Aamir Simms scored 18 points, and Clemson snapped a four-game losing streak with a 68-39 victory against visiting Jacksonville on Friday night.
Simms, a junior forward, made 7 of 8 shots from the floor. He is 12 of 15 on field-goal attempts over his past two games after scoring 21 points in a loss to South Carolina on Sunday.
Clemson (6-5) also got 15 points from Curran Scott.
Kevin Norman led Jacksonville (7-7) with 16 points, and DeAnthony McCallum scored 10.
Scott, a graduate transfer from Tulsa who entered the game averaging 6.6 points per game, posted his high point total at Clemson and just his third double-figure scoring game as a Tiger. Tevin Mack, a graduate transfer from Alabama, had 11 rebounds for Clemson.
Clemson built a 37-28 halftime lead, then took command with defense in the second half. The Tigers outscored Jacksonville 31-11 in the second half -- the fewest points allowed in the second half by a Brad Brownell-coached Clemson team.
The Dolphins made only 5 of 28 shots in the second half and scored only two points over the last 14:31 of the game.
Norman, a junior forward, scored Jacksonville's first 10 points of the game. Junior swingman Destin Barnes, who had five 3-pointers and scored 17 points in Jacksonville's win at Presbyterian on Wednesday, was held to six points on a pair of 3-pointers.
Clemson junior guard Clyde Trapp, who is coming off surgery for a torn ACL, returned to the lineup for the first time this season and scored four points. A starter last season, Trapp also had two assists in 12 minutes of playing time.
The Tigers wound up outshooting the Dolphins 43.9 percent to 25.5 percent from the floor.
--Field Level Media
Jacksonville | Clemson | |
Kevin Norman 16 | Scoring | Aamir Simms 18 |
Aamahne Santos 4 | Assists | Al-Amir Dawes 4 |
Diante Wood 9 | Rebounds | Tevin Mack 11 |
DeAnthony McCallum 2 | Free Throws Made | Curran Scott 7 |
Bryce Workman 2 | Steals | Tevin Mack 1 |
N/A | Blocks | Tevin Mack 1 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Jacksonville | 39 | 25.5 | 7-31 | 4-7 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
Clemson | 68 | 43.9 | 8-28 | 10-13 | 13 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 8 |