Clemson falls to UTEP in opening round of Diamond Head Classic

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HONOLULU – Clemson began and ended the game cold from the field and as a

result fell to UTEP, 61-48, in the opening game of the Hawaiian Airlines

Diamond Head Classic. The Tigers went nearly 12 minutes without a field

goal in the second half as UTEP put together a 14-3 run to ice the game

for Tim Floyd’s squad. With the win, UTEP improved to 5-5 on the season

and Clemson fell to 6-5.

K.J. McDanielsK.J. McDaniels

Fr. Guard

#32 6-5, 190

Birmingham, AL

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Milton JenningsMilton Jennings

Jr. Forward

#24 6-9, 225

Summerville, SC

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the loss. The Tigers shot just 30.4 percent for the game and made only

3-of-21 from behind the three-point line. For the second straight game,

Clemson’s leading scorer Andre YoungAndre Young

Sr. Guard

#11 5-9, 175

Albany, GA

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points and did not make a three for the second straight game.

Scoring was difficult to come by early in the game for the Tigers.

Clemson did not score until the 14:09 Mark when McDaniels came off the

bench to spark the Tigers. He scored the Tigers’ first five points and 10

of the team’s first 12 points in the game. Coming into Thursday, his

previous best was seven points at Arizona.

McDaniels really put the Tigers on the back when he hit a three-point

basket with 8:17 left in the half, and then followed moments later with a

breakaway slam dunk to pull Clemson with 15-12. The Tigers again trailed

24-18, but scored the final six points of the half and held UTEP scoreless

in the final 3:09. Rod HallRod Hall

Fr. Guard

#4 6-1, 210

Augusta, GA

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30.2 seconds left before the break.

The momentum continued after the half for the Tigers, who got a three in

transition from Tanner SmithTanner Smith

Sr. Guard

#5 6-5, 210

Alpharetta, GA

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Milton Jennings followed a minute later with a 15-foot jumper that gave

the Tigers a five-point edge. UTEP hit a couple three-point baskets and

quickly reclaimed the lead at 32-31 on a pair of Michael Perez free

throws. The Tigers got the lead right back on a nifty feed inside from

Andre Young to Catalin BaciuCatalin Baciu

Sr. Center

#10 7-2, 255

Cluj-Napoca,

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UTEP found its shooting stroke from the outside in the second stanza.

Little-used guard C.J. Cooper was inserted into the lineup, and he

promptly hit three outside shots to help put the Miners up by a score of

49-42. Clemson went several minutes again without scoring. After Young

hit a pair of free throws due to a technical foul, the Tigers did not

score for eight minutes until Devin BookerDevin Booker

Jr. Forward

#31 6-8, 245

Whitmire, SC

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The Tigers had difficulty guarding UTEP sophomore Michael Perez, who

cruised to a career-high 25 points. He hit 8-of-12 from the field,

including 3-of-6 from three-point range and 6-of-7 from the charity

stripe. Cooper added 11 in the second half for the Miners.

The Tigers take on the loser of the second game, Kansas State vs. Southern

Illinois. The game will be played at 3:00 PM Eastern and will be

televised by ESPNU on Friday.

VISITORS: UTEP 5-5, 1-0 DHC


                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS


## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN


10 WASHBURN, Julian.... *  1-2    0-1    0-0    0  2  2   0   2  1  3  0  0  13


11 STREETER, Jacques... *  2-4    1-2    2-2    0  1  1   2   7  7  3  0  1  34


23 McCULLEY, Gabriel... *  3-7    0-2    0-0    0  6  6   4   6  0  2  1  1  23


24 PEREZ, Michael...... *  8-12   3-6    6-7    0  3  3   1  25  2  2  0  0  40


31 LANG, Cedrick....... *  2-3    0-0    1-1    2  5  7   4   5  1  3  0  1  33


05 COOPER, C.J.........    4-7    3-6    0-0    0  1  1   1  11  2  0  0  0  22


15 RAGLAND, Jalen......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  0   5


21 BOHANNON, John......    2-6    0-1    1-2    1  5  6   2   5  0  3  1  0  25


55 CAMPBELL, D'Von.....    0-2    0-2    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  0  0  1   5


   Team................                         1  1  2


   Totals..............   22-43   7-20  10-12   4 25 29  15  61 13 16  2  4 200


TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-18 55.6%   2nd Half: 12-25 48.0%   Game: 51.2%  DEADB


3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-6  16.7%   2nd Half:  6-14 42.9%   Game: 35.0%   REBS


F Throw % 1st Half:  3-4  75.0%   2nd Half:  7-8  87.5%   Game: 83.3%   3,1





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HOME TEAM: Clemson 6-5, 0-1 DHC


                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS


## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN


04 Hall, Rod........... *  0-8    0-1    2-2    4  0  4   1   2  1  0  0  0  24


05 Smith, Tanner....... *  3-4    1-2    0-0    0  4  4   4   7  2  2  0  3  35


10 Baciu, Catalin...... *  1-3    0-0    0-0    1  0  1   1   2  0  0  0  0   6


11 Young, Andre........ *  1-9    0-6    4-4    1  3  4   0   6  2  2  0  1  38


31 Booker, Devin....... *  2-9    0-1    1-2    3  2  5   2   5  1  1  0  1  34


01 Sapp, T.J...........    0-4    0-3    0-2    1  0  1   2   0  0  2  0  0   8


02 Fields, Carson......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1


21 Narcisse, Bryan.....    0-2    0-2    1-2    1  0  1   1   1  0  0  0  0   3


22 Sullivan, Bernard...    0-1    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  0  0  0   6


24 Jennings, Milton....    6-8    0-1    0-0    2  2  4   2  12  0  1  0  1  24


32 McDaniels, K.J......    4-8    2-5    3-4    3  1  4   1  13  0  2  2  1  21


   Team................                            1  1             1


   Totals..............   17-56   3-21  11-16  16 14 30  14  48  6 11  2  7 200


TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  9-28 32.1%   2nd Half:  8-28 28.6%   Game: 30.4%  DEADB


3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-10 10.0%   2nd Half:  2-11 18.2%   Game: 14.3%   REBS


F Throw % 1st Half:  5-6  83.3%   2nd Half:  6-10 60.0%   Game: 68.8%   2,2





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Officials: Ted Valentine, Chris Beaver, John Stigliano


Technical fouls: UTEP-None. Clemson-None.


Attendance:


Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total


UTEP..........................   24   37  -   61


Clemson.......................   24   24  -   48


Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic First Round


Points in the paint-UTEP 26,CU 20. Points off turnovers-UTEP 7,CU 13.


2nd chance points-UTEP 2,CU 13. Fast break points-UTEP 2,CU 4.


Bench points-UTEP 16,CU 26. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-6 times.


Last FG-UTEP 2nd-01:01, CU 2nd-01:32.


Largest lead-UTEP by 14 2nd-01:01, CU by 5 2nd-18:52.

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