Clemson Cruises Past Coastal Carolina

by Press Release - Sat Dec 01 09:27:40 GMT-04:00 2001

CLEMSON -- Chris Hobbs scored 13 points and Ray Henderson tallied 10 as Clemson

claimed an 83-54 victory against Coastal Carolina Friday at

Littlejohn Coliseum.

The Tigers improved to 5-1 on the year as 13 of the 14 Tigers who

played in the game scored at least two points. Edward Scott, Chey

Christie and Jemere Hendrix each scored nine points apiece. Clemson

shot 48.3 from the field and held the Chanticleers to 35.7 percent

shooting. The Tigers also forced 24 turnovers, the most by Clemson

since forcing 26 against Western Carolina on Nov. 19, 1998. Clemson got to the line for 32 free throw attempts and made 24 of

them for 75.0 percent. Coastal Carolina was just 8-14. Through the

first six games this season, Clemson has made more free throws (109)

than its opponents have taken (106). The Tigers have never finished a

season with more makes from the charity stripe than their opponents

have had attempts.

Clemson out-rebounded Coastal Carolina 40-32, but the Chants had the

game's top rebounder as Anthony Susnjara grabbed eight. In all six

games this season, the Tigers have equaled or bettered their

opponents rebound total and are averaging 11.0 more rebounds per game

than their opponents. Henderson was Clemson's top rebounder with

seven, but at least five Tigers had five boards.

After trailing at the half in the its last three games, including the

last two by double-digit totals, Clemson sprinted to a 44-17 halftime

lead on 53.3 percent field goal shooting while holding the Chants to

just 26.7 percent from the floor.

After the Tigers increased their lead to 30 with 17:16 left to play,

the Chanticleers put together a 10-0 run. But Coastal Carolina could

get no closer than 20 points the rest of the way.

Coastal Carolina, which fell to 1-3 on the year, was led by Brandon

Newby with 13 points and Derrick Robinson with 12.

Clemson improved its all-time record against Coastal Carolina to 4-0.

BOXSCORE

FINAL 1st 2nd Total

Coast Carolina (1-3) 17 37 54

Clemson (5-1) 44 39 83

Coast Carolina Lineup Rebounds

PLAYER MIN FGM-A FTM-A OFF TOT AST PF PTS

Robinson 24 4-7 3-5 1 3 1 5 12

Raducanu 20 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 5 0

Susnjara 16 3-8 0-0 6 8 0 5 6

Green 39 2-7 2-4 0 1 2 2 7

Newby 36 5-16 2-3 2 6 4 1 13

Reinders 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0

Durovic 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Coggins 11 3-7 0-0 2 3 1 1 8

Sauers 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Nagel 18 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0

Darden 28 3-9 1-2 1 6 1 2 8

Totals 200 20-56 8-14 13 30 9 24 54

.357 .571

TEAM REBS: 32

TURNOVERS: 24 (Susnjara 5, Newby 4, Robinson 4, Darden 2, Green 2, Reinders 2, Sauers 2, Coggins)

BLOCKED SHOTS: 1 (Robinson)

STEALS: 5 (Green 2, Darden, Sauers, Susnjara)

3-PT FGS: 6-18, .333 (Robinson 1-3, Green 1-2, Newby 1-6, Coggins 2-4, Darden 1-3)

Clemson Lineup Rebounds

PLAYER MIN FGM-A FTM-A OFF TOT AST PF PTS

Clifton 19 2-7 1-2 0 1 1 3 6

Hobbs 21 4-5 5-6 3 4 0 3 13

R Henderson 17 4-5 2-2 1 7 0 0 10

Scott 26 4-7 1-2 2 5 3 1 9

Christie 27 3-9 3-5 0 1 3 0 9

Stockman 17 1-6 0-0 0 1 3 3 3

Nagys 11 2-4 5-6 3 5 1 3 9

Allen 7 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2

Ford 16 1-2 0-2 1 3 0 2 2

Shay 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0

Babalola 17 2-6 0-0 2 5 0 0 4

Holt 7 1-2 2-2 1 1 0 1 4

J Hendrix 10 2-2 5-5 3 5 0 0 9

Douglas 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 1 3

Totals 200 28-58 24-32 16 39 13 17 83

.483 .750

TEAM REBS: 40

TURNOVERS: 18 (Scott 4, Christie 3, Allen 2, Babalola 2, Hobbs 2, Douglas, J Hendrix, Shay, Stockman)

BLOCKED SHOTS: 5 (Hobbs, R Henderson, Nagys, Ford, J Hendrix)

STEALS: 12 (Clifton 3, Scott 3, Babalola, Christie, Douglas, Hobbs, R Henderson, Stockman)

3-PT FGS: 3-17, .176 (Clifton 1-5, Scott 0-1, Christie 0-2, Stockman 1-6, Babalola 0-1, Douglas 1-2)

Technicals: Coast Carolina 1 (Green)

Attendance: 7,000

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