National Basketball Association
Wake Forest 62, Clemson 57
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Where: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Officials:
# Karl Hess, # Tim Nestor, # Brian O'Connell
Attendance:
8527
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Wake Forest 62, Clemson 57: Devin Thomas and Tyler Cavanaugh scored 12 points apiece as the Demon Deacons held off the visiting Tigers in ACC play.
Arnaud-William Adala Moto added 11 points, four rebounds and four assists for Wake Forest (15-13, 5-10), which snapped a seven-game losing streak. Codi Miller-McIntyre registered 10 points, six assists and five rebounds for the Demon Deacons, who shot 55.3 percent from the field.
Damarcus Harrison's 15 points led the offense for Clemson (17-10, 8-7), which saw a three-game winning streak snapped. K.J. McDaniels totaled 10 points, three rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block for the Tigers, and Rod Hall added 10 points and four assists.
Trailing 44-42 with just under 10 minutes remaining, Adala Moto converted a three-point play and a dunk on back-to-back possessions to push Wake Forest ahead 47-44 with 8:52 left. A Landry Nnoko layup and a pair of 3-pointers from Harrison pulled Clemson to within 56-54 with 2:12, to play but McDaniels missed a pair of free throws with a chance to tie and a three-point play from Miller-McIntyre put the game out of reach.
The teams were knotted at 14-14 midway through the opening 20 before Clemson used a 16-6 run, led by seven points from Harrison to open up a 30-20 advantage with just under two minutes to play until halftime. Miller-McIntyre sank 3-of-4 from the free throw line in the waning minutes of the first half to pull Wake Forest to within 30-23 at the break.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Wake Forest snapped a string of five straight losses against Clemson and knocked off the Tigers for the 19th time in their last 20 home games in the series. ... The Tigers were seeking a fifth ACC road win, which would have equaled their single-season record, last accomplished in the 1986-87 season. ... Wake Forest F Travis McKie finished with eight points and five rebounds, becoming the eighth player in Demon Deacons' history to record at least 1,600 points and 800 rebounds in his career.
Top Game Performances
Clemson |
|
Wake Forest |
Damarcus Harrison 15 |
Scoring |
Tyler Cavanaugh 12 |
Rod Hall 4 |
Assists |
Codi Miller-McIntyre 6 |
Landry Nnoko 6 |
Rebounds |
Travis McKie 5 |
K.J. McDaniels 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Tyler Cavanaugh 5 |
K.J. McDaniels 2 |
Steals |
Miles Overton 2 |
Ibrahim Djambo 1 |
Blocks |
Tyler Cavanaugh 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Clemson
|
57 |
42.6 |
6-22 |
5-13 |
11 |
26 |
2 |
4 |
13 |
Wake Forest
|
62 |
55.3 |
3-11 |
17-25 |
13 |
25 |
2 |
6 |
14 |