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OFFICIAL GAME THREAD: CLEMSON vs. West Virginia

CUTrevor 2021-11-21 15:12:41

4-1 Tigers coming off a heartbreaking 68-65 loss to No.22 St. Bonaventure after leading for most of the game and by as many as 16. A win over Bob Huggins and WVU would be a great way to bounce back though! Tip is at 5:00 in Charleston on ESPN2, and I'll have live updates right here!

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Tigers wearing their road Orange. WVU strikes first with a second-chance layup.

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HONOR FOR 3!!! Great to see him starting fast for the third straight game!

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Steal and fast break layup by Honor! Tigers lead by 3.

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DAWES FOR 3!!! Tigers lead by 6!

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Dawes drives for a layup! Tigers on a 10-0 run and lead by 8!

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Mounties hit a 3 and cut the lead to 5.

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DAWES FOR 3!!! His second of the half puts the Tigers up 8 again!

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Mounties jumper cuts the lead to 6.

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Dawes makes a pair of free throws to push the lead back to 8. He has 10 already!

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Mounties cut the lead to 6.

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Dawes drives for another layup! He has 12 and the Tigers lead by 8!

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Mounties hit a jumper and a free throw to cut the lead to 5.

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Tyson drives for a layup! First player other than Dawes or Honor to score for the Tigers. They lead by 7 with under 15 mins left in the half.

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Ugh Mounties hit a 3 to cap an 8-0 run to take a one-point lead.

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Dawes makes one of two at the line to tie the game at 20 with 9:30 left in the half. High-scoring first 10 minutes! Dawes has 13 but Hall has yet to score.

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Tigers have gone 7 mins without a field goal.

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Tyson makes one of two at the line to break the tie.

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Dawes makes a layup to end the field goal drought. He has 15! Tigers lead by 3.

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Mounties answer with a layup and a jumper to take a one-point lead.

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Tyson makes one of two at the line again to tie.

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Mounties score but Tyson answers with a layup to tie again with 5 mins left in the half.

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Honor makes a layup to put the Tigers up 2 with 4 mins left in the half. Hall is still scoreless! He's only played 10 mins.

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Mounties hit a 3 to take a one-point lead.

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Hall finally scores on a jumper! Tigers lead by one with under 3 mins left in the half.

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Mounties make a free throw to tie.

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Hall layup puts the Tigers up 2! He's scored the last two buckets for the Tigers after going scoreless the whole half.

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Ugh Mounties hit a 3 to go up one.

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Layup puts the Mounties up 3 with a minute left in the half.

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Tyson misses a 3, Mounties will probably get the last shot.

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Dawes gets a rebound with 8 seconds left, and Hall hits a jumper at the buzzer!

TIGERS TRAIL 35-34 AT THE HALF.

CUTrevor 2021-11-21 17:29:18

I just got off our Sunday Zoom call with Dabo, and the Tigers have a 9-point lead with 14:30 left! Hall hit a jumper right out of the locker room to give him 8 points, and Collins made a layup for his first points of the game. Tyson scored, Collins scored again and a pair of 3's were made by Dawes and Honor.

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Tyson makes one of two at the line for the third time to put the Tigers up 10.

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Mounties make a layup and a jumper to cut the lead to 6.

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Hunter makes one of two at the line. Tigers lead by 7.

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Layup by Hall pushes the lead to 9!

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Mounties make a pair of layups to cut the lead to 5.

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Naz makes a layup for his first points of the game! Tigers lead by 7!

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Ugh Mounties hit a 3 and a layup to cut the lead to 2 with under 5 mins left. Here we go again!

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Ugh Mounties hit a jumper to tie with under 4 mins left.

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Ugh Hall called for another foul and Mounties take a 2-point lead. Their first lead since 39-38.

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Good grief third shot clock violation of half for the Tigers.

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Mounties get a second-chance score to go up 4 with 2 mins left.

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Good grief turnover by Dawes.

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Collins draws a one-and-one, and of course he misses. That's like a turnover. He's a 50% shooter at the line.

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Collins commits a foul but Mounties miss the front end!

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Bohannon misses a layup but is fouled.

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Ugh Naz misses the second one. Tigers trail by 3 with under a minute left and Mounties' ball.

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Ugh layup pushes the lead to 5 with 30 seconds left.

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Tigers miss a 3 but Naz gets a big offensive board and is fouled. Gotta make both this time!

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Naz makes both! Tigers trail by 3 with 16 seconds left. Tigers will have to foul.

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Good grief Tigers hit with a technical for having 6 players on the court after a timeout. Well, that's one way to try to get a steal! Mounties will put the game away for sure now. What a way to end it!

CUTrevor 2021-11-21 18:14:12

Mounties hit all their free throws, and that's the game. Too bad the final score won't indicate that it was a one-score game in the last minute and that the Tigers led most of the game. Hope this one doesn't cost them an NCAA bid! The Tigers drop to 4-2 and are ridiculously close to being 6-0 and ranked. Bob Huggins passes Roy Williams for 4th on the all-time win list and will pass Jim Calhoun later this season for 3rd.

TIGERS LOSE 66-59.

I'll have post-game interviews in a bit.