National Basketball Association
Clemson 76, Wofford 68
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, November 12, 2021
Where: Littlejohn Coliseum, Clemson, South Carolina
Officials:
# Doug Shows, # Tony Greene, # Chuck Jones
Attendance:
8118
By Field Level Media
PJ Hall scored a career-high 22 points as Clemson defeated Wofford 76-68 Friday night in a nonconference game at Clemson's Littlejohn Coliseum.
Hall, who scored 16 points in the opening half, made 6-of-8 shots from the floor while also grabbing eight rebounds.
Al-Amir Dawes added 13 points for Clemson (2-0), which ended the game on a 10-2 run. Hunter Tyson added 12 points while Nick Honor had 11 points and five steals for the Tigers.
The victory was the 10th in a row for Clemson against the Terriers of the Southern Conference. The Tigers improved to 12-1 all-time against Wofford (1-1).
Messiah Jones led Wofford with 16 points and Max Klesmit added 10. Both Jones and Klesmit fouled out of the game in the final minutes.
Clemson jumped out to a 24-10 lead early and led at halftime 39-31, but Wofford methodically chipped away at the Tigers' lead and pulled ahead 52-49 on a three-point play by Keaton Turner with 12 minutes remaining.
Klesmit made two free throws to tie the game at 66-66 with 2:30 to play, but Hall scored five straight points for the Tigers and Dawes buried a step-back 3-pointer at the shot clock buzzer with 19 seconds remaining to help seal the victory. David Collins added a dunk for Clemson with 13 seconds left.
The game wasn't pretty; the teams combined for 47 fouls and 33 turnovers. But Clemson shot 46.9 percent from the floor and made 9-of-21 shots from 3-point range while Wofford shot 36.2 percent overall and made only 5-of-23 3-pointers.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Wofford |
|
Clemson |
Messiah Jones 16 |
Scoring |
PJ Hall 22 |
Ryan Larson 4 |
Assists |
Nick Honor 4 |
Ryan Larson 7 |
Rebounds |
PJ Hall 8 |
Isaiah Bigelow 8 |
Free Throws Made |
PJ Hall 7 |
Austin Patterson 2 |
Steals |
Nick Honor 5 |
B.J. Mack 1 |
Blocks |
Naz Bohannon 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Wofford
|
68 |
36.2 |
5-23 |
21-24 |
8 |
30 |
1 |
6 |
14 |
Clemson
|
76 |
46.9 |
9-21 |
21-29 |
11 |
34 |
4 |
8 |
19 |