Strong Second Half Propels Clemson Past Mercer 70-63
Dillon Hunter leads Tigers with 15 points in victory; Brad Brownell wins 300th game at Clemson
CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson University men’s basketball put together a strong second half to defeat Mercer on Saturday afternoon 70-63 in Littlejohn Coliseum.
The Tigers (8-3) trailed the Bears at halftime 39-33, but won the second stanza 37-24 to clinch their eighth victory of the season.
Dillon Hunter (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake) led the way for Clemson with 15 points and finished a plus-16 in the contest, second only to RJ Godfrey’s (Suwanee, Ga./North Gwinnett/Georgia) plus-17. Godfrey finished with nine points and eight rebounds.
Joining Hunter and Godfrey in double-figures was Nick Davidson (Mission Viejo, Calif./Mater Dei) who scored 12 points – his fifth double-digit scoring game of the season.
Off the Tiger bench, Zac Foster (Atlanta, Ga./Woodward Academy) totaled 10 of the Tigers’ 22 bench points and added a career-high seven rebounds. Jestin Porter (Houston, Texas/Cypress Ridge/Middle Tennessee State) also scored 10 points for the Tigers.
After allowing Mercer to shoot 64.0 percent in the first half, Clemson locked them down in the second half to 34.5 percent shooting and just 24 points.
