed that! They trail by 4. Simms and Dawes have yet to score in this half after 8 each in the first.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:00:18

Ugh Dawes makes a great drive and barely misses the layup. Then Si,,s gets beat to a rebound at the other end for an easy layup. Tigers down 6 again.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:02:31

Ugh fast break layup puts Rutgers up 8 with 10 mins left. It's a 13-2 run.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:04:11

Good grief Rutgers hits a 3 to go up 11. It's a 16-2 run.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:04:38

Simms finally scores on a 3-point play to cut the lead to 8. His first points of the half.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:05:48

TYSON FOR 3!!! Tigers trail by 5 with 8:30 left.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:09:13

Baehre put-back for his first points! Tigers trail by 3 with 6:30 left.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:11:57

Hunter elbow jumper for his first points! Tigers trail by one with 5:30 left! It's a 10-0 run!

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:13:14

Ugh Young hits a 3 to end the run and push the lead to 4.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:14:56

SIMMS AND ONE!!! A floater with the left! What an answer! He completes the 3-point play to cut the lead to one with under 5 mins left.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:15:59

Ugh second-chance layup by Rutgers pushes the lead to 3.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:16:45

TRAPP AND ONE!!! He finishes the 3-point play to tie the game with 4 mins left! What a half the senior has had!

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:17:30

Ugh Baker hits another 3 to break the tie.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:20:29

Simms makes one of two at the line to cut the lead to 2 with 2:30 left.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:24:06

Tigers have the ball still down 2 with under a minute left.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:25:18

Tyson misses a jumper, but Trapp gets a big offensive board. Timeout Tigers with 40 second left. I want to see Simms or Dawes take the shot!

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:28:53

Good grief Simms called for traveling. They don't have to foul yet with 36 seconds left, although they have a foul to give before Rutgers is in the bonus. So they should go for the steal and play good defense, fouling only if necessary.

CUTrevor 2021-03-19 22:32:32

Ugh Rutgers makes a layup with 10 seconds left, Hunter misses a 3.

TIGERS LOSE 60-56.

It was the nail-biter I expected, but the Tigers just didn't make the plays down the stretch, and Rutgers did. Disappointing, but it was an overachieving season for the Tigers, who were picked to finish 10th in the ACC and not make the NCAA Tournament! They finished 5th in the ACC, half a game out of 4th, and were a 7 seed despite 2 COVID pauses. I'll have post-game interviews shortly.