National Basketball Association
Notre Dame 76, Clemson 61
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 12, 2022
Where: Littlejohn Coliseum, Clemson, South Carolina
Officials:
# Lee Cassell, # Earl Walton, # Justin Porterfield
Attendance:
7524
By Field Level Media
Blake Wesley scored 21 points as Notre Dame rolled past host Clemson 76-61 Saturday night in an Atlantic Coast Conference game.
The victory was the eighth in nine games for the Fighting Irish (18-7, 11-3 ACC), who remained tied with Duke atop the league standings. Notre Dame, which is off to its best start in ACC play since joining the league in 2013, improved to 6-2 this season in ACC road games.
Clemson (12-13, 4-10), which was playing its third game in five days, has lost eight of 10.
The Tigers were missing two starters -- Hunter Tyson, who is out indefinitely with a broken collarbone, and David Collins, who was serving a one-game suspension after committing a flagrant foul against Duke's Wendell Moore on Thursday night.
Wesley made 7-of-12 shots from the floor, including 5-of-6 from 3-point range. The freshman jumpstarted the Fighting Irish by scoring 18 points on perfect 6-of-6 shooting in the game's first 10 minutes. He helped push Notre Dame to a 17-point lead, 28-11, midway through the opening half.
Clemson's PJ Hall scored 10 points in the first half to help the Tigers close to within 10 points, 38-28, at the half.
Clemson cut Notre Dame's lead to seven points on two occasions in the second half, the last time at 57-50 with 8:25 remaining, but the Fighting Irish went on a 15-5 run to regain control.
Notre Dame also got 20 points from Dane Goodwin, who made 8-of-13 shots, including 3-of-5 from 3-point range. Goodwin has scored 41 points and made 16-of-23 shots in two games against Clemson this season.
The Irish made 13-of-24 (54.2 percent) from beyond the arc Saturday night and their 13 threes were the most allowed in a game by Clemson this season.
Hall led Clemson with 19 points -- his 24th consecutive game in double figures -- while Nick Honor scored 12 and Naz Bohannon added 10. But Clemson made only 5-of-18 from 3-point range.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Notre Dame |
|
Clemson |
|
Blake Wesley 21 |
Scoring |
PJ Hall 19 |
|
Paul Atkinson Jr. 4 |
Assists |
Chase Hunter 3 |
|
Dane Goodwin 6 |
Rebounds |
Ian Schieffelin 9 |
|
Blake Wesley 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Nick Honor 2 |
|
Cormac Ryan 2 |
Steals |
Ian Schieffelin 2 |
|
Matt Zona 1 |
Blocks |
PJ Hall 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Notre Dame
|
76 |
52.7 |
13-24 |
5-10 |
16 |
31 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
| Clemson
|
61 |
42.6 |
5-18 |
4-5 |
10 |
28 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
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