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2018-02-21 12:27:57
GAMEDAY SETUP No. 15/17 CLEMSON (20-6, 9-5 ACC) vs. VIRGINIA TECH (19-8, 8-6 ACC) Date: Wednesday, Feb. 21 Tipoff: Arena: Cassell Coliseum (9,275) Radio: CTN (Don Munson-pbp; Tim Bourret-color) TV: RSN (Tom Werme-pbp; Jason Capel-color) • Clemson is 15-18 all-time against Virginia Tech. • The Tigers have won two-of-the-last five matchups with the Hokies. • The Tigers • Clemson sits third in the ACC in scoring defense (65.8 ppg). • The two-game skid for Clemson is the first time the Tigers have lost back-to-back games in the regular season since nearly a year ago on SERIES HISTORY CU Series W-L record: Clemson is 15-18 all-time against Virginia Tech. Streak: The Tigers have won two-of-the-last-five. TIGER TRACKS • The Tigers’ Elijah Thomas turned in his seventh double-double of the season and ninth of his career in a nine-point loss to Duke on Feb. 18. His 15 rebounds were one shy of tying his career mark. • After setting his career-high with 10 points at Florida State on Feb. 14, Simms tied that total on Feb. 18 against Duke on 4-for-6 shooting from the field. • Simms made career-best four field goals for the third game in his career. • With one more 3-pointer against Duke, Gabe DeVoe is tied for 11th all-time in the Clemson record book for threes in a career (147). • In the latest KenPom rankings, the Tigers are ranked Nos. 16, 7 and 52 in overall, adjusted defensive efficiency (93.4) and adjusted offensive efficiency (113.9). • Clemson is ranked for the eighth consecutive week in the AP Top 25 poll (No. 15). Clemson is also ranked in the USA Today Coaches Poll at No. 17. • Clemson’s RPI checks in at 10th nationally, while their SOS sits 21st. |
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2018-02-21 12:28:50
Shelton Mitchell out again with the concussion. Hokies have won 3 of their last 4, including at UVA, and are in Lundardi's last four in for the NCAA. |
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2018-02-21 18:08:36
Looks like a big crowd in Blacksburg. Tigers win the toss. Reed misses a 3 but Eli scores on a second chance. Tigers lead 2-0. |
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2018-02-21 18:10:42
DeVoe misses his first 3. Another offensive rebound by Sims. Need DeVoe to have a big game tonight after going 1-11 for just 3 points against Duke! |
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2018-02-21 18:11:27
Eli scores again after a third offensive rebound already by the Tigers! He has all 4 points, and they lead by 2. |
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2018-02-21 18:15:52
Ugh Robinson hits his first shot from 3. That was a concern coming in and one of my questions for Brownell yesterday. Tech is #1 in the ACC in 3-point percentage, and the Tigers allowed Duke to shoot 46% from 3 including a couple fouls out there. Robinson is the Hokies' leading scorer, and he's been very hot over the last month or so. He was 3-3 from 3 in their last game, a trouncing of GT in Atlanta. Tigers trail by one. |
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2018-02-21 18:16:11
SIMMS ANSWERS WITH A 3!!! Tigers lead by 2! That's consecutive games he's made his first 3. |
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2018-02-21 18:17:16
Tech ties it up. |
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2018-02-21 18:17:46
Reed misses for the third time from 3. |
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2018-02-21 18:19:03
Ugh Skara shoots a 3 with the shot clock winding down and predictably misses. |
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2018-02-21 18:20:06
REED FOR 3!!! Finally hits after missing his first 4 shots! Tigers lead by 3. |
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2018-02-21 18:22:39
DeVoe travels. That was my question number two for Brownell. Turnovers killed the Tigers in both of those close losses. Definitely should have beaten FSU but had a season-high 21 turnovers, including 16 after halftime. |
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2018-02-21 18:23:10
Reed with another outside jumper! Tigers still lead by 3. |
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2018-02-21 18:25:18
Ugh Tech hits a 3 at the shot clock buzzer. Just his third 3 of the season! Tie game. |
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2018-02-21 18:26:45
Tech hits another 3 at the end of the shot clock with a wide open look. That's their 4th of the game already. Tigers trail by 3. |
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2018-02-21 18:28:46
DeVoe gets blocked on a contested 3 at the shot clock buzzer. |
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2018-02-21 18:30:45
Tech gets an offensive board, but the Tigers get a stop. |
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2018-02-21 18:31:13
Eli offensive board and put back! He has 6, and the Tigers trail by one with 8:30 left in the half. |
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2018-02-21 18:34:52
REED FOR 3!!! He has 8 point and ties it up with 7:30 left in the half.
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2018-02-21 18:36:35
SKARA FOR 3!!! NO NO NO...YES! Tigers lead by 3 with under 6 mins left in the half. |
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2018-02-21 18:37:12
Another turnover by Tigers, their 4th of the game. |
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2018-02-21 18:38:13
Easy dunk for Tech on the inbounds play under the basket. Tigers lead by one. |
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2018-02-21 18:39:06
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2018-02-21 18:40:12
Eli makes em both! Tigers lead by 3. |
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2018-02-21 18:41:19
Tech misses the front end of a one-and-one, but the Tigers get lucky and rebound the missed 3. |
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2018-02-21 18:43:53
Tech makes a couple free throws. Tigers lead by one. |
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2018-02-21 18:44:32
Eli picks up his first foul fighting on the offensive glass. |
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2018-02-21 18:45:09
Tigers turn it over for the 3rd straight possession. They lead by one with 2 mins left in the half. |
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2018-02-21 18:46:24
Ugh Robinson hits another 3. Tigers trail by 2 with a minute left in the half. |
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2018-02-21 18:46:44
REED FOR 3!!! Tigers lead by 2 with under a minute left in the half. |
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2018-02-21 18:48:39
Tigers screwed on a BS call by the ref, saying Reed was out of bounds. He was not. Gives the Hokies a chance for the last shot of the half. |
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2018-02-21 18:50:47
And of course the crap call by the refs cost the Tigers the halftime lead. Robinson hits a shot at the buzzer to put Tech up one. Could be a 4-point swing on the botched call. TIGERS TRAIL 25-24 AT THE HALF. |
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2018-02-21 19:06:42
Robinson hits another 3 to start the half after he ended the first with a 2-pointer at the buzzer. Tigers trail by 4. |
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2018-02-21 19:07:52
DeVoe misses again. He has been ice cold the last two games after he was the hottest shooter in the ACC for a 5-game stretch. |
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2018-02-21 19:08:16
REED FOR 3!!! Tigers trail by one. |
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2018-02-21 19:09:40
Reed called for a foul on a missed 3 by Tech. Needless foul.
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2018-02-21 19:11:06
DeVoe air balls a 3. Ice cold. He needs to use his ability to penetrate and try to get an easy layup or a foul to see the ball go through the basket and break this funk he's in. He's trying to get out of it shooting 3's, and that's not the way to go. |
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2018-02-21 19:11:26
3-point play for Tech. They lead by 4. |
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2018-02-21 19:12:11
Skara drives and scores with the left! Tigers trail by 2. |
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2018-02-21 19:12:34
Eli with a block! |
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2018-02-21 19:13:44
DeVoe shot fake and hits a jumper from the elbow! He's finally on the board and ties the game! |
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2018-02-21 19:16:14
Tech hits one of two at the line for the lead. |
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2018-02-21 19:17:34
Shot clock violation for Tigers. They are really missing Mitchell. Totally out of whack on that possession. DeVoe seems to be all thumbs right now. |
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2018-02-21 19:18:27
Simms called for a foul. Thought it should have been a charge. Tigers trail by 2 with under 15 mins left. |
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2018-02-21 19:18:58
REED 3 FOR THE LEAD!!! Tigers lead by one! Reed has five 3's and a game-high 17 points. |
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2018-02-21 19:21:16
REED FOR 3 AGAIN!!! 20 points now and six 3's! Tigers lead by 4 with under 14 mins left. |
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2018-02-21 19:21:36
Tech answers with a 3. Tigers lead by one. |
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2018-02-21 19:22:20
Tech makes a pair of free throws to regain the lead. |
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2018-02-21 19:23:47
Tech hits a 3 to go up 4. |
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2018-02-21 19:24:13
Ugh turnover leads to a Tech fast break and layup. Tigers call timeout down 6. Biggest lead of the game for either team. 10-0 run for Hokies. |
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2018-02-21 19:30:40
Tigers desperate for a score here to end this run. |
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2018-02-21 19:31:12
Ugh Spencer misses a 3. |
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2018-02-21 19:32:29
Great drive and pass from Reed to Eli for a layup! That ends a 10-0 run and hopefully gets Eli going. Tigers trail by 4 with under 10 mins left. |
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2018-02-21 19:33:09
Ugh Skara misses a 3 with way too much time left on the shot clock. He made a 3 earlier, but he should not be shooting from out there regularly. |
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2018-02-21 19:34:34
REED FOR 3!!! He has 23! Tigers trail by 3 with under 9 mins left. Reed really carrying the Tigers with Mitchell out and DeVoe slumping. |
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2018-02-21 19:35:33
Tech answers with a 3. Guy had two 3's all season and has two of them tonight. Lol figures. Lead back to 6. |
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2018-02-21 19:40:04
Tigers still trail by 6. |
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2018-02-21 19:40:43
Another 3 for Tech. Tigers trail by 9 with 7:30 left. |
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2018-02-21 19:41:54
Eli fouls after a miss and puts Tech on the line. Tigers trail by 11 now with under 6 mins left. This one is getting away. |
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2018-02-21 19:43:04
Eli misses both free throws. 4 straight misses at the line. Still trail 11. |
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2018-02-21 19:43:21
Eli layup cuts the lead to 9 with 5 mins left. |
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2018-02-21 19:44:29
Bad call puts Robinson on the free throw line. |
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2018-02-21 19:45:52
Foul was actually on Reed pushing in the back on the rebound. I knew it shouldn't have been on Eli or Skara on the shot. |
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2018-02-21 19:46:23
Tech makes one of two. Tigers trail by 10. |
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2018-02-21 19:48:56
Tigers trail by 12 with 3 mins left. This one is just about over barring a miracle. |
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2018-02-21 19:51:26
Trapp misses both free throws. Lol 6 straight misses at the line. They are 2-8 in the game. |
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2018-02-21 19:53:06
Skara layup keeps the lead at 12. He is slowly improving offensively. |
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2018-02-21 19:54:00
DeVoe drives and gets fouled. Let's see if he can end an 0-6 run at the free throw line. |
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2018-02-21 19:54:29
Lol nope. DeVoe misses his 3rd straight FT, 7th straight miss for the team. |
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2018-02-21 19:55:06
DeVoe finally makes one. Tigers trail by 11 with 2 mins left. |
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2018-02-21 19:55:39
Tigers press and Skara gets a steal.
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2018-02-21 20:04:24
Reed scores a layup, and the press forces a turnover. Tigers' ball down 9 with under a minute left. |
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2018-02-21 20:05:28
REED FOR 3!!! He has a career high 28 points and more than half of the Tigers' points! They trail by 6. |
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2018-02-21 20:06:14
Tech scores, but DeVoe answers with his first 3 of the game! Tigers trail by 5 with 41.6 seconds left. Still need a miracle... |
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2018-02-21 20:13:27
Tigers lose by 7. They were just 11-36 from 3 and 3-10 from the free throw line! Free throws alone cost them the game, even without Mitchell. DeVoe was just 3-9 for 8 points. Sensational double-double for Reed, scoring almost half the Tigers' points with a career-high 28 and 10 rebounds. He tied the Clemson record with eight 3's! That drops the Tigers to 9-6 in a tie with VT in the ACC standings, so as it stands today the Tigers would not get the double-bye in the ACC Tourney. That damn concussion for Mitchell with 9 seconds left in overtime cost the Tigers the last 2 games and possibly a double-bye! Imagine if they had committed one less turnover in Tallahassee and won in regulation (they never trailed in regulation, and FSU tied it on a difficult shot just before the buzzer). Mitchell wouldn't have been injured, and the Tigers would have gone on to beat Duke and VT, sitting at a school record 7 straight ACC wins and top 10 in the nation! What might have been... |
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2018-02-21 20:15:17
The Tigers should be able to rebound at home on Saturday against GT and then get FSU at home and Cuse on the road to finish the regular season. Let's hope Mitchell plays Saturday with no lingering effects and DeVoe gets out of his rut! If so, the Tigers could easily win their last 3 and secure a double-bye in the ACC Tourney. |
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2018-02-22 14:55:27
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Clemson University men’s basketball dropped its third consecutive contest of the season on the road at Virginia Tech, 65-58, on Wednesday night. The Tigers (20-7, 9-6 ACC) held the Hokies (20-8, 9-6 ACC) to its lowest shooting percentage of the season. Virginia Tech came into the contest fourth in the country with a 51.1 percentage and Clemson’s defense held them to just 34.5 percent on Wednesday. Marcquise Reed carried the Tiger offense with a career-best 28 points and also 10 rebounds on the night. It’s Reed’s third double-double of the season and second achieved with rebounds. The redshirt-junior made a career-high eight 3-pointers – tying the Clemson program record. The last Tiger to make that many in a game was K.C. Rivers on Feb. 7, 2008 at Virginia. Elijah Thomas posted his eighth double-double of the season and the 10th of his career with 12 points and 10 rebounds – giving him back-to-back double-doubles for the second time this season. Clemson and Virginia Tech played the entire first stanza without either team building more than a three-point lead. The Hokies took a low-scoring 26-25 lead into halftime. The Tigers engineered a 13-5 run to take a four-point lead- its largest of the game – at 38-34 with 13:43 left. However, the Hokies would orchestrate a 25-7 run over the next 11:10 of regulation to build a game-high 14 point advantage. Clemson battled back and closed to within just five points on the heels of an 8-2 run capped by a Gabe DeVoe three, but it wasn’t ultimately enough. The Tigers return to action on Saturday, Feb. 24when it hosts Georgia Tech and celebrates Senior Day. The game is slated for 3 p.m. Notes: Clemson dropped its third consecutive game of the season … Clemson’s defense held Virginia Tech (fourth-best shooting percentage in the country entering the game) to its lowest percentage of the season (34.5) … Marcquise Reed set a new career-best with 28 points and made a career-high eight 3-pointers … the eight threes tied a program record and made Reed the first to accomplish that feat since K.C. Rivers on Feb. 7, 2008 at Virginia … with 10 rebounds it served as Reed’s third career double-double and second achieved with rebounds … Elijah Thomas posted his eighth double-double of the season and 10th of his career with 12 points and 10 rebounds … it gives Thomas back-to-back double-doubles for the second time this season … with 11 threes, Clemson has now made 10+ 3-pointers in 11 games this season.
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