Final Stats
CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson University men’s basketball outscored Florida A&M by 22 in the second half to pull away and win 86-58 on Friday night in Littlejohn Coliseum.
The Tigers (7-1) finished the week 3-0 after claiming the Sunshine Slam tournament championship earlier with wins over San Francisco and Penn State.
Chase Hunter (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake) led the way with 16 points, while Chauncey Wiggins (Grayson, Ga./Grayson) added 15, Jaeden Zackery (Salem, Wis./Westosha Central/Boston College) scored 13 and Viktor Lakhin (Anapa, Russia/CSKA-2/Cincinnati) totaled 12.
Ian Schieffelin (Atlanta, Ga./Grayson) once again dominated the glass and grabbed 15 rebounds, including four on the offensive side. It was his third consecutive game with at least 13 rebounds.
Clemson got off to a relatively slow start in the opening stanza before a 9-2 surge down 29-28 pushed them into the lead at the break 38-32.
The Tigers’ defense to start the second half was stifling. They held the Rattlers to just four points through nearly the first nine minutes of the period. In concurrence with its defense, Clemson shot 54.8 percent from the floor and 58.3 percent from three to blow the game open and cruise to a 26-point victory.
Christian Reeves (Charlotte, N.C./Oak Hill Academy (Va.)/Duke) tied career highs with six points and three made field goals.
Clemson returns to action on Tuesday, Dec. 3 when it hosts No. 8/8 Kentucky at 9:30 p.m. in Littlejohn for the second annual ACC/SEC Challenge. The game will air on ESPN.
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Notes: Clemson moves to 7-1 this season … Clemson moved to 4-0 all-time against Florida A&M… Head Coach Brad Brownell moved to 3-0 against Florida A&M … Coach Brownell won his 439th game of his career and his 272nd while at Clemson … the win was Clemson’s fourth this season of at least 26 points … as a team, Clemson posted nine or more steals for the third time this season … Ian Schieffelin totaled his third consecutive game with at least 13 rebounds (15) and fifth of the campaign … Schieffelin set a new season high with 15 rebounds … Schieffelin moved into 19th all-time in Clemson history in rebounding with 15 rebounds (658) … Schieffelin, with one assist, became the fourth player in program history to amass 600 points, 600 rebounds and 200 assists in a career … Chase Hunter scored 16 points and now has 1,359 career points – good for 19th on Clemson’s all-time scoring list … Chauncey Wiggins set a career high with six made free throws (6-6) … Christian Reeves tied career highs in points (6), field goals (3) and assists (1) … Reeves tied a season-high with three rebounds … Jaeden Zackery tied a season-high with six made field goals … Viktor Lakhin tied a season-high with three assists.
Jaeden Zackery and Chase Hunter
Brad Brownell
