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Having earned the program’s first Elite Eight appearance since 1980, the Clemson mens basketball team sought more history Saturday in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES – Chase Hunter (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake)’s three-point play with 25 seconds remaining put the Tigers up five and helped hold off a late run by No. 2 seed Arizona (27-10), as No. 6 seed Clemson prevailed 77-72 inside the Crypto.com Arena to advance to the second NCAA Elite Eight in program history. The Tigers (24-11) are the first to advance to the West Regional final. Clemson led for 37:02 in the game and trailed for just 20 seconds, while the game was tied twice.  Arizona cut the...

LOS ANGELES — For the first time in more than four decades, Clemson is headed to the Elite Eight.

Chase Hunter scores 18 points and converts a three-point play with 25.7 seconds left, as the sixth-seeded Tigers reach the Elite Eight for the first time since 1980, beating No. 2 seed Arizona, 77-72, in a West Region semifinal at Crypto.com Arena.

Sixth-seeded Clemson saw No. 2 Arizona go on a run at the end of the first half of Thursday night’s Sweet 16 matchup in the West Regional, and the Tigers knew the Wildcats would keep fighting back after trailing by as many as 13 points.

Clemson dominated Syracuse in the paint, outrebounding the Orange 41-24 as the Tigers escaped with a nine-point victory. More observations on SU's defeat.

Syracuse overcame a 31-16 deficit to tie the game at 60-60, but Clemson outscored SU by nine points in the final 3:15 to pull away in a 77-68 win.

“He stepped up when they needed him. He had some big shots. He's definitely gotten better.” In his return to Syracuse, Joe Girard III hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 18 points, as Clemson came out with a nine-point victory.

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Final Stats ASHEVILLE, N.C. – With 3.6 seconds left, Chase Hunter (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake) was fouled and made both to give Clemson University men’s basketball the lead and sealed the victory, 77-76. The Tigers (2-0) were led all night by PJ Hall (Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman) who finished with 27 points and nine rebounds. It was his 17th 20-point game in his career and his 13th-straight double-figure scoring game dating back to last season. Hunter totaled 16 points, three rebounds and four assis...