Final Stats CLEMSON, S.C. – The Clemson University men’s basketball team rallied past Penn State 101-94 in a double overtime thriller in Littlejohn Coliseum on Tuesday night. The last double-overtime game for Clemson came on March 2, 2014 when the Tigers prevailed over Maryland 77-73 in two extra periods. Clemson found themselves down six after the opening stanza, 35-29, and were helped by a 13-2 run to begin the second half to battle back. After tying regulation 71-71 and getting down as many as two with 20 seconds left, PJ Hall (Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman) came up big with a post-up basket with five seconds on the clock to force double overtime. Clemson emptied the tank in the second overtime stanza and outscored Penn State 18-11 to secure a win in the last ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Tigers (6-2) were led by Hunter Tyson (Monroe, N.C./Piedmont) Hall who combined for 46 of the Tigers’ 101 points. Tyson scored a career-high 24 points on an impressive 7-for-11 from the floor while
Final Stats NICEVILLE, Fla. Clemson University men’s basketball led wire-to-wire against California in its second game of the Emerald Coast Classic and won 67-59 on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers (5-2) were led by Emerald Coast Classic All-Tournament Team member Chase Hunter (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake) who finished with a team-high-tying 14 points. Hunter also totaled seven assists and two steals, while shooting 5-for-10 from the floor and 3-for-6 from distance. Hunter Tyson (Monroe, N.C./Piedmont) co-led with 14 points of his own to go along with five rebounds. Ben Middlebrooks (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Westminster) finished with a game-high eight rebounds to go along with six points. Alex Hemenway (Newburgh, Ind./Castle) closed the game with seven points and a career-best six rebounds, including two assists. Off the Tiger bench, PJ Hall (Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman) found his way back into double figures with 10 points. The Tigers’ Brevin Galloway (Anderson, S.C./Seneca) also reached do
NICEVILLE, Fla. - Clemson University men’s basketball trailed by as many as 14 with 7:58 left in the second half before engineering a 13-1 run to cut the Iowa lead to just two. Clemson would tie it two times in the final minutes of the game but could not get over the hump in a 74-71 loss to Iowa on Friday night. The Tigers (4-2) scored 44 second half points behind 14 from Chase Hunter (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake). With the Tigers down 60-53, Hunter scored on consecutive three-point plays to cut the deficit to just two points. Overall, Hunter led the Tigers in scoring with 21 points and added in three rebounds and six assists in the effort. Hunter Tyson (Monroe, N.C./Piedmont) tallied 13 points along with eight rebounds in the contest, while RJ Godfrey (Suwanee, Ga./North Gwinnett) was a perfect 3-3 from the field and tied his season-high of seven points. Josh Beadle (Columbia, S.C./Cardinal Newman) totaled a season-high eight points in 21 minutes. Clemson will face either California or TC
Final Stats CLEMSON, S.C. Clemson University men’s basketball cruised to a 72-41 victory over Loyola Maryland on Monday. The Tigers’ (4-1) offense was led by graduate Hunter Tyson (Monroe, N.C./Piedmont) who recorded 14 points to go along with a team-high nine rebounds. Senior Alex Hemenway (Newburgh, Indiana/Castle) was perfect from the floor connecting on all five of his field goal attempts including three three-point baskets. Junior Chase Hunter (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake) scored 10 points and has now scored in double figures in all five games this year. Freshman RJ Godfrey (Suwanee, Ga./North Gwinnett) recorded his first career points and finished with seven to go along with two rebounds, one assist and one steal. The Clemson defense was dominant tonight as the Tigers held Loyola Maryland to 14 points in the first half, which was tied for the second-fewest points allowed in a first half in the Brownell Era. Clemson held the Greyhounds to 28.8 percent shooting from the field and
Final Stats CLEMSON, S.C. Clemson University men’s basketball built as much as a 15-point lead in the second half against Bellarmine in a 76-66 victory on Friday night. The Tigers (3-1) were paced by Chase Hunter (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake) and his team-high 15 points and career-high eight assists. A total of five Tigers netted double-figures, including two off the bench in Ian Schieffelin (Loganville, Ga./Grayson) (13 points) and PJ Hall (Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman) (10 points). Hunter Tyson (Monroe, N.C./Piedmont) notched his third career double-double and third double-digit rebounding game of the season with 11 points and 10 boards. Brevin Galloway (Anderson, S.C./Seneca) added 14 points. Clemson worked as high as a six-point lead in the opening stanza and headed to the locker room with a 33-28 advantage. In the second half, the Knights (2-2) fought back and took a game-high three-point lead at 44-41, but the Tigers wouldn’t go away. With Clemson leading 52-51, the Tigers engineer