National Basketball Association
Clemson 56, Virginia Tech 49
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Where: Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Virginia
Officials:
# Doug Shows, # Gary Maxwell, # Roger Ayers
Attendance:
4022
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Clemson 56, Virginia Tech 49: K.J. McDaniels scored 14 points and Adonis Filer’s three-point play in the final two minutes snapped a tie as the visiting Tigers won for the fourth time in five games.
Rod Hall added 11 points for Clemson (12-4, 3-1 ACC), and the nation’s top defensive team limited Virginia Tech (8-8, 1-3) to a season low in points. The Tigers, who came in allowing just 53.9 points per contest, held the Hokies scoreless in the final two minutes, closing the game with a 7-0 run.
Devin Wilson paced the Hokies with 14 points while Joey van Zegeren and Ben Emelogu each added 11 points, but leading scorer Jarrell Eddie finished with just three points on 1-of-6 shooting from the field. Virginia Tech was dreadful from the free-throw line, going 4-for-14.
Virginia Tech erased a 49-43 deficit with six consecutive points, the final three on Emelogu’s game-tying 3-pointer with 2:01 remaining. The Tigers surged back in front on Filer’s three-point play with 1:24 to go and, after C.J. Barksdale missed at the other end, McDaniels drained two free throws with 55 seconds to play to give Clemson a 54-49 advantage.
McDaniels’ jumper with about nine minutes left gave the Tigers their largest lead of the first half at 16-10. Clemson carried a 25-24 advantage into intermission, and after the Hokies opened the second half on a 12-5 run to take a 36-30 lead, the Tigers responded with 10 consecutive points to go up 40-36 on Filer’s 3-pointer with 11 minutes.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Clemson has won consecutive ACC road games for the first time since 2008-09. … Eddie finished with a season low in points. … The Tigers improved to 10-0 when leading at halftime.
Top Game Performances
| Clemson |
|
Virginia Tech |
|
K.J. McDaniels 14 |
Scoring |
Devin Wilson 14 |
|
Jaron Blossomgame 1 |
Assists |
Jarell Eddie 3 |
|
Jaron Blossomgame 7 |
Rebounds |
Christian Beyer 7 |
|
K.J. McDaniels 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Devin Wilson 2 |
|
K.J. McDaniels 2 |
Steals |
Ben Emelogu 2 |
|
K.J. McDaniels 1 |
Blocks |
C.J. Barksdale 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Clemson
|
56 |
40.4 |
6-16 |
12-20 |
7 |
32 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
| Virginia Tech
|
49 |
41.7 |
5-16 |
4-14 |
10 |
27 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
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