Final Stats
CLEMSON, S.C. – Carter Welling (Draper, Utah/Corner Canyon/Utah Valley) and Nick Davidson (Mission Viejo, Calif./Mater Dei) each scored 12 points to lead Clemson University men’s basketball’s offense and push Clemson to a 63-52 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon in Littlejohn Coliseum.
The Tigers (18-4, 8-1 ACC) made eight 3-pointers in the contest, including 5-of-11 in the opening stanza. Butta Johnson (Huntsville, Ala./Grissom/UAB) scored eight points off the bench and tied the lead for the team in made threes with two.
Clemson used a 20-5 run over the final 10 minutes of the first half and outshot the Panthers by over 20 percent from the field. 14 of the Tigers’ first-half points came from the second unit, and eight were scored at the free-throw line.
Dillon Hunter (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake) scored 5 points and recorded a team-high 6 rebounds with three assists, and RJ Godfrey (Suwanee, Ga./North Gwinnett/Georgia) finished with 10 points and 3 rebounds.
In the second half, Clemson extended its lead to a game-high 20 points at 62-42 when Davidson sank a deep three-pointer to give Clemson its largest lead of the game and record his ninth double-digit outing of the season with 4:57 left.
On the defensive side, the Tigers stifled the Panthers to just 37.7 percent from the field and a season-low 19.2 percent from beyond the arc.
Ace Buckner (Dallas, Texas/La Lumiere School (Ind.) tied his career-high with a team-best four assists and added four points.
Clemson finished the game coasting to a 63-52 victory and its 11th home victory of the season. The win also marked Head Coach Brad Brownell’s 200th home victory.
Clemson returns to the court on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at Stanford. Tipoff is set for 10 p.m. ET on ACCN.
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Notes: Clemson improved to 18-4 on the season and 8-1 in ACC play with the win … the Tigers improved to 15-3 all-time against Pittsburgh and won their 15th in a row over the Panthers … this January tied for the best win percentage in the month since 1935 – Clemson went 7-1 this year and 7-1 last season … Clemson is now 92-34 overall since the 2022-23 season 51-18 in the ACC during that same time period … Head Coach Brad Brownell won his 310th game at Clemson and 477th overall in his career … Brownell also won his 200th home game while at Clemson … including matchups while at UNC Wilmington, Brownell is 17-3 all-time against Jeff Capel … Clemson held Pittsburgh to a season-low 19.2 percent from three (5-26) and a season-low 16 first half points … RJ Godfrey secured his 17th double-digit scoring game of the season with 10 points … Carter Welling added his 14th double-digit scoring game … Nick Davidson netted his 10th double-digit scoring game … Ace Buckner tied his career-high with four assists … Dillon Hunter led the Tigers in rebounding with six – his sixth game with at least six rebounds this season.
Nick Davidson and Carter Welling
Brad Brownell
