Clemson vs Boston College
Clemson, SC
Clemson welcomed Boston College into Littlejohn Coliseum for a noon tipoff. The Tigers in search of a win after three straight losses. Clemson got the ball rolling pretty quick with a dunk by Elijah Thomas. Clemson would hold a steady lead over the Eagles heading into halftime.
Heading into the half the Tigers maintained a 33-29 lead. Clemson shot at 54% making 14 shots out of 26 attempted, shot at 62.5% for three pointers making 5 out of 8 attempted and have had no trips to the free throw line. Marquise Reed led the Tigers in the first half with 17 points. Elijah Thomas had 6 rebounds and Shelton Mitchell had 2 assists.
Coming out of halftime, the Tigers were greeted by a loud crowd. The Tigers and Eagles would be neck and neck throughout the entirety of the first half but eventually, Clemson would pull away with the win. The Tigers would shoot at 52% making 27 shots on 52 attempts, shot at 47% with three pointers and shot at 78% from the free throw line. Marquise Reed led the way for the Tigers and would put up 31 points, which would be a new career high for Reed and would tie a career high in steals with 5. Elijah Thomas led the way with 10 rebounds.
“We have had a sense of urgency. We took a day off after Florida State just to get our minds right and it was just nice to have a nice win.” Marquise Reed said after the win.
“Marquise is an outstanding player, we always believe that Marquise can go out there and make big plays and no disrespect to any other player on the team, but when games come down to the wire, we look to Marquise to make those huge plays. Those plays he makes at the beginning of the game he makes at the end of the game.” Aamir Simms said postgame when asked about Marquise’s leadership on the team.
“Good win for our team today. I thought we played exceptionally well on Offense but you have to give Boston College alot of credit, Jimmy always does so good with those guys. But, I was really proud of our team, Marquise did exceptionally well and I think Aamir did well too.” Brad Brownell said. “We have a good team but we don’t have a great team. There is two weeks left for these guys and our margin for error is small.”
Like Brad Brownell said, Clemson has two weeks left in the regular season. The Tigers have a home game next Saturday against #8 North Carolina and then end the season against Syracuse.
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Notes:
Clemson improves to 27-4 (.871) at home since the beginning of the 2017-18 season … it was the eighth-straight victory for the Tigers over the Eagles … Clemson improves to 18-7 overall against Boston College and 9-1 at home … head coach Brad Brownell wins his 165th career game at Clemson – 12 shy of tying Cliff Ellis (177) for the most-ever in program history … it was coach Brownell’s 332nd career victory … it also was coach Brownell’s 60th career home ACC victory … Marcquise Reed turned in his second career 30-point game and his 24th 20-point game of his career … he is now just two such outings shy of tying Jim Sutherland (1964-67) for 10th all-time in program history … it was just the eighth time a player under Brownell has gone for 30 or more points in a game – the second for Reed this season … Reed’s performance marked the 107th occurrence in Clemson history of a player scoring 30+ points … it was Reed’s 64th double-digit scoring game – just six such games shy of tying Butch Zatezalo (1967-70) and Larry Nance (1977-81) for 16th all-time … Reed jumped into 18th on Clemson’s all-time scoring list (1,342) … Reed tied his career high with 11 made field goals … Reed swiped a career-best-tying five steals … he now has 156 career steals – good for 12th on the all-time list … his current career average of 1.70 steals per game stands third all-time in Clemson history … Elijah Thomas posted his seventh double-double of the season and the 18th of his career … the Tigers are 14-4 overall when Thomas records a double-double, including 6-1 this season … Thomas eclipsed 900 career points in his Clemson career (907) … Thomas now has 595 career rebounds – just nine shy of tying Horace Wyatt (1978-82) for 25th on the all-time list … Thomas blocked one shot and now has 164 in his career and still sits 10th all-time – just 14 shy of tying Sharrod Ford (2001-05) for ninth … Thomas’ career 1.91 blocks per game is fourth all-time.
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