National Basketball Association
Clemson 59, Wake Forest 57
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 24, 2015
Where: Littlejohn Coliseum, Clemson, South Carolina
Officials:
# Tim Kelly, # Joe Lindsay, # Tim Nestor
Attendance:
8056
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Clemson 59, Wake Forest 57: Josh
Smith scored six points, including the winning basket with half a second to play to give the Tigers a home win over the Demon Deacons.
Rod Hall drove to the hoop in the
closing seconds and missed a short shot, but Smith was able to
rebound the miss and put it in in one motion to help Clemson (11-8,
3-4 ACC) win despite leading for less than a minute all game. Donte
Grantham led the Tigers with 13 points to go along with seven rebounds while Jordan Roper scored 12 in the winning effort.
Devin Thomas scored 17 points and
grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Wake Forest (9-11, 1-6), which dropped
its third straight. Codi Miller-McIntyre added 14 points for the Demon Deacons, who shot just 31.1 percent from the field.
Clemson started off slow, scoring
just two points in the first seven minutes of the game, allowing Wake
Forest to open up a 10-point lead. The deficit was still 10 with just
under nine minutes to go when the Demon Deacons went cold, going
scoreless for more than three minutes and the Tigers pulled back
within two before Wake Forest closed the half on a 9-4 run to lead by
six at the break.
Clemson continued to fight back
thoughout the second half before finally taking its first lead with
58.6 seconds to play on Grantham's free throw, though Thomas tied the
game with a free throw with 35.1 seconds to go. Thomas missed his
second attempt and the Deacons got the offensive rebound, but a steal
by Grantham with 27 seconds to go gave Clemson the ball, setting the
stage for Smith's heroics.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Tigers were
able to win despite shooting 4-of-18 from 3-point range and 55.6
percent from the free-throw line. … Wake Forest won the battle on
the boards 45-43. … Clemson G Damarcus Harrison had his streak of
14 straight games with a 3-pointer snapped, going 0-of-1 from beyond
the arc.
Top Game Performances
| Wake Forest |
|
Clemson |
|
Devin Thomas 17 |
Scoring |
Donte Grantham 13 |
|
Codi Miller-McIntyre 4 |
Assists |
Rod Hall 5 |
|
Devin Thomas 12 |
Rebounds |
Josh Smith 8 |
|
Devin Thomas 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Donte Grantham 4 |
|
Codi Miller-McIntyre 2 |
Steals |
Jaron Blossomgame 2 |
|
Greg McClinton 1 |
Blocks |
Landry Nnoko 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Wake Forest
|
57 |
31.1 |
6-20 |
13-21 |
9 |
40 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
| Clemson
|
59 |
35.1 |
4-18 |
15-27 |
8 |
40 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
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